In the early morning, a propane fire started at Sunrise Propane, a propane depot. The site is along Murray Road. The power has been cut in the local area to avoid additional issues as the fires are still raging and have been since about 4am. The (continue reading)

   Toronto Island's weather turned ugly Saturday.  What originally appeared to be a cooler sunny day soon changed.  Much of the qualifying runs were laid out on the skateboard and wakeboard courses and then it happened.  A fierce afternoon (continue reading)

The "Island of the Ams" skateboard competition was quite impressive at Wakestock Friday.  Things are sure to heat up for the finals Saturday as $5,000 is on the line.  A lot of Toronto locals have a shot at the top spot which is nice to see. (continue reading)

Heard on CFRB's John Moore show that they're talking again about beefing up transit along Eglinton Avenue, specifically if a subway is better than light rapid transit (LRT). Over a decade after Harris cost this province tens of millions of dollars (continue reading)

I saw this massive skateboard pic of Dave Nolan near Yonge and Dundas.  While the shop posting this massive ad doesn't even sell skateboards at least it's by a Toronto photographer (Harry Gils) and is shot here in (continue reading)

Rob Piontek was an accomplished skater who was tragically killed by a hit and run driver while walking home last August.  Thursday afternoon marks the Grand Opening of the Skateboard Park built in his honour.  Great to see the city building more (continue reading)

If Metblogs is a city, hub.metblogs is the playground. We kept hearing from people that one of their favorite parts of Metblogs was meeting and interacting with readers and writers from other parts of the world, as well as getting requests for (continue reading)

Wakeboarding, skateboarding, music and motorcross hit the Toronto Islands as Wakestock kicks off today and runs until Sunday.  The threat of rain appears to be subsiding and it will take more that that to dampen the excitement. Wu Tang's (continue reading)

It's Friday, the sun is shining, the roads are clear (!), the hotels are booked, and the long weekend beckons. There's so much to do, starting tonight at 7:00 pm, one could party all weekend long and then blame the rain Tuesday morning for being (continue reading)

It was good to see the Federal and Ontario Government were all smiles about finally giving Ontario some Infrastructure funding.  Approximately 3.1 million under the Building Canada Fund from the Feds, and almost 3 million from the gas tax.   (continue reading)

Looks as though the infamous Yonge and Dundas intersection will become a "Pedestrian Scramble" next month. One's sense of bewilderment in the valley of enormous billboards will be somewhat elevated when that arrives. This would be a fairly large (continue reading)

Facebook has a Toronto Argonauts group page (or two or a few) which I, as any self-respecting Torontonian would, belong to. Today, I received a Facebook message about a protest next week against sneaking an NFL franchise into the city that belongs (continue reading)

Whoa, are the stars in perfect alignment or something. Tonight brings together an interesting collection of indie, post-punk, and jazz at Teranga. Teranga is a Senegalese restaurant, if you don't already know, and just one of many interesting (continue reading)

This is what I'm doing as of tomorrow -- watching the Olympics religiously. See you at the end of the Games! (If I've recovered; you just never know what each Games will reveal about our Canadian athletes or has in store for us, politically.)BTW did (continue reading)

The University of Toronto is joining forces with IBM. They hope to build a supercomputer among the top 20 in the world and the fastest in Canada. The computer has been optimized with respect to energy use and will have a dedicated building to (continue reading)