Family Day - Holiday For Some, Just Another Day For Most
Mike WoodFeb 20 2012
Family Day was originally celebrated by Alberta in 1990, with the premier of Alberta at the time, Don Getty, having the third Monday of February proclaimed as Family Day. Getty is said to have...
The Black Widow Makes Her First Canadian Appearance
Mike WoodJan 11 2012
Making her Canadian debut on Tuesday night, Jeanette Lee, better known to the billiard world as The Black Widow, was welcomed by a crowd...
created by Mike Wood | 19 wks ago | updated 19 wks ago 171 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
Canada’s Latest Money - A New Meaning To Spending With Plastic
Known as the 2011 Polymer Series, these bank notes which are replacing the Canadian Journey Series (2001–2006) notes that according to the Bank...
created by Mike Wood | 25 wks ago | updated 25 wks ago 90 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments
Occupy Toronto Camp Cleared
After 40 days of protest, the Occupy Toronto setting at St. James Park in downtown Toronto has come to a peaceful halt Wednesday, with Police issuing an eviction notice and dismantling...
created by Mike Wood | 26 wks ago | updated 26 wks ago 114 views | 14 recommendations | 1 comment
Thousands Rally For Occupy Toronto
Under intermittent rain and high winds, thousands gathered today in busy downtown Toronto to show support for the month-long Occupy Wall Street and numerous uprisings across the...
created by Mike Wood | 32 wks ago | updated 31 wks ago 121 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
While driving in and around Toronto one cant help but notice the big green 'P' signs sticking out in select locations and the solar powered pay-and-display units aka parking meters standing neatly at attention...
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It was standing room only at Beaches-East York NDP candidate Matthew Kellway's Campaign Office last night as a crowd of close to 200 piled onto the Danforth Ave sidewalk at Roseheath Ave in Toronto's East End,...
created by Mike Wood | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 452 views | 10 recommendations | 4 comments
“I’ve been told I’m not supposed to say this, however, women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimized.”
A statement made by Toronto Police Const. Michael Sanguinetti when he and...
created by Mike Wood | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 1088 views | 26 recommendations | 17 comments
Federal Liberal leader Stéphane Dion and NDP leader Jack Layton addressed thousands of cold braving supporters at Toronto City Hall’s Nathan Phillips Square yesterday, to pitch their plan of a Liberal-NDP...
created by Mike Wood | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 218 views | 4 recommendations | 0 comments
Op/Ed Our health care system has become nothing less than a joke. Anyone who has paid a visit to an emergency department, here in Toronto anyway, can attest to that. More of my story, opinion...
created by Mike Wood | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 1088 views | 32 recommendations | 14 comments
The wind driven rain may have pounded the downtown Toronto streets on Saturday, but it wasn't enough to stop the hundred plus protesters who turned out in front of the American consulate, to demand the release of...
created by Mike Wood | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 316 views | 5 recommendations | 2 comments
The Sunday morning explosion that rattled the apartment building at 2 Secord Avenue in Toronto's East End caused extensive damage to the basement levels of the building, electrical room and the parking...
created by Mike Wood | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 2264 views | 4 recommendations | 7 comments
More than a hundred Firefighters, 45 trucks and 2 Hazmat units were at the scene of a five-alarm blaze at an apartment building on Secord Avenue, just NW of Dawes Road and Danforth Avenue today. The fire...
created by Mike Wood | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 3324 views | 65 recommendations | 32 comments
A follow-up to "Graffiti At It's Finest - Toronto's Style In Progress" story here: http://www.nowpublic.com/culture/graffiti-its-finest-torontos-style-progress Another picture perfect sunny day in Graffiti Alley,...
created by Mike Wood | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 781 views | 14 recommendations | 9 comments
Dozens of graffiti artists from all ages and skill, gathered yesterday in Toronto's "Graffiti Alley" for the 2008 Style In Progress, a legal event which spans from Spadina Avenue to Portland Street in the Queen...
created by Mike Wood | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 2598 views | 83 recommendations | 24 comments