Torontonians have followed the story, in the Star, on Twitter, television, blogs and so on. Most of us who live here and are more or less conscious are aware of the key events. Robyn Doolittle’s book Crazy Town pulls it all together, and gives the… Read More
The Argos won the 100th Grey Cup on Sunday. We watched it at a Cineplex movie theatre, a very workable and fun (and huge screen) venue for a sports event For my American friends who don’t know what I’m talking about, the Grey Cup is… Read More
In case you haven’t been following the Toronto municipal elections (you mean we aren’t the centre of the universe?), here is an attempted transcript of the now infamous Rob Ford “As it Happens” Interview on CBC, from The Torontoist. Some folks think the CBC ought… Read More
I suppose I am, like the Pooh, a bear of very little brain. I thought that even those who trumpeted Rob Ford for Mayor of Toronto would have an epiphany at the voting booth and think “oh no, what am I doing, I can’t vote… Read More
Toronto Municipal Elections – Vote Today If it seems as if our municipal election campaign has been going on for a really long time, it’s because it has been. The municipal campaigns are way longer than either the provincial or federal races. Typically, voter turnout… Read More
Does the Campaign have to be this long…? We’ve been innundated with polls over the past week or so about the municipal election here in Toronto, which takes place a week from now. One radio station commissioned a poll and actually stretched the results out… Read More
she would have given us candidates I suppose it’s about time I commented on the recent polls that put Rob Ford way way way way ahead of everyone else in the Toronto mayoralty race. I’m just kind of stunned by the whole business. Rob Ford… Read More
Update on the Toronto mayoralty race…. I heard today that Warren Kinsella has joined the Rocco Rossi camp, backing the low-polling Rossi just in time for the Labour Day push, marking the beginning of the mayoralty ad campaigns. Today Kinsella was interviewed on the Jim… Read More
A new poll suggests that blowhard, tight-fisted right -wing Councillor Rob Ford is well ahead in the mayoral race here in Toronto. This poll was done after it was revealed that Ford “forgot” he had been charged a decade ago in a DUI-related incident. It… Read More
There are lots of things I’ve been meaning to post about, so I’m going to squish them into one rambling post. Former Blue Jays pitcher Roger Clemens is in the news, and this time it’s not for his pitching but because he might end up… Read More
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