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Shinny hockey at Toogood Pond in Unionville.

Top 5 places to skate outdoors in Toronto and the GTA

Sheena Lyonnais Wednesday, February 06, 2013

It's not too late for a Valentine's Day skate. With more than 100 skating rinks in Toronto and the GTA, we narrow down our top five outdoor picks for winter romance under the stars. Hot cocoa anyone?

Arts and Culture

Brampton, Richmond Hill, Central Waterfront

Bootstrapping it: Startup game developers self-finance releases

Sheena Lyonnais Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Gaming platforms such as the App Store and Steam have made it easier than ever for developers to release independent games onto the market. Yet financing these games is a different story. A new generation of small Toronto game development companies are raising money on their own.

Arts and Culture, Design, small businesses

Yonge Interviews: Katherine Hague, Co-founder of ShopLocket

Sheena Lyonnais Wednesday, January 30, 2013

This is the first installment of a new series spotlighting young Torontonians and their world changing ideas. This week we interview Katherine Hague, the 22-year-old co-founder of ShopLocket. Find out how this preschool dropout's vision for a simple, shareable online marketplace is shaking up the e-commerce world.

small businesses

ModelD shares thoughts on Toronto panel experience

Claire Nelson Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Claire Nelson, publisher of our sister publication ModelD, joined us for our Speaker Series panel discussion in Toronto earlier this month. She wrote about her experience in the city and advancing the conversation on the power of play. Check out what she had to say in ModelD.

Speaker Series

Exploring Roncesvalles Village: How the little neighbourhood that could still gets it done

Bert Archer Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Roncesvalles has seen many changes in recent years, but the charming west-end locale remains alive and bustling. From doggie boutiques to hip new eateries, its diversity makes it a model for how Toronto neighbourhoods can integrate various communities.

Arts and Culture, City Building, small businesses

Roncesvalles-High Park

A new game: Reconnecting communities through play

Sheena Lyonnais Wednesday, January 23, 2013

At the Yonge Street Speaker Series talk on the power of play, panelists explored ways to strengthen communities through play and games. As it turns out, our city's current efforts harken back to the social movement that created playgrounds, according to a social historian who attended the event.

Arts and Culture, City Building, Speaker Series

Pan Am inspiration: Using multi-sport games as catalysts for neighbourhood change

Sheena Lyonnais Wednesday, January 16, 2013

At tomorrow's Yonge Talks panel, Rosalyn Morrison will discuss how Toronto's Playing For Keeps initiative is building communities and creating neighbourhood leaders through play and games. Here, she answers some of our early questions.

City Building, Diversity, new canadians, Speaker Series

Central Waterfront, Scarborough City Centre

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

Highrise Producer, Gerry Flahive and Director, Katerina Cizek.

With interactive elements, digital documentaries are changing the way we tell and consume stories

Jaime Woo Wednesday, January 09, 2013

Toronto's National Film Board has become a leader in digital documentaries, a new trend which adds trailblazing interactive elements and lets viewers customize content. Next, producers of the award-winning Highrise project are planning to create content for mobile devices.

Arts and Culture, Digital

New Year, New Perspective: Introducing Our New Editor

Sheena Lyonnais Wednesday, January 09, 2013

Sheena Lyonnais brings her passion for startups, technology and entrepreneurs -- as well as her diverse, well-traveled writing experience -- to her role as Managing Editor of Yonge Street.

Yonge Street hits the airwaves

Sheena Lyonnais Wednesday, January 09, 2013

Tune into Just Rights Radio on CIUT 89.5 FM this Saturday at 8 a.m. to hear Yonge Street's Sheena Lyonnais talk about the significance of positive news in the media. She will discuss the differences between positive, breaking and fluff news -- as well as what Yonge Street brings to the Toronto media landscape.

Speaker Series

Underground living: Has PATH become more than just a place to eat lunch & escape the cold?

Bert Archer Wednesday, December 19, 2012

With a history going back to the early 1900s, PATH has made life easier for downtown workers. But with more residential buildings tapping in, could it be turning into a real neighbhourhood?

City Building, Design, infrastructure

Financial District

Hopscotch Detroit collaborator Ajooni Sethi joins our January 17 panel on play.

One, two, buckle my shoe: How hopscotch disrupted Detroit's day

Paul Gallant Wednesday, December 19, 2012

At our January 17 Yonge Talks panel, Ajooni Sethi will share some of the secret ingredients that made a giant hopscotch course click with Detroit residents.

Arts and Culture, City Building, Speaker Series