24-hours after the best thunder and lightning storm I can remember, I'm ready to write about it.  I did tweet it in real-time, but a storm like that is worthy of a proper entry. Two things struck me about last night's storm.  Firstly, you couldn't count to three without a

There's been a breakthrough with regards to our 36-day-old civic workers strike. A weekend of intense bargaining has produced "the basis for a deal" that could bring a swift end the strike by municipal workers in Canada's largest city.At an early morning news conference, CUPE Local 416 president Mark

Courtney doesn't have her own blog, so I'm lending her mine for the next 1000 pixels or so.  She has something she wants to share and I think it's important enough that I'm posting her words on her behalf. Here's what Courtney wrote: The Right to Strike or The Right

Firstly, I want Chuck to take note of how I'm now calling this a Toronto civic workers strike, not a garbage strike.  It's not just our garbage men and women who are on strike, it's a whole bunch of other city folk as well. Happy now, Chuck? Having said that,

I've spent a lot of time in the Junction.  The Junction, for you out-of-towners, is an area north of Bloor West Village by Dundas Street West and Keele.  To be honest, when I was growing up, it was the smelly place thanks to the Stockyards, Canada's largest livestock market and

I wrote about our garbage strike on day one and again when the city decided to make my favourite park a temporary dump, but for the most part I've been quiet on the subject. I've discovered the best way to deal with Toronto garbage strike.  I've sent my wife and

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

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

A lot's been said about the Skydome turning 20 this week.  I still have my Domer turtle from that opening ceremony somewhere.  I didn't attend the opening, but a friend of the family did and gave us Domer. I caught two Jays games during the first week of games at

Earth Hour 2009 made for some nice photos at The Big Picture. Here's the skyline of downtown Toronto before and after Earth Hour on Saturday, March 28, 2009. Before After

I enjoyed Earth Hour 2008.  Here's how I spent my first Earth Hour, on March 29, 2008. The people behind Earth Hour 2009 want to kick it up a notch this year. In 2009, Earth Hour is being taken to the next level, with the goal of  1 billion people

I finally got around to visiting the scene of the apocalypse that was Etienne Brule Park with my camera.  My son and I made the walk by the Humber River near the Old Mill where recent flooding has created an ice age of sorts. The massive chunks of ice make

In 1984, I played for a tee-ball team called the Sesquis.  Swansea's Rennie Park created the team for that one summer only to commemorate Toronto's 150th birthday, or sesquicentennial if you will. It was March 6, 1834 that York was incorporated as the City of Toronto.  That's 175 years ago

Jewelgurl is sharing a great Flickr photoset called Toronto Before from the gentleman behind http://torontobefore.blogspot.com.

Jordan wants you all to know it's once again time to help Toronto's less fortunate with Second Harvest's annual Lunch Money Day. Get involved: sign up to run a campaignvolunteer purchase a Lunch Money Day raffle ticketcontact Jordan for more informationFor every $5 donation, Second Harvest can provide enough fresh

As found on Torontoist, which is magically still online despite their threats to unplug the site on December 31, this clip is from Steve Martin's 1974 televisoin special "The Funnier Side of Eastern Canada". I always thought Steve Martin should have been Canadian.  He was recently throwing zingers our way