Natalie Glebova is your Miss Universe 2005. Glebova, naturally, lives in Toronto. First we win back-to-back World Series titles in 1992-1993 and now this? Toronto = Success!
November 26, 2024
Toronto News ~ Toronto Focus
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While in university, before starting my first full-time job, I was a power TTC user. There were two ways to get where I was going, my bike and the TTC. When it came to the subway, I knew exactly where to get on so that it aligned with the exit
I still listen to a great deal of radio. I've always loved the medium, and although there are many attractive alternatives and a massive MP3 collection constantly awaiting me, I still make time for radio. The latest BBM numbers have been released for spring 2005 and I've just checked out
An event occurred this morning in our fair city that delighted Torontonians from Etobicoke to Scarborough. A tractor-trailer truck carrying more than 2,000 cases of beer crashed on the 401 just before 06:00 this morning, spilling suds on top of the city. The smell of beer continues to
If you live in Toronto, you've seen those ads for Nike's 10K RunTO event all over the city. They poke fun at our various neighbourhoods with one community making fun of another. I've been enjoying them. The Toronto Public Space Committee is fighting back with their own spin on the
The president of Local 113 of the Amalgamated Transit Union said today that the union would go on strike Monday morning. He blamed government underfunding and the specific inability of both sides to come to agreement on the issue of the contracting out of some jobs. We're a city that
I'm old enough to remember a time when I wouldn't fill up the tank if the price exceeded 50¢ a litre. In the mid-nineties, this was entirely possible. I was driving an '85 Ford Escort and she didn't get a drop until the sign said forty-something. I was able to
I was just looking at a ranking of cities by the visual impact of their skylines. Each building is assigned points based on its floor count. The point total for each city is calculated automatically and displayed. Below is the top ten. You'll see my city came in at number
I just saw an amazing picture of my Toronto on Flickr. Squiggle, who uploaded the pic, calls it "a composite of downtown Toronto, Centre Island and Lake Ontario, put together from photos taken from the CN Tower skypod, 443 m above the ground." It's truly awesome. You should have a
Most Torontonians don't even realize we have an official city flag. It was adopted in October, 1999 and consists of the twin towers of City Hall on a blue background, with the red maple leaf of the flag of Canada at its base, representing the council chamber at the base
Famous Players will chop the price of tickets at its movie theatres in the Greater Toronto Area by $4 starting this Friday. The cut will reduce the price of an adult ticket from $13.95 to $9.95. This is a very good start. $14 for a ticket to see
If you told me I could have any food in the world for dinner tonight, I'd ask for a hot fresh pepperoni pizza. I love pizza and I've sampled a slice from many of Toronto's pizza vendors. With decades of pizza eating experience under my belt (quite literally), I'm ready
One morning last week I visited The Weather Network for a peak at the five day forecast for Toronto. On the fifth day they were calling for 16°C. It never happened, in fact, they were about 20°C off the mark. This morning they're calling for 14°C this
I like Mayor David Miller. I endorsed him last November because I believe him to be an intelligent person with a worthwhile vision doing his very best for the greatest city on the planet. Yesterday, Mayor Miller took the first formal step toward taking personal leadership of Toronto's stalled waterfront
Growing up in the 80s, in the years before MuchMusic, my main source of music videos was a show called "Toronto Rocks" hosted by J.D. Roberts on CityTV. It was on every afternoon and featured the popular videos of the time. Roberts brought me the latest videos from Twisted
Terrell Owens is having a heck of a season and ever since his performance with Nicolette Sheridan on Monday night, he's been the most talked about player in the NFL. What's bugging me is Owens' nickname. Everyone is referring to him as T.O....or Tee Oh if you will.
The southern Chinese city of Guangzhou has announced plans to build the world's tallest tower. At 580-600 metres, the Guangzhou TV tower will surpass the CN Tower in Toronto which is the current record holder. That's it, my family is relocating to Guangzhou. It's all about the tower. It's always
What's the deal with the spotted leaves this year? The leaves on most of the trees in our neighbourhood are covered with small black circles. I don't recall an outbreak of spotted leaves during previous autumns. So you know what I'm talking about, I snapped a photo of the spotted
I totally get the whole "Taste of the Danforth" thing because it's a primarily Greek district and their street festival is all about souvlaki and baklava. I get it. What exactly is the deal with this weekend's "Taste of the Kingsway"? How exactly does the Kingsway taste? It seems awfully
What happened to global warming? It's been an unseasonably cool summer in Toronto. Tonight it will be cloudy and 17 degrees celsius for my ball game and that seems to be the norm lately. This is the kind of weather we needed last August during the black out when our
I was well aware "Resident Evil: Apocalypse" was filmed here in Toronto because a friend of mine worked security on the set all last summer. Many movies are filmed here in Toronto, so this is no big deal, it's just that they typically disguise the fact it's Toronto by avoiding
Sometimes it seems like Toronto is one of the most expensive cities to live in, but that's not true. The latest annual cost-of-living survey released Monday by Mercer Human Resource Consulting has Toronto listed at #89. Tokyo, London and Moscow are the three most expensive cities in the world. I
Yesterday afternoon, Greece upset France in Euro 2004 quarter final play and Toronto's Greek community went nuts much like our Portuguese community did on Thursday. Toronto's largest Greek community is along The Danforth, where much of the highly overrated "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" was filmed. When the soccer match
A heavily armed man says he called off plans for an east-end shooting spree Wednesday afternoon following a chance encounter with a friendly dog. After parking his gun-packed car near Queen Street East and Victoria Park Avenue, he stepped into a nearby park to load his weapons. There, he said,
The Royal York hotel was opened on June 11, 1929 by Lord Willingdon, Canada's governor-general. That means she turned 75 years old today. At the time, The Royal York was the largest hotel and tallest building in the British Empire. That's hard to believe considering how dwarfed she is now
