I enjoyed Earth Hour 2008.  Here's how I spent my first Earth Hour, on March 29, 2008. The people behind Earth Hour 2009 want to kick it up a notch this year. In 2009, Earth Hour is being taken to the next level, with the goal of  1 billion people

I finally got around to visiting the scene of the apocalypse that was Etienne Brule Park with my camera.  My son and I made the walk by the Humber River near the Old Mill where recent flooding has created an ice age of sorts. The massive chunks of ice make

In 1984, I played for a tee-ball team called the Sesquis.  Swansea's Rennie Park created the team for that one summer only to commemorate Toronto's 150th birthday, or sesquicentennial if you will. It was March 6, 1834 that York was incorporated as the City of Toronto.  That's 175 years ago

Jewelgurl is sharing a great Flickr photoset called Toronto Before from the gentleman behind http://torontobefore.blogspot.com.

Jordan wants you all to know it's once again time to help Toronto's less fortunate with Second Harvest's annual Lunch Money Day. Get involved: sign up to run a campaignvolunteer purchase a Lunch Money Day raffle ticketcontact Jordan for more informationFor every $5 donation, Second Harvest can provide enough fresh

As found on Torontoist, which is magically still online despite their threats to unplug the site on December 31, this clip is from Steve Martin's 1974 televisoin special "The Funnier Side of Eastern Canada". I always thought Steve Martin should have been Canadian.  He was recently throwing zingers our way

Environment Canada is calling it Snow-Mageddon.  Tomorrow morning Toronto will get 15cm and they're calling for another snow storm on Sunday. Isn't "Snowmageddon" a little dramatic?  15cm tomorrow and a bunch more on Sunday makes for crappy driving conditions, but we've been through so much worse.  Last winter, for example.

The high point in Toronto Sports probably happened in 1993.  There was a week there when Joe Carter touched 'em all to secure the Blue Jays' second consecutive World Series and the Leafs won 10 in a row to open their season.  If that was the high, this might just

It's not uncommon to see Toronto on the big screen, but usually we're playing Chicago or New York or some other American city.  Toronto Stories is an indie film that premiered at the 2008 TIFF and now has a one-week run at the Royal Cinema starting on December 12th.  The

As a primary school student here in Toronto, many a field trip was taken to the Young People's Theatre at 165 Front Street East.  I remember several of the plays I saw there, including The Story of Anne Frank, which has stuck with me to this day.  The Young People's

When I was driving an '85 Ford Escort in the mid-90s, I wouldn't fill up the tank if the price exceeded 50¢ a litre.  I'm not kidding.  I managed to drive this way for years and years. About six years ago, prices hit 80¢ a litre in these parts and

I'm about to do something I haven't done since I was in primary school.  I'm on my way to the CN tower. I'm playing host to a bunch of out-of-towners and taking them to the top of the CN Tower seemed like the thing to do.  I get to play

It was well over a year ago that I first wrote about Let's All Hate Toronto, a documentary that pokes fun at the fact all of Canada outside the GTA seems to dislike those of us in the capital of the universe. I loved the title, and I loved the

Let's take the pulse of Toronto's blogosphere.  I'm breaking blogs into three categories: best independent blog, best professional/media blog and best Toronto Mike blog.  That last one is a little biased, so we'll start with it. Here are five blogs I'd like to recognize because they're run by frequent

Spacing Toronto just tipped me off about this very cool time-lapse video of our new scramble intersection of Yonge and Dundas.  It's by Sam Javanrouh.

Toronto gets its first scramble intersection today as Yonge and Dundas is now scrambled.  That means vehicle traffic stops with red lights in all four directions, followed by a pedestrian free-for-all, where people cross the intersection in any direction they choose: left, right, diagonally. It's worked elsewhere and I think

The big local news is the propane gas plant explosion at Keele and Wilson.  Sunrise Propane, located just south of Downsview, sent massive fireballs into the sky just before dawn. At least one firefighter was killed fighting the blaze and thousands have been evacuated from their homes.  As Torontonians already

Chad wrote me with a good idea.  He thinks the Toronto Police should give the 2500 unclaimed backs back to Torontonians.  Specifically, to the less fortunate. Here's his plan in his words: Mike,I've been trying to work through an idea in my head for a while ... getting bikes into

Here in Toronto, we love our signs.  You can tear down our buildings, just don't mess with the signage. The CHUM building on Yonge Street, just south of St. Clair Ave., is going to be torn down and turned into luxury condos.  Fear not Torontonians, the iconic CHUM sign will