12 h. ago Kenny vs. Spenny, Ivan Decker polar opposite hilarious at Grindstone Comedy Fest

Organizers wary Kenny vs. Spenny would get somehow illegal at Grindstone Comedy Fest didn’t have to long to wait to grit their teeth a little as the former was waving a weapon around at the latter’s face on the mainstage Friday night. “Anyone out there have a knife?” 58-year-old Kenny Hotz beckoned the way improv […]

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34 h. ago Toronto Pearson Airport now serves two of the world's largest passenger planes

Toronto has become one of the handful of cities in the world served by not one, but two Airbus A380 operators, Emirates and now Etihad Airways, cementing Pearson Airport's growing status as a major hub for long-haul travel. Etihad Airways officially began A380 service on its Abu Dhabi to Toronto route on June 24, marking the first time the airline has flown its flagship double-decker aircraft to Canada, and the first time Toronto has hosted two different A380 carriers simultaneously in three years. Etihad's A380 offers 486 seats across four cabin classes, including The Residence, the world's only three-room suite in the sky, complete with a private living room, bedroom, and ensuite shower. The aircraft also features nine "First Apartments" with lie-flat beds and ottoman seating, 70 Business Studios, and 405 Economy Smart Seats with an extra four inches of space. The new aircraft also brings a 31 per cent increase in capacity compared to the previ...

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58 h. ago Upcoming Toronto festival will have more than 250 varieties of taco

There's a massive taco festival coming to Toronto this summer, and 45 different restaurants in Toronto are getting in on the fun.Summertime in Toronto is to tacos as winter is to the Distillery District Winter Village, which is to say that it just wouldn't be the same without it, so it's only fitting that the summer should be flooded with a variety of taco-based events to celebrate.Perhaps the biggest of the entire season is Taco Fest, which is set to return to Toronto for its ninth year this August.Whether you're a birria, pollo or carnitas fanatic, this festival has most certainly got you covered, featuring 45 Toronto restaurants that, combined, will be offering over 250 different varieties of the Mexican street food staple.While the entire food lineup of the festival has yet to be revealed, the early teasers already suggest that it's going to be a muy caliente event, indeed, with local staples like Placos Tacos, Birria Catrin...

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58 h. ago Upcoming Toronto festival will have more than 250 varieties of tacos

There's a massive taco festival coming to Toronto this summer, and 45 different restaurants in Toronto are getting in on the fun.Summertime in Toronto is to tacos as winter is to the Distillery District Winter Village, which is to say that it just wouldn't be the same without it, so it's only fitting that the summer should be flooded with a variety of taco-based events to celebrate.Perhaps the biggest of the entire season is Taco Fest, which is set to return to Toronto for its ninth year this August.Whether you're a birria, pollo or carnitas fanatic, this festival has most certainly got you covered, featuring 45 Toronto restaurants that, combined, will be offering over 250 different varieties of the Mexican street food staple.While the entire food lineup of the festival has yet to be revealed, the early teasers already suggest that it's going to be a muy caliente event, indeed, with local staples like Placos Tacos, Birria Catrin...

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3 d. ago Parker: Big Rock Brewery marks 40 years with bold rebrand, return of music fest

The traditional rooster as Big Rock’s primary icon has been replaced by a rendering of the 18,200-ton glacial erratic near Okotoks that Ed McNally chose to name his brewery after

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3 d. ago Meet goaltender Ivan Prosvetov, the Calgary Flames’ new backup plan

Flames free-agent signing Ivan Prosvetov wanted to return from the KHL for ‘the chance to play in the best league in the world, with the best players’

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3 d. ago Kiran Deol brings dark comedy and zombie apocalypse vibes to Indian Summer Festival

Kiran Deol, American Punjabi writer/comedian/filmmaker/actor, is part of this year’s Indian Summer Festival.

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3 d. ago How a former Toronto Blue Jays pitcher once flooded a hotel room

If the inaugural episode was any indication, the 6ix Inning Stretch podcast with former Toronto Blue Jays player Whit Merrifield and Lindsay Dunn is going to be incredible.Merrifield, who announced his retirement from baseball just over a week ago, doesn't seem to be having any issue keeping busy, as he and Dunn recently announced that they would be starting a podcast together. The first episode of the new show was released on Wednesday morning and focused heavily on the two seasons Merrifield spent with the Blue Jays.While the 36-year-old shared many thoughts, including how he believed the 2023 Blue Jays roster was going to win the World Series, he also shared some hilarious moments, including one about starting pitcher Yusei Kikuchi flooding a hotel during a road trip.Merrifield explained that when on the road in Kansas City, he and his wife noticed water pouring down into their hotel room. They called the front desk, and a hotel employee later explained that "this little...

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5 d. ago Gilbert Rozon, Just for Laughs founder, continues to deny allegations

The disgraced former comedy mogul continued to reject the allegations against him at his civil trial for sexual assault in Montreal.

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5 d. ago Mexican Caribbean Tourism Board Shares Exciting Lineup of Late Summer, Fall Seasonal Events and Signature Experiences

From reimagined music festivals and culinary showcases to wellness retreats and nightlife celebrations, the region invites travelers to discover its most anticipated seasonal highlights The inaugural Mexican Caribbean Music Fest, held in Tulum in May, received over 20,000 attendees and hotel occupancy increased by 20 percent. QUINTANA ROO, Mexico, June 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — […]

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9 d. ago Pride Parade headlines host of fun events marching into GTA this weekend

It’s a long weekend for many, which is celebration enough. And while that punishing heat wave is behind us, things will still be hot, hot, hot in the city. While Toronto Jazz Fest winds down, there are plenty of other festivals and other fun things going on in and around Toronto. Here’s what you need […]

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9 d. ago Kenny vs. Spenny ride the mayhem of Grindstone Comedy Fest July 2

It’s a brilliant tradition Grindstone Comedy Fest has forged, bringing wild and line-crossing Canadian TV legends to its outdoor stage: Scott Thompson and Bruce McCulloch of Kids in the Hall in the last two years, no less — with a bonus freaky Kevin McDonald in December. But with gonzo humiliation athletes Kenny vs. Spenny headlining […]

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1 week ago 'Only a matter of time' until Ottawa faces a catastrophic heat wave

'I believe we are going to face a potential catastrophic heat wave here. It is only a matter of time,' says physiology researcher Glen Kenny

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1 week ago Temple de la renommée du hockey: Apprendre une bonne nouvelle sur son tracteur

L'Américaine Brianna Decker a écrit une petite page d'histoire.

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1 week ago New class named to Hockey Hall of Fame includes former Canuck Alexander Mogilny

Former Canuck, Alexander Mogilny has been eligible since 2009, with the Russian having recorded 473 goals and 1,032 points in 990 career games.

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2 w. ago Laughter and music on tap with Lunchbox and Stage West's upcoming seasons

Lunchbox Theatre and Stage West have announced their 2025/26 seasons. Last year was Lunchbox’s 50th anniversary season. This new one launches in October with Ontario playwright Kristen Da Silva’s Beyond the Sea. This comedy looks at a chance meeting of two strangers whose banter brings them closer to a relationship they both need. Da Silva […]

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2 w. ago First heat wave of ‘torrid summer’ to hit Eastern Canada next week

Contrasting this spate of heat with the renown 'polar vortex' of winter, an Environment Canada meteorologist calls this phenomenon a 'Bermuda High'

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2 w. ago À Montréal cet été: Zach Fucale salue la décision d'Ivan Demidov

Selon l'ancien espoir du CH, l'attaquant russe a bien fait de demeurer à Montréal cet été.

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2 w. ago Review: It's really something when a theatre troupe can pull off Much Ado About Nothing

There is much to recommend in The Shakespeare Company and Full Circle Theatre’s production of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. It’s one of Shakespeare’s more problematic plays. It’s a comedy, but at its heart, it’s about a group of men discrediting an innocent young girl. It’s Shakespeare’s comic version of his tragedy Othello. A group […]

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2 w. ago Toronto's Taste of Little Italy fest had barely any Italian food and people noticed

Taste of Little Italy is one of Toronto's most anticipated annual food festivals, but if you went expecting actual Italian food on the roster, you may have found yourself senza fortuna.Largely settled by droves of Italian newcomers in the early and mid-twentieth century, Little Italy has been a hub for Toronto's culinary and cultural scene — as well as the city's Italian community — for the better part of a century.Once almost exclusively populated with Italian bakeries, restaurants, and businesses, the neighbourhood's star has only continued to rise in recent decades as its business landscape, just like the city at large, grew increasingly diversified.Nowadays, a stroll along the stretch of College Street between Bathurst and Ossington will reveal nearly every type of cuisine under the sun, from Asian fusion brunch to Indian fine dining, so, it may not come as a surprise that Taste of Little Italy, the neighbourhood's annual weekend-long street festi...

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