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Canada Border Services Agency’s Tips for the Holiday Season Border Crossings in the Southern Ontario Region

Tips and advice by The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), Southern Ontario Region, for making your border crossings easier during the holiday season: Long weekends result in… Read more »

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Get Starbuck’s Holiday Beverages for $4 Today: Starbucks Canada’s Happy Hour

Starbucks Canada’s Happy Hour that kicked off during March is back for the Holiday season. Starting at 3:00 p.m. today, you can enjoy any grande holiday beverage, hot,… Read more »

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Canada’s First Panoramic Movie-watching Experience opens on Dec 21, 2018 in Toronto

Experience seeing Aquaman in 270-Degree Cinematic Format! Canada’s first ScreenX auditorium opens tomorrow – Thursday, December 20, in Toronto. CJ 4DPLEX has partnered with Cineplex to bring this… Read more »

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Amazon Plans to create 600 new tech jobs by expanding the Tech Hub in Toronto

Amazon has announced an expansion of its Toronto Tech Hub that will create 600 new tech jobs in fields including software development, machine learning, cloud computing, digital… Read more »

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Two More Weekends of License Free Fishing Next Year in Ontario

Ontario’s Government is adding two more weekends of license free fishing days in 2019. The existing days are the 3-day Family Day weekend in February, and a full 9-days… Read more »

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Ontario adds more GO Train Services to Kitchener

Minister of Transportation, Jeff Yurek announced the extension of Go train services from Georgetown Go Station to Kitchener starting January 7, 2019. The trains will also stop at… Read more »

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You might get upto $2,400 if you are denied boarding – Read the proposed Air Passenger Protection Regulations

After three months of consultations with the travelling public, consumer rights groups, and other interested groups, the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) has come up with a new… Read more »

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Maple Syrup Festival to return to Toronto’s waterfront for one epic weekend fuelled by maple syrup!

Sweet, Sweet! Liquid gold! Toronto’s Sugar Shack TO will return to Toronto’s waterfront during the first weekend of March Break! Sugar Shack TO will sweeten up the city’s winter… Read more »

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Canadian Food Inspection Agency recalls Cauliflower, Red Leaf Lettuce and Green Leaf Lettuce

Canadian Food Inspection Agency is recalling certain cauliflower, red leaf lettuce and green leaf lettuce produced by Adam Bros. Farming Inc. of Santa Maria, California, United States… Read more »

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70+ Things to Do this Week in Toronto: December 17 to 23, 2018

It is the last week before the Christmas holidays and here is a list of 70+ fun things to do this week in Toronto.

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Super Blood Moon and Lunar Eclipse on January 20, 2019

Weather permitting, you can experience full moon and total lunar eclipse on January 20 – 21, 2019. Unlike last year’s eclipse, you are able to see the… Read more »

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Light Up the Dark Nights! Toronto’s Light Art Festival returns Next Month

The Toronto Light Festival, the City’s first-ever light art festival, is coming back to The Distillery District from January 18 to March 3. Visitors will be taken… Read more »

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These are the Top Baby Names in Ontario

Ontario marked the 100-year anniversary of tracking baby names in 2017 and these are the top baby names in its 100-year anniversary of recording baby names in… Read more »

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Becoming: An Intimate Conversation with Michelle Obama – Canadian Tour Dates

After a highly successful 2018 12-event arena tour across 10 cities, Live Nation and Crown Publishing, a part of Penguin Random House, have announced dates for the… Read more »

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Programs and Events to Attend during Winter at Art Gallery of Ontario

One of the largest art museums in North America, the Art Gallery of Ontario has collection of close to 95,000 works from cutting-edge contemporary art to vast… Read more »

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Celtic Woman 2019 Ancient Land Tour in Canada

Experience Celtic Woman on their worldwide Homecoming Tour – LIVE from Ireland. Experience the Grammy\’ae Nominated Celtic Woman on their all-new tour, Ancient Land. Celebrating the centuries-old… Read more »

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You can watch Live Nation concerts for free on Firefox

Firefox have teamed up with Live Nation to host the Firefox Concert Series to stream live shows. The live shows series will be kicked off with Phosphorescent,… Read more »

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Wait Times for Health Care in Canada 2018

The median wait time for medically necessary treatment in Canada this year was 19.8 weeks, finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent,… Read more »

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Bank of Canada Maintains Overnight Rate Target at 1 ¾ per cent

The Bank of Canada today maintained its target for the overnight rate at 1 ¾ per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 2 per cent and the deposit… Read more »

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TTC is Free All Night on New Year’s Eve

Corby Spirit and Wine is collaborating with the TTC to provide free, safe rides for all Torontonians as they ring in the New Year. Rides on all… Read more »

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Eat Smart Salad Shake Ups – Sweet Kale recalled due to Listeria monocytogenes

Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is recalling Eat Smart brand Salad Shake Ups – Sweet Kale from the marketplace due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Consumers should not… Read more »

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Team Canada is Searching for the Next Bocuse d’Or candidate

Team Canada’s Board of Directors is launching the biannual search to find the next culinary athlete who will represent Canada on the world stage. In the world… Read more »

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Yayoi Kusama’s INFINITY MIRRORED ROOM – LET’S SURVIVE FOREVER is Coming to Toronto this Spring Forever

AGO has announced that #InfinityAGO crowdfunding campaign has been successful and is acquiring Canada’s first Infinity Mirror Room artwork by internationally renowned artist Yayoi Kusama. Thanks to… Read more »

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Polar Bear and Chinook Salmon at Risk of Disappearing from Canada

Black Ash, Polar Bear, and many populations of our biggest salmon (Chinook) are at some risk of disappearing from Canada, says the Committee on the Status of… Read more »