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This video features Joe Wenkoff, a photo journalist who describes his experience following the black block as they rampaged through the streets of Toronto during the G20 Summit. Watch it now, then meet me after the jump. 20,000 police and security officials and a $1 billion security budget were
Let's not forget the other victims of the recent G20 protests and vandalism. This guy, for example, really wanted to go shopping at the Eaton Centre.
I've been following the very interesting discussion on my entry about the incident at Queen and Spadina Sunday night. Regular readers have promised never to read this site again. Some blame those at Queen and Spadina for being there, others feel the police mishandled things, everyone has an opinion. Whether
This video footage of a peaceful G20 protest at Queen and Spadina is jarring. It's clearly a peaceful protest, something we're allowed to do in this city, and the protesters are even united in their singing of O Canada. Then, the police charge. Watch this. That footage turns my stomach.
If you're looking for great photos from the G20 protests taking place in our city, I highly recommend the Toronto Star Photo Blog, particularly this entry.
I'm watching live footage from the massive downtown G20 protest. Two police cars are burning at Bay and King and it appears they're simply going to let them burn out. I've been watching it burn for a while now and there's no sign of firefighters. The police presence in downtown
Hey Toronto, have you heard the G8 and G20 Summits are being held June 24-27 at Deerhurst Resort in Huntsville and the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, respectively? Major highways such as the 427, 401, QEW, Gardiner Expressway and the Don Valley Parkway will experience frequent closures. I live west of
Officer Tony Vella of the Toronto Police Service uses his Twitter account to catch Toronto's crooks. Here he is tweeting for Patrick Barrett to turn himself in, after speaking with a lawyer. I don't think Bunk and McNulty would approve of this kind of police work, but it might have
I just got an email from Rocco Rossi regarding his Toronto mayoral campaign. The subject line reads "A message from Rocco Rossi on Practical Change" and it's identified as "a special paid message for sympatico.ca special offers subscribers. Here's a screen cap of the email, sent to my personal
The cherry blossoms in High Park are in full effect. Before you grab your camera and make the trip to snap great shots like these, I can help you plan your day. I know High Park very well, so I can tell you where you'll find the best Somei-Yoshino cherry
You might notice the CN Tower looking a little green tonight. The CN Tower is going green in recognition of Second Harvest's 25 years of hunger relief. I like the folks at Second Harvest. It's a great organization, and if you're ever looking to volunteer or donate, I can hook
It seems like we were just talking about the Raptors gunning for fourth in the conference and a home court advantage for their first round in the playoffs. For those who don't follow the Raps, we finished ninth in the conference and that means we missed the playoffs for the
This past week, I've seen more and more people visiting this blog after searching Google for information on the cherry blossoms in High Park. I rank highly for such searches thanks to this entry in 2008 and this guide to finding High Park's best cherry blossoms I wrote last spring.
Remember Igor Kenk, that Dapper Dan? He's the guy who stole my bike (maybe) and a couple of years ago Chad wrote me with a good idea. He thought the Toronto Police should give the 2500 unclaimed backs back to Torontonians. Specifically, to the less fortunate. That's exactly what's happened.
Back in the old days, a lazy Sunday morning meant reading the newspaper. Today it means checking Google Reader and reading your RSS feeds. That's what I'm doing, and it's interesting to see how the Toronto Star hedges their bets with regards to Earth Hour. Firstly, there's this article, entitled
While sipping my Saturday morning coffee (a.k.a. the best coffee of the week), I was checking out the new videos from Retrontario, my favourite YouTube account holder in the galaxy. I've been sharing Retrontario nuggets of gold since he was posting under the moniker WNED17. A couple of
The kids are off school this week, enjoying their March Break. I thought that would make this the ideal week to avoid the office. I took a week off to sleep in and chill with the family. It's the middle of March, and I haven't worn pants all week. That's
On March 26, Rob Ford will announce something. Speculation is he'll announce he's running for mayor of Toronto. I hope he's announcing he's quitting politics for an on-air gig at AM640. Four years ago, after having enough of Rob Ford's Neanderthal comments, I wrote a definitive list of Rob Ford
A few Toronto bloggers are hosting an event they're calling The Guide to Social Media Success: The Ultimate How-To with the Toronto Blog Stars. As you'll see in the promo YouTube video below, it's featuring "the top three bloggers" in this city. I must admit, I hadn't heard heard of
In honour of Canada's golden Olympics, culminating in Sidney Crosby's golden goal, the CN Tower went gold last night. [via photocentric]
Adam Giambrone, member of Toronto City Council and chair of the TTC, wants to be mayor of Toronto. Now that his affair with 19-year old university student Kristen Lucas has been revealed, he's got some heat to deal with first. With a name like Giambrone, the fist natural reaction is
A few years ago, I shared my memories of Elmer the Safety Elephant. Elmer was a character who would visit my primary school back in the 80s to teach us about bike safety, not walking on train tracks and such. I just received the following email regarding Elmer the Safety
I waffle between loving the TTC and hating the TTC. On any given day you can find me singing the TTC's praises or wondering why a world class city like Toronto is so under served by its public transit system. Here's a nice YouTube video sendup of the infamous TTC
Anne Mroczkowski was let go by Rogers' Citytv yesterday. Two years ago, I had this idea to create Toronto-centric Valentine's Day cards. I started with four and the plan was to add to the collection until I had a dozen or so. One of my initial four featured Anne Mroczkowski
For those Torontonians planning their New Year's Eve festivities, don't forget that the TTC is offering free service from midnight to 4am. I'm pretty sure other transit systems in the GTA have free service as well. GO Transit, for example, is free from 7pm on December 31 until 2:10am
