Archive for January, 2006
Monday, January 30th, 2006
Curious George
When George Stroumboulopoulos began his broadcast of The Hour at CBC I watched with great interest. Finally someone would speak meaningfully to people my age (a few years younger than George) about things that could hold our attention for longer than 5 seconds. At least that’s what I think the CBC was hoping [...]
7 Comments » - Posted in People, Television, celebrity, interactive by sookie
Monday, January 30th, 2006
Say Goodbye Canada
Vintage postcard #6 Originally uploaded by jmv.
Got my breaking news from George Stroumboulopoulos’ The Hour tonight about the Fairmont chain of hotels being bought by a Saudi prince and an American developer for $4 billion. So we can say Goodbye to another Canadian icon. [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in Architecture, Business, breaking news, history by sookie
Sunday, January 29th, 2006
Dark City Coffee Delivered To Your Door
Coffee & Mouse… Originally uploaded by Fanis.
Are you a coffee freak like me living in Toronto? If you are I want to share a terrific little secret with you. You can have super fresh roasted coffee delivered to your home or office door within [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in recreation, shops by sookie
Tuesday, January 24th, 2006
Wow, Rick You’re Great, Will You Be Prime Minister?
With the Canadian election this week I’m feeling very patriotic, even despite the Conservative win.
I was watching one show I don’t like to miss, Rick Mercer’s Report, today and Rick was all like “Wow, remember the good old days” and i’m thinking “Yeah. Wasn’t it cool” but then I’m thinking “Wow, I wish [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Television, celebrity, politics by sookie
Thursday, January 19th, 2006
Green vs. Orange: A Toronto Debate
In my work with the Green Party I’ve come across some people who think that the NDP’s are a sound environmental choice in this election simply because they list a few things in their policy geared toward this issue. They do not put the environment first, they put unions first, uranium mining first and [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in environment, politics by sookie
Sunday, January 15th, 2006
Vote Green
Jim Harris rides the C-Train Originally uploaded by Grant Neufeld.
I’ve been campaigning with the Green Party in the Parkdale High Park riding for a couple weeks now. I’ve been to several All-Candidates meetings and met many business owners who reassured me that the idea of [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Community, Parkdale, People, environment, politics by sookie
Monday, January 9th, 2006
Trumps Gold Touch
trumps gold finger Originally uploaded by 416style.
Canadians have a bit of a problem generally. We don’t realize the great talent we have at home or endorse the uniqueness of things that make up our cities and culture, that is until the Americans or other “cool” [...]
