Toronto News ~ Toronto Focus
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I used to listen to a lot more radio. I've been a fan of the medium forever, and I've written extensively about radio here, but lately I've had less time for her. For one thing, I rarely drive anymore. I used to commute to work and spend a great deal
The snow falling this afternoon created a nice effect with the Renaissance ROM. The snow was accumulating on those narrow windows on the roof. It was pretty neat, but I couldn't quite capture it with my camera. Here's my best shot.
Ok, so we celebrated the lack of winter weather a little early. That's our prerogative. This week, the chill has finally set in. I can always tell when it's really cold because my headphone wires freeze. They assume a shape and won't budge. As a result, today I'm issuing a
In shocking news, it's been revealed that the average price of a Toronto home is significantly higher now than it was in 1981. It's true! The price of homes in the 416 have risen 290%, from $90,203 to $351,941. As a Toronto homeowner, it's nice to see I've
The passing of John Majhor got me thinking about "Toronto Rocks". Majhor was the original host of "Toronto Rocks", a video show I used to watch after school. For the longest time I thought J.D. Roberts was also a host of that show. It turns out my mind was
I mentioned I had pretty good seats for the Raptor game on Friday night. Sitting in the front row, right beside the basket was none other than Aubrey Graham. Most of you probably don't have a clue who Aubrey Graham is. I'm not embarrassed to tell you that both Taryn
She's workin'! Way back on October 11 I wrote about the new infotainment screens that were installed at Jane Station. They were there, but they weren't operational until today. That only took a little over three months. Jane's turned on and rarin' to go and I couldn't be happier.
It's 11° right now in Toronto. Are you kidding me? With the sun beaming down, I just enjoyed a warm walk. I can't believe this is January. Tomorrow, it might get even warmer. Here's a photo I just snapped of picnic tables in Queen's Park. It's springtime folks. Get out
Last spring I wrote a little love letter to the TTC. Although I was gushing at the time, I gave the TTC some much deserved lumps with regards to their website. Finally, if you want to see how out of touch TTC marketing is in this new age of viral
It's been one year since Jane Creba was shot and killed last Boxing Day. It was outside the Footlocker near Yonge and Dundas and her death shook this city up. It certainly shook up visitors to this site. At the time I wasn't allowing comments on entries, but I did
Last night I attended a little Christmas party at Spuntini Ristorante which is on Avenue Road near Davenport. Not only was Dan Aykroyd there, but he held open the door for me as I left. I'm going to list my five favourite Dan Aykroyd films one day. Expect "Grosse Pointe
One of the benefits of maintaining a site like this is you can always reference dates of past occurrences. I can link to this entry from December 9, 2005 in which I mentioned the big snowfall we had. I can also link to this picture of the snowman James and
Toronto transit map - This map contains public transit (bus, subway, street car, train, and LRT) lines for much of the Greater Toronto Area on a map provided by Google. Data for TTC, GO Transit, VIVA, Brampton Transit, Mississauga Transit and Vaughan Transit is included. This is a useful tool
We are the media. At about 11:30am, a kitchen fire started at Sassafraz, a Yorkville hot spot for celebrities and celebrity watchers. Local bloggers started covering the event immediately. Even yours truly was on the scene filing this report. Check out this Technorati search for the term sassafraz and
I was hearing an inordinate number of sirens, so I threw on my jacket and took a stroll along Bloor. Sassafraz, a cafe in the heart of Yorkville, is on fire. I've got to stop taking walks without my camera. I watched as firemen hammered into the roof of the
This week I saw a new kind of crossing light in Toronto. It's similar to the walk / don't walk lights, except there's a counter that ticks down the seconds until it changes. I first noticed these new traffic lights yesterday at Bloor and Bedford. It makes so much sense I'll
Perhaps the reason the Leafs haven't won the Stanley Cup in almost forty years has something to do with the fact the Cup lives in Toronto. There's no incentive to win it for your fans when anyone can see it at the Hockey Hall of Fame. This afternoon, James and
The S4 2006 radio ratings are out. All BBM will give away for free is this top-line report (pdf). Here are the ten most listened to stations in Toronto when sorted by share percentage. CHFI 98.1CHUM-FM 104.5CBC RadioOne 99.1Q107EZ-Rock 97.3680 NewsClassical 96.3Edge102Z103.5AM740
I understand it's pretty cold out west. According to the Weather Network, it currently feels like -13°C in Vancouver, -28°C in Calgary, -26°C in Edmonton and -29°C in Regina. Vancouver even has a nice snowfall warning in full effect. Here in Toronto, it's 12°C. We're
Forget that boxers or briefs question. The Toronto equivalent is far sexier. Tokens or tickets? I'm a tickets guy. I keep them in my wallet where the rest of you keep your paper money and I haven't lost one yet. Whenever I use tokens they get mixed up with my
I saw Blinky again yesterday. Blinky is the talking, blinking police car that was all around when I was a kid. He's a mascot of sorts for the Metropolitan Toronto Police to promote children's safety. He was participating in the Santa Claus Parade as he always does. Last year I
For the third year in a row, I attended the Toronto Santa Claus Parade. This time I took both kids and parked our butts across the street from the Royal Ontario Museum. It was indeed chilly, but the kids had a blast. James even got some great face time to
Hey Ontario, it's votin' day. According to the City of Toronto website for such matters, you can vote in the City of Toronto municipal election if you are: a Canadian citizenat least 18 years olda resident of the City of Torontoa non-resident owner or tenant of land in the City
Those who live in Toronto will remember that five-alarm fire last week at a meat packing plant near Keele Street and St. Clair Avenue. New York Pork was BBQ'd and they brought in fire inspectors to determine how to safely and efficiently dispose of 700 pig carcasses. The disposing of
We're a day and ten minutes away from the deadline to submit our bid to host the 2015 World Expo. You've no doubt been hearing and reading about this all week, but do you actually give a damn? I couldn't tell you who hosted any World Expo since '86 when
