Entries Tagged as ‘Toronto’

June 25, 2010

50 km later…

Conor McCreery Originally uploaded by Ride VIP This year’s Ride for Heart was plagued by pouring rain, so by the time we got to the start line, we were soaking. My parents – 10 year veterans of the ride – joined us on their amazing tandem and they were interviewed by a TV crew! OMG. [...]

April 26, 2010

Toronto’s Bayview Strip

Where does Preloved designer, owner and mother of three, Julia Grieve love to hang out?  Near home, along Toronto’s Bayview strip.   She showed me some of her favourite shops & resto’s for an article I wrote for Pure Canada. Here, a few of her faves didn’t make it into the piece: De La Mer – [...]

October 27, 2009

Take 5 News: Voice for missing Aboriginal women under threat; Toronto tap water now with extra bacteria; Jarvis now Ted Rogers Way; Tory Senator ties to Quebec funding scandal; All-day kindergarten costs another $400 million in Ontario

Don’t turn out the light on missing women Federal Liberal critic for women’s issues, Anita Neville, is calling on the Conservative government to guarantee a renewal of the five-year mandate for Sisters in Spirit. The national organization has become the main voice for the epidemic of missing and murdered aboriginal women in Canada. Neville’s call [...]

August 24, 2009

Steve Munro’s take on Toronto & the TTC

For my latest Toronto through the eyes of column for blogTO I met up with trainspotter and transit geek Steve Munro – a man who knows more about the TTC than anyone in the city.  And the man can talk.  I had to leave some of the interview out of my blog post – but [...]

August 3, 2009

What does the CFO of Maple Leaf Sports think of Toronto?

I sat down with Ian Clarke, VP and CFO of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, and found out how the Montreal native, who spends 200 nights a year schmoozing clients at games, unwinds in the city.  Read the interview in my latest blogTO column.