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Perhaps the reason the Leafs haven't won the Stanley Cup in almost forty years has something to do with the fact the Cup lives in Toronto. There's no incentive to win it for your fans when anyone can see it at the Hockey Hall of Fame. This afternoon, James and
The S4 2006 radio ratings are out. All BBM will give away for free is this top-line report (pdf). Here are the ten most listened to stations in Toronto when sorted by share percentage. CHFI 98.1CHUM-FM 104.5CBC RadioOne 99.1Q107EZ-Rock 97.3680 NewsClassical 96.3Edge102Z103.5AM740
I understand it's pretty cold out west. According to the Weather Network, it currently feels like -13°C in Vancouver, -28°C in Calgary, -26°C in Edmonton and -29°C in Regina. Vancouver even has a nice snowfall warning in full effect. Here in Toronto, it's 12°C. We're
Forget that boxers or briefs question. The Toronto equivalent is far sexier. Tokens or tickets? I'm a tickets guy. I keep them in my wallet where the rest of you keep your paper money and I haven't lost one yet. Whenever I use tokens they get mixed up with my
I saw Blinky again yesterday. Blinky is the talking, blinking police car that was all around when I was a kid. He's a mascot of sorts for the Metropolitan Toronto Police to promote children's safety. He was participating in the Santa Claus Parade as he always does. Last year I
For the third year in a row, I attended the Toronto Santa Claus Parade. This time I took both kids and parked our butts across the street from the Royal Ontario Museum. It was indeed chilly, but the kids had a blast. James even got some great face time to
Hey Ontario, it's votin' day. According to the City of Toronto website for such matters, you can vote in the City of Toronto municipal election if you are: a Canadian citizenat least 18 years olda resident of the City of Torontoa non-resident owner or tenant of land in the City
Those who live in Toronto will remember that five-alarm fire last week at a meat packing plant near Keele Street and St. Clair Avenue. New York Pork was BBQ'd and they brought in fire inspectors to determine how to safely and efficiently dispose of 700 pig carcasses. The disposing of
We're a day and ten minutes away from the deadline to submit our bid to host the 2015 World Expo. You've no doubt been hearing and reading about this all week, but do you actually give a damn? I couldn't tell you who hosted any World Expo since '86 when
A couple of Halloweens ago, I mentioned how much I disliked the holiday. I was too shy to get into it. On October 31, I'd find something to do and wait for the whole silly event to wrap up. Now, I look forward to it again. I've got a two
Artur wants me to mention the TTC swag suggestions made by Torontoist. I've checked it out and it's no doubt hipper stuff than what the TTC sells. I've been complaining about the TTC marketing effort for a while now. It's sadly out of touch. A tee shirt with the "Mind
At around 4pm this afternoon, I looked out the window and saw snow. Note to self, date of first snow spotting: October 12. We didn't have snow flurries in the 416 last year until November 17. The year before, it was November 8. Today's snowfall only lasted a few minutes
I recently wrote about the pathetic news ticker at the Jane TTC subway station. The clock was 40 minutes fast, the ticker didn't actually deliver news and other subway stations had been outfitted with modernized information screens long ago. Late last week, those modern screens were indeed installed at Jane
Later this week, the Mr. Sub at Bedford and Bloor will be closed for good. Soon thereafter, that wrap place will close as will that booster juice place. The Harveys and Swiss Chalet across the street from Varsity Stadium have already shut their doors. Why is this happening? This is
Mother Nature is a doll. Yesterday, with threats of rain in the forecast, she gave us a smashing day to spend at the Toronto Zoo. Here's a collection of photos I snapped at every opportunity. The zoo keepers must work these animals hard throughout the night, because they sure are
For most of my life, the Jane TTC subway station has been my home station. I think the TTC needs to show Jane station a little love. Many stations now have those great information screens that give you the news, weather and time while you wait for the next subway.
I've bumped into a few celebrities over the past week. Tis the season, as they say. This list does not include celebrities making a scheduled appearance to promote their movies at the film festival, these are people I came upon by pure happenstance. John WatersWilliam H. MacyDaniel AlfredssonWaters was a
The TIFF vs. Cannes: which is the premiere film festival in the galaxy? According to Wikipedia, the Toronto International Film Festival has the bigger attendance figures and Roger Ebert himself says "Toronto is more useful and more important". If we're not #1 we're a close #2 and we're definitely the
You might have seen the "Don't read enough?" billboards that have sprouted up around the city. They're easy to spot because they feature George Dubya Bush sporting quite the smirk. The ads are for an audio book store. Here's the one outside Dundas West Station. I liked the ad as
TurnHere - BoingBoing linked to this site recently and I discovered several cool little films about Toronto neighbourhoods.
I'm digging City and Colour's "Comin' Home". It's totally mellow and full of shout outs to varous North American locales. There's a call out to Saskatoon, Sydney and Halifax, but no love for Toronto. That got me thinking about popular songs that do that shout out thing and include Toronto
Prior to heading downtown this afternoon, my friends at The Weather Network told me it felt like 47° outside. I think they were a little on the low side. This is where I'd list songs with the word "heat" in the title, but I've already done that. I suppose I
All day long I've been getting hits from people Googling Humble Howard leaves mix and other similar searches. I rank rather highly for these searches, thanks to this entry about Fred Patterson getting the boot last September. I listened to Humble & Fred every morning for years when they were
City of Toronto Archives - "Every generation lives in a different Toronto. Someone lived in your home before you—who were they? What did a city street look like before cars and electric lights?" If you've ever lived in Toronto, you'll find yourself getting lost here. I recommend starting with
I was just checking out Wikipedia's list of bands from Canada. They even break it down by province and city, which means I can tell you the following bands are from Toronto. Andrew CashArmed and HammeredBarenaked LadiesThe Battered WivesThe Birthday MassacreThe Black MariaBlue PeterBroken Social SceneBy Divine RightCancer Batscontroller.controllerCowboy
