Jack Of All Trades, Master Of None
In Case you missed it, Ontario Premier Doug Ford found himself in a buzzing situation on Friday when a bee entered his mouth and got down his throat. Ford was taking questions from reporters in Dundalk, Ont., about the provincewide health-care staff shortage and the possibility of privatization when the… Read more“Doug Ford Swallows A Bee, and laughs about it :)”
Ask anybody who uses the internet and there is no doubt they have stumbled upon a Youtube video. Since it’s founding as a small startup in 2005, the company has grown by leaps and bounds becoming the second most visited web site after Google Search. And if that isn’t enough… Read more“The Impact Of Youtube”
Hey there, sorry I haven’t posted for a bit but life has a habit of getting in the way. but This Post is about my recent birthday (although technically it is a couple weeks old) This year I turned 41 big ones I’m inching closer and closer to the big… Read more“Another Year Older”
The world was heartbroken this week with the sudden, yet tragic death of Norm Macdonald. Famed comedian and actor whose list of credits is almost as versatile as the man himself. He died of a disease that is all too familiar: Cancer, it affects quite a lot of men as… Read more“Heaven Just got a little funnier: Norm Macdonald has died”
Dolores Claman, the woman behind the catchy tune that used to introduce CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada broadcasts, has died at 94. Claman’s daughter Madeleine Morris said Saturday that her mother died in Spain this week, about two years after she was diagnosed with dementia. “She was a good, ripe old age,… Read more“You May Not Know Her Name But You DEFINITELY Know Her Work”
He Was The Great One, If It Wasn’t For HimI Never would have picked up a stick… Wayne Gretzky Ask any Canadian, and they will probably tell you that nobody epitomizes the very essence of the term “Hockey Dad” than Walter Gretzky. The man dubbed Canada’s Dad passed away yesterday… Read more“There Will Never Be Another Walter Gretzky”
If We End Up With A Population without a sense of belonging, we have lost the war…. Stability flows from neighbourhoods and neighbourhoods are based on roots. David CrombieMayor Of Toronto 1972-1978 I have been to Toronto on numerous occasions during my lifetime from a trip to Canada’s Wonderland back… Read more“Remembering People City”
To many, Christopher Plummer will forever be immortalized in the role that shot him to superstardom, Captain Von Trapp in Rogers & Hammerstein’s The Sound Of Music alongside Julie Andrews. The Toronto born actor whose versatility brought him to stage and screen including such diverse roles as Russian poet Tolstoy,… Read more“There will never be another Christopher Plummer”
We all know this past year has been a bleak one with people getting COVID-19 and dying, some famous ones too including recently Dawn Wells who played Mary Ann Summers on Gilligan’s Island, but within these dark times there can be rays of positivity, here is one such courtesy of… Read more“A Positive Message In These Dark Times”
Jefferson Airplane was one of those bands that either you loved them or you hated them, a lot of their songs have gone on to be thought of as Political anthems but one particular one I found out has an interesting yet simple story behind it: Months before they played… Read more“The Real Story Behind Volunteers”