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West End Phoenix The West End Phoenix is a new, not-for-profit monthly newspaper with a storytelling stride. Post West End sightings or email tips to [email protected].

Word on the street is the crossword in the latest WEP was rather challenging, but we are happy to announce that was the...
05/10/2026

Word on the street is the crossword in the latest WEP was rather challenging, but we are happy to announce that was the first person to send us in their completed puzzle!

Enjoy the donuts from Davenport's finest !

THE PEOPLE'S PARK 🌳🌿🍃🌳🌲Inspired by parks like Dufferin Grove, is aiming to transform dozens more green spaces in cities...
05/08/2026

THE PEOPLE'S PARK 🌳🌿🍃🌳🌲

Inspired by parks like Dufferin Grove, is aiming to transform dozens more green spaces in cities across the country into better shared places. talked to its director, Natalie Brown, about what it takes to create the kinds of parks people actually want to use.

The latest from our April Issue is now available to read on our website, LINK IN BIO.

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COMMUNITY CLASSIFIEDS ARE OPEN! If you’ve got a community event, missed connection, a message for your neighbours, a bir...
05/05/2026

COMMUNITY CLASSIFIEDS ARE OPEN! If you’ve got a community event, missed connection, a message for your neighbours, a birthday shoutout, or a special commemoration we want to hear from you!

Spots are free, but space is limited, and each message should be kept to 25 words total.

Please no commercial advertising. To enquire about ad rates, pease contact [email protected]

To submit a classified, please use the Google Form located in our bio.

This week's garage mood: sober
05/04/2026

This week's garage mood: sober

Ok enough with the April showers, bring on the May flowers! Time to flip another page on our Read The Room bookstore cal...
05/01/2026

Ok enough with the April showers, bring on the May flowers! Time to flip another page on our Read The Room bookstore calendar and say hello to Nicola from , photographed on Polaroid film by

SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL INDIE BOOKSTORE!

And big thanks to for sponsoring this year's WEP calendar.

COFFEE IN THE DAYTIME, BANDS AT NIGHTEvery morning, is transformed into .to , a shop-in-a-shop where owner Julian Finke...
04/30/2026

COFFEE IN THE DAYTIME, BANDS AT NIGHT

Every morning, is transformed into .to , a shop-in-a-shop where owner Julian Finkel is one of the main draws.

goes behind the counter at this Bloorcourt cafe, find it exclusively in the pages of the latest WEP, out now.

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PET OF THE MONTH - HARLEY 🦜Learn how this eclectus parrot went from being an overweight, balding bird from Kitchener who...
04/29/2026

PET OF THE MONTH - HARLEY 🦜

Learn how this eclectus parrot went from being an overweight, balding bird from Kitchener who never learned to fly and cursed all the time, to a being happy and healthy West End parrot who now flies in Earlscourt Park....and curses all the time.

Find this story by exclusively in the pages of the latest WEP.

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LET IT BE KNOWN...A selection West End minutae, as caught by the roving eyes and ears of .Exclusively in the pages of th...
04/28/2026

LET IT BE KNOWN...A selection West End minutae, as caught by the roving eyes and ears of .

Exclusively in the pages of the latest issue of West End Phoenix.

This week's garage mood: blooming
04/27/2026

This week's garage mood: blooming

A poem for your Sunday...OVERLAND WATER INSURANCE by Phoebe Wang, as seen in the latest issue of WEP.Poetry will always ...
04/26/2026

A poem for your Sunday...

OVERLAND WATER INSURANCE by Phoebe Wang, as seen in the latest issue of WEP.

Poetry will always have a home in the pages of West End Phoenix.

04/24/2026

NEW ISSUE OUT TODAY!

Featuring

📻 On the air with the sound of your city
🌳 The changing shape of Dufferin Grove
📺 Repair culture at American Electronics
☕️ Behind the counter at .to
💃 Finding family with
🪙 Coin operated West End with

PLUS

Pet of The Month, a new comic from , hot gossip from , a new crossword puzzle and more!

Support artists living in your community with a subscription to WEP, and help keep local news, arts and culture thriving in the West End.

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