UPDATED Mar 26th: Police believe they’ve left the country and are on the run in eastern europe. UPDATED #2  June 14:  Police have captured them in Hungary. Hamilton Police have issued warrants for two suspects involved in the Tyler Pratt homicide and the attempted murder of a second victim. Oliver Karafa, 28-years-old, and Yun […]

A woman attacked a nightclub bouncer from behind and put in him a chokehold after she mistakenly thought he had slapped her bottom. CCTV footage shows Kierah Lagrave, a 22-year-old from upstate New York, felling the man in the attack and leaving him unconscious for several seconds on the floor. The 5ft 1in woman launched the assault because she […]

     There are few parts of the economy that have been as badly affected by Covid-19 than nightlife – or to be more accurate, the response to the coronavirus, rather than the disease itself. Nightclubs have been forced to close since March and face even more months of closure. The ratcheting up of restrictions, and the accompanying fines, for anyone […]

The cliché is that millennials are throwing around piles of cash on brunches and Pret sandwiches. But as far as nights out go, new research suggests that so-called generation Y’ers are actually thriftier than their baby boomer parents. The study, commissioned by Pro Plus (beloved of students with pressing deadlines) on how social spending habits […]

Outdoor dining will be allowed to resume Saturday in Toronto and Peel Region under modifications to the grey-lockdown zone and indoor dining capacities will be raised in red and orange zones, provincial officials said Friday. The province is also modifying the rules for areas in the red and orange zones to allow dining inside of […]

     The ongoing Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic is changing our world in ways none of us saw coming. In this series of conversations with movers and shakers from our industry, we’re taking a look at how the pandemic has already transformed nightlife and what changes are still on the horizon. Hoping to find out what’s […]

UPDATE: Mar. 22nd. – Officials now say they are included in the Phase 2 rollout to be completed by end of June. Nightclub and Bar workers will not be included in Phase 2 of Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan, leading one group to wonder why the government is prioritizing industries that weren’t forced to shutter […]

Testing ticket holders while they queue described as potentially unworkable given large numbers of people

TORONTO — A public swimming pool, a floating restaurant and an amphitheatre could be coming to a derelict part of the city’s waterfront. Waterfront Toronto has released its vision for an ambitious overall of a slip located at the foot of Parliament Street in the city’s East Bayfront neighbourhood. The plan would see the area […]

Its no secret, that the past five years, nightclubs around the world have been shuttering their doors. People have blamed changing tastes for millenials and gentrification. Whatever the case may be for people not going out anymore, venue operators can either bleed a slow death of declining margins, or evolve and give the next generation […]