I only heard until this morning that Toronto painter Gordon Rayner died September 26. He was 75. When I was a high school kid in Etobicoke, I started visiting art galleries in Toronto and the work of Gord Rayner at that time, along with several… 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
I’m going to take a break from the deluge of fungi photos and turn to the news and municipal politics for a moment. Yesterday Toronto mayoral hopeful Rocco Rossi made an announcement that I just have to talk about. Rossi has proposed an tunnel extension… Read More
We have quite few trees here at Anchovy World Headquarters, including a mature locust, several mature spruce, a mature silver maple (on the property line between us and the family next door), two other maples, a tamarack, a cedar, two large apples and a horse… Read More
Yesterday some guy had dinner in the Swiss Chalet just up the road from here on Queensway. After dinner, he apparently showed the waitress a gun and a note requesting that the restaurant be evacuated. He allegedly held the manager there for a few hours… Read More
At the bird festival yesterday, we picked up a copy of Birds of Toronto – A guide to their remarkable world. This is a City of Toronto publication and the first in a Biodiversity Series. This is an excellent publication and if you live in… Read More
The intrepid research staff here at Anchovy World Headquarters stumbled across this open letter to candidates at Spacing Toronto. Well, the following quote makes good sense: There are not two Torontos, comprised of cyclists or drivers. In fact, statistics show us that those who own… Read More
The Toronto transit union held the first of a series of town-halls yesterday to hear from Torontonians about issues with public transit in Toronto. This is a brave step by a union reeling from photos of sleeping employees and the like. It marked recognition by… Read More
Saturday, two coyotes attacked a dog near Bluffers Park in Scarborough. For those not from around these parts, Scarborough is a suburb to the east of Toronto and Bluffers Park is parkland along Lake Ontario. The owner of the dog fought off the coyotes as… Read More
There have been an alarming number of pedestrian fatalities on Toronto roads so far this year – 14 in fact. This has got our local politicians looking for solutions. Bill Saundercook, who co-chairs the City’s pedestrian committee is lobbying to lower speed limits in spots… Read More
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