16 h. ago Here are all the celebs coming to Fan Expo Canada 2025 in Toronto

Fan Expo Canada 2025 officially arrives in Toronto next week, meaning comic book, video game, anime, science fiction and fantasy fanatics will have endless opportunities to come face-to-face with some of their favourite celebrities. The annual convention is the largest comics and gaming event in Canada and the third-largest pop culture event in North America, with attendees flying in from all around the world to connect with each other and meet A-list artists, creators and actors. If you're planning on heading down to the four-day convention, you're most likely hoping to catch a photo op with a star, and there will be no shortage of them to meet throughout the event. As always, this year's convention offers meet-and-greets with a star-studded list of actors, including Michael J. Fox (Back to the Future), Ewan McGregor (Star Wars), Hailee Steinfeld (Hawkeye, Sinners), William Shatner (Star Trek) and Christopher Lloyd (Back to the Future)...

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21 h. ago Best soup and stew recipes: A roundup of our favourite comfort dishes

Looking for a tasty soup or stew recipe to cook for dinner or serve as an appetizer? Try one of these recipes.

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22 h. ago Cook This: 3 nourishing recipes from Eat to Love, including zucchini Parmesan egg muffins

Discover why celebrity clients such as Woody Harrelson call Vancouver-based chef Mikaela Reuben's plant-forward cooking 'one of a kind'

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26 h. ago Simply Delicious Recipe: Salmon with peaches, black bean and corn salsa

Follow along with Susan Hay and nutritionist Rose Reisman, as she prepares salmon with Ontario peaches, black bean, and corn salsa.

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56 h. ago Trump announces Kennedy Center honorees and says he will host award ceremony

‘We ended the woke political programming,’ Trump bragged as he announced recipients including actor Sylvester Stallone, rock band Kiss and disco diva Gloria Gaynor

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60 h. ago 'I'm a bona fide movie star': Golfer Corey Pavin dishes on Happy Gilmore 2 role ahead of Rogers Charity Classic

The golf star, in Calgary for the PGA Tour Champions stop, kids around while talking about his role in the highly anticipated sequel and other brushes with celebrities.

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62 h. ago Appeals court lets the White House suspend or end billions in foreign aid

WASHINGTON — A divided panel of appeals court judges ruled Wednesday that the Trump administration can suspend or terminate billions of dollars of congressionally appropriated funding for foreign aid. Two of three judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit concluded that grant recipients challenging the freeze did not meet […]

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3 d. ago B.C. crime news: Witnesses sought in Surrey sexual assault | Suspicious death in Port Alberni

Here's a roundup of crime news from around Metro Vancouver and B.C. on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025

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3 d. ago Shapiro declines comment on contract talks but says he wants to remain with Blue Jays

TORONTO — Blue Jays president Mark Shapiro declined to comment on contract extension talks Tuesday but said he wants to remain with the club and that team ownership has been “reciprocal in that desire.” Shapiro, who also serves as chief executive officer, is in the final year of his contract. “When I think about alternatives, […]

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3 d. ago A huge butter tart festival is taking over a beautiful Ontario town this month

Baked good lovers are in for a sweet treat this weekend as the Caledon Butter Tart Festival returns this month to the eponymous scenic Ontario town.This annual event is packed with all sorts of delicious desserts from local vendors, with a spotlight on the fan favourite: butter tarts.Festival-goers can expect to see an abundance of the gooey, flaky and oh-so-yummy pastries in every variety (of course), plus a marketplace with some 50 stalls to shop and savour all sorts of snacks, plus other goods and wares.The vendor list is quite robust this year, including beloved local spots like Wiishkobi Homebaked Goods, Gluten Free Girl, Delicious All Day Coffee — perfect to pair with your tarts — and many more.    View this post on Instagram           A post shared by Gottaluvbuttertarts (@gottaluvbuttertarts)Butter tart festivals always seem to create a huge buzz in Ontario, with n...

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3 d. ago Ontario theatre cruise lets kids hunt for treasure as crew of misfit pirates

Avast, ye maties! Get your peg-legs ready, because Ontario’s favourite pirate-themed theatre cruise, Pirate Life Adventure, is back for another season of swashbuckling fun.If you've never set sail on this experience, Pirate Life Adventure is the perfect mix of live-theatre-meets-scenic-cruise that puts you in the captain's chair.These family-friendly boats are docking across Ontario! You can join the pirate crew in Toronto, Ottawa, Barrie, and Hamilton. But what's all the hogwash little pirates will get into?!Here's what you can expect when you book a Pirate Life Adventure cruise in Ontario.An immersive family-friendly adventureThe adventure starts once you come aboard the real-life pirate ship, choose your pirate name, put on your pirate's garb, and get the lowdown on your special mission.From there, the adventure begins as you take to the seas!Live actors will guide the crew through the experience with interactive stories that include water cannon battles...

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3 d. ago This Restored 1999 Defender 110 with an LT1 and French Oak Evokes ‘Old English’

KISSIMMEE, Fla., Aug. 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ECD Automotive Design, the world’s leader in reimagined Land Rovers, proudly introduces Project Pearl, a stunning custom-built Defender 110 Signature that merges timeless British heritage with modern American performance and comfort. Clad in Old English White and finished with painstaking detail from roof to undercarriage, Project Pearl […]

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4 d. ago New Korean spot in Toronto is such a hit that it's had to impose a daily customer limit

A recently opened Korean restaurant in Toronto has gotten so popular so quickly that they’re already having to turn guests away.North York's Nakwon Kisa Restaurant at 4895 Yonge Street is so new to the neighbourhood that you may not have even known it was there. For those in the know, however, it's already become one of the city's hottest (and hardest to get) meals in the short month that it's been open.The latest location in a three-and-a-half restaurant chain called Nakwon, which also has haunts in Markham, North York, and Richmond Hill, Nakwon Kisa is not only a new concept for the chain, but quite possibly also its most popular.While the elder three locations operate as full-service Korean restaurants replete with bibimbap, pork bone soup, all-you-can-eat Korean barbecue and hot plate offerings, Nakwon Kisa is something of an outlier.Inspired by quick-service gisa sikdang restaurants in Korea, Nikwan Kisa serves up a ...

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4 d. ago Angus An’s Fat Mao marks 10 years of Thai noodle success in Vancouver

To celebrate the anniversary, Fat Mao has brought back a couple of fan-favourite dishes — and some limited-edition merch

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7 d. ago Top Toronto restaurant opening new stall inspired by summer backyard barbecues

One of Toronto's most unique Michelin-recommended restaurants is about to launch a new kebab stall inspired by summertime backyard barbecues.The news that the teams behind two Michelin-approved restaurants (on top of Bear Steak Sandwiches, another local favourite) in Toronto would soon be joining the already impressive ranks of The Well's Wellington Market food hall thrilled scores of local food fans in early July.At the time, the food hall announced that the teams behind both Baldwin Village's Koh Lipe and Yonge and St. Clair's Taline (Toronto's only Michelin-recommended Armenian restaurant) had new, fast-casual concepts in the works. In the case of Koh Lipe, it was Kao Kang, a venture from owner Patrick Sukasen, centred around Thai comfort foods.At the time, the details around the other project from the Yacoubian brothers, the owners and chefs behind Taline, remained tightly guarded. Now, we finally have our answer.O...

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7 d. ago National Bank Open champ shouts out love for loud Toronto tennis crowds

At the 2025 National Bank Open in Toronto, much was made about who wasn't there.Shortly before the tournament, Carlos Alcaraz, Novak Djokovic, and Jannik Sinner pulled out from the event, perhaps prioritizing rest over the new 12-day format.But for eventual champion Ben Shelton, he sure made the most of being arguably the biggest attraction of the week.Ben Shelton, YOU CANNOT DO THAT! 🪄@NBOtoronto | #NBO25 | @BenShelton pic.twitter.com/whvgRCRm17— ATP Tour (@atptour) August 7, 2025"Yeah, I love getting the crowd involved. Hitting highlight shots, hyping them up. I love hearing the crowd noise. For me, this was a week that I was pretty locked in, probably less crowd interactions, but the tennis that I was playing still got people excited," Shelton said in a question asked by Offside following the win.Shelton, who played all six of his matches on centre court, became a quick fan favourite. He moved up to No. 6 in the world after winning the title, quite the rise f...

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7 d. ago Barrie woman, 20, celebrates $100,000 lottery prize: ‘DRINKS ARE ON YOU!’

A 20-year-old Barrie woman is going to have a huge bar tab after winning a top OLG prize. Despite her young age, Stacia Konieczny has become a regular lottery player and typically plays once a week, she said while picking up her winnings at the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto. Her favourite games are Crossword […]

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7 d. ago Ryan Reynolds as Lord Voldemort? No, that's not really happening

Vancouver's favourite Merc with a Mouth will not be joining the star-studded cast of the new Harry Potter audiobook release

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7 d. ago Cook This: 3 recipes from Sunny Days, Taco Nights, including hard shells filled with a meaty mix

From his two-Michelin-starred restaurant to the streets, acclaimed Mexican chef Enrique Olvera shares his love of tacos

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8 d. ago Simply Delicious Recipe: Italian pasta with honey mushrooms and blueberries

Follow along with Susan Hay and executive chef Massimo Capra, owner of Capra’s Kitchen, as he prepares homemade pasta with honey mushrooms and blueberries.

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