In this 184th episode, Mike chats with Avery Haines about her sister's musical career, her controversial episode at CTV NewsNet, her years at CityTV and sharing her story of love following the shooting in Orlando. This episode is exactly 1:26:54. You can listen to this episode in a
Welcome to this week's Open Mike. I'm Mike and I'll be your master of ceremonies for the day. Feel free to use this space to vent, rant, share a story and/or ask a question of the hivemind.
I'm a very lucky guy. I have four amazing children. My youngest, who is now four months old, is also going to be my last. The next time I'm caring for a child this size, I'll be a grandfather, so I'm really trying to soak this in. Every day I'm
Garry Marshall was 81. He created such television shows as Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley and Mork & Mindy and directed movies, including The Flamingo Kid and Pretty Woman.
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I've yet to write a single word about Donald Trump's pusuit of the most powerful job in the world. To be honest, I kept waiting for common sense to prevail, but here we are.... The RNC is taking place in Cleveland this week, and it's what I'd have expected. Here's
It's hard to believe they're still making new episodes of The Simpsons. The Simpsons was my favourite show when I was a teenager. Those first six seasons were so good, I still revisit them often. The first episode ever aired was "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire", the Christmas episode
Welcome to this week's Open Mike. I'm Mike and I'll be your master of ceremonies for the day. Feel free to use this space to vent, rant, share a story and/or ask a question of the hivemind.
I feel I need to preface this entry by stating I'm not a CFL-hater. I was at Pinball's last game, I took my son to see Ricky Williams and I generally root for the Argonauts' success. The fact is, my overall interest in both the CFL and NFL has waned
Playing online real money games during the canadian winter is very popular today. In fact, many people in Canada will talk about how the climate of Canada and the fact that it is so cold there has managed to shape a good portion of Canadian culture and Canadian history. The
As a kid, I loved the MLB All-Star Game. As an adult, I can take it or leave it. Tonight, I decided to take it. The Canadian national anthem was performed by The Tenors. I must admit, the whole tenor thing confuses me. I don't know if these are the
On the heels of yesterday's martinstreek.com update, Blind Derek was kind enough to share with me a couple of ads he produced featuring Martin Streek. Here's Martin Streek promoting a pub appearance at Mohawk College. Here's Martin Streek promoting an appearance in Banff.
Long time CFNY deejay Martin Streek passed away 7 years ago last week. Less than a year later, his website, www.martinstreek.com, lapsed and looked like this for the longest time. I can't tell you how much this bothered me. Actually, I can, and I did. On the one
Welcome to this week's Open Mike. I'm Mike and I'll be your master of ceremonies for the day. Feel free to use this space to vent, rant, share a story and/or ask a question of the hivemind.
In this 183rd episode, Mike chats with Toronto Star journalist Edward Keenan about what's making waves in Toronto this summer. This episode is exactly 1:47:58. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Subscribe in iTunesListen via Google Play MusicListen via StitcherFollow on tuneinSubscribe directly
In this 182nd episode, Mike chats with Globe and Mail journalist David Shoalts about the changes at Rogers Hockey and what went wrong. This episode is exactly 1:55:06. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Subscribe in iTunesListen via Google Play MusicListen via StitcherFollow
The Toronto Star is closing its printing press in Vaughan and will contract out printing operations to Transcontinental Printing. The move to close the printing plant, which opened in 1992, will affect 220 full-time employees and 65 part-time staff. In this video, photographer Todd Korol visits the Toronto Star's press
Welcome to this week's Open Mike. I'm Mike and I'll be your master of ceremonies for the day. Feel free to use this space to vent, rant, share a story and/or ask a question of the hivemind.
Former CFNY deejay Pete Fowler has a radio show entitled The Lost Indie City and he sells tee shirts with a big yellow 45 rpm adapter on it to promote the program. I've got one, and wear it often. It's a fantastic conversation piece. It never fails that when I
I'm in the market for a car that seats at least six. For the past couple of weeks, I've been test driving a new Buick Enclave which seats seven comfortably. It's been absolutely ideal. My youngest is now three months old, so at some point I'm going to have to
Corus recently bought Global TV owner Shaw Media for $2.65 billion in cash and shares. Yesterday, they made a few significant cuts. Let's start with the cancellation of 16X9. 16X9 was an award-winning Canadian newsmagazine program. We're talking investigative news at a time when fewer and fewer news outlets
In this 181st episode, Mike chats with John Gallagher about his years at Q107, CityTV and TSN, how he saved Mark Wahlberg's life, his time on Zoomer Radio and so much more. This episode is exactly 1:18:04. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways:
Buddy Ryan was 82. During his 35-season NFL coaching career, he served as the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles and Arizona Cardinals, and the defensive coordinator of the Chicago Bears and Houston Oilers.
Pat Summitt was 64. She was the winningest coach, male or female, in NCAA basketball history winning 1,098 games and eight NCAA championships with the University of Tennessee Lady Vols.
