Toronto
It’s time for the 133rd CNE! Canada’s largest annual community event takes place along Toronto’s waterfront for 18 days leading up to and including Labor Day. There’s live entertainment, a wide variety of events, a working farm, parades and sports, lots of international food, a Kids World, an airshow and best of all, a huge [...]
Judy comments on some differences between urban Toronto and the Canadian Badlands.
When I first met Kelly and she expressed an interest in doing a couple of posts for roadstories.ca, I didn’t realize she was such a Lady About Town. We talked about traveling in Canada and swapped stories about all the great places we had been. I don’t know what I was thinking. Perhaps that she would [...]
Everybody in Toronto calls it “Dundas Square”, but its proper name, although a bit more cumbersome, is “Yonge-Dundas Square“. This is Toronto’s take on the more famous and much older Times Square in New York City. Like its venerable American cousin, Dundas Square is ablaze with animated neon and television-style signage. It’s a busy place. [...]
If you’re planning a visit to Hollywood North (aka Toronto), you’ll likely end up on a former movie set. X-Men, Chicago, Incredible Hulk, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Rules of Engagement, Goodwill Hunting, Hairspray, and Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen are just a few of the films that have been shot in Toronto in [...]
Canada’s wildlife often makes news headlines. In the past year, a grey whale wandered into Burrard Inlet in downtown Vancouver. A moose was videotaped trotting down a footpath beside Calgary’s busy Memorial Drive. A cougar chased two girls down a street in an Alberta town. A coyote ate a small dog in Toronto’s Beaches and [...]
Halloween is big business in Canada. Just ask Statistics Canada. Every year, it releases Halloween stats that include the latest demographics on trick or treaters, the number of Canadian farms with pumpkin patches, the amount of money Canadians spend on Halloween candy and even a list of places in Canada that may give you the [...]
Weekend hockey road trips are legendary in Canada. This post is by a 14 year old goalie. He and his hockey team, their coaches, and a bunch of hockey moms and dads recently traveled by bus five hours to Sudbury, Ontario for a weekend tournament. This is his story: Everyone arrives, unaware of what’s to [...]
This is a bit of a different type of road story today but one I think is worth telling… A couple of years ago I paid five bucks for this amazing heritage grape vine at Parkdale Horticultural Society‘s annual Plant Fair. People line up for it every year. Our vine is growing like a weed [...]
