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Toronto Star
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Toronto Star
Last night's ‘Final Jeopardy' question featured this icy Toronto moment with the Blue Jays
Alex Trebek would've gotten it right. A 2018 Blue Jays game and the Rogers Centre were the subject of 'Final Jeopardy' on Tuesday's edition of the popular game show. 'Famous Structures' was the category given to the three contestants ahead of the final round, which sees the players wager their money before seeing the question. Two of the three American players answered correctly. Would you have done better? ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW 'In April 2018, an MLB game was postponed after ice falling from this structure punctured the roof of the Rogers Centre,' host Ken Jennings stated to the players. Stella! Stella!! Rogers Ctr was the SkyDome, home of the Toronto Blue Jays. What tall structure is very near it? The CN Tower. Stella Trout wins a runaway #Jeopardy game, becoming the new champ. Geoff Barnes leaves as 2nd to the last among 3-gm winners. — The Sport Dogtor, M.D. (@MartySande34622) June 4, 2025 The question is a reference to a game against the Kansas City Royals that had to be postponed after chunks of ice from the CN Tower damaged the roof of the Rogers Centre. Peter Vorissis, a teacher from California, didn't even provide an answer, instead giving a personal shoutout. The next two contestants, Washington's Geoff Barnes and eventual winner Stella Trout of Houston got the right answer of 'What is the CN Tower?' 'You got to look out for falling ice,' Jennings quipped. Morning News Digest Ontario's cold reception to long-term-care standards + Toronto public schools could swap classic literature for Indigenous authors National long-term-care standards, Toronto schools possibly swapping Shakespeare for Indigenous
Daily Mirror
27-04-2025
- Daily Mirror
How to live like a local in North America's most vibrant spring city
One of the hottest getaway trends for 2025 is to live 'like a local' at your holiday destination – and airline cabin crew are renowned for being savvy when it comes to seeking out the best in a destination. So we combined the two and asked June Lin – a cabin training instructor and flight attendant at award-winning Canadian leisure carrier Air Transat – for her insider tips on Toronto, Ontario, where she's lived for the past 14 years. Q: What's best about Toronto? A: It is a great city for its diversity and multicultural cuisines. Q: What's your favourite iconic attraction? A: The CN Tower, especially at night with the lights on. Q: Your favourite hidden gem to discover in any season? A: The Don River trails system. It is a long trail running from the north of Toronto to Lake Ontario with multiple entrances to the 494 acre site. If you are feeling adventurous you can walk or bike the whole trail. 'I got £1,567 back after booking a summer holiday using a simple trick - here's how' Q: The best free thing to do? A: The Toronto Music Garden and Harbourfront Centre for free concerts and exhibitions. It's by the waterfront boardwalk. Q: How best to experience the indigenous culture? A: AGO (Art Gallery of Ontario) offers a great collection of indigenous arts. The gallery offers free evening entrance every first Wednesday of the month. Make sure to sign up online for the free entry in advance. Q: Your favourite traditional Canadian foods? A: There's a few. Poutine (french fries and cheese curds with a brown gravy), Montreal bagel and smoked meat, butter tart and beaver tail. Q: Where best to eat like a local? A: St. Lawrence Market on Front Street East. There are more than 100 food, bakery and coffee vendors. On the weekends it also has a farmer's market and antique market. Q: Toronto is a powerhouse for breweries – where's best to sample craft beers? A: My choice is Bier Markt at The Esplanade but definitely try local smaller in-house breweries such as Bar Volo (St Nicholas Street) and Bellwoods Brewery (Ossington Avenue and Hafis Road). Q: Where to meet the most interesting local characters? A: Head to the Kensington Market and Ossington Avenue strip. Q: Top tip for getting around? A: I recommend on foot or by bicycle, that way you'll be able to really embrace the different characteristics of the neighbourhoods that Toronto has to offer. Q: Where's your favourite place to visit from the city for a day or weekend? A: Head out on the bus to pretty, historic Niagara-on-the-Lake and Elora for a day trip. Both offer many varieties of activities from outdoors to culinary and the area is renowned for its ice wine ( For a weekend getaway a little further afield, the Kawartha Lakes and Muskoka regions offer a great 'cottage' vibe. Top tips The Royal Ontario Museum's ROM After Dark is a curated series of events for over-19s which runs throughout the year. Each event offers a different theme such as DJs and live bands with 'distinctive' food and drink. The best way to get an amazing view of the Toronto skyline is to rent a stand-up paddle board either from Toronto Island or Sugar Beach where you can paddle through Lake Ontario and get a snapshot of the city. Book the flights Air Transat was voted the World's Best Leisure Airline at the Skytrax World Airline Awards 2024 for the sixth time. Flights to Toronto are available from Gatwick, Manchester and Glasgow and Dublin, with onward connections throughout Canada. Economy seats offer films and TV series on personal touchscreens and a hot meal with a glass of wine and one piece of carry-on baggage included as standard. Club Class (premium economy) offers more space and comfort, gourmet meals, complimentary drinks and preferred services, at the airport and on board.
Toronto Sun
24-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Toronto Sun
In praise of public art
We can all learn from how Antwerp celebrates and showcases public art. Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. There's nothing to stop residents and community leaders to get more creative about how they decorate a space This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. 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Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account When one thinks of iconic landmarks that cities are known for, Toronto's CN Tower, the Eiffel Tour in Paris and New York's Statue of Liberty all readily come to mind. But ask your average North American if there's a single statue or monument that stands out about Antwerp in Flanders, Brussels and you'll most likely draw a blank. From my own perspective, having visited the city a handful of times over the years, there are two answers. The first, most obvious is the towering Brabo fountain in Antwerp's central square, atop of which there is a sculpture of a young soldier famous for guarding the city during ancient times. But one could also argue that rather than being known for a single sculpture or monument, Antwerp really deserves to be known as Art City by virtue of the fact its downtown core is graced with hundreds of sculptures and murals. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. In Antwerp, the widespread use of public art beautifies the city and in doing so, bolsters public pride. At the same time, these works promote art appreciation at an early age, which no doubt helps to explain why there's also so many art galleries here which cater to a broad range of interests – from the Rubens House which celebrates the work of the 16th century Master Painter to the FOMU Photo Museum to the MoMU Fashion Museum. While not every city can match the scale in which Antwerp showcases art, there's nothing to stop residents and community leaders where you live to get more creative (literally) about how they celebrate and promote public art for the benefit of all. Here's just one example of how Antwerp undertook this task last year. When the city launched a major exhibition of an artist known as Ensor, not only were the artist's works shared amongst several galleries to draw traffic to all of them but a walking trail between the galleries was created along which selected storefront windows also featured works of art. So anyone out and about was subtly encouraged to explore the art whether streetside or actually inside one of the galleries. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Apart from adopting a more creative approach to showcasing art, there is a practical side to how the city manages its art scene as well. Including investing in ongoing maintenance of sculptures, which as the curator of the city's more than 300 outdoor sculptures shared with me demonstrates that the city is genuinely invested in taking care of its art collection. It's also important he added that as in the case of Antwerp if you continue to expand your collection year over year that you pair the right artwork with the right location so they are mutually reinforcing. Yet another consideration when choosing a site is whether there is space to accommodate seating, or at the very least, that the art is being showcased in a higher traffic area to ensure it will be enjoyed by more people. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Another way to incent more residents and visitors to explore the city's art – whether there's a major exhibition on or not – is to create both guided and self guided street art tours. When it comes to celebrating art, and you aren't quite yet ready to make your way to Antwerp, there are of course sources of inspiration to be found closer to home. An excellent example highlighted in a recent Toronto Sun story is how Art City, a youth arts organization worked with developer Medallion Corp. to create a vibrant abstract mural on hoarding at the developer's construction site in St. James Town. Further to that, lists dozens of works ranging from art murals on the side of buildings, to numerous painted traffic light switch boxes – about 350 of them created by local artists dating back to the Outside the Box program launched in 2023. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Similarly, Ottawa has an active mural program as well as a unique Paint it Up youth engagement program which each year encourages kids to submit a mural proposal and if accepted, a specific location is chosen where over the course of the summer the painting is completed. To learn more about Antwerp and its public art collection, go to and to get a better handle on public art options here in Ontario, go to and search 'art, mural and graffiti walking tours.' Mark Wessel lives in Ridgeway, Ont. and is a passionate advocate for living more sustainably at home and in the greater community. Visit Toronto & GTA Toronto Raptors Toronto Maple Leafs Federal Elections Canada
CBC
08-03-2025
- Business
- CBC
Could the U.S.-Canada trade war help Toronto tourism? Some attractions are betting on it
Operators of tourist attractions are hoping for a busy March Break in Toronto now that some Canadians are changing their travel plans due to U.S. tariff threats and the weak loonie. Various attractions in the city, such as Ripley's Aquarium and the CN Tower, are stepping up offerings or promotions in a bid to attract residents opting to travel within Canada instead of crossing the border. Some are also wondering if the threat of on-again, off-again tariffs will impact the number of U.S. visitors to Toronto. Peter Doyle, general manager of Ripley's Aquarium of Canada is one of them. "America is a big part of our market. It always has been. So will they be coming? The strength of their dollar versus ours may be a reason to visit, but also, are they going to come or stay in the U.S. and visit there and spend money there? It's such an unknown. "COVID was strange. This is stranger." Doyle said the attraction has seen an influx of Quebec visitors this week, which is Quebec's March Break, and the numbers of visitors from that province is higher this year than last year. From Feb. 15 to March 7, the aquarium offered a 25 per cent discount for Ontario residents. The numbers surpassed expectations, with more than 12,000 tickets sold, it said. During the upcoming March break rush, it's running a "No Tariff Tuesday" discount, offering 25 per cent off to all walk-in visitors. Could trade war have positive spin-off for local tourism? Peter George, chief operating officer of the CN Tower, said on Friday the attraction may benefit from people opting to travel within Canada instead of crossing the border. The tower already has two million visitors a year, he said. The question is if people choosing to cancel travel plans will mean even more this year. "I think it's going to be good for our tourism industry as we move through this," George said. "We've always been really pro-Canada. We've always focused a lot of our work on Canada. We're just hyper-focused now." The CN Tower, which he says tells the story of Canada, has images of maple leaves in red light on its ray dome, which is the bubble around its top, every night. George says it's being lit in red and white every hour and is promoting Canadian beer, wine and spirits on its menu in its restaurants. The attraction also plans to hang "rather large" Canadian flags to give photo opportunities to visitors, George said. Its retail store as well will feature more Canadian products as well. "It's really important for us to continue to support Canada. We always have. We're just doing more of it than we ever have before." George added that U.S. visitors are always welcome at the CN Tower. He said he believes many Americans will continue to visit the attraction. 'Massive sea change' in tourism in past 5 years Andrew Weir, president of Destination Toronto, an organization that promotes the city, said he thinks tourism operators are taking a "measured" approach to the current disruption in the tourism industry. Weir noted that there was a "massive sea change" in tourism in the past five years due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2019, he said visitors from China were a big part of the Toronto market, but now, there is hope that visitors from Mexico will pick up the slack. Currently, there is much talk about potential, but the industry is monitoring the data closely to discern trends, he added. "It's hard to forecast beyond next week, frankly, when the situation changes as much as it does," Weir said. "Everybody is waiting to see what the trend is. You can see more bookings or more cancellations over a period of a couple days but that's not necessarily indicative of a larger trend." Weir said Toronto saw 9 million visitors last year and 6.3 million of them were Canadian, with the majority from Ontario. The U.S., meanwhile, accounted for 1.6 million of the nine million visitors. "We have a long term strategy to diversify our tourism markets. We need to get those tourists and visitors and meeting delegates back from the U.S. and the international markets as well as just from Canada." Weir added that Canadians, especially people from highly populated areas of southern Ontario, know Toronto and they are always looking at what is new to see and do in the city.
Yahoo
22-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Opinion: We can still save U.S.-Canada relations — and hockey — from the goons
When is a hockey game more than a hockey game? When a president places a pregame call to pump up the players, a prime minister offers postgame commentary, and monuments such as the Empire State Building and Toronto's CN Tower are lit up in national colors for the contest. The NHL's 4 Nations Face-Off final in Boston on Thursday night, between Team Canada and Team USA, was a brilliant hockey game that the Canadians won 3-2 in sudden-death overtime. But beyond the great hockey, the game served as an alarming testament to the state of Canadian-American relations. We've hit an icy low. Canada's hurt, and make no mistake, Canada's hurt will eventually be America's and California's. Read more: Column: Many will lie about the consequences of Trump's tariffs. The markets won't No on-ice moment exemplified off-ice sentiment more than the preliminary-round game between the same two teams in Montreal the week before. The angry Canadian crowd jeered the American Olympic figure skating medalist Michelle Kwan and booed 'The Star-Spangled Banner.' Then three American players gooned it up by picking three fights in the game's first nine seconds because they 'had to send a message.' The bad blood is over a looming trade war between the two countries and Canadians' broader fears of the new American administration. Goons fight with words as well as fists. On the day of the final, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said she looked forward to Team USA 'beating our soon-to-be 51st state, Canada.' Canadian columnists, meanwhile, are 'frightened' of the United States; one, Pete McMartin of the Vancouver Sun, recently wrote, 'Goodbye America. … I've reached that point in our relationship where any admiration I have had for you has been replaced by a new, angry resolve, which is: I won't consort with the enemy." Read more: Opinion: L.A. can lean on other cities to prevent fires, not just to fight them Not since Wayne Gretzky's hat trick put the Kings in the 1993 Stanley Cup Finals has a hockey game had such implications for California. Canada and California, which have roughly equal populations, exchanged nearly $30 billion in two-way trade in 2020, when the Canadian Consulate in L.A. reported that 774 Canadian-owned businesses employed more than 76,000 Californians. Millions of Canadian travelers spend billions of dollars in California every year. But Canada and California don't just share commerce; Hollywood has a great creative partner in our northern neighbor. Hits such as 'Titanic,' 'The Revenant,' 'Deadpool' and 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding' were filmed in Canada. And television's Golden Age wouldn't be so golden without Canada: Shows including 'The Handmaid's Tale' (based on the book by Canadian author Margaret Atwood), 'Schitt's Creek' (starring Canadians Eugene and Daniel Levy) and even the 'Property Brothers' are Canadian. It's fitting that a sport that once echoed America's Cold War with the Soviet Union now reflects a nascent trade war with Canada. Granted, we're talking about economic rather than nuclear devastation. And yet the phrase 'mutually assured destruction' still applies. A trade war — this one with a longtime ally rather than an adversary — is like a hockey fight in that everyone loses. The only question is how badly. Take the goons who fought in Montreal. Instead of playing their hearts out for their country, they deliberately put themselves in the penalty box. All pain, no gain. But that's what goons do. They choose the performative over performance, spectacle over contribution, me over we — the exact opposite of what the legendary gold-medal-winning 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team was all about. Goons never really win because they're all about pulling others down. Of the six who fought in Montreal, not one scored. This is what happens when we give our games and governments over to the goons. Canada and California have far too much to lose to let this stand, not least at the intersection of the economy and sports. The 2026 World Cup — a joint venture of the United States, Canada and Mexico — features seven games at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood. We can't allow the world's longest friendly boundary to turn hostile — to militarize a border longer than 34 Korean DMZs. So how can we get the puck from where it is to where we want it to be? We need the good guys and gals to drown out the goons and refuse the ridiculous in favor of the rational. Canada will never become the 51st state because Canadians don't want it, and it would give the Democratic Party a Cali-sized electoral haul. And remember the 2018 steel tariffs the first Trump administration levied against Canada (among others)? You might not, because they were gone in under a year. Rationality won out. The good guys and gals in the National Hockey League and other cross-border sports events can help out here too. If they can't guarantee mutual respect for our national anthems, let's find other areas of common ground. Try a moment of silence for our emergency personnel. Both nations have sent firefighters to respond to each other's devastating fires over the past couple of years. 'Good neighbors are always there for each other,' Alberta's forestry minister said as he sent firefighters to Los Angeles last month, returning the favor for 2023, when 'California firefighters bravely supported Alberta in a time of great need.' No matter how bad things look, no matter what angry words are spoken, no matter how many fists are thrown, we are neighbors and friends, and the good guys and gals of Canada and California will win. We just need them to speak up. Now would be a good time. ML Cavanaugh is a co-founder of the Modern War Institute at West Point and author of the forthcoming book 'Best Scar Wins: How You Can Be More Than You Were Before.' @MLCavanaugh If it's in the news right now, the L.A. Times' Opinion section covers it. Sign up for our weekly opinion newsletter. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
