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Milton Teen Invents Electric Unicycle
Milton teenager Ben Gulak has taken the motorcycle world by storm with Uno, his electric unicycle. What started as a science fair project has turned into an international attention-grabber. In a departure from so many of today's products that are designed in Canada (Blackberry) or the US (iPod)…
Reading Your Wrights
The finalists for the 2008 Doug Wright Awardsfor Canadian cartooning have been announced! There were no major upsets: Montreal-based publishing house Drawn and Quarterly practically swept the nominations, but there is also a considerable presence of self-published works on the shortlist.…
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Clothing Sample Sale
Clothing Sample Sale June 7 - 8, 2008 Silver/1921 Denim, English Laundry, Loyal Army, Astro T’s and more Jeans, shorts, t-shirts, dresses,dress shirts,street casual wear. Soma Lounge 703 Queen East Toronto 11am-6pm
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Ride the TTC to the Brick Works on Saturdays this summer, starting June 7
Starting Saturday, **June 7**, the TTC will introduce new summer Saturday service to the [Brick Works](http://www.evergreen.ca/rethinkspace/).
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LitTO: June 3–June 11
Photo by kygp. Tonight the seven finalists for the prestigious Griffin Poetry Prize will be reading at the MacMillan Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for the reading are completely sold out, so instead you'll have to settle for a copy of the anthology to get close to the nominees. The Canadian…
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Vintage Toronto Ads: Don't Condemn a Bicycle You Haven't Test-Driven
Further proof of the modesty employed in late 19th century advertising. Call this a prequel to last week's featured ad, as Welland Vale was one of the bicycle manufacturers whose line was amalgamated into CCM later on in the year this was published. Originally a manufacturer of wagon wheels…
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Unsung City Beautifiers: Fruit & Flower Shops
As Pug Award fever reaches its apex tomorrow night, I thought it might be time to shine a light on smaller-scale design issues. The area where I live, on the Danforth between Coxwell and Woodbine, doesn’t win a lot of prizes for streetscape design. Though there’s a few trees in concrete…
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Reel Toronto: The Sentinel
Toronto's extensive work on the silver screen reveals that, while we have the chameleonic ability to look like anywhere from New York City to Moscow, the disguise doesn't always hold up to scrutiny. Reel Toronto revels in digging up and displaying the films that attempt to mask, hide, or—in…
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Wishingline serves up a tasty Lunch 2.0!
Yummy food, great company and a hip location made for a tiptop Lunch 2.0 event this past Friday. A blend of Toronto’s tech and design folks met, munched and chatted over pizza, fresh fruit and tasty desserts at the new offices of design firm Wishingline. Many thanks to Scott Boms and the…
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Dine Safe - Restaurant Health Practices and Inspections
Dine Safe - Restaurant Health Practices and Inspections
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Talking points: Prevent defence. It doesn't work in football and it sure doesn't work in hockey.
Talking points: Prevent defence. It doesn't work in football and it sure doesn't work in hockey. After thinking about Pittsburgh's 4-3 triple-overtime victory over Detroit in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup, here are five talking points to discuss amongst yourselves… 1. Assuming that the NHL…
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Condos on William Carson
Condos on William Carson June 3, 2008 by Jarrod Here’s a quick little up date for the month of June on the Condos available at 11, 18, 28, 38 William Carson. There are currently 12 great condos available on William Carson as of this month. Prices vary from the high to $270,000 range for…
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New Listings Tue Jun 3 11:40:01 2008
New Listings Tue Jun 3 11:40:01 2008 Filed under: Toronto Real Estate — admin @ 11:40 am 1096823 - E01 - 94 BOULTBEE,TORONTO, Ontario, Canada - $339,900 Agent is related to vendor. The perfect home for first time buyers or investors. A unique opportunity as both units are legal…
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New Lofts Tue Jun 3 11:40:00 2008
New Lofts Tue Jun 3 11:40:00 2008 Filed under: Toronto Real Estate — admin @ 11:40 am C1390778 - L01 - 955 QUEEN ST W,TORONTO, Ontario, Canada - $325,000 Historic Chocolate Lofts W/Soaring 12 Ft.Ceilings & Exposed Metal Ducts & Pipes - Across From Trinity Bellwoods Park With A…
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Toronto Floor Finisher
AR Expert Floors is a family-owned business in the Toronto area. They specialize in floor sanding and finishing. TCK Media designed a professional website that showcases the company’s services and quality work. Includes an online form and Flash integrartion in the home page. The…
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Illegal Signs for Illegal Signs
Public relations is a tricky job, especially for the companies that operate illegal signs across Toronto. They've already got to deal with a site dedicated solely to putting an end to the practice, an increasingly aware and increasingly concerned populace, and those damned vandals who forgo…
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Toronto's Literary Events: June 3-9, 2008
In this week's roundup of Toronto's literary events: celebrating 100 years of Anne of Green Gables, a gathering of mystery readers and writers, exploring the city's small presses, and the book trailer for Toronto Noir. Tuesday, June 3rd: Gregory Betts, Nathan Whitlock, Tanya Runyen, Joe…
Mixtapes: Ayah~Problem Woman Mixtape
“In a day when alot of people are looking for a light in the music tunnel…one shines really bright…Ayah has given me new found faith that soul music is very much alive…i can’t wait to work with her…” Dj Jazzy Jeff Do yourself a favor and download this to hear Toronto’s best…
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FASHION Flash Mob
Facebook | FASHION Flash Mob June 7, 2008(rain or shine) A flash mob is a large group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, perform an unusual action for a brief period of time, then quickly disperse. – Wikipedia Are you a modern art aficionado or do you just love a fabulous…
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The Now House Project: Providing a Model for Recycling WWII-Era Houses
Renovating and ‘re-using’ older homes may be one of the greenest forms of construction. But fixing up an old house tends to be a highly individual endeavor, and the lessons learned while retrofitting a single home are difficult to adapt to larger-scale applications. In spite of this,…
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Hallado en Texas el eslabón perdido de los anfibios
El descubrimiento reaviva una de las mayores controversias en la evolución de los animales vertebrados Publicado por MANUEL ANSEDE en Público, 21/05/2008 . Hace unos 400 millones de años, los peces sarcopterigios salieron del agua. Con el tiempo, sus aletas lobuladas se convirtieron en…
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Cheering For Laundry: The Hiring of Ron Wilson
There was a Seinfeld episode with that phrase, cheering for laundry, used by Jerry to describe what people were really doing when they cheered their favourite sports team. They were cheering for the jerseys. For all of my life, I've been cheering for the blue and white uniform donned by my…
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Linkage - June 3
Linkage - June 3 You know what the biggest trouble with the Raptors picking No. 17 in the draft is? In large part, they will have their decision on who to pick made for them. With so many players of varied size and skill projected in the 10-20 range in the draft, it’s going to come down to…
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Chop the Gardiner
Toronto needs to chop a portion of the Gardiner. Toronto needs to find the will and vision to take on such project before it falls even further behind other world class cities. After nearly two years the Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation recently released its report which provided a…
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Week 10 Recap
Another lively and entertaining weekend from around the league. With internationals beginning to make games much more interesting, each team is having their depth tested to varying degrees. The West won 2 of the 3 games from this weekend, and it remains crowded near the top, with four teams in…
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RIP Dr. Basrur, GM Workers Suffer For Peak Oil, Tories Put On Digital Jackboots
Former Toronto and Ontario Officer of Medical Health Dr. Sheela Basrur died yesterday of a rare form of cancer. Basrur was a calm and reassuring voice to a nervous city during the SARS crisis of 2003, and spearheaded numerous health initiatives during her career in public service. She'll be…
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Interview with Fashion Freakers
FF: When I first started Fashion Freakers I had a full-time job at Champs as a Manager. Therefore, time prohibited me from starting my own retail business. Way back in 2001 the Internet was still fresh, very few people had a website, and even less knew what they were doing. I read a lot of…
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New Cocktails for Summer Fun!
I found this tidbit on BizBash Toronto. These drinks sound so good! I want to mix up a batch today! Enjoy! Summer Sips With warm weather on the way, here are 10 seasonal cocktails to replace the usual margarita or mojito. CONTINUED > Photo Gallery …
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The Daily Photoist: June 3, 2008
Every weekday morning, bright and early, we feature a photo (or two) from a photographer in the Torontoist Flickr Pool. It's our way of giving the many excellent photographers in our pool the attention that they deserve. DSC_0093, DSC_0068 & DSC_1115 BY LOUIS TAM
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New Toronto Coach is set to be .....
New Toronto Coach is set to... by Baltek 06-03-2008 08:10 AM 2,638 10,744 Football Sub-Forums: General, AFC East, AFC North, AFC South, AFC West, NFC East, NFC North, NFC South, NFC West
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Morning Brew: June 3rd, 2008
Photo: "stories" by jenneyefur, member of the blogTO Flickr pool. Your Toronto morning news roundup for Tuesday June 3rd, 2008: Photo radar may be returning - in Mississauga anyhow. The proposal: automated roadside units would display your vehicle's speed and give you an opportunity to slow…
Looking back at guns in Toronto
In the past two months, there has been a lot of talk about Mayor David Miller’s proposed ban on all firearms in Toronto. Many people agree that removing access to handguns should help reduce the amount of gun-related crime in the city, but there are others in uproar over their right to bear…
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Life Insurance For Over 50\’s | Our Family Should Feel Financially Independent After Our Death
The opportunity to live a harmonious life is given to us only once. Then why not enjoy it at our heart’s content? To live a luxurious life, we should plan it very sensibly. We should try to plan it according to our own benefits. It should be planned in such a way that not only the present but…
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Life Insurance For Over 50\’s | Plan Your Future At The Right Age Of Your Life
Today everything is valuable and so is our life. Our life is very valuable because it is given to us by God only once. We should try to take the maximum out of our life and try to give the most out of it to our near and dear ones. And this is achievable very easily today. There are many…
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