The power seems to be out in most of Toronto. I'm told an explosion at a transformer station has caused a widespread power outage affecting large parts of the downtown and west end.

The kids have always enjoyed Lessard Park.  It's a little park in west Toronto on top of the ravine that leads down to Etienne Brule Park by the Humber River near Old Mill.  Now that I think of it, I used to enjoy Lessard Park as a kid as well.

Do you know what I don't write about nearly often enough?  Underground bars in Toronto.  I'm not really a bar or pub guy, and these things are underground.  How am I supposed to know they exist? This entry was written by Samantha.  I just felt you all needed to learn

This video features Joe Wenkoff, a photo journalist who describes his experience following the black block as they rampaged through the streets of Toronto during the G20 Summit. Watch it now, then meet me after the jump. 20,000 police and security officials and a $1 billion security budget were

Let's not forget the other victims of the recent G20 protests and vandalism.  This guy, for example, really wanted to go shopping at the Eaton Centre.

I've been following the very interesting discussion on my entry about the incident at Queen and Spadina Sunday night.  Regular readers have promised never to read this site again.  Some blame those at Queen and Spadina for being there, others feel the police mishandled things, everyone has an opinion. Whether

This video footage of a peaceful G20 protest at Queen and Spadina is jarring. It's clearly a peaceful protest, something we're allowed to do in this city, and the protesters are even united in their singing of O Canada. Then, the police charge.  Watch this. That footage turns my stomach.

I'm watching live footage from the massive downtown G20 protest.  Two police cars are burning at Bay and King and it appears they're simply going to let them burn out.  I've been watching it burn for a while now and there's no sign of firefighters. The police presence in downtown

Hey Toronto, have you heard the G8 and G20 Summits are being held June 24-27 at Deerhurst Resort in Huntsville and the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, respectively? Major highways such as the 427, 401, QEW, Gardiner Expressway and the Don Valley Parkway will experience frequent closures. I live west of

Officer Tony Vella of the Toronto Police Service uses his Twitter account to catch Toronto's crooks. Here he is tweeting for Patrick Barrett to turn himself in, after speaking with a lawyer. I don't think Bunk and McNulty would approve of this kind of police work, but it might have

I just got an email from Rocco Rossi regarding his Toronto mayoral campaign.  The subject line reads "A message from Rocco Rossi on Practical Change" and it's identified as "a special paid message for sympatico.ca special offers subscribers. Here's a screen cap of the email, sent to my personal

You might notice the CN Tower looking a little green tonight.  The CN Tower is going green in recognition of Second Harvest's 25 years of hunger relief. I like the folks at Second Harvest.  It's a great organization, and if you're ever looking to volunteer or donate, I can hook

Remember Igor Kenk, that Dapper Dan?  He's the guy who  stole my bike (maybe) and a couple of years ago Chad wrote me with a good idea.  He thought the Toronto Police should give the 2500 unclaimed backs back to Torontonians.  Specifically, to the less fortunate. That's exactly what's happened.

While sipping my Saturday morning coffee (a.k.a. the best coffee of the week), I was checking out the new videos from Retrontario, my favourite YouTube account holder in the galaxy. I've been sharing Retrontario nuggets of gold since he was posting under the moniker WNED17.  A couple of

The kids are off school this week, enjoying their March Break.  I thought that would make this the ideal week to avoid the office.  I took a week off to sleep in and chill with the family. It's the middle of March, and I haven't worn pants all week.  That's

Adam Giambrone, member of Toronto City Council and chair of the TTC, wants to be mayor of Toronto.  Now that his affair with 19-year old university student Kristen Lucas has been revealed, he's got some heat to deal with first. With a name like Giambrone, the fist natural reaction is