Tara Whitten, Gillian Carleton and Jasmin Glaesser have won bronze for Canada in women's team pursuit cycling at the London Olympics.
December 17, 2025
Rosannagh MacLennan has won gold for Canada in women's trampoline at the London Olympics.
In Toronto, we're getting Simcoe Day off on Monday, but it's not Simcoe Day everywhere in Ontario. Civic Holiday may also be known by one of a number of local appellations such as Mountie Day in North York, Colonel By Day in Ottawa, George Hamilton Day in Hamilton, Joseph Brant
Or do we call is Simcoe Day? I'm pretty sure it's not a Civic holiday as much as it's Simcoe Day around these parts. Either way, most of us get Monday off, and that's a good thing. Write here about anything you want, and if you have a question, I'll
I've dropped a few hints about the podcast I'm going to start. It'll be a half hour a week, discussing a few Toronto-centric topics that are also covered on this blog. I'm doing it because I think it will be fun. Originally I was going to use Lowest of the
Canada's women's eight rowers have won silver at the London Olympics. Congratulations to Darcy Marquardt, Lesley Thompson-Willie, Andréanne Morin, Ashley Brzozowicz, Krista Guloien, Janine Hanson, Natalie Mastracci, Lauren Wilkinson and Rachelle Viinberg.
Brent Hayden has won bronze for Canada in the men's 100m freestyle swimming event at the London Olympics.
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Canada's men's eight rowers have won silver at the London Olympics. Congratulations to Brian Price, Will Crothers, Jeremiah Brown, Andrew Byrnes, Malcolm Howard, Conlin McCabe, Robert Gibson, Doug Csima and Gabe Bergen.
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Christine Girard has won bronze for Canada in the women's 63 kg weightlifting division at the London Olympics.
Antoine Valois-Fortier has won bronze for Canada in the men's under 81-kilogram judo event at the London Olympics.
Divers Meaghan Benfeito and Roseline Filion have won bronze for Canada in the women's 10-metre synchronized event at the London Olympics.
Maeve Binchy was 72. He was the novelist best known for her novels Circle of Friends and Light a Penny Candle. My Irish grandmother ate Maeve Binchy books for breakfast. Every time I'd visit we'd end up at the Bradford library where she'd pick up a Binchy book or two
Most Canadians loved the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. We hosted, we owned the podium and we won the most desired of golds with an OT goal by Sidney Crosby. It was friggin' magic. I've been watching the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London, and it's once again being telecast here
Divers Emilie Heymans and Jennifer Abel have won bronze for Canada in the women's three-metre synchronized event. Emilie Heymans has become the first female diver to reach the podium in four consecutive Olympic Games. She won silver in the 10-metre synchro in 2000, bronze in the same event in Athens
I'm used to seeing bands like Chicago, Air Supply, Michael Bolton, Tony Bennett and Neil Sedaka play Casino Rama. Those acts are now Rama acts, appealing to an older crowd and well past their prime. There's nowhere else I'd expect Ringo Starr to play. But lately I've been hearing ads
Although a little long, I enjoyed watching the Parade of Nations during the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony. There are always a handful of nations I forget exist, and then there's the Independent Olympic Athletes. This year, the Independent Olympic Athletes are comprised of athletes from the former Netherlands Antilles
My nephew's birthday party is tomorrow and my daughter's is Sunday. They're both turning 8. By the age of 8, John Updike wrote his first story, which began: "The tribe of Bum-Bums looked very solemn as they sat around their cosy cave fire." Oh... and the Olympics begin this afternoon.
A movie adaptation of The Fantastic Four was completed in 1994 but was never intended to be released. It was produced solely for legal purposes, to retain the film rights for Fantastic Four. What I love about this story is that the director, actors, and other participants thought they were
I was at the first Humble and Fred podcast back in 2006. I was also there in October when they started their daily podcast, and I sat in for the first two weeks of shows. But I haven't been there much lately, in fact, it's been months since I attended
I've been reading a lot about Chick-fil-A this week. Chick-fil-A, for fellow Canadians who aren't familiar with the name, is an American fast food franchise specializing in chicken entrées. Chick-fil-A's president apparently came out against gay marriage and there's been a bit of a backlash, as you can imagine. There
It's Wednesday, and that means it's time for another Weekly MP3. I received an email yesterday that inspired this post: Hey Mike! Big fan of your blog & appearances!I've tried searching all over for this track before bugging you with this: Can you please repost the link to the
Yesterday, I wrote about MapMyRide, an app I've been using for tracking my bike rides. While recently troubleshooting an issue I was having with Kies, I returned my phone to its factory default settings. That gave me a clean slate when it came to installed apps, and three weeks later,
Sherman Hemsley was 74. He was the actor most famous for his role as George Jefferson on All in the Family and The Jeffersons, and as Deacon Ernest Frye on Amen.
