My solution for the Toronto garbage strike

As the Toronto city workers strike continues into the 22nd days and still no settlement. I do have a simple solution of this: sell the garbage! The past weekend, I had been at the Nathan Phillips Square which...

Close Encounter with Empress of Japan

 This afternoon as I was on my way to my local library: the Lilian Smith Library on College and Spadina in Toronto. As I was getting close, I noticed a small group was waiting outside some with small Japanese...

What to do with your garbage during the Toronto garbage strike?

 As the Toronto city  indoor and outdoor workers strike continue into the third weeks and without garbage pick up for many had been a great inconvenience.  However this has no effect on me because...

Artist fought back internet theft with humor

 Few days ago, I discovered a internet site called “Toronto Property Organization  ”torontoproperty.org/ lifted two of my photos from my flickr account and used on their home page without my...

Artist Impersonator

As they say, “life is stranger than fiction”,  I am not a well know artist by any means however one “artist” thinks my work are impressive enough to use as his own.   Recently, I discovered a Bangladesh born artist currently living in Toronto,...

Fly Free Contest on September 11

As Today is the seven anniversary of September 11, I could hardly believe what I was seeing in this morning’s Toronto Star, a two full page ad for a contest called” Fly Free Contest”, “Play Fly Free with the Toronto Star and West Jet Vacations daily and could win a...

Olympic Gold medal for bravery

As the Beijing Olympic coming toward the end with no doubt China has hosted a great Olympic with many memorable moments. There were amazing performance by the medal winning athletes however, it was the elderly...

Louise Bourgeois retrospective in Guggenheim, New York

 The Guggenheim Museum in New York is currently hosting a major Louise Bourgeois retrospective till 2 September 08. Ms Bourgeois is one of the best-known living women artists today. An abstract sculptor The...

Artists donate to art auction

A couple of weekends ago, I was one of the over five hundred artists at the annual Toronto outdoor art exhibition (TOAE).as soon as the show over, I been hit with emails come on by many wanted to make money from...

Dinner in the sky

If you not afriad of height and an American Express card holder, you can head to Dundas Square in Toronto and book yourself a seat to their " Dinner in the Sky" 35 meters above the square...While their brief...

Toronto Tibetans protest against the olympic torch relay

Today, hundreds of very vocal Tibetans protesters gathered outside of the Chinese Cosulate in Toronto, they were there to demand the Chinese Government to withdraw all Tibetan Provinces from the Olympic Torch...

Toronto Subway Extreme Makeover

  This morning Toronto Mayor David Miller unveiled the $5-million reconstruction of Museum subway station, just a stone’s throw from Yorkville After a year of renovation with a five millions...

Artists Beware part two

Recently, I received an email from a New York Gallery, expressed they were impress with my paintings after they seen my site on the net.  They offered to link my site to theirs and invited me to submit my...

Artists Beware

Artists in generally do not make much money but many scam artists are out there to prey on them, the following are one of my personal experiences: Like many artist, I have my own site which I used to showcase...

Rob Ford apologized for "Oriental" remark

It been an eventful month for Toronto city councilor Rob Ford, after his comments of Asian Canadian as “oriental people they work like dog…they sleep by their machines and going to take over”...

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