2 h. ago Drinking beer can make you more attractive to mosquitoes: Study

Enjoying a cold beer on a hot day may lead to itchy skin. Not because of the drink but the mosquitoes hovering around and about to sting you. Researchers in the Netherlands set up shipping containers as a pop-up laboratory at Lowlands, one of the biggest music festivals in the country, in August 2023. Those […]

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18 h. ago Haunted Halloween event to take over abandoned Target location in Toronto

Toronto is about to get a brand-new Halloween attraction taking over an already chill-inducing venue: Cloverdale Mall's abandoned Target location.This fully immersive and nightmare-inducing playground, dubbed 13 Rooms, will let you step straight into over a dozen terrifying worlds, with no two rooms being quite the same. Rooms with themes like "Deadly Dolls," "Sinister Cinema," "Pumpkin Hollow," and more will offer a variety of frights for whatever kind of scare you're craving this fall. This attraction from the team behind the Screemers haunted house franchise is designed to be an immersive cinematic experience that will live perfectly on your social media feed, with spooky photo opportunities all around. And, like Screemers' other haunted house attractions, you'll want to pay very close attention to anything that may be lurking in the corners. Each space comes to life with dra...

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24 h. ago 'Gong show': Beer, cooler delivery disruption taps out Alberta booze retailers

Chaos plaguing a key beer and cooler distributor has left retailers' shelves sparse and out out pocket.

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26 h. ago B.C. climate news: Study finds emissions from world’s largest fossil fuel producers ramping up heat waves | B.C. orders some farmers to stop using water to protect chinook salmon

Here's all the latest local and international news concerning climate change for the week of Sept. 8 to Sept. 14, 2025.

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42 h. ago Huge harvest market to take over Toronto park for two weekends this fall

Fall is officially slowly creeping in on us, and with that comes pumpkin spice lattes, cozy sweaters galore, and events in the city like the free Fall Harvest Market taking over Toronto's Queens Quay later this month.If an autumn-themed market is something you're looking forward to experiencing during the upcoming season, then mark your calendars and get ready to explore a specially curated vendor market, live music, delicious food, and more to celebrate the arrival of fall.Presented by Street Eats Market and the Waterfront BIA, festival highlights also include a pumpkin patch (cue aesthetic photo opps for your socials), a fire pit and s'mores zone to please your sweet tooth, and an apple bobbing competition (a seasonal staple).A complete list of things to do at the market is available on the event website.Part of the Water/Fall Festival — an attraction that presents art installations, entertainment, food markets, and more, over a span of two weekends in the c...

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49 h. ago New pub replaces Toronto bar that closed after 16 years in business

A Toronto bar with a cult following closed down last winter after 16 years, and it's finally been replaced.It's been eight months since cult-favourite Dundas West sports bar (and former home of Slammie Sammies), Opera Bob's, closed its doors after 16 years, much to the disappointment and dismay of its devoted regulars.The pub was a local staple for a casual drink, lively night out, and especially for Manchester City football match screenings, as the Manchester City Football Club Toronto has called the bar home for nearly as long as it's been around.Last year, during the Premier League championships, it even got a considerable shout-out from the New York Times.Alas, as Nelly Furtado once said, all good things come to an end, and, in the winter of 2024, the pub closed its doors for good, setting its devoted fanbase adrift, searching for somewhere new to take root.Now, at long last, the space has officially gotten a new lease on life, and Opera ...

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52 h. ago A single exercise session may slow cancer cell growth: Study

The study also offers clues about the specific types of exercise that may be most effective against malignancies

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53 h. ago Here's what replaced Toronto fine dining restaurant that closed in under a year

A fine dining restaurant in Toronto has closed its doors after less than a year, and it's already been replaced.Sigh. We know that not everything's built to last, but we had a good feeling about short-lived farm-to-table restaurant The Lost Land.A collaboration between Larry Feldmeier, chef de cuisine at Chicago's Oriole, a two-Michelin-star force, Pidapipo Gelato owner Edison Xue, and chef Cesar Karanapakorn of Judaline and Florette, the restaurant came with some serious promise.Still, it opened quietly to mixed reviews before, just months later, shuttering just as quietly as it arrived.It's not all bad news, though, because, just as swiftly as The Lost Land came and went, it's already been replaced, and its usurper looks just as promising.Now, the space at 146 Yonge St. is home to Bar Filo, a stylish Italian cocktail bar and restaurant, which opened its doors at the beginning of September.The name Filo, the Bar Filo team told ...

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57 h. ago The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 1054: 60 More Band Name Origins in 60 Minutes

The study of band name origins is (according to me) known as "bandomynology." Let's study that.

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3 d. ago Vista Gold Corp. Files Technical Reports for the Mt Todd Gold Project 15 ktpd Feasibility Study

DENVER — Vista Gold Corp. (NYSE American and TSX: VGZ) today announced that it has filed the feasibility study technical reports for its Mt Todd gold project (the “Project”) located in Northern Territory, Australia (the “Feasibility Study”). A technical report summary was prepared in accordance with Item 1300 of Regulation S-K (“S-K 1300”) under the […]

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3 d. ago Tariffs weigh on homebuyer decisions as Canadians eye interest rates

TD Economics study notes the trade strife with the United States is generally a stiff economic headwind for most Canadians.

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3 d. ago Survey shows swimming is most popular physical activity among Canadian children

Swimming is the most popular organized sport or physical activity among Canadian children, according to a new survey. The Sports360 study was conducted by The Strategic Counsel and the field window was March and April 2025. It found that 73 per cent of Canadian youth between the ages of three and 17 are participating in […]

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3 d. ago Iconic French bistro in Toronto is expanding with a spinoff location

The team behind one of Toronto's most popular French bistros is about to open a new spot in a completely different neighbourhood.Ossington Avenue's Côte De Boeuf is frequently (and accurately) described as a piece of Paris transplanted onto the streets of Toronto.Unpretentious though undeniably luscious, it's been a staple on the Ossington strip for over a decade, founded by Midas touch-wielding Toronto restaurateur Teo Paul, who is also behind staples like Union and Hamilton's Le Tambour.It's the sort of place that earns a spot at the top of everyone's must-try list, not for its Instagram-worthy interiors (though we'd argue it has those too) or influencer endorsements, but for the simple brilliance of its food.For nearly as long as Côte De Boeuf has existed, it’' been managed by Eamon O'Dea.Now, O'Dea and Paul are teaming up to bring the Côte De Boeuf experience to a brand-new ne...

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3 d. ago Golf star reveals staggering amount he drank after making Ryder Cup team

Tyrrell Hatton listed off the alcoholic drinks he had while celebrating making European team - and the consequences.

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3 d. ago Chronically sleepless? Study suggests it might cause your brain to age

Those with chronic insomnia are aging the equivalent of 3.5 additional years

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3 d. ago B.C. researchers can now determine a whale’s sex from its wake

Ocean Wise recently published a first-of-its-kind study on decoding the sex of whales from environmental DNA.

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3 d. ago Here's why a Toronto bar was forced to close after just over one year

A Toronto bar is closing permanently, a little over a year after opening, due to economic pressures and upcoming construction disruptions.Duke's Refresher, the arcade bar-lite chain by Service Inspired Restaurants (SIR), the hospitality team behind such hits as Scaddabush and Jack Astor's, has existed in Toronto, in various capacities, for over a decade.It once existed at the intersection of Yonge and Gerrard before moving to its popular St. Lawrence Market haunt and, in the spring of 2024, expanded eastward, taking over the Riverside location that, before Duke's, housed the Brickworks Ciderhouse.Before that, it was home to the original location of The Real Jerk. Some might call the space auspicious. Others could call it unlucky.For the case of Duke's, which opened for business in May of 2024, the location is, seemingly, the latter, as Service Inspired Restaurants confirms in a statement that Duke's Refresher Riverside is slated to shutter this month.&q...

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3 d. ago EU Financial Chief Sees ‘More Appealing’ Rules Luring ESG Money

Efforts to make the European Union’s financial regulations more attractive to investors would likely draw more green capital to the bloc, according to the EU’s financial services commissioner, Maria Luís Albuquerque.

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3 d. ago Top Toronto pitmasters launching new barbecue restaurant this weekend

There's a new barbecue restaurant opening in Toronto this weekend, and it's helmed by two of the city's top pitmasters.When two of the top Toronto talents on the local barbecue scene join forces, there's bound to be some smoke. The type of smoke that renders brisket juicy and makes ribs fall off the bone, that is.That's exactly what's going down at the intersection of Dupont and Christie as Golden Horseshoe BBQ, the lovechild of 24-year-old barbecue savant Andrew Golden and Carbon Bar Executive Chef Kris Hansen.The pair are setting up shop in the former home of an oft-bemoaned Popeye's location in a historic building in The Annex, transforming it into a semi-quick-service spot with a collection of enormous smokers in the parking lot.A Depression-era bank building that has since been home to a revolving door of various concepts, the space, paired with the team of Golden, who made his name running pop-ups at local breweries, and Hansen, ...

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4 d. ago N.B. senior says he’s a ‘very fortunate man’ after surviving 8 days in woods

The 84-year-old was missing for eight days in the woods, and says he survived drinking out of puddles and eating clovers.

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