My main Youtube Channel passed the 500 Subscribers milestone recently.
I made a new video in honour of this milestone with clips from other videos I have taken over the years.
Thank you to everyone who has subscribed to my Youtube Channel (and this blog) and I hope others will continue to do so.
Continue readingCongratulations to the Toronto Blue Jays who have won their seventh American League East Division Title with a 14-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays at home today.
The Blue Jays will now make their 11th postseason appearance with their seven American League East Division Titles (1985, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2015, 2025) and four wild card appearances (2016, 2020, 2022, 2023) plus their two American League Pennants and two World Series wins (1992, 1993.)
Go Jays Go!
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The Canadian Football League (CFL) has announced a number of changes to the rules for the game over the upcoming years.
For me, I totally disagree with these changes as they make the game more ‘Americanized’ and seems to be a start for the game to be more like the National Football League (NFL) rather than as a league of its’ own.
Let’s discuss some of the changes:
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Famed German bass-baritone Siegmund Nimsgern has passed away at 85.
Mr. Nimsgern was born January 14th, 1940 in Sankt Wendel, Saarland, Germany. He made his operatic debut in 1967 in Saarbrücken with the Saarländisches Staatstheater.
He would go on to sing at Covent Garden, La Scala, the Metropolitan Opera, and the Vienna State Opera. Between 1983 and 1986, he sang Wotan at the Bayreuth Festival.
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Former Stanley Cup winning goalie Ken Dryden has passed away. He was 78.
He was born on August 8th, 1947 in Hamilton, Ontario to Murray and Margaret Dryden and grew up in what was then Islington, Ontario.
He would play junior hockey in the Metro Junior B Hockey League and the Metro Toronto Hockey League. He would be drafted in 1964 by the Boston Bruins before being traded to the Montreal Canadiens just days later.
Mr. Dryden would go onto play for the Canadiens from 1971 to 1979, winning six Stanley Cups, five Vezina Trophies, the Calder Memorial Trophy as best rookie, and the Conn Smythe Trophy in 1971.
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I’d like to talk about the National Hockey League (NHL) expanding from 32 to 36 teams.
An expansion of the league would bring in a lot of expansion fees, but potentially a lot of interesting opportunities.
Currently, the NHL consists of the following reams, in the following Conferences and Divisions
Continue readingFamed Canadian actor Graham Greene has passed away at 73.
Born June 22nd, 1952 on the Six Nations Reserve, in Ohsweken, Ontario, he would grow up in Hamilton and worked as a draftsman, civil technologist, steelworker, and rock-band crew member before turning to acting.
Mr. Greene would come to international attention in 1990 as Kicking Bird in Dances With Wolves alongside Kevin Costner. He would Best Supporting Actor nomination for the role at the Academy Awards.
He would go onto star in a number of other movies, including Thunderheart, Maverick, Die Hard with a Vengeance, The Green Mile, Skins, Transamerica, Casino Jack, Winter’s Tale, The Shack, and Wind River.
Continue readingMy rose plant in the garden is doing well and has its’ second batch of flowers that have come out, or are in the process of coming out.
Let’s take a look at the plant:
Continue readingThe 2025 Warriors’ Day Parade at the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) on August 16th, 2025.
This year’s parade commemorates the 80th Anniversary of the end of World War II (WWII) and the Liberation of the Netherlands.
Members of 32 Brigade (including the 48th Highlanders, the Toronto Scottish (Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother’s Own), and the Royal Regiment of Canada) were joined by Royal Canadian Legion bands, the Toronto Police, Halton Regional Police, Peel Police, and others.
Here are some highlights of the parade:
Continue readingToday, August 10th 2025, marks the 65th Anniversary of the enactment of the Canadian Bill of Rights.
While some basic human rights had already been implied over the years, this was the first legislation specifically applying human rights at the federal level in Canadian history.
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