26 h. ago Huge Toronto summer festival features lineup stacked with international artists

Toronto's summer festival calendar is getting a huge dose of global sounds and rhythm this July with the return of the annual Mixto Festival. The free two-day celebration of international music, art, and culture along Toronto's waterfront takes place on July 12 and 13 this year, marking the festival's seventh edition. The festival is produced by Toronto-based cultural organization Uma Nota Culture, which is known for its unique programming, block parties, and community panels. Part of the Ontario Place Trillium Park SummerSeries, the festival includes two packed days of live music and DJs, dancing, art installations, food and craft vendors, and a licensed bar.     View this post on Instagram           A post shared by Mixto Festival (@mixtofestival)True to its name, Mixto (which means "mixed" in both Portuguese and Spanish), the festival is built on diversity, and plays on...

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63 h. ago Ontario park with ancient volcano and giant cliffs looks like 4km

Just east of Thunder Bay, Ontario, a huge silhouette stretches along the horizon of along Lake Superior. It looks just like a huge, sleeping human stretching kilometres— and the namesake of a popular provincial park. That natural rock formation is known as the Sleeping Giant, the eroded remains of an ancient volcano that erupted nearly 1.1 billion years ago during the Midcontinent Rift. The park, aptly named Sleeping Giant Provincial Park, sits along the north shore of Lake Superior on the Sibley Peninsula. It boasts wide landscapes and massive lakeside cliffs, a wonder to anyone curious enough to visit. At Sleeping Giant, see cliffs that are almost 250 meters wide. Photo: Brester Irina/ShutterstockThe Sleeping Giant's mass formation of rocks resembles a row of mesas and cliffs that appear to form an almost four-kilometre-long body, seemingly snoozing in the distance, complete with cliffs that resemble a face, a chest, and a stomach. The cliffs car...

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6 d. ago Ford vows Ontario Place parking lot will offer ‘massive return on investment’

The Ontario government unveiled Tuesday the final designs for the new Ontario Place public space, including a new 3,500-spot parking lot that will cost $400 million. Artists’ renderings also showed 50 acres of public beaches, trails, parks, playgrounds, interactive fountains, event spaces, an updated marina, a state-of-the-art Ontario Science Centre, Live Nation’s revitalized year-round amphitheatre […]

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7 d. ago Toronto outdoor venue to get futuristic update in Ontario Place rebuild

Ontario Place's iconic Budweiser Stage amphitheatre is getting a dramatic overhaul as part of the sweeping and controversial revitalization of the waterfront site, and here's what it will look like. On Tuesday, the Ford government unveiled the final designs for the new Ontario public space, including the redesigned venue, which will be able to host up to 20,000 guests in the summer and nearly 9,000 in the winter, transforming it into a year-round indoor-outdoor concert destination. A map of the future revitalized site shows a large section devoted to the Therma megaspa, the Live Nation music venue, the new Ontario Science Centre, and a massive publicly owned parking structure. The venue's renderings show its east side entrance as well as the east pavilion. "For the past 30 years, our amphitheatre has presented and hosted some of the biggest and best Canadian and international artists," said Wayne Zronik, President of Business Operations for ...

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7 d. ago Obnoxiously huge Ontario Place parking garage will block Toronto waterfront

The provincial government has released the final plans for its controversial Ontario Place project, unveiling dozens of new renderings that include a glimpse of an aggressively large parking garage that would form a wall between Toronto and its waterfront.Ontario is pressing forward with the contentious project, which notably includes a vast publicly owned parking structure that the province claims "will generate revenue for the province and help the public conveniently access Ontario Place's many attractions.""We're rebuilding Ontario Place into a world-class destination for families and tourists, with convenient connections for visitors coming by car, GO train or the Ontario Line's nearby Exhibition Station," said Premier Doug Ford on Tuesday.It appears from renderings that "car" is the operative word in this equation.Among the over 30 newly released renderings, the province shared just two images of the enormous parking structure that &md...

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7 d. ago Canada’s first beach cleaning robot is coming to Ontario’s parks this summer

SUTTON WEST — Don’t be alarmed if you see a Zamboni-like rover roaming Ontario’s shores this summer — it’s a beach cleaning robot being tested in some provincial parks. The robot, called a BeBot, is a remotely operated and fully electric machine that removes plastic, glass, metal, paper and other debris from beaches with sand-sifting […]

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8 d. ago Weekend storm topples trees, traps campers at provincial parks in northern Ontario

A couple from Sudbury, Ont., say they’re still reeling after surviving a severe weekend storm in northern Ontario that toppled trees and trapped campers in two provincial parks. David Pitawanakwat says he and his wife Shana were at their trailer in Samuel de Champlain Provincial Park on Saturday when a sudden storm hit the area. […]

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8 d. ago Weekend storm topples trees, traps campers at northern Ontario parks

A couple from Sudbury, Ont., say they're still reeling after surviving a severe weekend storm in northern Ontario that toppled trees and trapped campers in two provincial parks.

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9 d. ago That time a Canadian warship was a popular Toronto attraction

Did you know that an esteemed Canadian warship was once a popular tourist attraction on Toronto's waterfront?Toronto has built a legacy of preserving the many places that remind us of the past, although one of these landmarks has moved some distance away; specifically, this warship that once sat docked at the waters of Ontario Place, once a mainstay of the now-defunct attraction.Meet the HMCS Haida, a "Tribal" class destroyer originally built during WWII for the Royal Canadian Navy, named after the Indigenous Haida people. Perhaps the most interesting tidbit about this ship is that it's the last surviving Tribal-class destroyer in the world, a class of warship constructed for the Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Australian Navy.Though the Haida has been gone for decades, it's still remembered as one of Toronto's coolest attractions, once upon a time. HMCS Haida docked at Ontario Place. Photo: City o...

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9 d. ago Ontario park has breathtaking landscapes formed by 450 million

If you're looking for a getaway with a celestial connection, look no further: Slate Islands Provincial Park has some of the best views of any Ontario Park. And it's all, apparently, thanks to a giant, prehistoric crater. Slate Islands, just outside of Terrace Bay, Ont., is a tranquil and picturesque wonder, situated in the far northern part of Lake Superior. The impact of a meteor that struck the area 450 million years ago forged the Slate Islands, an Ontario park like no other. The islands form a seven-kilometre-wide archipelago with two main islands and five smaller ones. Ontario parks with rugged shorelines and clear blue waters are plentiful, but this park is unique in a very different way. It happens to be the best-preserved, medium-sized meteor impact structure on Earth, according to the Ontario Geological Survey. Most of the crater's impact can only be seen underwater, although some of it peaks from above. Pho...

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1 week ago Marineland looking to sell amusement rides as Ontario park ‘evolves’

A news release published Tuesday indicates Marineland is making its rides available for purchase by amusement operators, entertainment companies and other qualified buyers.

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1 week ago You can sail on Canada's largest tall ship in Toronto this month

Grab your sailor cap and strap on your floaties because the Toronto Waterfront Festival is back this summer with some huge special guests.The highly anticipated summer celebration, presented by Redpath in partnership with the Waterfront BIA, takes place from June 28 to 29, 2025, at Sugar Beach.There will be interactive activities, live entertainment, food vendors and more for all ages to enjoy.And for the first time since 2019, a fleet of majestic tall ships will be sailing in for the Toronto Waterfront Festival for guests to get up close with.Toronto Waterfront Festival"We are very excited to have the Tall Ships back in Toronto after six years and, for the first time ever, we are thrilled to be able to offer sailaways on Empire Sandy, Canada’s largest tall ship," said Victoria Mahoney, event co-producer."There will be no shortage of nautical entertainment and activities for visitors. From sea shanty singers to tall ship themed menu items from our food vendors, ...

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2 w. ago Ontario city shutters dog park over concerns for potentially lethal soil contaminants

A dog park in the east end of Hamilton was closed by the city after a survey of the soil showed it may contain contaminants that are harmful to dogs.

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2 w. ago Toronto's waterfront will be overrun with sailboats and pirate ships this month

The Toronto waterfront is going to be completely taken over by pirate ships and sailboats this month, but luckily, there's a very fun reason why.If you happen to notice that the Toronto waterfront seems abnormally flooded with tall ships and other large sailboats this month, do not be afraid — Blackbeard and his motley crew haven't arisen from their watery graves to squirrel away the city's riches: it's actually the Toronto Waterfront Festival, back for another season.Taking place at and around Sugar Beach, just off Queens Quay, the festival is a lauded celebration of Toronto's mostly pristine, always breathtaking yet too often underappreciated waterfront with fun activities, live entertainment and festival foods.The real star of the show, though, is the Parade of Sail, which is set to take place on Friday, June 27, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., and will see an impressive fleet of historic tall ships take sail.Among the vessels you'll see overtaking...

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3 w. ago Today's letters: Ontario is being simplistic about hospital parking fees

Monday, June 9: Readers aren't happy about hospital parking fees, or about the health minister's comments on them. You can write to us too, at letters@ottawacitizen.com

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3 w. ago Toronto tenant fears homelessness amid alleged ‘bad faith’ eviction

A disabled man in Toronto faces eviction after nearly 50 years in his High Park apartment after Ontario's top court denied his appeal despite claims of bad faith.

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3 w. ago Two people seriously injured in Bluffer’s Park stabbings: Cops

Two people are in hospital with serious injuries following a stabbing spree Friday night at Bluffer’s Park. Toronto Police said in a social media update that officers responded at approximately 7:30 p.m. to reports of several people stabbed at the Scarborough park, at Brimley Rd. south of Kingston Rd., along Lake Ontario. According to police, […]

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3 w. ago Underrated Ontario provincial park has wooden lookout with unmatched views

Nestled on the Niagara Escarpment just a little outside of Collingwood, Ontario, is an underappreciated, concealed treasure of a provincial park that boasts hiking trails, limestone outcrops out of a rock climber's dreams, and a wooden viewing deck with unbelievable views of a gorge below.While Devil's Glen Provincial Park may have a sinister name, it is a heavenly natural wonderland just begging to be explored, often going overlooked in favour of some of the province's bigger parks, as well as some of the area's other attractions.The off-the-beaten-path feel of Devil's Glen is part of what makes it so appealing, with its small, easy-to-miss parking lot, quiet and rugged trails, serene vantages of the beautiful Ontario wilderness and, most often, nary another human in sight.You can hike down to the Mad River that carves a valley deep through the green space (a valley that Parks Ontario says is "geologically significant"), challenging...

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3 w. ago Toronto doctor’s patients allege neglectful obstetrical and gynecological care

Esther Park resigned from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario on April 30

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3 w. ago MacDonald: Ottawa City Hall's new security measures lack common sense

The main floor of city hall is a public space, with an event venue, art gallery, café and, most importantly, the combined Ottawa Client Services/Service Ontario outlet. It also provides access to city hall’s underground parking garage.

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