Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'cherryst'
January 21, 2007
Last December 30th, when it was reported that a bus was hijacked in downtown Toronto, the story that we were told didn't seem to make much sense. Here's what we wrote at the time: ...a TTC bus was hijacked earlier this afternoon, and the details as of right now are sketchy at best. According to City, a man boarded a bus at 12:30pm at around Bay and Wellesley, rode it down to Front and......
Continue Reading "Bus Hijacking That Sounded Fishy (Probably) Was"January 5, 2007
Then you'll love Lake Ontario Park! At least, that would seem to be a reasonable assumption. However, if you're looking for more reassurance (recommended), the Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation (or, NAMBLA) is hosting a public forum on their plans for "Lake Ontario Park," which is to be "one of Toronto's great new park spaces and a defining destination for the city," running from the Portlands (Cherry St. south of the Distillery District) in the west......
Continue Reading "Do You Like Parks? Do You Like Lake Ontario?"December 31, 2006
We rarely do an Extra, Extra, but tonight's an exception for two reasons: first, two major crime events -- a bus hijacking and a shooting -- happened in downtown Toronto over the past twenty-four hours that merit mentioning; and second, in each story the facts are getting lost along the way and, as usual, the media is muddling the details of what actually (seems to have) happened. It's our goal in this recap to......
Continue Reading "Extra, Extra: The Year of The...Ah, Shit, This Again?"April 15, 2005
Les organisateurs du Cirque du Soleil ont toujours su émerveiller leurs audiences à travers leurs multiples spectacles. L’été dernier, c’est Allegria qui posait ses pieds pour la première fois dans la ville reine. Cette fois-ci, un spectacle un peu plus différent y est proposé : Cavalia. En 2003, la troupe de 33 chevaux et quelques humains avait séjourné à Toronto. À cette époque, Le journal étudiant The Toronto Observer soulignait que le premier ministre de......
Continue Reading "French Fridays: À dos de cheval"