A three hour Blackberry outage affected millions of people across North America yesterday, leading to much wailing and handwringing over the temporary unavailability of a technology that didn't even exist ten years ago. Truly we are a nation of whiners. The Toronto Maple Leafs braved the cold to hold an unannounced outdoor skate at Withrow Park yesterday, where they were cheered on by 300 local grade-schoolers. Following the warmup, the kids formed a pickup......

Every weekday morning, bright and early, we feature a photo (or two) from a photographer in the Torontoist Flickr Pool. It's our way of giving the many excellent photographers in our pool the attention that they deserve. Withrow Park BY JACOB STICKANN......

Shakespeare in the Rough's production of Antony & Cleopatra (directed by Ruth Madoc-Jones) is taking place in Withrow Park from Saturday August 5 to Labour Day, Monday, September 4. But if you can't wait for your dose of the Bard, you can catch a preview tormorrow and Friday evenings at 7pm. Shows run Wednesdays through Saturday at 7pm and on Sundays and holiday Mondays at 2pm. Admission is pay what you can, with a......

Torontoist will take a look each week at what's being said on the people's perpendicular press on and around the Danforth. Given the absence of wooden poles and the city's policy of scrape, scrape, scrape, vox pop isn't as loud as it used to be. Pity. 1. Attention all residents "Ward 30"Don't forget summer is a time of year to be extra careful at parks and pools in all communities. *children are priceless *pets are......

Pulse24 is reporting that a pair of east end dogs have succumbed to poison. Torontoist wonders whether this is an isolated incident or a continuation of the poisoned hot dog epidemic from a couple of years ago. It seems a little unlikely considering the owner points out that his backyard is completely fenced off but it doesn't mean that the dogs couldn't have eaten something on a walk. In early 2004 an unknown person seeded......