Mary Pickford, America’s Sweetheart, 1929 Academy Award winner and Torontonian, was born at 211 University Avenue, in downtown Toronto.
She was an avid cyclist as you can hear within the first few minutes of this archived CBC interview first broadcast May 25, 1959.
Earlier this week, I attended The City of Toronto’s Public Works and Infrastructure Committee [...]
Mike Layton & The NDP Machine In Toronto- By Adrian MacNair.
For the article linked above, Mr. MacNair contacted me as well as canvassing my opponents in the Ward 19 Council race to get a sense of our feelings on the son of the leader of Canada’s 4th Federal Party contesting the seat.
He pitched his item [...]
Good Friday Morning Toronto. . . from RIO !
I arrived safely in Rio De Janeiro yesterday afternoon after a short airport change in Sao Paolo.
The walk along Ipanema and Copacabana beach drinking up the ocean air did a world of good allowing my mind was able to breathe freely, away from the ‘echo chamber’ which the Toronto [...]
Today Monday March 8, 2010 is International Women’s Day the world over.
As often is the case Toronto is ahead of the curve. On Saturday Toronto marked International Women’s Day 2010 with a Rally beginning at OISE, followed by a march along Bloor Street, down Yonge Street winding up where this video was logged on the [...]
It’s our city’s 176th Birthday and has aged well since its traditional incorporation on March 6, 1834.
Happy Birthday Torontonians !
Having made my decision to seek the council seat in Trinity-Spadina, becoming the first declared candidate in Ward 19 on January 4 2010, I look forward to the creative tension of competing ideas between my opponent and our campaign.
Neighbourhood residents can only benefit by having a clear choice in deciding whether they wish to extend and [...]
Plus tôt cette semaine, j’ai répondu à un tweet par @timyull demandant de Toronto Tech communautaire pour créer un événement de levée de fonds utilisant les médias sociaux pour Haïti Earthquake Relief.
Les choses se regroupent principalement par Twitter.
Cette vidéo rapide a été enregistrée devant le restaurant des Caraïbes Lakay au 613, chemin Kennedy, à Scarborough.
J’ai [...]
Earlier this week I answered a tweet by @timyull asking Toronto’s Tech Community to create a fund raising event using social media for Haiti Earthquake Relief.
Things are coming together primarily through Twitter.
This quick video was recorded outside the Lakay Caribbean Restaurant at 613 Kennedy Road in Scarborough.
I popped into Lakay to begin the conversation about [...]
Stephen Colbert!
HiMY SYeD needs The Colbert Bump!
Recorded outside the Toronto Archives building on Spadina Road below Casa Loma and above Dupont Station.
We attended the All Candidates’ debate in Toronto Centre at The 519 Community Centre.
It was standing room only by the time we arrived.
There was an old time Town Hall Meeting feeling to the evening.
Though this is a provincial by-election, the public’s concerns during the Question and Answer session were surprisingly heavy on municipal issues:
Crime and [...]
