Featured Stories

Letter from the editor

Kelli Korducki Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Letter from Yonge Street's new Managing Editor.

Toronto taps craft beer market

Andrew Seale Wednesday, October 01, 2014

The city's small batch brewery scene is exploding. In honour of Oktoberfest, we introduce you to breweries from the west end's Junction Craft Brewery to the east end's Left Field to learn more about the narrative of Toronto's craft beer rapture.

Arts and Culture, City Building, Local Food, Small Businesses

Leslieville - The Beach, Bloor West Village, Roncesvalles-High Park, Pickering - Ajax - Whitby

VQA wine at the Sorauren Farmer's Market.

VQA winemakers taste success at Toronto farmers' markets

Sarah B. Hood Wednesday, July 16, 2014

A two-year pilot program introduces local winemakers to Toronto markets, one sip at a time. Yonge Street talks to several wineries to learn more about how the city's various farmers' markets are supporting VQA wines.

Local Food, Small Businesses, Tourism

Queen/King West, Kensington Market - Little Italy - Little Portugal, Parkdale, Bloor West Village, Riverdale-Danforth

The Akiwenzie family's sustainable fishing future

Kelli Korducki Wednesday, August 14, 2013

The Akiwenzies have sold sustainably caught fish at farmers' markets in Toronto since 2006, but their future is uncertain. They worry an extension allowing communities to fish in their Reserve bays will disrupt fish levels and hurt their eco-friendly business.

conservation, Diversity, small businesses, Sustainability

Bloor West Village

Youth chart new territory with Charlie's FreeWheels photography exhibit

Sarah B. Hood Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Wheels are turning: Celebrating this week's theme on the power of play, Yonge Street follows-up with Charlie's FreeWheels to discover how the not-for-profit continues to help neighbourhood kids develop leadership and community-building skills through bike building initiatives. Now, the teenagers are ready to debut their first curated photography exhibit at UrbanSpace Gallery.

City Building

Bloor West Village

Q&A with TABIA's John Kiru on Toronto's Best Export: the BIA

Edward Keenan Wednesday, June 09, 2010

Toronto's Bloor West Village Business Improvement Area recently celebrated its 40th anniversary. A world's first in 1970, BIAs have since spread across the city, country and around the world. The Toronto Association of Business Improvement Areas' John Kiru explains how the idea started and spread.

City Building, Research and Innovation

Bloor West Village