VT Hint Live Nation lists the Toronto performance for November 9 at 7:30 p.m.; the show combines recorded poetry with live music and storytelling.
In a new interview, Falley reflects on love and grief ahead of Love Letter from the Afterlife, a multimedia tribute coming to the Elgin and Winter Garden theatres on November 9.
The mosaic uses 4,784 handwritten notes to honour hockey player and First World War soldier Allan “Scotty” Davidson. It marks Saturday’s launch of the National Poppy Campaign.
The former Toronto Mets player will catch for Tampa Bay against Milwaukee as the series begins Friday. CBC visits the family and coaches who watched his baseball career take shape.
Leonard, Scottie Barnes and Immanuel Quickley each scored 23 as Toronto opened its season with a 43-point home win.
The 18,000-square-foot location at 11 Yorkville Ave. will have four workout studios, a lounge and recovery amenities including saunas and cold plunge tubs.
The outlet plans to return to 1978 Dundas St. W. after its 2025 closure over zoning and permit issues. An exact reopening date and details of the new format are still to come.
The museum will turn the former Bank of Montreal branch at 2 Queen Street East into a space for Toronto’s people, places and stories, designed with local studio Superkül.
A lease-termination notice cites unpaid rent at the duckpin bowling venue, which opened in February 2025. The operator had not commented when blogTO published.
Manga Hotels’ updated plan for the parking lot at 689 King Street West proposes a single 30-storey tower, replacing an earlier two-building hotel design.
The Chinatown shop at 414-B Spadina must leave its longtime space. It is clearing out brushes, canvases and other supplies, with final shopping days through October 29.
Pearson, Autism Ontario and Air Transat hosted the fourth Ready, Set, Fly with YYZ event to help autistic and neurodivergent travellers build confidence navigating the airport.
Davies ran 2:08:48 to claim the Canadian men’s title. Leonard Langat and Leah Jeruto won the overall races, while Dayna Pidhoresky took the Canadian women’s crown.
NOW examines the shift away from starter homes: 72% of Ontario respondents say the idea has changed, with affordability and changing priorities shaping first purchases.
Daniel Hanna’s idea has spread for 16 years. CBC visits Eyesore Cinema as Toronto movie lovers celebrate DVDs, VHS and the neighbourhood video shop.
A late try sealed the comeback before 18,621 fans, a North American record for a standalone women’s rugby match, ending England’s 41-match unbeaten run.
The non-refundable fee applies per passenger, plus tax. Online bookings avoid it; accessibility needs and travel disruptions are exempt.
After losing her 14-year-old son Ben, Tricia Stanton is campaigning for maintained AEDs and better staff and student training across Ontario schools.
The weekly Mexico service was due to start October 29. Air Canada has removed it from the winter schedule before its first flight.
Fans say their Rogers Centre presale tickets weren't labelled as obstructed. Live Nation says affected buyers will be moved to comparable full-view seats before the 2027 shows.
Following its TIFF Criterion pop-up, Cinema Cellar is opening its first brick-and-mortar shop as film lovers return to collecting physical media.
Aurora Foods stepped in after thieves disabled seven of the charity’s eight trucks. Repairs are estimated at $80,000, with community help keeping food deliveries moving.
VT Hint CAMH cross-Canada run
Zephyr dad Myles Dininio finished a 148-day Newfoundland-to-Vancouver run that raised more than $50,000 for CAMH, and is still processing what the finish line meant.
VT Hint Covenant House walk
Fourteen-year-old Evangeline Link finished her fifth and last Thanksgiving fundraiser for Covenant House on Monday, after five years, 500 kilometres walked and more than $60,000 raised.
VT Hint Ashbridge's Bay pickleball
Ashbridge's Bay Sports Hub's 11 pickleball courts have been packed since opening this summer, but with no posted rules on court rotation or time limits, regulars are clashing over who plays and for how long.
VT Hint pigeon racing
GTA fanciers like Mississauga's Franco Bisceglia spend thousands on birds that race up to 1,000 km, but say the hobby is running out of new blood.
VT Hint Beyond Space La Maison
Beyond Space grew from a high-school design question into La Maison — a Toronto fashion brand, boutique, and cafe that once rolled out of a U-Haul.
VT Hint Slo Pitch Crave
Filmmaker J. Stevens draws on Queer sports-league life to make Crave's new comedy series Slo Pitch, turning dugout chaos into Toronto TV.
VT Hint John Cleese Toronto
At a sold-out Toronto screening, Cleese recounted how the Pythons threw out most of an early draft, kept the coconut shells, and somehow finished the cult comedy.
VT Hint Scarborough Spots closing
Scarborough Spots, the neighbourhood-themed merch shop and free art gallery that took over a former Foot Locker at Eglinton Square Mall in late 2023, is shutting down after nearly three years.
VT Hint DJ Blackcatt ball
After three decades shaping Black Queer nightlife from Church-Wellesley to ballroom, Mykel Hall aka DJ Blackcatt hosts the ninth Almighty Ball on Oct. 11 at Cake Cabaret with an 11-category Looney Tunes theme.
VT Hint Haven Toronto
On World Homeless Day (Oct. 10), Haven Toronto, Canada's only day centre for unhoused men over 50, highlights how meals and belonging cut isolation for elders like former long-haul trucker Howie.
VT Hint Fado Festival
A three-weekend GTA series (Sept. 25–Oct. 11) sold out community venues with local fadistas and Portugal stars — a saudade celebration rooted in Kensington's 1956 fado house era.
VT Hint Liberty Village park
Five design teams pitched a 4,900 m² park to replace a Green P lot at Hanna and Liberty; city picks a winner in November, with the green space eyed for 2030.
VT Hint temperature swing forecast
A mild Thanksgiving weekend (highs near 19–22 C) gives way to a sharp midweek drop, with overnight lows near 4 C by Wednesday after Monday's 22 C high.
VT Hint High Park turtle
Turtle Protectors relocated "Mick Jagger" after he left a pond and tried a fence; volunteers say brumation season plus t-shirt days and frost nights leave turtles disoriented.
VT Hint Pearson airport ranking
An analysis of 150,000+ Google reviews puts Pearson last of 35 Canadian airports at 3.76 stars, while Billy Bishop ranks second-best nationally.
VT Hint Toronto Biennial
The fourth edition spreads dozens of projects citywide through Dec. 20 — counter-allegories, water gods, and anti-slavery heroines — asking what holds together when systems rupture.
VT Hint winter forecast
The Weather Network's early outlook says December in the GTA may feel more like an extended fall, with well-above-normal temperatures to start the season.
VT Hint Ossington mural
Bruno Smoky wants to restore and update Flying Away, his 2016 mural at Ossington and Rebecca, but organizers need more money before work can start.
VT Hint Terry Fox documentary
Toronto filmmaker Sean Menard and Terry's brother Darrell Fox talk about the film, built around never-before-heard recordings from the Marathon of Hope.
VT Hint Toronto Islands homes
The Islands' community trust opens its 500-name purchasers' list only every two years, and this round fills 38 spots, with applications due Oct. 30 at 4 p.m.
VT Hint Toronto Zoo wombat
More than 16,000 people voted to name the southern hairy-nosed joey once known as #TZpouchpotato, who now trails her mother Matilba around the enclosure.
VT Hint Markham
The family of the fluffy Holland Lop says he was taken by some adults at the fair over the weekend and came back after they posted a cash reward online.
VT Hint cheap flights Japan
The Japanese budget carrier will fly year-round between Pearson and Tokyo Narita three times a week, its second Canadian route after Vancouver.
VT Hint Arkells merch for charity
Two vintage-style caps with the TDSB apple logo are up for pre-order at $40 each, with all proceeds going to healthy breakfast programs at Toronto schools.
VT Hint real estate
105 Roxborough St. E., a historic home once owned by a Titanic survivor, is on the market for $5.5 million.
VT Hint Toronto Life Laneway Suite of the Week; builder Lanescape. Near East Point Park and Rouge Hill GO.
Behind their parents' West Hill house, Ramon and Patricia Ordona built an 850-square-foot, two-storey suite modelled on old Japanese townhouses, with white oak, a skylight and sliding doors.
VT Hint Wellington, Prince Edward County; from wedding vets Megan Whalen-Craig and Ilon Tyan.
The Neon Chapel on Wellington's Main Street pitches itself as a place to elope or throw a small party of up to 55, with disco balls, a jukebox and Cupids instead of vineyard rustic-chic.
VT Hint Ribbon-cutting 10 a.m. Oct 17, 2026. Via MobileSyrup.
A 1,500-square-foot Nintendo space with Switch 2 demos and merch opens inside EB Games' flagship at 267 Yonge St. on Saturday, Oct. 17.
Caribbean Airlines starts weekly Sunday flights from Pearson to Tobago on Oct. 25, cutting out the connection through Port of Spain.
VT Hint Boeing 787-8, 290 seats in two classes per Aviation Wire. No start date yet. Spotted via r/toronto.
Japan Airlines' low-cost carrier will add a Narita-Toronto route by March 2027 with three to four round trips a week, its second Canadian city after Vancouver; tickets are expected to go on sale before the end of the year.
VT Hint Netflix expects a 2027 premiere.
Lohan and Henry Golding are shooting Return to You, a 2008-set romance about a lawyer tracking down the man a DVD was meant for, around the GTA until about Nov. 10.
VT Hint No official opening date; Sephora hasn't commented.
Signage and holiday job postings point to a new Sephora at 171 East Liberty St., the former 8 Temple presentation gallery, months after one was spotted for Stockyards Village.
VT Hint Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation Road Hockey, Oct 3. Prize insured by an unnamed company.
At Princess Margaret's Road Hockey fundraiser in Vaughan, Wayne Robbins threaded a 66 mm ball into a 71.3 mm hole on his first try, then donated the prize to gynecologic oncology at UHN and Mount Sinai.
VT Hint Originally reported by CTV. Venue dark until Harry Styles next May.
Downsview neighbours made nearly 275 calls to 311 about the stadium from May to September, with the Usher and Chris Brown show alone drawing 60, and a councillor says the sound cladding can't stop heavy bass.
Arthurs, who leaves Soulpepper and the Young Centre on Oct. 30, takes over the Queens Quay arts campus as new waterfront neighbourhoods to the east bring more than 150,000 future residents and workers.
VT Hint Long-form feature.
Toronto Life goes inside MrBeast's Amazon competition show and its $19-million Beast City at Downsview Park, a shoot that promised local film jobs and tax-credit synergy and delivered something far messier.
VT Hint Waterfront Toronto Floating Public Art program; artists Trevor Wheatley, Cosmo Dean and Puncture.
Global Convenience, the corner-store art piece that floated in Harbour Square Park Basin since June for the World Cup, wraps up Oct. 5, and fans sent it off with a mock funeral picnic.
Two beloved squirrel sculptures vanished from Joel Weeks Park over the summer despite industrial epoxy and steel rods, and a city art conservator says nobody knows who took one of them.
VT Hint Recovered from ~9:51 AM pass.
With GTA sales down and prices soft, more owners are pouring money into renovations rather than moving — and contractors say projects now cost $15k–$25k more than a year ago.
Crawford Lake Conservation Area reopened its 1.6 km elevated boardwalk after a rehab that replaced the 1965 path — a fall foliage loop near the Iroquois village and Bruce Trail.
Celebrity stylist Law Roach stopped into Dundas West's VSP Consignment and left with archival Issey Miyake and Miu Miu pieces.
The singer behind 1988's Tell Somebody — and a 1989 Juno for most promising female vocalist — died Friday surrounded by family, her team said Saturday.
Viral dating talk flips chivalry on its head — some see equality, others entitlement — and a local expert says healthy relationships still need effort from both sides.
Bob Gruen's unseen rock archive — Lennon on the rooftop, Led Zeppelin by the plane — lands at Liss Gallery; everybody has a camera now, he says, but timing still matters.
A naturopathic doctor found workarounds after Meta flagged promotions for a Toronto summit on health education for LGBTQ women and non-binary people.
Fake campaign imagery is blurring real and synthetic ahead of Oct. 26 — a cautionary tale for voters and candidates before the line disappears.
Spared from demolition and left decaying in an Etobicoke park since 2007, the former Mimico Railway Station is set for a long-awaited restoration.
61 Seaton squeezes a full home onto an awkward leftover downtown lot — one of those Toronto shapes that only make sense once you see it.
Plan International's 'I Have a Name' screening brings LaFlamme and Never Have I Ever's Ramakrishnan together to spotlight girls growing up without birth certificates.
VT Hint Bookstore closure distinct from El Convento / Angelo Rosso shutter stories.
The Church-Wellesley used-book staple at 662 Yonge closes Oct 30 after rising costs; shelves are half-off now, and owner Patrick Hempelmann plans another location.
VT Hint Front-page Lifestyle lead — sudden closure of a longtime queer nightlife home.
The beloved Latin dance club and LGBTQ+-friendly College Street landmark shuttered immediately, citing circumstances beyond its control after 35 years at 750 College St.
VT Hint In ~8h window; missed by 9:56 AM batch; local landmark closing.
Longtime owner Jim Tanner is retiring after nearly six decades of custom menswear on Eglinton West — another classic Toronto shop saying goodbye.
A new Church-Wellesley Village installation invites passersby to look up and picture what comes next for 2SLGBTQIA+ Toronto — timed with Nuit Blanche.
VT Hint Distinct from Sep 30 CBC Super El Niño late-colours analysis.
From day-trip foliage loops to overnight leaf-peeping, NOW maps six provincial parks worth the drive as autumn colour peaks across Ontario.
Instead of rummaging through donation boxes, families browse clean clothes on racks — a GTA charity restoring choice and pride for more than 600 families so far.
The RuPaul's Drag Race all-star talks Queer expression, sore knees, and what comedy has taught her as she heads to Just for Laughs Toronto.
VT Hint Best afternoon lifestyle lead; NYC-to-Toronto homecoming shop.
After dressing Michelle Obama, Taylor Swift, and Beyoncé from her New York base, Tanya Taylor is opening her first Canadian storefront back home in Summerhill this fall.
A new exhibit drops documentary photography into the path of everyday Union Station commuters — 16 Canadian photojournalists, front and centre.
Creator Jayce Wells built Concerto so winning the Ticketmaster war isn't the hard part — the local app aims to organize the rest of the concert night.
Streets of Toronto's October roundup stacks festivals, fall food, Halloween hauntings, and neighbourhood happenings for the month ahead.
VT Hint Post-TRC fashion spotlight; distinct from survivor gatherings and Indigenous places list.
The Cree-Métis designer took Ayimach Horizons to Indigenous NYFW, fusing intergenerational craft with boundary-pushing futurist looks.
From patch visits to fall fairs, Streets maps the pumpkin festivals worth the drive from Toronto this October.
VT Hint TRC Day survivor voices; distinct from open/closed guide and Indigenous places list.
At Nathan Phillips Square, survivors shared stories and a sunrise ceremony marked the sixth National Day for Truth and Reconciliation; Elder Thomas Louttit's ask of non-Indigenous people: listen.
VT Hint Fall foliage timing; distinct from prior El Niño winter-forecast links.
Experts say the strongest El Niño on record could delay Ontario's foliage peak with a warmer fall, but the colour show will still arrive.
VT Hint TRC Day public-art debut; distinct from Indigenous places guide and language-words feature.
The Cree artist's first permanent public work, The Colony, opened Wednesday at Biidsaasige Park on the Lassonde Art Trail where the Don meets the lake.
Banks and Toronto Public Libraries are closed, TTC and GO run normal service, and most malls and attractions stay open on the federal holiday.
VT Hint Game result + debuts; distinct from Sep 29 CityNews opener preview already ingested.
Gavin McKenna and newly acquired Kirill Marchenko debuted in a 3-2 loss to Montreal as Toronto opened the NHL season with a heavily remade roster.
VT Hint Utility guide for Orange Shirt Day; distinct from NOW's 4 Toronto events list already ingested.
From the Humber River to Scarborough, five GTA spots make a thoughtful stop on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
VT Hint Orange Shirt Day language feature; distinct from Star Indigenous places guide and NOW events list.
From Iskotêw to Aanii, Boozhoo and Mino-bimaadiziwin, artists and leaders mark Orange Shirt Day by reclaiming language after Runway of Rezilience.
After teasing unreleased tracks in his FOMO livestream film, the Toronto rapper says a bunch of those songs hit Thursday — no more scrubbing the stream for snippets.
The legendary Sherbourne-street music venue is getting another shot at survival by relocating — a rare piece of good news for a room that has hosted decades of Toronto shows.
VT Hint Season opener preview; distinct from yesterday's Marchenko trade acquisition story.
Opening night at Scotiabank Arena pits Toronto against Montreal — with Kirill Marchenko in the mix after the Knies trade that closed out Leafs camp.
Election day is Oct. 26 (10 a.m.–8 p.m.): citizens 18+ who live in Toronto need ID — plus how advance voting, mail-in ballots, and candidate lists work.
On the eve of the regular season, Toronto lands Marchenko (plus Miles Wood and Elvis Merzlikins) for Knies, Steven Lorentz, Emil Andrae, and a second-round pick — with a reported six-year, $12.5M AAV extension attached.
VT Hint New same-day return presser; distinct from earlier trade-investigation / Ka'Wine coverage.
Kawhi told reporters he’s glad to be back in the city he led to a championship — and has no regrets about the L.A. chapter that followed.
NOW’s guide to BLAXPO — a two-day Black business conference that aims to feel nothing like a fluorescent hotel ballroom.
CP24’s rundown of TTC, city services, stores, and schools for Wednesday’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
Toronto’s WNBA team finished 11-33 with a league-worst injury toll, but sold out Coca-Cola Coliseum, set a Montreal attendance record, and enters Year 2 with top lottery odds.
Toronto added back-end depth on Sunday, inking the 26-year-old defenceman to a one-year contract as training-camp roster math gets real.
VT Hint CBC RSS description img (prefer feed thumb over OG).
Canada's Leylah Fernandez rolled past Australia's Talia Gibson 7-5, 6-0 in Sunday's final to claim her first singles title of 2026.
The Canadian men's team opened a new four-year cycle with a chippy 1-0 win over Chile in Saturday night's international friendly at BMO Field.
VT Hint blogTO article image / fire station tour.
It's not only for school groups — Station 332 downtown will walk adults through trucks and kit if crews aren't on a call (and yes, TikTok started it).
VT Hint NOW OG / Feist portrait thumb.
Ahead of tonight's Massey Hall ceremony with The Hip and Loverboy, Feist sent a message to the universe hoping to reconnect with Placebo bandmate Toby Connolly.
VT Hint CBC RSS description img / og (prefer feed thumb).
The future Hall of Famer will start on short rest Sunday vs. Cincinnati, then wait until after the season to say whether he's done.
VT Hint Star RSS / OG thumb (prefer full image).
The longtime Etobicoke mansion tied to the infamous Leafs owner comes down — a local footnote in Toronto sports lore.
VT Hint blogTO RSS enclosure / media thumb.
A leafy Henry Street hideaway that reads more cabin-in-the-canopy than core-city listing — blogTO tours the downtown oddball.
VT Hint 6ix Retail storefront / anniversary photo.
Owner Ian Donker talks staff loyalty, Amazon-era survival, and keeping four neighbourhood stores alive as the indie bookseller hits half a century.
A new poll finds cost of living, congestion, and lifestyle pressure pushing a huge share of residents toward the exits — and locals say the vibe checks out.
VT Hint 6ix Retail OG / door-notice photo.
Bay Street already shut; Church & Wellesley, Portland & Adelaide, and Yonge & Erskine serve their last cups today in Starbucks' latest North America cull.
Lil Gabi D. says out-of-service elevators made TIFF-week commuting nearly impossible — and wants accessibility treated as non-negotiable during major events.
VT Hint Star RSS enclosure / OG.
Starlotte Satine says Instagram and Facebook locked her out while she was promoting an El Mocambo show — Meta flagged an old dancers-in-bikinis photo as promoting harm.
VT Hint CityNews OG screen grab.
As the animated feature opens Friday, Filipino-Canadian audiences in Toronto are treating the premiere as more than a movie night — it's rare representation.
VT Hint Rosedale luxury listing; lifestyle real-estate feature.
The 5,000+ sq ft PH at 1 Chestnut Park in Rosedale is asking $10 million — a rare high-end listing in a converted historic mansion.
VT Hint blogTO hero via RSS/media thumb.
The zoo's newest 'couch potato' is here — an adorable wombat joey, with a public naming call attached.
VT Hint Streets of Toronto OG/hero.
Drake's brand brings Jimmy Brooks-era Degrassi back with made-in-Canada jerseys and varsity pieces — online and at select Toronto OVO stores Friday at 10 a.m.
VT Hint Local retail/culture; blogTO article hero.
Creeping rent and rising property taxes are pushing a nearly four-decade Toronto bookstore out of its longtime home.
VT Hint Seasonal lifestyle list; Streets feed thumb.
Pumpkin patches, leaf peeping, patio season 2.0 — Streets of Toronto's seasonal checklist for day one of autumn in the city.
VT Hint Practical tech/lifestyle; blogTO article hero.
Yet another carrier is shutting down 3G in parts of Ontario — check your handset before older phones and medical devices lose service.
The 2026 World Spa Awards put the lakeside Guerlain Spa at Hotel X on top again — ten treatment rooms overlooking Lake Ontario.
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