Where pucks once flew 15 feet or more on the ice, shoppers will stare at a 15-foot wall of cheese. Today’s grand opening of the new flagship Loblaws store at Maple Leaf Gardens is a long-awaited step in the repurposing of a Toronto landmark. Along with Ryerson University’s Peter Gilgan Athletic Centre at the Gardens, [...]

Scorpion versus Super Mario…FIGHT! Video games have made big business out of courting high-concept cross-overs. At the arcade and on home consoles, Marvel Comics properties have gone toe-to-toe with the brawlers from Street Fighter, the Green Lantern has squared off against Mortal Kombat’s Raiden, and against all conceivable odds, Super Mario has even bopped all [...]

Each week, Torontoist examines the upcoming TV listings and makes note of programs that are entertaining, informative, and of quality. Or, alternately, none of those. The result: Televisualist. SHAQ DEFEATS YOUR HAIR, JUSTIN BIEBER! Illustration by Brett Lamb/Torontoist. Monday The Bachelorette comes to its end as our leading lady, who is somebody I don’t know [...]

While hockey has usually been portrayed as the main attraction for spectators at Maple Leaf Gardens, the building had an equally rich professional wrestling heritage. Starting with a Jim Londos-Gino Garibaldi card in November 1931, a parade of dignified heroes and costumed heels entertained packed houses at Church and Carlton. For half-a-century most of the [...]

Each week, Torontoist examines the upcoming TV listings and makes note of programs that are entertaining, informative, and of quality. Or, alternately, none of those. The result: Televisualist. Monday Tonight on The Hour: Cyndi Lauper! And also Barbara Walters, presumably because Cyndi Lauper was too awesome for one show to contain and they needed to [...]