Since renovations in 2005, the Danforth Music Hall proves successful as a venue for the community By Marguerite Weir The Music Hall on Danforth Avenue has become a lively venue for great performances in Toronto since being renovated by local businessman Glyn Laverick. Ticket sales for the Music Hall started in 1919 when John and...
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Five fabulous finds to satisfy your sugar cravings By Bonita Mok The late winter months can be a bit of a downer. We dream of the sun and warmer weather, but are often greeted with grey skies and yet another heaping pile of snow. It's times like these when we could all use a little boost...
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Toronto fights back after feeling the bite By Thomas Weresch A pestilence has hit the Danforth and other neighbourhoods in the city of Toronto. It shows no discrimination — it plagues all classes, genders and races; and its only concern is finding a warm, secluded spot to feed, breed, and hide. Last year, about 150 bedbug infestations...
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How to make your own chiengora By Andrew Steventon Fur doesn’t have to be inhumane. There is a product that is perfectly eco- and animal-friendly: chiengora – the generic name for wool made from pet hair. Chiengora gets its name from combining the French word for “dog” (chien) with “angora” (the fibre which chiengora is most...
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By Stan Byrne "Oh, I like that guy! He's been there for a while," says Kassa as he points to a plastic lizard puppet-head with a golf ball shoved in its mouth. It's freezing rain in mid-January and the temperature is hovering around negative 10 degrees. The camera I am using is dripping wet and I...
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East York Firefighter Danielle Comolli Takes the Scenic Route to Her Dream Job By Karen Helm Ironically, after nine years of planning and re-planning her career, she happened upon what appears to be her life's work by chance. A neighbour suggested it to her. "I never thought I was going to be a firefighter,"...
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