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The last time we in Toronto voted for school trustee, city councillor and mayor was 2022. 29% of eligible voters cast a vote in that election. When John Tory resigned a year later, 37% of eligible voters cast a vote in the byelection. That's an improvement, but still awfully low.
The keeners have already voted in the 2026 Toronto municipal election. I plan to do that later today. Election Day is October 26, but advanced voting continues until tomorrow at 7pm. Yesterday, CityNews reported that longtime city councillor Frances Nunziata was dropping out. CityNews had initially cited sources stating that
Last night, at the Palais Royale during the 10th anniversary celebration for the West End Phoenix, Tara Slone covered High School Confidential by Rough Trade. This song features the legendary line from Carole Pope about creaming her jeans. Scandalous! Just before "It makes me cream my jeans when she comes
Tonight I biked over to the Palais Royal to celebrate 10 years of the West End Phoenix. Of course Dave Bidini was there, but so was Tom Wilson, Ron MacLean, Tara Slone, Rob Preuss, Stephen Stanley, Friendly Rich, Ron Sexsmith and many other lovely and talented people. It was a
On Wednesday I shared the sad news that Andy Donato had passed away at the age of 89. Until very recently, Andy was still getting published in The Toronto Sun, a Postmedia-owned newspaper. I attached to that article his final editorial cartoon, a "That's all folks" farewell after 55 years.
This past weekend, for TIFF, King Street was closed to vehicular traffic so I biked over and took in the scenes. I was even spotted as a "celebrity". I was most keen to check out The Fellini Forever Educational Tour which I found at King and Widmer. Fellini Forever is
I wrote about the 2025 edition of ABG Day here. Each year, just before school returns, Snow gives back to the community he grew up in by hosting Allenbury Gardens Day. It's always great fun. This year, when my boy and I arrived for the big day, it was lower
In this 1953rd episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Deputy Mayor Amber Morley about her first term as counsellor for Ward 3 Etobicoke—Lakeshore and why she thinks she deserves to be re-elected in October. This episode is exactly 1:02:02. You can listen to this episode in
Today I enjoyed a great bike ride to St. Matthew's Clubhouse in Riverdale Park East for a Simcoe Day event. Jeremy Hopkin was there, as was Adam Bunch, and the entire gang from the Scadding Cabin episode of Toronto Mike'd. Even mayoral candidate Brad Bradford showed up. A perfect day
I spent the day at FIFA Fan Festival at Fort York (or is it The Bentway) and I was thoroughly impressed. Sure, the food and drink is overpriced, and the activities are loaded with crass commercialism, but it's very well organized and we had a blast. Before the actually game
I just returned from my second kayak of the Humber River this summer. It was amazing, but I did notice some missing wildlife. There were plenty of ducks, swans and turtles, but where were the big beautiful birds I'd see last summer? I'm no birder, but I'm certain one type
When Ed Keenan visited the other day, he mentioned that The Toronto Star listed "25 greatest Toronto songs" recently. Here's their list. 25. ‘YYZ’- Rush, 1981 24. ‘BaKardi Slang’ - Kardinal Offishall, 2001 23. ‘The Old Apartment’ - Barenaked Ladies, 1996 22. ‘Toronto Tontos’ - Max Webster, 1976 21.
In the mid-to-late 80s, should I tune into any newscast, it would be CityPulse on Citytv. It seemed so much cooler to me than the news on CFTO, which seemed stuffy and self-important. As a result, I never watched World Beat News, but I sure caught the promos. Gail Smith
Happy Canada Day! Hot enough for ya? After watching England scrape by against DR Congo, we walked over to the Humber Match Day Hub at Humber’s Lakeshore Campus. Here's more from humber.ca. Humber Match Day Hub: The Road to the Finals From July 1 - July 19, Humber’
This is the current state of Ontario Place.
I was invited to adidas Home of Soccer Toronto this morning, before the public. I get invited to a lot of stuff, and I usually politely decline, but this one intrigued me. The city is World Cup mad, and adidas promised good food, cold drinks, a secret intimate concert and
On April 2nd of this year, almost one month ago, I produced a live event for Nick Ainis. It was a public recording of his podcast Building Toronto's Skyline with special guest Brad Bradford, who earlier today registered to run for mayor in Toronto's 2026 municipal election. Prior to the
Player and Position Julie Allemand, Guard Elizabeth Balogun, Guard Maria Conde, Forward Temi Fagbenle, Center Isabelle Harrison, Forward Lexi Held, Guard Laura Juskaite, Forward Adja Kane, Forward Maria Kliundikova, Center Kitija Laksa, Guard Marina Mabrey, Guard Nikolina Milić, Forward Kia Nurse, Guard Aaliyah Nye, Guard Teonni Key, Forward Kiki Rice,
In the 2018 Toronto municipal election, Mark Grimes was re-elected as Councillor for Ward 3 Etobicoke—Lakeshore. That's where I live. Grimes had been there since 2003, well before I got there. Amber Morley finished second. Grimes: 16,527 Morley: 10,985 In 2022, Amber Morley did something that's very
Ed Keenan from The Toronto Star dropped by yesterday for his quarterly appearance on Toronto Mike'd and I dropped the name Ben Kerr because I remember Ben Kerr always ran for Mayor of Toronto. When I lived at Charles Street and Yonge in the mid-90s, I'd see Ben Kerr daily
The McLaughlin Planetarium was such a fixture growing up. Many a school trip was to the McLaughlin Planetarium to see a film about the stars, planets, and cosmology. The planetarium closed way back in 1995 and is now being demolished for a new University of Toronto building. The building – set
I have finally seen Nirvanna: The Band - the Show - the Movie and It's my pleasure ot report it is the great Toronto film of all-time. You read that right, you can move over Goin' Down the Road, step aside Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, the greatest Toronto film
This afternoon I got to experience Paul McCartney Photographs 1963–64: Eyes of the Storm at the AGO with Jim Shedden, Curator, Special Projects & Director, Publishing at the Art Gallery of Ontario. The exhibition runs through June 7. Here's a little more: Between December of 1963 and February of
Another piece of Toronto history is dissapearing this weekend as Steve's Music at 415 Queen Street West closes its doors today after nearly 49 years in business. Here's the sad statement: Customers / Friends, For over six decades Steve's Music Store, has been a pillar of the music community. Passionately serving
