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The Ontario Spring Water Sake Co bar in Toronto's Distillery District..

Sake and the new Japanese culinary renaissance

Jaime Woo Wednesday, June 26, 2013
We may not have our own Japantown, but the GTA has more than 700 Japanese restaurants in the region. Now, with eastern North America's first sake brewery, Toronto may become a leader in a new, hungrier breed of Japanese culture. 
Jason Rizzuti from Segway of Ontario

Explorations: The Distillery District on a Segway

Sheena Lyonnais Wednesday, May 15, 2013
The Distillery District is one of the city's historical gems and just one of many areas gearing up for Doors Open Toronto. We explore what makes its history so rich while gliding around the neighbourhood on Segways. 
Shant Mandirosian, founder of Burger's Priest.

Q&A with Burger's Priest founder Shant Mardirosian

Chris Riddell Wednesday, April 03, 2013
Toronto's most holy burger joint is set to be the newest addition to what could be considered Toronto's burger corner, Queen and Spadina. Despite competition, this burger empire continues to grow. Its secret: traditional burgers, fresh ingredients, and a devout following.
Alan Majer.

Invisible hand: Alan Majer's startup aims to improve the life of seniors through discreet technology

Krishna Rau Wednesday, December 05, 2012
Has grandmother gotten out of bed at her usual time? Is she finding it harder and harder to reach the light switch? Good Robot's Internet-based household robotics could make life easier for seniors—and their caregivers. 
Guild Inn Park and Gardens.

The top five public spaces that bring us together

Bert Archer Wednesday, November 14, 2012
The abundance of private development projects in the core has captured our imagination. But it’s the public spaces—where the big buildings aren't—that create the urban fabric that makes a city great. Yonge Street's Development Editor Bert Archer picks his five favourite public spaces.
Canadian Stage Festival of Images and Creation

Sound & passion: Our slideshow of Canadian Stage's Festival of Ideas & Creation

Tanja-Tiziana Wednesday, May 16, 2012
With this year's focus on music, Canadian Stage's annual Festival of Ideas and Creation offered a glimpse of how sound, words and performances can pack a punch when combined with artistry. Yonge Street's managing photographer Tanja-Tiziana Burdi caught some of the magic on and off stage.
Eli Malinsky of the Centre for Social Innovation.

The city's next talent incubator starts putting down its Regent Park roots

Scott Dagostino Wednesday, February 01, 2012
As part of the revitalization of Regent Park, the Centre for Social Innovation is creating a new hub to help emerging entrepreneurs, community-builders and place-makers realize their dreams. Unlike CSI's first two locations, the new space will not be "community agnostic."
Lara Bazant

Distillery jewelry designer Lara Bazant has a keen eye for beauty & a fair mind for business.

Carla Lucchetta Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Lara Bazant's ethical jewelry business is the perfect combination of intricate design, fair trade materials and chemical-free processes. With a varied background and extensive travel, she also chose Toronto to set up her growing business.

Paddling the Don River

Yonge Street Video Paddles the Don River, Toronto's wild urban park and watershed

Darren Alexander Wednesday, May 18, 2011
In May of each year canoeists take to the Don River and paddle 10km through Toronto's urban wilderness from Don Mills to the Keating Channel. Yonge Street's videographer Darren Alexander floated along for the ride, and so can you.
Brian Phillips of worldSALON

They've even got sustainable haircuts now? Greening beauty at Toronto's worldSalon

Paul Gallant Wednesday, February 02, 2011
A chic Adelaide Street salon cuts its electricity bill by half, eliminated chemicals and reuses hair clippings, all without sacrificing any fabulousness and encourages other salons to do the same through the burgeoning sustainable salon movement.
Klaus Nienkamper II

Contemporary craft meets traditional style at the Toronto furniture design store Klaus

Carla Lucchetta Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Everything old is new again at Klaus on King Street East; from the business model to the designs, which blend international names with Toronto-made classics manufactured by Nienkamper, the family name that has become synonymous with timeless quality. They'll be part of the Interior Design Show opening on Thursday.
Diaspora Dialogues

Diaspora Dialogues, a jack-of-all trades literary program, nurtures immigrant writer talent

Alexandra Shimo Wednesday, December 01, 2010
Diaspora Dialogues is creating a Toronto (& Canadian) literary scene that reflects one of the world's most diverse cities, helping its writers tell new stories that allow us understand ourselves better. At the same time, the program is feeding new kinds of work into the ever-growing body of Canadian Literature.
549 & 569 King Street East

The little guys: a look at the Toronto developers who are filling in the city's in-between spaces

Bert Archer Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Toronto developers like Streetcar and BSaR are building residential buildings across the city that fill in the gaps. They aren't super-tall towers, and they aren't single family homes -- but they are the buildings that will tie this city together.
One Cole

Regent Park's One Cole: a look at Toronto neighbourhood renewal & lessons learnt after opening

Paul Gallant Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Green is the new bling: while building Regent Park's first multi-use residential building, part of a massive renewal and rebuild of the neighbourhood, The Daniels Corporation overturned conventional assumptions about what would sell in Toronto's condo market.
Co-working at Camaraderie

Have laptop will travel: coworking spaces are the new home offices in Toronto

Carla Lucchetta Wednesday, May 26, 2010
As Toronto's self-employed laptop-lugging workforce grows, new coworking spaces like Camaraderie in St. Lawrence Market give independent workers a place to be around colleagues and cure their cabin fever.
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