With 2023 coming to an end, I’d like to review this year. It was a very busy year, one with happy events, but also with sad events.
2023 came in with the 25th Anniversary of Metropolitan Toronto and six local municipalities coming together to form the current City of Toronto.
Continue readingI just want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas.
May you spend your Christmas with family and friends and have a wonderful and enjoyable Christmas.
The year is coming to a close and I would also like to thank everyone who has read my Blog this year for all the support as it is very appreciated. Thank you.
Continue readingTeam Canada has set its’ roster for the 2024 World Juniors in Gothenburg, Sweden. Team Canada is looking to win their third consecutive Gold Medal and fourth in the last five years.
The team will consist of the following players:
Goaltenders
Continue readingFamed television producer Norman Lear passed away this week at 101.
Mr. Lear was well known as the producer of a number of hit TV shows, including All in the Family, Maude, Sanford and Son, One Day at a Time, The Jeffersons, and Good Times.
Continue readingOn December 2nd, 2023, the Etobicoke-Lakeshore Santa Claus Parade took place. The parade took place along Lake Shore Boulevard West from Dwight Avenue to 30th Street in the communities of New Toronto and Long Branch.
This is the second year of the parade since the pandemic.
There were several floats, some marching bands, local politicians, and some local sports groups.
Here are some pictures and videos of the parade:
Continue readingWith the worst of the pandemic seemingly behind us, and almost all restrictions removed, or rarely applied, I think it is time to discuss how condominiums hold meetings of the owners going forward.
During the pandemic, condominiums were legally given the right to hold meetings virtually regardless of whether or not a condominium had rules about this.
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Today marks the 60th Anniversary of the JFK Assassination. On this day in 1963, while riding through Dallas, Texas, U.S. President John F. Kennedy was shot and killed by Lee Harvey Oswald. Many people still remember where they were when they heard the news of his assassination.
The official report of the assassination, the Warren Commission, stated that Lee Harvey Oswald acted on his own on November 22, 1963 when he shot and killed the President, and also concluded that Jack Ruby acted on his own when he shot Oswald two days later.
Continue readingOn November 19th, 2023 the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) restored all day streetcar service to Long Branch Loop after streetcar service was suspended since January 2021 due to work at the King-Queen-Queensway-Roncesvalles (KQQR) intersection.
At the same time, the TTC announced that service between Long Branch Loop and Humber Loop would operate separate from the rest of the 501 Queen line, but also would be renamed the ‘507 Long Branch’. The 507 Long Branch ran as a separate line, between Long Branch Loop and Humber Loop for many years before being merged into the 501 Queen line in the mid-1990’s.
I ventured out on the first day of service to get some pictures and videos:
Continue readingToday, November 11th 2023, 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 readingA new statue of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II have been unveiled at Queen’s Park in Toronto, Ontario – the home of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario – on November 7th, 2023.
The statue waas originally planned to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of Her Majesty’s ascension as Queen of Canada, which occurred in 2022. Issues over funding the statue delayed the installation of the statue.
Present at the ceremony were Lieutenant Governor Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Premier Doug Ford, Speaker Ted Arnott, and Chief R. Donald Maracle of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte.
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