Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'saskatchewanroughriders'
November 26, 2007
There were 4 more murders in Toronto on the weekend, meaning we only need 11 more to tie the all-time record of 89 set back in 1991. A spokesman for City Hall said that sure, the numbers look bad now, but crime would drop once all the thugs had killed each other. Not only more violent, but poorer too––a United Way report says that the median family income in Toronto is $10,000 lower than......
Continue Reading "More Murders, Jim Flaherty Hates You, Adventure Tourists Have Adventure"November 22, 2007
Sears is threatening to sue Ryerson University after the department store giant dropped $10 million in donations and didn't get a building named after them. Sears claims they were promised top billing and instead only got a crappy logo inside a structure named after some guy who's probably never sold a single pair of wrinkle-free slacks. They're requesting a full building and a commitment from the University that campus hipsters will wear only Sears-bought......
Continue Reading "Sears Suit, Taxicab Confessions, Grey Cup Low-Grade Fever"August 10, 2007
Photo by Flickr user captiveight from her Rider Nation album. One of Toronto's invisible expatriate communities will emerge this evening for a sporting event and cultural celebration rolled into one. While other immigrant communities can anchor themselves in cultural festivals, community groups, or neighbourhoods, ex-Saskatchewanians have a football team: the CFL's Saskatchewan Roughriders. The team squares off tonight against the Toronto Argonauts at the Rogers Centre. The Riders are coming off a string of......
Continue Reading "Showing Prairie Pride in the GTA"