Results tagged “thegardiner”

Regardless of how you choose to celebrate (or not) the upcoming holiday season, it’s hard not to embrace a spirit of generosity that seems unique to this time of year. Students from the Ontario College of Art & Design’s Think Tank program are hoping that giving mood will be alive and well among restaurant patrons on Thursday, December 6, as they unveil the inaugural Bread Project. A joint project between OCAD’s Think Tank and...

Each weekday for the next two weeks, Torontoist is facing off local memes and blog drama in a tournament-style ladder and you, the reader, decide the outcome. March Madness begins today! View the current ladder here. Suggestions for next year will be recorded! Today's matches, Region I, 1st Round:

The Giambroney vs. One Cent Now
St. Clair ROW vs. York Subway
The Gardiner vs. CN Tower Ice
Starbucks vs. Parkdale
The Beach vs. The Beaches
Toronto Islands vs. The Docks
Dundas Square vs. Jane Jacobs
Megabins vs. Gas Power Plant

Because there are only a handful of Canadians in the NCAA, (and who really cares about college basketball, anyway?) we thought we'd cook up a little March Madness of our own - Toronto style. We have created a tournament ladder of recent memes, blog drama and local news and for the next two weeks, you will decide the winner of each match. Sure beats betting on Kansas State.

What have been the issues discussed in this year's civic election? The island airport? Check. The Gardiner? Yep. Crime? Sadly yes, even though crime in this city is down. Stephen LeDrew's bow tie? Uh huh. What day of the week it is? Yeah.

The Gardiner Report is now finally available to the public and not a moment too soon. The report outlines four options for the Gardiner. The one that's getting the most talk from the media and City Hall is tearing down a part of the elevated highway and replacing it with a widened Lakeshore Boulevard.

Every major media outlets is touting this summer as one of the worst construction seasons ever. The Gardiner is closed this weekend and other major thoroughfares like the DVP will also be affected by construction throughout the summer.

Everyone reports on the eight men found murdered outside a rural Ontario town yesterday. The eight men were believed to be from the GTA. Fingers point to a feud between the Bandidos and Hell's Angels, although the Hell's Angels are saying they don't have anything to do with it. The Star reports on a police raid on a farmhouse and the Globe gives us this nice little context piece on biker gangs in Canada.