I recently had reason to be in downtown Toronto, which gave me an opportunity to get some videos of passenger trains operating at Toronto’s Union Station.
Here are some videos:
The Maple Leaf, a joint Amtrak-VIA Rail train is departing for Toronto’s Union Station bound for New York City’s Penn Station on December 4th, 2024:
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Team Canada has announced its’ team for the 2025 World Junior Hockey Tournament set to run from Boxing Day (December 26th, 2024) to January 5th, 2025 in Ottawa, Ontario.
Team Canada is looking to rebound after finishing in 5th Place at last year’s tournament held in Gothenburg, Sweden. Prior to that, Team Canada had created yet another dynasty when it won back-to-back titles in 2022 and 2023 and four titles in the previous six years.
The team has won 35 total titles in the history of the tournament: 20 Gold, 10 Silver, and 5 Bronze.
This year’s team consists of:
Continue readingThe 2024 edition of the Etobicoke-Lakeshore Santa Claus Parade was held December 7th, 2024.
The parade ran along Lake Shore Blvd. W. between Dwight Ave. and Long Branch Ave. in the New Toronto and Long Branch neighbourhoods of south Etobicoke and featured floats, bands, community groups, Mrs. Claus, and Santa Claus. Santa even had a new float for this year’s parade.
Here are some pictures of the parade:
Continue readingI mad a quick trip to London, Ontario on November 25th, 2024 to try out VIA Rail’s new Venture trains.
Overall, I am impressed with the cars, especially the signs that tell passengers what the upcoming stops are, how fast the train is going, etc.
I wasn’t able to get a lot of interior pictures as the trains had a good number of passengers on them.
Continue readingOn November 19th, 2024 the City of Toronto celebrated the Toronto Argonauts (‘Argos’) 19th Grey Cup victory two days earlier.
On November 17th, Vancouver, British Columbia hosted the 111th Grey Cup game between the Argos and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. The Argos came back from a 10-9 deficit at half time to win 41-24. The win marked the Argos 19th Grey Cup title, more than any other team in Grey Cup history.
Here are some pictures and videos from the day:
The Toronto Argonauts have just won their 19th Grey Cup with their 41-24 win over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the 111th Grey Cup. It is a reminder to me of how successful Toronto teams can be.
Toronto has had many successful sports teams of the years, both current and past. Current sports teams include the Toronto Argonauts, Toronto Blue Jays, Toronto Maple Leafs (both the hockey team and the baseball team), Toronto Marlies, Toronto Raptors, Toronto F.C., and Toronto Rock. Past teams include the Toronto Marlboros (also known as the ‘Marlies’), Toronto Blizzard, Toronto Huskies, Toronto Roadrunners, and Toronto Toros.
Continue readingToday, November 11th 2024, we mark Remembrance Day in Canada and the sacrifices made by our military during the many conflicts Canada has been involved in.
Canadians have a long tradition of joining its allies in conflicts when required and to successfully fight in many difficult situations in order that we all may enjoy the freedoms that we enjoy today.
Continue readingToday, November 9th, 2024, marks the 35th Anniversary of the fall of The Berlin Wall and the beginning of the end of Communist rule in Germany and the rest of eastern Europe.
The Berlin Wall was constructed in 1961 to divide East Berlin and West Berlin.
As this is the second Monday in October, I would like to wish everyone in Canada a Happy Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving traditionally marks the end of the harvest season in Canada and has been celebrated in Canada since 1879 and the date varied each year until 1957.
Let’s discuss the history of Thanksgiving in Canada:
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Famed baseball player Pete Rose has passed away on September 30th, 2024.
Pete Rose, also known as ‘Charlie Hustle’, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on April 14th, 1941 to Harry Francis and LaVerne Rose.
He would play football and baseball growing up, but ended up going into baseball.
He would join his hometown Cincinnati Reds during the 1963 season. Over the next 24 years he would play for three different teams: the Cincinnati Reds (1963-1978, 1984-1986), the Philadelphia Phillies (1979-1983), and the Montreal Expos (1984), as well as serving as the Reds’ Manager from 1984-1989.
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