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- Bombers target Israeli diplomats in Georgia, India
- Obama sends FY2013 budget proposals to Congress
- Queen and duchess to team up for 2 events
- Judge: Sandusky can see grandkids, have local jury
- US to support UN rights resolution on Sri Lanka
- New York-bound plane diverted to Labrador
- Schiphol airport reopens after bomb threat
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April 01, 2011
After many months of city highlights, we’ve reached our final Metro Minute.
March 31, 2011
Tomorrow is the first day of April, and you know what that brings, right? Well, yes, that’s true; snow is a definite possibility. But we were thinking more along the lines of rain. Lots of cold, miserable rain.
March 30, 2011
Sure, you can decorate your entire home with Ikea’s spring collection: It’s easy, affordable, and functional stuff.
March 29, 2011
There’s a tendency for many of us to stop thinking about a national calamity once the media coverage tapers off, but that’s often when its victims need the most help.
Metro Minute with flying fitness
March 28, 2011
You know what fitness classes need? More flying. And we’re not just talking about your serotonin levels. Serious, off-the-ground, body in the sky aerodynamics.
Metro Minute with First Nations art
March 25, 2011
Despite the wealth of First Nations art and culture available in Canada, there are surprisingly few places to appreciate it in Toronto.
Metro Minute with Heart Truth fashion
March 24, 2011
Little known fact: The first time fashion mixed with charity occurred when victorious Roman soldiers returning from battle were showered with riches and gifts as they marched in their army attire toward Capitoline Hill.
Metro Minute at Sweaty Betty's
March 23, 2011
Back in the day, before iPods and satellite radio put every song in the universe at our fingertips, the only way we could really exercise musical choice came from a funny-shaped box with lots of flashing lights and vinyl.
Metro Minute at Walk In Wok Out
March 22, 2011
The six-block stretch along Bloor between Spadina and Bathurst may arguably have the highest per capita sushi restaurants in the Western hemisphere, but for those rare occasions when a spicy salmon roll won’t cut it, this healthy stir fry joint will satisfy your craving for quick, alternative Eastern fare.
Metro Minute with The Toronto Four Seasons
March 21, 2011
Due to its presence everywhere on the planet, many of us forget the hotel that forever changed customer service got its start right at the corner of Bloor and Avenue.
Metro Minute at Cosmic Bowling
March 17, 2011
They can fill our streets with as many Lucky Strikes as they wish, but they can never, ever duplicate the teenage nostalgia of glow-in-the-dark 10-pin at bowling Newtonbrook Bowlerama.
Metro Minute at Seekers Books
March 16, 2011
Bargain book juggernaut BMV has all but swallowed the market for cheap reads, but if you’re looking for an obscure title on the esoteric, you won’t find a better selection anywhere beyond this mortal coil than Seekers Books.
Metro Minute with Spring Fling
March 14, 2011
By now we’ve reached the first official day of March break. That means if we work within the statistical paradigm of the average child’s attention span, your kids have been bored since yesterday afternoon.
Metro Minute with Bi Bim Bap
March 10, 2011
By now we’ve sampled the kimchi, savoured the rice cakes, and even graduated up to moderately spicy.
Metro Minute with Amber Mac's acts of kindness
March 09, 2011
If you see a lovely blonde with an impressive cache of techno-savvy running around with stores of cash and spreading random acts of kindness, we’re sorry to disappoint you, but you’re not on the set of The Matrix 4.
Metro Minute with Gary Clement
March 08, 2011
They may not get the same attention as sculptors or painters, but hey – political cartoonists are artists, too.
Metro Minute with Amy Winehouse and Fred Perry
March 07, 2011
With all the headlines about her messy life, it’s easy to forget that British songstress Amy Winehouse possesses both a tremendous musical talent – and sense of personal style.
Metro Minute with cab history
March 04, 2011
Think of all the times you’ve hailed a cab. The ticker tape running through your mind probably consisted of two things: Getting to your destination on time, and seriously, how could they let that creepy Bachelor Brad back for another season?
Metro Minute at Bloor Cinema
March 03, 2011
f there’s a film festival in town that doesn’t begin with the words “Toronto International,” chances are you’ll find crowds lined up around the block of this historic Annex gem.
Metro Minute at El Almacen
March 02, 2011
In South America, where the coffee grows wild and free, drinking a cuppa joe is, like, no big deal.
Metro Minute with Cool Hand Of A Girl
February 28, 2011
You may have noticed over the past six months that we here at Metro Minute are unabashed literary geeks, from our complet
Metro Minute on the Mill Creek Adventure Walk
February 25, 2011
As part of the Winter Light Festival, the Mill Creek Adventure Walk will take participants on a magical adventure.
Metro Minute with Celebration Square
February 25, 2011
The curtain is set to close on Celebration Square, but not before two more big names take the stage.
Metro Minute with Oscar party at The Drake
February 25, 2011
It happens every year. We sit around the week before the Academy Awards, squeezing our eyes shut in meditative silence as we ponder the same existential questions. “How,” we ask ourselves. “How will they ever outdo last year’s show? Can we ever top 2007’s Taco Night Oscars party?”
Metro Minute with the FYI collective
February 24, 2011
Ever since texting came along, acronyms have become slightly less difficult to decipher than Vedic Sanskrit. In fact, there’s no longer one official meaning for anything.
Metro Minute with Bollywood star
February 23, 2011
When you think of cars the first thing that springs to mind is Bollywood, right? No?
Metro Minute with Roll Up The Rim
February 22, 2011
Ready to feel old? Tim Hortons’ Roll Up The Rim campaign turns 25 this week.
Metro Minute with Family Day at Harbourfront Centre
February 21, 2011
For many of you, an extra government-commissioned day of running after your children feels like anything but a holiday.
Metro Minute with The Rock Oasis
February 18, 2011
You’d love to someday scale Everest, plant a flag with a giant silkscreen of your face on the summit, and let your crazed laughter ring through the Himalayas.
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