Humber College has began tearing down Building A at its’ Lakeshore Campus.
The building was originally built in the 1950’s at the Lakeshore Teachers’ College. The college remained in operating from the 1950’s until the mid-1970’s when Humber College took over the building.
Continue readingFormer two time heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman has passed away at 76.
Mr. Foreman was born George Edward Foreman on January 10th, 1949 in Marshall, Texas.
He would win the Gold Medal as a heavyweight in the 1968 Summer Olympics before turning professional in 1969.
Continue readingHappy St. Patrick’s Day, everyone!
As it is a nice sunny day, I got out and caught VIA Rail train #73 as it passed through Long Branch GO station enroute for Windsor, Ontario.
Continue readingIn the early hours of March 14th, 2025 a Red Moon occurred.
I got up to try and get some pictures.
While I wasn’t able to get great pictures due to the distance of the moon from the Earth (at least in my area.) However, here are a couple of pictures that I was able to get:
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Today (March 10th, 2025) is Commonwealth Day in the countries that are members of the Commonwealth of Nations.
Commonwealth Day, celebrated on the second Monday of March throughout the Commonwealth, as its name suggests celebrates the Commonwealth.This year marks the 76th Anniversary of the Commonwealth.
Continue readingThe Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) was hit hard with snow in mid-February 2025. The area was hit with roughly 20 cm of snow on February 12th, another 5 cm on February 15th, and then another 15-20 cm on February 16th for around 40 cm of snow.
During the afternoon of February 17th – a day which ended up being bright and sunny, I went for a walk around the north end of Colonel Samuel Smith Park in South Etobicoke to check out all the snow. Here are some pictures from the day:
Continue readingFollowing the snowstorm over the weekend of February 15th and 16th, 2025, I managed to get out for a nice walk on the afternoon of February 17th, 2025.
While out for the walk I was able to catch a Downy Woodpecker.
Here is a short video of the woodpecker:
Continue readingToday, February 3rd, 2025 marks the 12th anniversary that my blog has been in existence.
I caught the January 25th, 2025 Live in HD Broadcast of Giuseppe Verdi‘s Aida at my local movie theatre.
The performance, being aired live, was from The Metropolitan Opera in New York City.
The production stars Angel Blue (Aida), Piotr Beczała (Radamès), Judit Kutasi(Amneris), Quinn Kelsey (Amonasro), Harold Wilson (The King of Egypt), Dmitry Belosselskiy (Ramfis, The High Priest), Yongzhao Yu (Messenger), and Amanda Batista (High Priestess.)
This is new production directed by Michael Mayer, with sets by Christine Jones, costumes by Susan Hilferty, lighting by Kevin Adams, choreography by Oleg Glushkov. The Met Opera Orchestra was leg by their Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
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Famed Opera Director Otto Schenk has passed away at the age of 94.
Mr. Schenk was born June 12th, 1930 in Vienna, Austria.
Starting out as an actor, he would switch over to directing plays in 1953. He would direct his first opera, The Magic Flute, in 1957. He would go on to direct operas at Royal Opera House, La Scala, Berlin State Opera, etc.
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