Famed country singer and actress Dolly Parton has passed away.
She was born January 19th, 1946 in Pittman Center, Tennessee, the fourth of 12 children born to Robert Lee and Avie Lee Caroline Parton.
Over her career, she composed over 3,000 songs and was well known for singing a cross genre of tunes from Country to Bluegrass to Gospel to Rock.
Continue readingOn Saturday August 22nd, 2026, the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) hosted the Warriors’ Day Parade in honour of veterans and serving personnel.
The parade started out at 10:30 a.m. sharp at the Princes’ Gates and headed through the Midway.
The parade featured bands from 32 Brigade, the Streetsville Pipes and Drums, the Highland Creek Pipes and Drums, the Toronto Signals, the Toronto Police Pipes and Drums, the Toronto Fire Pipes and Drums and Durham College Pipes and Drums.
Continue readingThe Government of Ontario has announced to how owners can requisition meetings starting January 1st, 2027.
Let’s take a look at a snapshot of how things will look starting in 2027:
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Legendary newsman Lloyd Robertson has passed away.
He was born January 19th, 1934 to Lillie Francis and George Henderson Robertson in Stratford, Ontario. He had nine siblings.
He would start working radio in 1952 on CJCS. He would go onto working for the CBC switching over to television and evenutally hosting CBC Weekend in the late 1960s. From 1970 to 1975, Mr. Robertson was the anchor for The National. He left in 1976 as he wasn’t allowed to write his own scripts, choose any stories to report on or doing any reporting in the field.
Continue readingToday is Sir John Graves Simcoe Day in Ontario, I would like to discuss the first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada from 1791 to 1796. Of course Upper Canada would later become the Province of Ontario.
Born in Cotterstock, England in 1752, Simcoe would be educated at Eton and spent one year at Oxford. He joined the 35th Regiment of Foot, as an ensign, in 1770. He purchased a captaincy in the 40th Regiment of Foot and was injured in battle during the American Revolution. He was responsible for a successful battle in the battle of Crooked Billet.
He became Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada in 1791 when the British Government created the Province of Upper Canada out of land around the Great Lakes that stayed part of the British Empire after the American Revolution. Simcoe would see to the building of two major roads: Yonge Street (named after Sir George Yonge then the Minister of War), and Dundas Street (named after Henry Dundas, later the 1st Viscount Melville.) Originally built for defensive purposes, later both streets served to help settlement Upper Canada, and as trading routes.
Continue readingThe 2026 Commonwealth Games has finished.
Canada finished third overall in both Medal Count (62 total medals) and in Gold Medals (19) behind only Australia (170 Medals – 70 Gold, 45 Silver, 55 Bronze), and England (110 Medals – 29 Gold, 45 Silver, 36 Bronze).
Canada was represented by 149 athletes competing in nine of the 10 sports (netball being the only exception.)
Continue readingThe Semi-Finals of the FIFA World Cup 2026 are now set.
In the first Semi-Final match two time Champions France take on 2010 Champions Spain.
In the other Semi-Final, 1966 winners England take on the defending, and three time winners, Argentina.
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The Quarterfinals of the 2026 World Cup is now set.
Co-hosts Canada, Mexico, and the United States were eliminated in the Round of 32 (to Morocco, England, and Belgium, respectfully.) The big shock, at least to me, was Norway’s win over five time champions, Brazil. Switzerland is making their fourth ever appearance in the Quarterfinals and are hoping to making it to the Semifinals for the first time at the World Cup.
Four of the teams have previously won the World Cup: Argentina (defending and three time winners), France (two times), England and Spain (one time each.)
Continue readingThe FIFA World Cup 2026 has now reached the Round of 16.
Most winning teams were not all that unpredictable. However, I was pleasantly surprised that Canada won their first ever knockout stage. They have had their most successful World Cup appearance so far with two wins, one draw, and only one loss.
The main big shock from the Round of 32 is Germany’s defeat by Paraguay in a shootout. Germany is a four time winner of the World Cup, with four second place and four third place finishes as well. However, this year’s competition was the first time that Germany made it to the knockout stage following their win in the 2014 World Cup.
The following 16 teams won their Round of 32 games:
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