I was walking by Old City Hall on Monday (July 19/2010) and noticed a worker on the cherry picker taking down the G20  (TPS) police camera. It was right at the north/east corner of Bay/Queen and I suspect was pointing directly at the all glass TD Bank building that sits on the corner across the street and had most of their windows smashed.

Before/after...

Honda Indy (Izod Indy Car Series) was won by Wil Power  of the Verizon Team Penske team in Toronto this past weekend and although Toronto's own Paul Tracy of KV Racing did not win,  he was doing well  up to the very end and was leading for 10 laps but finished 13th.There were several accidents which pleased the crowd, with about six cars being towed off the track which was on the streets of the CNE grounds 1.75 miles (2.82 km.) It was an 80 lap race (140 miles) with plenty of wrecks.

I was able to find the best spot at turn three where most of the action/accidents occurred. I ran into a couple from Montreal who have attended for several years and always pick turn three. Sean and Amelie were pleased with their choice of seats and said "Lot's of passing and lots of accidents. I've been coming for 10 years straight and turn three is much better than one." They went onto to say, "The Andretti family saved this race in Toronto and I'm glad they did, and we saw the big crash of Helio Castroneves but no-one got injured."

 Today (Saturday July 10/2010) at Queens Park at 2pm. G20 summit protest.

The weather was like it was made to order and the spectators were not disappointed. The big controversy this year was allowing the group Queers Against Israeli Apartheid (QuAIA) from marching in the parade by the Jewish community saying it was anti-Semitic, but the QuAIA supporters said when asked "it's about Free Speech" said Lawrence Pushee, and we should all encourage that. He went on to say "they don't want the truth to be told, they want to shut us down." Bernie Farber CEO of Canadian Jewish Congress CJC comments below.

The G20 Summit starts this weekend at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre (MTCC). The summit which is only two days is estimated to be costing Canadian taxpayers over a BILLION dollars, (right now, but it may exceed that amount)  we even have a "fake lake" which none of the taxpayers will ever see, for almost a $100,000.

Just hidden east of Wellesley and Parliament is the Riverdale Farm owned by the City of Toronto and is a great days outing for the whole family and free of charge, opened May 1st - November (9AM-5PM) daily. It's a farm with chickens, pigs, horses, cows, sheep and other farm animals in an excellent setting right in Cabbagetown. 

The first private owner of the land was Francis Gwillim Simcoe (1791-1812) son of John Graves Simcoe.

My Life With Epilepsy

Hello, I am Carolyn Bulsink, I am writing to tell people what it is like to have seizures. I was born deaf and was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy, a temporal lobe epilepsy on the right side of the brain. I could not walk because of C.P (Cerebral Palsy). I remember going to therapy at the hospital to learn how to walk. It took me 4 years to be able to walk on a daily basis. It was hard at first but it took practice, and I kept on going and going. I never had doubts in myself and just went for it. My doctor told my mom I would not be able to walk; he thought I would be in a wheelchair for life but my mom said to him, " You watch me, I will make her walk".  I was very proud of my mom. I took her strength to help me to be able to walk. When she took me to the doctor and proved him wrong, that I could walk, he could not believe how strong a woman my mother was. I was 4 when I started to walk, and 2 years later I begun having seizures (grandmal). The first three nights, my mom saw something very unusual and did