Marilyn's Toronto Blog March 2008 Archive

The clock face at Old City Hall stayed lit during Earth Hour Last night from 8-9pm, much of the city was excited about conservation -- or at least excited about seeing ... Read More

Home-a-thon - The Humber Shed I don't often get emails from friends inviting me to come visit them in the shed they're living in. But if you were walking past ... Read More

Back in February I wrote about Team Epic, a Toronto-based online TV show that follows a new team of Canadian superheroes. Since then, the site has really grown ... Read More

With Saturday's Earth Hour putting energy conservation back in the forefront of many Torontonians minds, the blog Reading Toronto has presented an interesting question today. Editor Robert Ouellette may ... Read More

St. Lawrence Hall was built a few decades before Toronto decided to "improve" the Don If you're interested in improving the environment, there's more to do before you turn out the ... Read More

Stuck at home this Sunday but wish you could be out worshiping? No worries - St. James Cathedral is ready to bring the Easter Service to you. Just ... Read More

Waterfoul afoot On a recent walk to see what birds were back in the local park, my boyfriend and I went from trying not to slip on thick ice to sinking ... Read More

In February I was fascinated when I saw a CTV News item on Carly, a non-verbal Toronto teen with autism. Recently this thirteen year old began speaking to her ... Read More

The Easter Bunny planning to take the Better Way Egg hunts, the Easter Parade, the Passion Play and plenty of concerts featuring Bach. It's early, but it's Easter weekend. ... Read More

A little out of their jurisdiction... Yes it's warmer, and today's rain helped get rid of even more snow, but another sure sign of spring in Toronto is when the film ... Read More

Elections Canada is posting the preliminary results from today's by-elections as they come in, and it looks like the Liberals will take both of the Toronto ridings that were up ... Read More

Did you see Happy Feet? I loved that movie. It made me laugh, it made me cry... and it made me second-guess my love of going to the ... Read More

P.J.O'Brien - One of the many pubs that will be packed this weekend Still trying to decide what to do this weekend to celebrate your -- or anyone else's -- Irish ... Read More

Kendrick thinks Alex Rios "can be a star" The About.com Guide to Baseball is in the middle of previewing all of Major League Baseball's thirty teams. "30 Teams in 30 ... Read More

I don't recommend spending a lot of time in the Toronto Craigslist Rants & Raves section. If you're not familiar, Craigslist is a very simple online posting board with ... Read More

Can't wait for spring to bust out from under all that snow? You can get your flower fix starting tomorrow at Canada Blooms - The Toronto Flower and Garden ... Read More

Outside the St. Lawrence Centre Working as an usher at the city-owned St. Lawrence Centre for the Performing Arts, it's not surprising that I see a lot of performing arts. ... Read More

If there's one thing these mountains of snow are good for, it's playing in. But before you get your tobogganing gear on, you may want to make an online ... Read More

Looking for something to do tonight that's a little different and a whole lot of awesome? Toronto forum member TheRevRund* posted last month to let us know about a ... Read More

Although most of the City of Toronto's outdoor skating rinks closed this past Sunday, eight will remain open through March Break, assuming the weather remains agreeable to the idea. ... Read More

March 8th is International Women's Day, and Saturday will see a rally, march and fair taking place downtown. The rally begins at 11am inside the Ontario Institute for Studies ... Read More

Yeah, I thought we were done with the snow too. But alas, it just keeps coming. I mean, it's pretty and all, but spring is pretty too. If you're ... Read More

Are you a visual artist just itching to show your stuff to the world? Or, at least, Toronto? The Toronto Public Library is now accepting applications for use ... Read More

Jeff Healey is one of those people I always wish I knew more about. Hearing of his passing yesterday less than a month from his 42nd birthday, I naturally ... Read More