Jo Altilia of Literature for Life profiled in She Does the City
I’ve told you about Literature for Life, the amazing community organization whose board of directors I was honoured to join last year. But why take it from me when you can read the rather awesome conversation that the folks at She Does the City had with Jo Altilia, the organization’s executive director? Have you checked […]
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Short and Sweet might just be the coolest thing happening in Toronto tonight
After years of living in London, my friend Jordan Crute recently returned home to Toronto – and being the gentleman he is, he was kind enough to bring his awesome short film screening with him. Short and Sweet’s Toronto incarnation launches tonight at No One Writes to the Colonel, a rather excellent new College Street […]
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Everybody loves a train wreck
Last week, Charlie Sheen set a world record for the fastest time to reach one million followers on Twitter, hitting the mark just twenty-five hours and seventeen minutes after launching his account. Then, earlier today, he broke the record for reaching two million. Pay attention, so-called social media gurus. This is the example you’re going […]
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Link of the Day: WTF TORY (again, with a bonus rant)
The reason why it’s such a good idea to pay attention to the news on Friday afternoon is because most people don’t tend to do so. If you’re a government, a corporation, or anyone else with bad news you’re obligated to share, then Friday afternoon is generally understood to be the best time to slip […]
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Everyone’s a DJ’s launching an official new monthly party in Hamilton on Saturday, 16 April 2011
Have you heard the news? After months and months of talking about it, Everyone’s a DJ is finally getting ready to launch a new monthly series in another city! If you’re in Hamilton, and you’ll be in town on Saturday, 16 April 2011, then I encourage you to stay tuned for details on what’s sure […]
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It’s Friday, so here’s the video for “Shine” by Doughboys
If you’re not in your late twenties at least, and you didn’t grow up in Canada, there’s a really good chance you’ve never seen this video. Hell, it’s possible you’ve never even heard of Doughboys, and no one could blame you if you hadn’t. What do you say we make up for it? The version […]
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Link of the Day: OpenFile
If you’re not reading OpenFile yet, you ought to be. This “community-powered local news site” provides content for six Canadian regions, and the Toronto blog – edited by former Torontoist editor David Topping – provides a rather great look at both the news and the history of our community. Do check it out, and if […]
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Link of the Day: Joints in Motion
Joints in Motion is an annual fundraising event held in honour of the Arthritis Society, and it’s one that shoots much broader than the typical marathon. “The Arthritis Society can help you achieve your personal goal of completing a marathon, half marathon, trek, walk or other event at exciting destinations around the world while raising […]
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Link of the Day: The Veterans Site
The good people who run the Hunger Site have added a new fundraising page to their repertoire. Like the others, the Veterans Site operates on a very simple premise: click a button once a day, and for every click, the site’s sponsors will pay for meals for homeless and hungry veterans. It’s an American site, […]
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