''Eye Weekly'' was a free weekly

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published in

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, Canada. It was owned by

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, the parent company of the ''

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'', and was published by their Star Media Group until its final issue on May 5, 2011. The following week, Torstar launched a successor publication, ''

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''."Toronto Can Say Bye to Eye, It's Changing to The Grid"
''

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'', April 11, 2011.

History

''Eye Weekly'' began publishing on October 10, 1991. The content was first posted online via

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in March 1994, and its

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launched in October 1994, becoming one of the first publications to put its content online. It had an audited circulation of 120,000 copies, as of a 2005-2007 report.

Past contributors

Prominent contributors at various points through the newspaper's life included Jason Anderson,

Bert Archer Bert Archer is a Canadian author, journalist, travel writer, essayist and critic. Archer was born in Montreal and lived in Calgary and Vancouver. He attended St. Michael's University School in Victoria, British Columbia, and then went to the Uni ...

, Gregory Boyd Bell, Carolyn Bennett, Denise Benson, Stuart Berman, Alex Bozikovic, Andrew Braithwaite, William Burrill, Jason Chiu, Andrew Clark,

Tyler Clark Burke Tyler Clark Burke is a Canadian artist, illustrator, designer, and writer based in Toronto, Ontario. She is the co-founder of Canadian independent record label Three Gut Records. She has written and illustrated two children's books. Early life and ...

, Nicole Cohen, Kevin Connolly, Peter Darbyshire,

Gemma Files Gemma Files is a Canadian horror writer, journalist, and film critic. Her short story, "The Emperor's Old Bones", won the International Horror Guild Award for Best Short Story of 1999. Five of her short stories were adapted for the television ser ...

Sky Gilbert Schuyler Lee (Sky) Gilbert Jr. (born December 20, 1952) is a Canadian writer, actor, academic and drag performer. Born in Norwich, Connecticut, he studied theatre at York University in Toronto, Ontario, and at the University of Toronto Th ...

, Kieran Grant, Kevin Hainey, Bob Hunter, Paul Isaacs,

Bruce LaBruce Bruce LaBruce (born January 3, 1964) is a Canadian artist, writer, filmmaker, photographer, and underground director based in Toronto. Life and career LaBruce was born in Tiverton, Ontario. He has claimed both Justin Stewart and Bryan Bruce as ...

, Edward Keenan, Guy Leshinski, Chris Dart, Chandler Levack, Laura Lind, Sarah Liss, Donna Lypchuk, Cindy McGlynn, Gord McLaughlin,

Jim Munroe Jim Munroe is a Canadian science fiction author, who publishes his works independently under the imprint ''No Media Kings''."Author dumps publisher". ''Peterborough Examiner'', May 6, 2000. Munroe was managing editor at the magazine ''Adbusters' ...

, Dave Morris, Bruce Farley Mowat, C.J. O'Connor,

Gord Perks Gordon Perks (born October 7, 1963) is a Canadian politician and environmental activist who has served on Toronto City Council since 2006. Perks currently represents Ward 4 Parkdale—High Park. Career Perks has worked for a number of environ ...

, Bradley Reinhardt, Damian Rogers,

Stuart Ross Stuart Ross is a Canadian fiction writer, poet, editor, and creative-writing instructor. Ross was born in Toronto's north end in 1959 and grew up in the Borough of North York. He began writing at a very young age and was first published at age ...

, Sasha,

John Sewell John Sewell (born December 8, 1940) is a Canadian politician and lawyer who served as the 58th mayor of Toronto from 1978 to 1980. Background Born and raised in the Beach neighbourhood, in Toronto, Sewell attended Malvern Collegiate Institut ...

, Phoebe Smith, Vern Smith,

Kamal Al-Solaylee Kamal Al-Solaylee (born 1964) is a Canadian journalist, who published his debut book, ''Intolerable: A Memoir of Extremes'', in 2012. He is currentldirectorof the School of Journalism, Writing, and Media at Canada's University of British Columbia ...

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, Marc Weisblott, and Carlyn Zwarenstein.

References

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History

Past contributors

See also

References