Despite having been legal drinking age for over three decades in this city, I had never been to The Imperial Pub at 54 Dundas St E. I didn't go to the school now known as TMU, I went to U of T, but to be honest, I'm not really a

I'm rather fascinated by the Cloverdale Mall. Sherway Gardens is for the rich, the Dixie Value Mall is for the poors, and there in the middle is the Cloverdale Mall. I visit it often, if not to visit FOTM fact checker Robert Lawson at Sunrise Records, then to see what

FOTM David Kines must have a soft spot for me, because he keeps inviting me to cool stuff, like this morning's Hollywood Suite x GameTV Breakfast in the Imperial Ballroom of the Royal York hotel. I always meet cool and interesting people, some of whom I know, but many of

I'm old enough that I well remember the first Molson Indy Toronto race held at Exhibition Place in 1986. Bobby Rahal won that race, and although it would eventually become the Honda Indy, it was a summer staple in Toronto for almost 40 years. Now the Toronto IndyCar race is

Snow invited me to ABG Day yesterday at Allenbury Gardens. What I witnessed was a community coming out to enjoy free ice cream, BBQ, drinks and several bouncy castles. Oh yes, and great music and plenty of giveaways, including bikes and skateboards. It was wonderful. The man behind this annual

As I wrote that title, I got a little shiver. I had to remind myself that I am not going back to the office. My last days in an office were in 2011, 14 years ago. I was lucky enough to work from home pre-COVID. Then, everyone seemed to be

I recently wrote about my tour of the Toronto Island with Warren Hoselton. It was mainly a walking tour, but there was some water taxi action as well. There's a stretch west of Centre Island by Hanlon's Point where the trees have been overwhelmed by cormorants. We're talking thousands of

Firstly, right off the bat of Babe Ruth when he was with the Providence Grays hitting his first professional home run against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Hanlon's Point in 1914, the photo above was taken by yours truly last night. It's not AI, it's not stolen from Google Images,

Sunlight shinging towards us... that's what Biidaasige means in Anishinaabemowin/Ojibwemowin. The way to say it is Bee-daw-sih-geh. Now that we've got that out of the way, let's celebrate the biggest Toronto park to open in a generation. If you haven't been to the Port Lands lately, there's a new

If you've listened to any of the three Toronto Mike'd episodes recorded thus far this month (Cliff Thorburn, Michael Mongiardi and Steve Simmons), you've heard me welcome a new partner: The Waterfront BIA. Waterfront BIAI love Toronto's waterfront, and as an avid cyclist, I find myself biking to Sugar Beach

Believe it or not, yesterday was the first time I conversed with Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow.

CP24, Bell Media's 24 hour Toronto news channel, published a story yesterday about Toronto's spring midges. The piece is attributed to Aarjavee Raaj, a CTVNewsToronto.ca Multi-Platform-Writer. That headline might sound frightening to Torontonians who don't live near Lake Ontario. "Toronto grapples with swarms of midges" really makes it sound

I still have two children in the Toronto District School Board, so I received a survey earlier this week. Here's how it begins: The TDSB has a structural deficit of $58 million– adjusted down from $70.3 million due to the elimination of the carbon tax. We'd like to hear

I'm catching up on my RSS feeds after a busy few days, and I see the headline "Etobicoke residents hold rally over concerns about proposed homeless shelter in their area". This is the shelter that's coming to 66 Third Street, well discussed on Toronto Mike'd. If you want a deeper