Entertainment in Canada
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The Cabin
Bowling alley, bar, outdoor gear store and art gallery. A groovy chill spot with a few snacks to go with the beers.
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The Royal
A popular bar right on Baker St. Listen to bands under the high ceilings inside or kick back on the deck.
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Three Bananas
This bookish coffee bar in Churchill Sq with its mosaic walls and Warhol-esque banana prints is a good place to grab a caffeine hit on the way to the new art museum.
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TicketKing
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TicketKing
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Ticketmaster
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TIFF Cinematheque
Popular TIFF Cinematheque screens world cinema, independent films and retrospectives of famous directors. About 400 films are shown annually at Jackman Hall at the Art Gallery of Ontario; many screenings are now held in the new Bell Lightbox Nonmembers can purchase tickets at the Manulife Centre box office 30 minutes before the day's first screening.
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Times Chang(d) High & Lonesome Club
Honky-tonk/country/rock/blues weekend bands jam and beer and whiskey flow at this small, rough, raunchy and real throwback.
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Toad in the Hole Pub & Eatery
Casual pub with local Osborne Village crowd.
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Tommy's Neighbourhood Pub
Tommy's pub grub menu stretches to crab cakes and spinach artichoke dip. More importantly for traditionalists there's good draft beer, a darts board, and plenty of opportunity to meet the kind of globe-trotting mavericks who have made Banff their temporary home.
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Trinitea's Cup
It's always 1955 inside this storefront tea parlor, serving traditional English cream teas, soups and sandwiches.
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Trinity Pageant
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Twisted Element
Consistently voted the best gay dance venue by the local community, this club has weekly drag shows, karaoke nights and DJs spinning nightly.
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Two Rooms Cafe
Another laid-back Strathcona joint that could have been transplanted from some libertine European city, Two Rooms has a tiny wood-furnished interior, street-side patio and – most importantly – good coffee.
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Vicious Circle
Dark and moody, cocktails and martinis, comfy couches and a stylish atmosphere – check it out.
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Victoria Symphony
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Village 8 Cinema
Shows first-run flicks in the heart of the village.
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West End Cultural Centre
A former church, current intimate music venue that celebrates music that includes folk and jazz. Many an emerging artist has gotten their big break thanks to the deep commitment to new music on the part of the wonderful volunteers who run this place.
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What's Up Yukon
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Whiskey
Here lie all the unbeatable facets of an ubertrendy nightclub: surly bouncers, a big list of entry rules, long freezing cold lines, a chill-out bar, music from the '80s onwards, and plenty of beautiful people showing off on the dance floor.
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Whiskey Dix
Dress nice and get here by 10:30pm on weekends to enter this very popular club. Outside there's a vast and hugely popular ever-thumping terrace (complete with fire cannon), inside high ceilings open up the crowded dance floor.
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Wild Bill's Legendary Saloon
Cowboys – where would Alberta be without them? Check this bar out if you're into line-dancing, calf-roping, karaoke and live music of the twangy Willy Nelson variety. The saloon is named after Wild Bill Peyto, a colorful 'local' character who was actually born and raised in that not-so-famous cowboy county of Kent in England.
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Windsor Hotel
The well-worn Windsor is Winnipeg's definitive live blues bar. There's open stage some nights; bands perform at weekends.
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Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Fanatical crowds cheer the CFL Bombers at Canad Inns Stadium.
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Winnipeg Goldeyes
It's hard to get much better than cheap, small-league summer evening ballgames by the river in Canwest Stadium.
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