2 d. ago Former Leafs GM Kyle Dubas shares biggest regret, comments on Mitch Marner and Mike Babcock

Current Pittsburgh Penguins boss spoke during a podcast appearance about infamous incident involving all-star and former coach.

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4 d. ago CHARLEBOIS: How quiet staple became Canada’s biggest food price shock

When Canadians think of food price hikes, they tend to picture meat, coffee, produce, or even chocolate. Rice rarely comes to mind. Yet in 2025, rice has quietly become the single fastest-rising food product in Canadian grocery stores — up 48.9% since January, according to Statistics Canada. That’s not a rounding error. A standard 2-kg […]

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4 d. ago Another Toronto street festival was just cancelled for this year

On the heels of the shocking announcement that Toronto's Taste of the Danforth is being scrapped yet again this year, another street fest has also announced that it will not take place in the coming weeks, after all.Organizers of Toronto's Tamil Fest 2025 took to their website this week and updated it with a message that has surprised many: "Tamil Fest is paused for 2025."Set to take place on August 23 and 24 along Markham Road in Scarborough, the fest, now in its 11th year, was touted as the largest of its kind in the world. Apparently, up to 250,000 people were expected to patronize it this year — that is, until the abrupt cancellation.Although this is an unexpected change in plans, something did feel different about the way the event was being promoted this year. Headliners, key vendors, attractions, and other details were missing from the website, giving the homepage a very dismal feel as the start date loomed.This made the suspen...

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4 d. ago One of Toronto's biggest street festivals was just cancelled for the second straight year

There are two main events that residents of Toronto would say traditionally herald the end of summertime each year: The Canadian National Exhibition (CNE), which runs 18 days until Labour Day to close out the season, and Taste of the Danforth, once the city's largest street and food festival, taking place each August.While we are all eagerly awaiting the opening of the former this Friday, unfortunately, the latter has just been called off — and, it's now the second year in a row that this has happened, indicating a very precarious future for what has for so long been a key staple of the region's annual calendar.Since its advent in 1993, Taste of the Danforth has grown to welcome more than a million people across three days each summer, taking over a 1.6-km-long stretch of the main street.The last iteration that locals have been able to enjoy was in 2023, which followed a forced break during COVID-19. But even then, things appeared...

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7 d. ago Largest street festival of its kind in the world returns to Toronto this month

Toronto's largest South Asian street festival is back, and it's bringing tons of colour, music, and flavour right here to the city. Tamil Fest 2025 returns for its 11th year this month, taking over Markham Road in Scarborough for two culturally-forward days of performances, delish eats, and overall pride.Recognized as the biggest "Tamil street festival outside of the Indian subcontinent," Tamil Fest is expected to welcome 250,000 visitors this year.The organizers are gearing up to host a massive crowd — bigger than what they've seen in the past years — and one of the city's busiest roads will be shut down to cater to the festival-goers.There will be dance troupes, spicy South Asian flavours, and local vendors who will turn the festival into a complete sensory experience.    View this post on Instagram           A post shared by Tamil Fest 2025 (@tamilfest.ca)This yea...

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7 d. ago In midst of construction and class action lawsuit, Marda Loop businesses prepare for summer street festival

More than 35,000 visitors expected Sunday for Marda Gras

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8 d. ago Tennis star says Toronto traffic is so bad he naps on the way to National Bank Open matches

Travelling around the world to a new tournament seemingly every week, tennis stars get a chance to see parts of the globe most people will never get an opportunity to.But at the new 12-day format of the National Bank Open in Toronto and Montreal, some of the tournament's biggest names have opted to choose catching up on sleep over sightseeing."I've been playing until 2 a.m., and then waking up at like 2 p.m.," American star Taylor Fritz said earlier this week."There's been absolutely no time to do anything… I get back to the hotel at 2 a.m. I finished my match the other night at 1:30 a.m. So, not much time for anything. I think all I can do is sleep as much as possible, come to the courts, practice, do what I've got to do, play my matches and get my meals in, and that's about it."With the tournament taking place at Sobeys Stadium on York University campus, the northwest Toronto location is a bit of a hike from t...

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1 week ago Why the Ottawa Redblacks' next game, against the Toronto Argos, is the biggest of their season

Redblacks have won just six of 27 meetings and trail by more than 24 converted touchdowns (818-647) on the all-time scoreboard against Argos

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1 week ago Fake Deadmau5 storms VELD stage in Toronto and ends up losing pants

One of Toronto's biggest outdoor music festivals — VELD — returned this past weekend, and this year's event offered a variety of performances, DJ sets, and... a fake Deadmau5 who came storming the stage and ended up losing his pants in the mix.VELD-goers were in for a spectacle on Sunday during Deadmau5's set change, as a seemingly unsanctioned lookalike ambushed the stage.During the struggle, the phony Deadmau5 even got a bit violent — using his fake ear to fend security off — and then eventually had his pants pulled down as guards grappled with the stage invader.    View this post on Instagram           A post shared by Toronto Rave Community (@torontoravecommunity)The interesting part here is that people are debating whether this was all part of the act — set up by the real Deadmau5 himself — or if this was indeed a stage intruder.Toronto is to...

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4 w. ago This Toronto street is turning into a giant jazz party and it's totally free

Get ready to groove, Toronto — one of the city's most beloved street jazz parties is making its return next week!The Beaches Jazz Street Festival StreetFest is back from July 25–27, 2025, bringing live music, local vendors, and major street closures to Queen Street East.The festival is free to attend and marks the grand finale of the month-long Beaches International Jazz Festival, which has been filling Toronto's streets with soulful sounds all July long.Queen Street East turns into a pedestrian paradiseFrom Woodbine Avenue to Beech Avenue, Queen Street East will be closed to vehicle traffic from Friday, July 25 at 6 p.m. to Sunday, July 27 at midnight, transforming the bustling strip into an open-air stage and pedestrian-only promenade.Over 40 bands and hundreds of musicians will line the sidewalks performing everything from funk, soul, and big band to Afro-Cuban jazz and blues. Expect multiple pop-up stages, roaming brass bands, and plenty of surprise performan...

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4 w. ago What are the biggest second half storylines for the Toronto Blue Jays?

WATCH BELOW: On the latest episode of Long Ball, Postmedia’s Rob Wong speaks with Toronto Sun Blue Jays writer Rob Longley about Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s season to date, if George Springer can keep up his strong play, what manager John Schneider will do when Daulton Varsho and Anthony Santander return from injury and if a swing-off […]

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