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Toronto is a big city, but this past week we've had more than our fair share of news that transcends our borders. Many of us are wondering "what's next?". Luka Rocco Magnotta The MSM learned the name Luka Rocca Magnotta on May 30 when the Torontonian was identified as the
People sure had fun with the images of a flooded Union Station yesterday. Here are a few of the more popular pix that are floating around.
The Canadian Design Resource is sharing this warning about Toronto. They don't know the original source, so if you do, please let us know in the comments. I can dig it.
This is a great National Film Board of Canada documentary from 1982 with fantastic footage from our city 30 years ago. This feature documentary studies one of the city’s most visible yet most anonymous character: the taxi driver. Filmed by day and night, the film offers an entertaining and
This is what it looked like behind City Hall yesterday. Guillermo del Toro is filming his big budget film Pacific Rim here, and I thought this photo was pretty cool. Fellow Wire fans will enjoying hearing that Pacific Rim stars Stringer Bell. That's good. That's like a 40-degree day. Ain't
I'm going to steal a topic I heard on Mike Stafford's show yesterday. I accidentally tuned in to a repeat of his show in my car last night and they were discussing the influx of possums in Toronto recently. I saw my first possum about five years ago, but haven't
For April Fools Day, Google Maps has introduced a new view they call "Quest". Quest mode lets you see everything in 8-bit. "8-bit Quest Maps is our Beta Maps technology and has certain system requirements. Your system may not meet the minumum requirements for 8-bit computations.Here's how Toronto looks
This is a nice little parody of the Pet Shop Boys' West End Girls. The draw is great Toronto footage and better-than-you'd-expect lyrics. I didn't even know there was a Bessarion Station! Good job, Red Gecko Productions.
I sat down this evening to write about my supreme disappointment with our professional sports franchises. Then I remembered I wrote this entry two years ago. Disappointment with Toronto's teams is par for the course. Last night, I watched the Raptors because of all the Linsanity hype. I was pretty
About four years ago, I had a pretty good idea. I wanted to create Toronto-centric Valentine's Day cards featuring local prominent figures, past and present. Here are the few I threw together. Feel free to take this torch and run with it. We've still got time.
I've mentioned I have a Toronto City Hall informant. I call him / her Cardinal. Cardinal just sent me an email following the city's deal reached with CUPE local 416 to avert a strike. Here's Cardinal's email, in its entirety. just so you and your blog followers know.... ford claims that
It's all about subways. Just ask our mayor Rob Ford. From the National Post: The power struggle over what transit to build in Toronto continues at City Hall, with Mayor Rob Ford telling reporters, at his weekly weigh-in: “It’s all about subways.” An excerpt of the scrum follows.Reporter:
I'm about to head out to see American Idiot, so I checked the weather via my Ubuntu Linux desktop. Here's what I saw: Freezing fog? What the hell is freezing fog? According to the National Weather Service: Freezing fog occurs when the water droplets that the fog is composed of
Over on Reddit there was a discussion about people's best Toronto hacks. Basically, any hacks for saving time, money or effort in Toronto. Here's a few of the hacks posted there. You can get a dozen free bagels on your birthday at What a BagelThere's a change machine at the
The city had all those love padlocks removed from Toronto’s Humber Bridge yesterday. 40 or so of these symbols of eternal love got snipped with only a couple remaining. This photo from the Toronto Star shows one of the survivors. It was simply too big for the clippers. Moral
So this just happened... The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has sold its 79.53 per cent stake in Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment to Rogers Communications and BCE for more than $1.2 billion. BCE is fancy talk for Bell. That's right, Bell and Rogers now each own 37.5%
I have one more photoshopped Rob Ford football kick that I'd like to share. This was emailed to me by Patrick Corrigan, editorial cartoonist for the Toronto Star. I agree with Torstar chairman John Honderich when he says the blatant attempt by the mayor to block the flow of public
Prior to the Metro Bowl at the stadium formerly known as Skydome, Rob Ford kicked things off... literally. Here's the picture from the Toronto Star. Over on Reddit, the redditors had some fun photoshopping Rob Ford all over the place. It sort of became a thing, so I thought I'd
Toronto city council has voted in favour of banning the possession and consumption of shark fins. The final vote was 38-4, with only these four voting against the ban: Rob FordGiorgio MammolitiDoug HolydayDavid ShinerIf you're unsure what the shark fin controversy is about, check out this video of Gordon Ramsay
Photographer Ryan Emond calls this time-lapse video "Toronto Tempo". In his words: I’ve pieced together thousands of photos that I think capture Toronto’s beautiful skyline, and the essence of the lively downtown core. All but one of the scenes in this time-lapse were shot between September and October
It seems appropriate that on a day when my path crossed with Wendel Clark's (more on that later), I'd be thinking about Maple Leaf Gardens. MLSE sold Maple Leaf Gardens to Loblaw in 2004, and Loblaw struck a deal with Ryerson that allowed them to share the space. Ryerson will
If you see more blurry eyed Torontonians than usual today, you can blame Nuit Blanche. That's where I was until the wee hours of the night. Tweet of the night went to @Uranowski who wrote the following: Nuit Blanche is everything Rob Ford hates: Public Art, walking and road closures
Jon Simonassi took some great shots of the thunderstorm Toronto got last week. He calls this "Lightning TO". The song is called Leg Twitch by Professor Kliq.
Our classless, short-sighted, pathetic excuse for a mayor Rob Ford has my blood boiling and gut busting again. Actually, it's not Rob Ford this time, it's his big brother Councillor Doug Ford, although I half suspect they're the same person. Dougie has a vision for our eastern waterfront, and he
Since Silverman is no longer helpful, I'm here for you. I'm here for the working man, the downtrodden, the prisoners and the hurt. This note comes from Amanda who is looking for answers. Read her story and offer her advice in the comments. I work late nights at a busy
