A little cafe with a big heart
The Big Guys Little Coffee Shop is a welcoming refuge for lost souls.
A Community Theatre Built on Passion
The actors of the Scarborough Players explain why they keep on acting despite the hard work and lack of pay.
You don’t need bigger billboards
By Nick Parker The outside of the Pasquale Brothers Specialty Foods store on Tuesday March 3, 2020 in Etobicoke, ON. (Nick Parker/ T•) Overtop industrial style brick sit the words “PASQUALE Brothers, SINCE 1917,” rendered in skinny red plastic lettering. You wouldn’t find the advertisement of their specialty Italian foods store from glossy flyers in your mailbox sent in…
A Piece of a Shop
Leslieville’s unconventional market offers artists a new way to make a living
A Cut Above
Victoria Balva revitalizes the art of stained and textures glasswork.
A Mission to Keep Artistry Alive
From renting out and selling film equipment, to hosting workshops and classes in order to train for the use of the building’s multitude of workspaces and editing suits, LIFT is essentially a film school that provides training in both older, analog-style filmmaking, and new, digital-style filmmaking, providing a student with adept knowledge of both worlds.
More Than a Pub
Timothy’s gives back to the community.
Keeping Boutique Shopping Alive
The owner of KAOS Music Centre competes with Amazon to maintain to maintain his 30-year-old store By David Cassels Bill Bates hates Amazon. He hates Amazon because he believes that the online retail kingpin poses a threat to his community music store. KAOS Music Centre boasts a large collection of instructors who run a music…
Duck, Dive, Shoot
By Kate Yien He does final checks on his pouches, paintball marker and mask. The plan is simple: Push up the left flank, capture the flag and get out. With a whistle blow by the referee, the team surges forward. The backman sprays at the enemy’s forward most players, keeping their heads down while Jeffery…
The Nose Knows Leslieville
Nearly two decades in, family-run restaurant weights options amid climbing rents