City chooses design of Yonge-Dundas public square
The city has chosen the winning design for the public square at the southeast corner of Yonge and Dundas. Mayor Mel Lastman announced the winner, Brown and Storey Architects, Tuesday at City Hall. The...
View ArticleThe new face of Yonge and Dundas
As the expropriation deadline nears for the Yonge-Dundas redevelopment, the store lights have been shut and signs have gone up announcing closures. On Yonge Street, all properties south of HMV...
View ArticleNEW THREAT ON THE BLOCK
BY SHAHEER CHOUDHURY, HILARY HAGERMAN AND KEVIN HAMILTON When Ali Baba’s first opened one and a half years ago selling shawarma and dinner plates for $1, people lined up around the block to take...
View ArticleTalking with Johnny Lyall
Associate news editor Sean Tepper talks to snowboarder Johnny Lyall, who was in Toronto with the Mountain Dew event in Yonge-Dundas Square.
View Article8 reasons you should love Ryerson
By Natalia Balcerzak For years, Ryerson has been known as “Rye-High” (and with one step into Kerr Hall it makes sense) but we’re long past its high-school reputation. Attracting an increasing number of...
View ArticleScams and Jams: The art of walking away
By Jake Scott You’ve finally made it to Rye High here in the big smoke. Perhaps you’re coming in from overseas, or maybe you came in on the turnip truck from “up north” like myself. Either way, you’re...
View ArticleThe world sucks. We don’t have to
By Sean Wetselaar The world has had a shitty week. It hasn’t been that long since terror attacks rocked Beirut, Paris and Baghdad, killing more than 200 people. And the grief, for many of those who...
View ArticleBriefs & groaners
> Enraged man hurls coffee at student Some douche threw a cuppa’ hot Joe at some dude in Yonge-Dundas Square. If that wasn’t bad enough, the poor dude was then threatened with a metal bar. Geez...
View ArticleWhy you shouldn’t take an 8 a.m. class
Reading Time: 2 minutesBy Libaan Osman I honestly considered myself a morning person until 8 a.m. classes screwed with my mental concentration. I’ve learned my lesson—I dedicated my entire summer to...
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