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Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'davidmirvish'

December 4, 2006

Ed Mirvish: theatre tycoon, city hero and...turkey giveaway guru? People lined up overnight outside Honest Ed's for the 19th Annual Turkey Giveaway on Sunday. Now approaching age 93, Ed himself was sadly not in attendance, but son David Mirvish took over greeting duties. City Homicide #64, if you're keeping track: 26-year-old Mississauga resident, Dennis Kwame Oppong, died after being shot in the head near Front and Spadina early Sunday morning. The victim had been convicted......

Continue Reading "Free Turkeys For All, The Entertainment District Is Hella Dangerous, Toronto Cops Got Chub, Today In Politics..."

September 14, 2006

Students at Toronto area colleges and high schools are coping with the shootings at Montreal's Dawson College. The murders also has parents of high-school age children worried. Students in the GTA are doing better on provincial math and reading tests sadly those in Toronto-proper need more work. Sean Penn apparently missed that no smoking sign. The actor was caught smoking at a TIFF press conference and now the province is investigating whether the hotel should......

Continue Reading "Coping With the Dawson College Tragedy, Where There's Smoke There's Sean Penn, Parkdale-High Park Hits the Polls"

July 15, 2005

Two scoops of Mayor this morning, and both of them nearly as awesome as the Ist List's Number One Gelato Emporium (see above). - First, theatre eater JKelly tells us that Mayor Dave fringed it up at the beer tent last night, chatting with Fringe honcho Derrick Chua, and giving money to those who needed it. - And second, Royson James reports that Mayor Miller agrees that the Toronto Unlimited campaign is an embarrassment to......

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