Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'grandprix'
July 9, 2007
Two Air India flights were delayed after hand searches uncovered knives that had already passed through x-ray screening and a metal detector. In fact, the only reason they were found at all is because Air India requires manual checking of all carry-ons—something most airlines don’t do. Happy flying! Arrests for simple possession of marijuana were up by up to a third in major Canadian cities last year. Police say that many younger smokers aren’t......
Continue Reading "Flights Delayed, Pot Smokers Dismayed, Helmet Refuser Paid"July 10, 2006
Unless you've been asleep for the last 24 hours you already know that Italy won the World Cup. Torontonians celebrate all over the city but the bulk of the partying centred on College St. and up on Corso Italia on St. Clair. Local shutterbugs have tons of photos check out Flickr feeds from Ren C, FTP Media, Lee Horrocks, The Big Durian. This one guy celebrates too much and drives a schoolbus into a......
Continue Reading "T.O. Celebrates Italy Win, Pitfield Campaign Going Nowhere and Regent Park Shootings"July 6, 2006
The City wants to allow you to add more items to your recycling bin. Proposals are in the works to allow polystyrene, spiral containers (ie. frozen juice concentrate cans) and even plastic bags. The problem is that the city's recycling capacity is maxed out and the City is desperately looking for more cash to increase capacity. Ok, which of you are hoarding green Steamwhistle bottles? The popular brewery is experiencing a bottle shortage and wants......
Continue Reading "More Recycling Please, Jazz Returns To Island Airport and Traffic This Weekend Is Going to Be Bad"December 14, 2004
It could be just hours or minutes before we find out that the National Hockey League’s thirty participants will be officially boarding up their doors for the 2004-2005 season. Without suspense due to NHL Vice President Bill Daly’s leaked memo to the league owners on Monday afternoon, Gary Bettman is set to tell the player’s union that last Thursday's proposal is NOT what they had in mind. Leading up to the labour dispute, the league......
Continue Reading "The Hockey World Turns to Emanuel Sandhu"