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Businesses

Homegrown Business: Kassandra Cardinale of Elisa Candles

Elisa Candles is a Canadian-made candle company crafting all-natural soy and coconut wax candles, with a mission to create clean-burning products and give back to the Toronto local community. We spoke with Kassandra Cardinale, founder [...]
Food & Drink

Recipe for Cinnamon Chocolate Truffles from Mazola

Mazola shared with us this delicious recipe for Cinnamon Chocolate Truffles, an indulgent treat with a cozy twist. Perfect for gifting or savouring slowly, each bite delivers smooth chocolate with a hint of warmth. Cinnamon [...]
Lifestyle

Waffle the cat is looking for a new home in the Toronto area

Waffle is a curious, confident girl with a big personality and a soft spot for gentle affection. If you’re looking for a cat who’ll greet you at the door, rub against your legs like you’re [...]
Music

Five Minutes With: Toronto Children’s Pop Musician Rosalie Moscoe

Rosalie Moscoe is a beloved Toronto-based children’s musician whose career spans over four decades. Since 1981, when she released her debut album “Listen to Me,” Rosalie has created six albums of engaging children’s pop music [...]
Arts

Predator: Killer of Killers (Film Review): If It Bleeds, We Can Kill It (and Kill It Again If We Need To)

The friendly rivalry (if such a thing can be said to exist between franchises owned by the same company) between the Alien and Predator series has been fun to follow, across the decades. From sly [...]

Recipe for Cinnamon Chocolate Truffles from Mazola

June 8, 2025

Mazola shared with us this delicious recipe for Cinnamon Chocolate Truffles, an indulgent treat with a cozy twist. Perfect for gifting or savouring slowly, each bite delivers smooth chocolate with a hint of warmth. Cinnamon [...]
Recipe for Cypriot Meatballs from Irene Matys

June 1, 2025
Recipe for Creamy Kale & Bean Pasta from Professor Tim Spector

May 25, 2025

View of Canada's Wonderland main entrance

Canada’s Wonderland Opening Year Vintage Photographs

by Joel Levy in History

In 1981, the Taft Broadcasting Company, along with Great West Life, opened up Canada’s first theme park, Canada’s Wonderland in Vaughan (Maple), Ontario. Other regions were considered for the park such as Niagara Falls, Cambridge [...]