Interactive Meets Music: Interactive Ontario + FACTOR Networking Mixer

Begins: 27 November 2013 at 6:00 PM Ends: 27 November 2013 at 8:00 PM Where: 268 Augusta Ave Organized by: Interactive Ontario

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Sustainable Wine: Balancing Environmental, Social and Economic Issues

Begins: 27 November 2013 at 4:30 PM Ends: 27 November 2013 at 7:30 PM Where: 1st Canadian Place, (King & Bay), 34th Floor, ,100 King St. W. Organized by: Brad Zarnett

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Toronto Food Events: Royal Winter Fair, Dia de Los Muertos, Porridge for Parkinson's, TUM

Toronto Food Events rounds up the most delicious events, festivals, pop-ups, winemaker dinners, supper clubs and other food related happenings in Toronto this week and next. You can find us here every Friday morning.

THIS WEEK

• The Royal Winter Fair opens today, Friday, November 1st and will run until Sunday, November 10th. The agricultural fair features horse shows, a petting farm, food and drink competitions, tasting opportunities and vendors.


• Celebrate Dia de Los Muertos at the Evergreen Brick Works (550 Bayview Avenue) on Sunday, November 3rd from 11am to 3pm. The afternoon event will feature live music, paper crafts, face painting and a Mexican market serving up tamales, carnitas, churros, nopales and salsa picante.


• Tickets ($125) are still available for Porridge for Parkinson's happening on Sunday, November 3rd from 10am to 12:30pm at the Vaughan Estate (2075 Bayview Avenue). Emcee Jeanne Beker will host the breakfast event in support of Parkinson's research to find a cure.

UPCOMING

• Tickets are available now for the November edition of the Toronto Underground Market happening Saturday, November 16th at 5pm at the Evergreen Brick Works (550 Bayview Avenue). In addition to new and returning vendors, this TUM will also feature select food trucks. Already confirmed are Crossroads Diner and Fidel Gastro.


• The Gourmet Food & Wine Expo will take place at the a Metro Toronto Convention Centre (255 Front Street) from November 14th to 17th. The annual exposition will offer over 1,500 fine wines, spirits and beers for tasting.


• The next installment of the Momofuku + Friends Ontario Wine Dinner Series is happening on Monday, November 18th at 6:30pm. The family style feast will feature food from Daishō's kitchen paired with 13th Street Wines. Tickets are $100 per person and can be reserved via email.


• Momofuko Noodle Bar is set to collaborate with chef Graham Pratt of the Gabardine for a fried chicken dinner on Sunday, November 24th. The menu will feature full fried chickens suited for tables of 4 to 8 (must be ordered 48 hours in advance) as well as fried chicken a la carte starting at 5pm. Reservations are highly recommended, and can be booked online.

OTHER NEWS

• Dark Horse Espresso Bar (684 Queen Street West) presents the Kahlua Coffee Cart from noon until 3pm on Saturdays in November from the 2nd until the 23rd. Purchase a coffee and spike it with a complimentary shot of Kahlua provided by a brand ambassador.

Photo of the Toronto Underground Market

by Liora Ipsum via blogTO

New Yorkville shop is all about sneakers

This shop got its start 10 years ago at First Markham Place. Business took off. Three years later, they opened in Yorkville to a growing clientele. And now, with a continued red-hot sneaker market, this recently opened second Yorkville location is sitting pretty with floor to ceiling sneakers including these Jeremy Scott Adidas Wings for $200.

Check out my profile of Capsule Footwear in the fashion section.

by Ryan Bolton via blogTO

Toronto gets a food market on wheels

A farmers' market on wheels was officially unveiled yesterday at Ryerson University. The Mobile Good Food Market will provide fresh and affordable produce to low-income neighbourhoods across Toronto.

This initiative is a collaborative effort between Ontario Centres of Excellence, Toronto Food Strategy, FoodShare Toronto, United Way Toronto, and the Food Policy Research Inititative (CAMH / University of Toronto), all of whom generated the necessary funds to remodel a bus donated by the TTC. The bus is designed with display shelves for the food baskets, a serving table, an awning, and is spacious enough to allow customers to step inside to shop in any weather conditions.

The market is stocked with Ontario fruits and vegetables, like apples, peppers, and potatoes, as well as produce sourced from further afield. Prices are lower than your average food market in order to best serve the intended target - financially restricted communities.

The food-filled bus will make stops in Toronto's inner suburbs, as well as four locations in the west end and four in the east. For information on the locations of The Mobile Good Food Market or how to get involved, check out the Food Share website.

by Julia Stead via blogTO

The photos of the week: October 26 - November 1

The photos of the week collect each of the editor-selected photos of the day into one post for a contest to be decided by our readers. Sponsored by Posterjack, the photographer whose image receives the most votes will be awarded with a voucher code for a 24"x36" poster print of their work.

All the rules and fine-print can be found in the original announcement post on the blogTO Flickr page.

For those photographers whose images are featured below, please feel free to give us a little information about your shot — i.e. where and when it was taken — in the comments section. Who knows? Maybe your description will sway voters in your favour!

Lead photo by ~EvidencE.

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Photo by Greg Stacey.

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Photo by W......

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Photo by Phil Marion.

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Photo by William Self.

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Photo by cookedphotos.

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Photo by Arrrrt.

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Morning Brew: the Rob Ford scandal special edition

Yesterday was a tough day for Mayor Rob Ford. A 500-page stack of police evidence released by court order unleashed an unprecedented torrent of controversy. Practically every page of the document would have made front-page news by itself - the police surveillance, the photos of Ford's meetings, the erratic driving - but then police chief Bill Blair trumped the lot with a sensational press conference.

To briefly summarize: Ford was photographed making several exchanges with alleged drug dealer Sandro Lisi, police chief Blair confirmed investigators had recovered the crack video, then Ford went on the defensive. Oh, and he also was photographed urinating in public.

A succession of councillors and ministers called for Ford to step aside. Cllr. Josh Matlow said the mayor should "honestly answer questions or resign immediately," Cllr. Lindsay Luby said take a leave of absence, Cllr. Shelley Carroll said quit, Cllr. James Pasternak accused Ford of "zapping the energy" out of City Hall, the Ontario's Municipal Affairs Minister said the allegations were "troubling."

Then the Toronto Sun published a special 28-page extra edition dedicated to the story under the headline "Nightmare on Ford Street."

Rob Ford said he was unable to defend against the accusations because it was "before the courts," however that doesn't seem to be the case, according to lawyers. The mayor hasn't been charged with a crime and Ford's deflection could be a way of strengthening his precarious position, says criminal defence lawyer Nathan Gorham.

Amidst the melee, police also added extortion to the list of charges faced by Sandro Lisi and re-arrested him. It appears the additional accusations step from his search for the video in the wake of the first Toronto Star and Gawker stories. He is due in court later today.

Bill Carroll over at AM640 thinks the mayor called in to his show last night, trying to disguise his voice. See what you think. It doesn't really sound like Ford but some of the mannerisms are similar. A neighbour? Family member?

Toronto's daily papers were unanimous in their position. Here is a selection of the editorials:

• For the sake of Toronto, Mayor Rob Ford should resign [Toronto Star]


• Toronto deserves better than Ford [Globe and Mail]


• For the good of Toronto, Rob Ford must step down [National Post]


• City Hall still needs fiscal conservatism ... but Rob Ford needs to stand down [Toronto Sun]

The bottom line this morning: the province and the city is powerless to boot Ford from office and he appears unwilling to step aside, for now.

Here are the documents in full for your dissection:

Mayor Rob Ford court documents on Sandro Lisi by chrisbateman

OTHER NEWS IN BRIEF:

• Fatal crash closes all westbound lanes on Highway 401 near Milton [CTV News]


• City makes public 2,373 pages of emails from Rob Ford's key aides -- and not a word on the alleged crack video [National Post]


• Couple's double suicide underscores struggles for elderly [CBC]


• Royal Agricultural Winter Fair's trophies are polished and ready to go [Toronto Star]

Chris Bateman is a staff writer at blogTO. Follow him on Twitter at @chrisbateman.

Image: Ben Roffelsen/blogTO Flickr pool.

by Chris Bateman via blogTO