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Saturday marks the 17th annual Record Store Day Canada. The celebration of the culture of independent record stores encourages people to support their local shops which will be carrying special releases.

Luminato Festival is underway, bringing opportunities to take in visual art, theatre, music and dancing across the city.

Lola Reid Allin has had a love for flying since she was a child, but pursuing aviation as a woman decades ago wasn’t easy. Now, after a storied career as a commercial pilot, she’s hoping to share her experience and inspire others.

Two developers are taking empty lots, and sites awaiting development approvals, and transforming them into vibrant canvases for local artists. The goal is turning otherwise vacant land into cultural hotspots.

The Gardiner Museum is about to undergo a massive transformation, and the new space will have a greater focus on Indigenous art. To help oversee the process, the museum has welcomed its first curator of Indigenous ceramics.

The Little Jamaica Music History Walking Tour allows participants to explore shops, restaurants, art, and music. It also highlights the rich musical heritage of Little Jamaica, which, during its prime, was one of the largest producers of reggae music outside of Jamaica.

Work to revitalize an Etobicoke Park with input from the local community, which is predominantly racialized, has reached its final stages.

When Franklyn McFadden needs to repair his $15,000 wheelchair, that expense is on him. It's just one of many extra costs that he says comes with living with a disability. "I didn't choose to be a person in a wheelchair, and I don't profess to enjoy the fact that I have to use one," he said.

Ontario Craft Brewers says the provincial government needs to speed up its review of alcohol taxes as the retail market expands. The review started last year after the organization launched a campaign highlighting that Ontario has the highest craft beer taxes in Canada. Now, a new campaign called Save Local Craft Beer aims to keep the issue top of mind.

It's been nearly eight years since Honest Ed's closed its doors for good. And as the city experiences a housing crisis, some are wondering what's going on with the hundreds of affordable and purpose-built rental units that were supposed to be completed by now on that legacy block.