Month: November 2007
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Breaking Links: Tuesday, November 27
From the Radio 3 blog comes news that, if you’re in Toronto, you too can have a very Fucked Up Christmas! “On December 15, the Toronto punk band is hosting a “special holiday event” at Sonic Boom Records to benefit the Toronto Food Bank, as well as George Herman House, a transitional housing program for…
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Hug Your Brain With Comedy
If you live in Toronto and have a brain there is something you should know about. In this particular case I don’t mean ‘Are you smarter than a 5th grader’ – I mean if it literally. Brainsgiving is the um… brain child of Amanda Terfloth who was diagnosed with a pituitary tumour at age 17….
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eternal hydra
Lest you think mythology is some vague laborious thing you vaguely recall from grade 9, involving monsters and snakeheads an gods hurling thunderbolts from the sky… well, me too. How many times did I go through the Greek and Roman pantheons, trying to keep the names, functions, and connections straight? But the success of the…
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Breaking Links, Monday November 26
News emerges that the RCMP recently changed it’s policy to allow multiple taser hits just as the UN rules that Tasers violate the UN Convention on Torture. “Use of the electronic stun devices by police has been marked with a sudden rise in deaths – including four men in the United States and two in…
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The Shadow Collective Makes It’s Debut Tonight
The Shadow Collective is “a newly-formed collaboration of photographers, all based in the Toronto area, with the aim of bringing together images of a similar theme. Each photographer brings to the table a passion for exploration and a love of photography. “ The collective makes its debut tonight (Monday, Nov. 26, 2007 from 7 to…
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CFL On CBC: 1952 – 2007
The conclusion of today’s Grey Cup will signal the end of the CFL’s 55-year relationship with our public broadcaster. Personally, it’s a real shame that the league will no longer be part of CBC’s broadcast schedule. However, I don’t blame the CFL for giving exclusive rights to TSN. It’s hard turning down $65 million. Chris…
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RVT: Levi MacDougall
This just in: Levi MacDougall will be joining Bob Wiseman, Actor Joe Dinicol and Artists Michael Toke and Jessica Rose at this Monday’s Eyes on Toronto!
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Breaking Links: Sunday, November 25
Another death from “non-lethal force in B.C. “On Monday, police used pepper spray, a taser and their batons on the Chilliwack, B.C., resident, who reportedly was acting erratically in a Chilliwack rental store.” Info on Kensington Pedestrian Sundays and Spacing’s Green Issue “Once a month, from May through September, people flood the streets of Kensington…
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Grey Cup RVT – Trooper
In honour of the 95th Grey Cup 1997 – Edmonton – Toronto Argonauts vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders The half-time show featuring Trooper.
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Grey Cup RVT – Rocket Ismail
In honour of the 95th Grey Cup. 1991 – Winnipeg – Toronto Argonauts vs. Calgary Stampeders This was the first Grey Cup match I ever watched. I was 8-years-old and decked out in Argo gear. Unfortunately, the ’91 final has faded from my memory. However, I do remember this particular play.