- You should watch Cityline today….no seriously.
I’m only ever going to allow you to you this once: You are allowed to watch this week’s CityLine. Deep breath. While it would normally be impossible to watch the show since Marilyn Denis …
- Thankfully: Song Quest is Back!!!!
One of my favourite things to come out of CBC Radio last year was the Great Canadian SongQuest. The songs from that search resaulted in an amazing Canadian soundtrack that are still in my regular rot …
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- The first day of school
Although it had been raining all morning, when we loaded ourselves into the car for the new commute to the boys’ new school in Manotick the sun was thinking of peeking through the clouds. The bo …
- Thoughts on changing schools and echoes of years gone by
Today, Tristan will be starting Grade 3 and Simon will be starting Grade 1. It’s taken me about this long to stop fretting on the boys’ behalf about the first day of school. After a few ye …
- Newsstand: September 8, 2010
Illustration by Matt Daley/Torontoist. So, Newsstand, right? Candidates get their Ford on, Hazel just can't stop running, school buses are fast and furious. Freezing property taxes? Cutting counc …
- Photoist: September 8, 2010
Traffic by [Schemering] FROM TORONTOIST'S FLICKR POOL
- What Happened to Kool's Tripp West?
So 101.5 Energy FM became Kool 101.5 FM in Calgary and the report was that no one lost their jobs. There was a collective sigh of relief over at the CityTV building, but then all of a sudden Mas …
- Wish I was on this Cruise Ship.
A Pacific Sun Cruise liner ran into some heavy seas a couple of weeks ago and this video was obtained from internal CCTV footage.I know that this was probably scary as hell, but I think it is so funny …
- Bilal w/ guests Nomadic Massive
[ Thursday, September 23, 2010; 9:00 pm to 11:55 pm. ] The future of Canadian hip hop – Now Critically lauded, Bilal's work has been described as 'neo soul and jazz', and has included c …
- Centretown Art Tour
[ Sunday, September 12, 2010; 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. ] Take a walk to discover Ottawa’s 4th Centretown Art Tour September 12th A group of downtown Ottawa artists invite the curious to prowl through thei …
- A low-pressure appeal
I’ve participated in Run for the Cure a couple of times in the past, but this will be my first time as a breast cancer survivor. (And I’m going to have to walk for the cure this time, beca …
- Duncan and I share an obsession
Female and male eclectus parrotsThis is a pair of Eclectus parrots. The red one is the female, and the green one is the male. I want one. I think about them all day and I dream about them at night. Th …
- Best of August
Best of August from Dave Brosha on Vimeo. “For god’s sake, don’t start photographing babies and puppies….” In what’s likely to become a monthly thing – and fo …
- So, Looking For A Cool Job?
As many of you know, I lost my trusty assistant Andrea Nilson last week as she apparently had better things to do (something called “school” down in Calgary). Cheap excuse, but I have to l …
- I Read Some Marx (And I Liked It)
- Diane Schoemperlen Makes Lovely Collages
I've read all her books, just finished At A Loss For Words (the review will appear on my other blog sometime soon). I had no idea that she produced lovely art.Diane Schoemperlen's Phot …
- Disgraced Miracle Channel founder launching new internet show
Tuesday the disgraced former founder of The Miracle Channel will unveil his new media venture. Dick and Joan Deweert.com (Dick Deweert Ministries Association) is an online venture filmed by Bill Prank …
- The view from here
- See you in a couple weeks!
- Eastern Promises
I'm going to PEI to visit our family cottage in less than a week and I'm really looking forward to it. The cellphone reception is poor or null and the landscape is picturesque and billboardl …
- Serbia Pride – Third Attempt
After two attempts to hold an official Pride Parade in Serbia this century, it looks as if the event will finally be held on 10 October 2010 in the capital, Belgrade. In 2001, the parade was stopped w …
- Mongolia's rising hyper-nationalist movement targets foreigners, racial impurity, and LGBT community
Although staunch nationalist groups in Mongolia won less than 1% of the vote in the 2008 elections, there is a growing concern that the activities of foreign corporations in the landlocked Asian count …
- Notes for 9/6/2010
Here are my weekly notes, from San Francisco! Sharon and I are on vacation, until the middle of next week, here in San Francisco. So far the weather and everything else has been great, so let’s hope i …
- Edmonton Notes for 9/4/2010
Here are my weekly Edmonton notes: Take a few minutes and complete the City Market Downtown’s survey on a potential winter market! The Toronto Star is reporting that Postmedia has cut a number of jobs …
- 31 août : la Journée mondiale du blogue
La Journée mondiale du blogue a été créée en pensant que les blogueurs devaient avoir un jour qui serait dédié à connaître les autres blogueurs.
- Page d'Amérique, le nouveau spectacle de Jac Gautreau
Si la ville de Québec a son Moulin à Images de Robert Lepage, Caraquet aura Page d'Amérique de Jac Gautreau. Cet ambitieux spectacle multimédia sera présenté sur les ruines du Vieux couvent en ao …
- Quitting Twitter, gaining clout, and lighting up Ottawa
Media, tech, news Jim Rankin (@Jleerankin) handed out five credit cards to five homeless people in Toronto to see what they would buy. It’s not a huge sample, and some might read too much into i …
- Buying design, dressing for work, and watching future TV
Media, tech, news Slate’s Farhad Manjoo takes a look at how different races use Twitter. [Slate] Via @ThisMagazine, The National Post trolls the literary community with the 10 most overrated Can …
- Salt Lake fans cross line. But, were they aware?
Henry: Frog, cow or cheat?That was a sign hung below the supporter's section at Rio Tinto Stadium last weekend. You can see it in the highlights of the game. The first reference is at about 40 se …
- Sober Second Thoughts: Oh for…
It was a bad day. I even lost my beer league cup game. We will skip the breakdown of that one, but start with Canada.The westbound Go train does not go to Peru. Yet there were a whole lot of Peruvians …