The Toronto Maple Leafs have selected Nazem Kadri with the 7th overall pick in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. From Hockey's Future: History2006-07: This was Kadri's rookie season with the Kitchener Rangers (OHL). In 62 games, the center recorded 22 points (7g+15a), adding another two assists in nine playoff
McGill University has a great collection of Canadian war posters online. The holdings of the Print Collection in the Rare Books and Special Collections Division include some 250 Canadian posters from the two World Wars. The posters are accessible to researchers who visit the Division's Lande Reading Room; a printed
It's NHL draft day, so I'll be following the action with regards to how it impacts my beloved Maple Leafs. Rumour has it Boston is offering Phil Kessel for Tomas Kaberle and our 7th over all pick. It's highly likely Kaberle will be moved today, and Brian Burke is known
I loved the Thriller album. We had that on vinyl and cassette, and I eventually had to get a second cassette because it got played so often. Thriller was one of my first favourite albums. To this day I'll put on "Billie Jean" or "Human Nature", the two tracks from
Have you heard Toronto's garbage peeps are on strike? I'll bet you have. We're only a few days into this thing and already everyone is bitchin' and complainin'. Premature panic is what we do best. Toronto has unveiled 19 new temporary garbage drop-off locations that residents can use as dumping
Farrah Fawcett was 62. Her luxurious tresses and blinding smile helped redefine sex appeal in the 1970s as one of TV’s "Charlie’s Angels." Let's face it, in 50 years we'll have forgotten she was one of Charlie's Angels and she'll only be remembered for her iconic “red swimsuit”
I just stumbled upon what might be the greatest optical illusion I've ever seen. Take a look at this image: Do you see blue and green? I did too, then I was told they're the exact same colour. I have a colour picker add-on for Firefox that lets me click
Romeo LeBlanc was 81. He was a longtime Liberal MP, cabinet minister and then senator before being named Canada's 25th Governor General.
I share an MP3 from my collection every Wednesday. You have seven days to grab this week's MP3. Please right-click your mouse and select "Save Link As..." or "Save target as..." so you can download it to your PC before playing. The English Beat - Mirror In The Bathroom The
Norm Rumack has been with THE FAN since its inception in September 1992, but you won't hear him on THE FAN 590 any longer. Stormin' Norm Rumack has been fired as Rogers-owned stations axed four ad reps, Rumack and an unidentified behind-the-scenes employee. Back in the 90s, when I listened
I got an interesting email from Race Coach the other day. He had a couple of neat stories as to how he won prizes from CFNY / Edge 102. Here's his email. I was thinking it might be interesting to blog about prizes people have won at CFNY, err The Edge.
The Hockey Hall of Fame will unveil this year's selections in about an hour, but I have the exclusive. And it gives me great pleasure to announce that a former Maple Leaf is among the four newest members. The four players selected today are Steve Yzerman, Brett Hull, Luc Robitaille
Billy Red Lyons was 77. He was the Canadian wrestling personality who promoted WWF live events throughout Canada from the mid-1980s through early 1990s, with the phrase “don’tcha dare miss it” becoming a signature ending to his promos. I can't tell you how many times I heard him say
Ed McMahon was 86. He was the longtime pitchman and Johnny Carson sidekick whose "Heeeeeeerre's Johnny!" became a part of the vernacular. Without Ed McMahon's "HIYOOOOOOO!", there would be no Hank Kingsley's "Hey now!". For inspiring one of my favourite television characters, I am eternally grateful.
Part of the reason birthdays lose their lustre as we age is the ding we get from the MTO. The MTO, for those of you who don't live in Ontario, is the Ministry of Transportation for Ontario. I just came back from an MTO office $343 poorer. You see, I
I remember an episode of WKRP in Cincinnati where there was a garbage strike in Cincinnati during a hot summer and Dr. Johnny Fever told his listeners to take their garbage down to City Hall. We're being asked not to do that. 24,000 City of Toronto workers are now
The Dark Knight: 9 out of 10. I'm only a year late on this one. It could be worse. I still haven't seen Doctor Zhivago, and that came out before the Leafs last won the cup. Allow me to report stuff you've probably read a thousand times before. Heath Ledger
61 of you entered to win a lithium-ion grass trimmer / edger from Canadian Tire. Each eligible participant was given a number in the order the comment was left. Then, I asked my wife to pick a number between 1 and 61. She picked 52. That made Rob S. the big
Keyboard Cat's been with us for a while now, but I'm still enjoying Keyboard Cat vids on YouTube. Here's a fantastic Keyboard Cat clip with some Helen Hunt after school special followed by a Hall and Oates video. It's surreal, you have to watch this to get it. That got
I just published a list of Dad and Daddy songs for all the dads out there, and now I've filtered my MP3 collection for songs with "father" in the title. Here are Father songs for Father's Day. The Godfather - B.K.S.Child Is Father Of The Man -
I just filtered my MP3 collection for songs with "dad" in the title. After I pruned the list, removing the many Puff Daddy remixes and dupes, I was left with the following list of Dad and Daddy songs for Father's Day. Daddy - BeyoncéDaddy's Getting Married - Bif NakedGo Daddy-O
In my Edgefest 2009 recap, I promised I'd write further about the massive mudslide that grew from the Downsview Park mud yesterday. I've been to six Edgefests and several Molson Park festival-style gigs, and when you've got acres of field, thousands of youngsters and rain, you get mud. And when
Today is Father's Day, which means the kids piled into my bed way too early to give me hugs, cards and presents they made. I've made the super corny statement in the past that every day is Father's Day for me, but it's true. I've been blessed with the two
I just spent 9 hours on my feet in the mud bowl better known as Downsview Park taking in Edgefest 2009. It was a whole lot of fun. Here are some brief thoughts on the bands I saw. The Arkells Hamilton's Arkells were playing when we arrived, so I missed
