Chico Hamilton Quintet: Three Classic Albums Plus (Chico Hamilton Quintet Ft Buddy Collette / Chico Hamilton Quintet In Hi-Fi / Chico Hamilton Quintet)
H igh fives all around, folks. The City of Toronto has won the 2015 Pan Am Games, beating out Bogota, Colombia, and Lima, Peru by a 33 of 52 vote on the first ballot. After losing out to world-class cities in its five attempts to attract two Olympic Games, two Commonwealth Games and one attempt to get a World’s Fair, Toronto relegated itself to the minor leagues and finally got the international...
Pink Originally uploaded by Ontario Wanderer In 1981 I led my first Naturalists' Club walk looking for wild flowers in late October. Today Eglantine and I will lead another late fall wild flower hike. This is number 28 for me. If you are in the Hamilton area, meet us at 1:30 p.m. at the large parking lot at Princess Point to see what flowers are still blooming. You do not have to be in the club to...
CANADIAN ANARCHIST MOVEMENT-ONTARIO: LINCHPIN ONLINE: The folks at the Ontario Platformist organization Common Cause have decided to turn their journal Linchpin into a monthly online effort. It's probable that they will continue to produce print editions in the future for special events, but the new format gives them a much wider readership at a considerably lower cost. It also allows for a much more...
Prince Charles returns to Toronto later in the day for the presentation of new colours to the Royal Regiment of Canada and the Toronto Scottish Regiment.
Ontario hardly seems like the world capital of electro-pop, but this Lee's Palace double bill sure makes a case for it. Toronto's Woodhands up the energy whether they bust out original dance tunes or covers songs like "I Kissed a Girl" and "Electric Avenue". Junior Boys tend to prefer things a little less frenzied and a little more subtle (an easy task when compared to Woodhands),...
Charles, Prince of Wales, and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, are facing a packed schedule as their 11-day tour of the country rolls into Ontario. The royals have planned several stops in Toronto, Hamilton and Niagara-on-the-Lake during their three-day stay in the province. Here's their itinerary:
A speech by HRH The Prince of Wales on Their Royal Highnesses’ official arrival to Canada, Mile One Stadium, St John’s, Newfoundland, Canada 2nd November 2009 Your Excellencies, Prime Minister and Mrs. Harper, Ladies and Gentlemen, can I just begin by saying, Prime Minister; Premier, how deeply touched my wife and I are by your most generous words of welcome to Canada and, more specifically,...
Horia Hangan considers it the ultimate toy, a project that will literally blow away the competition. The federal and provincial governments will contribute $19 million toward building the world's first hexagonal wind tunnel, called the WindEEE Dome, at the University of Western Ontario.
With the recent retirement of Bruce “Mole” Mowat from CFMU-FM, Hamilton, Ontario, after three decades, I remembered that I had a show on CFMU in the late 1980’s (I’d guess 87-89, but I’m not sure). It was called “Inner Mystique Radio” (after the Inner Mystique magazine I ran in Oklahoma in the early 80’s and the [...]
A Hamilton, Ontario-based electronic pop group, Junior Boys is influenced by a number of music sectors — including arty synth pop, minimal techno, U.K. garage, and contemporary hip-hop. On January 16, the duo announced in an official press release that their third full length album would be title Begone Dull Care, and released on March 24 [...]
Free, to a good home. ( QUICK NOTE: Once or twice a year we offer the paper we sell outside games for free during a GDT. This is one of those nights. So e-mail me at gtbradleeATgmail.com and you'll get an e-mail with the paper in pdf form. We offer subscriptions for just $2 an issue, so if you're interested, drop us a line. We probably won't have a sneak peak like this again for awhile, so enjoy it...
Flamboro Speedway finale.... not final HAMILTON, October 26, 2009 – Forget the cooling temperatures and the colour changing leaves, most Canadian stock car fans know that the summer season has come to an end when Flamboro Speedway closes the gates after the Oktoberfest Classic. The annual grass roots racing festival held at the corner of Brock Road and Concession 5 in Millgrove, attracts fans...
CALGARY, ALBERTA (MARKET WIRE) Shaw Communications Inc. (TSX: SJR.B) (NYSE: SJR) announced today that it has been granted approval by the CRTC to acquire Mountain Cablevision Limited in Hamilton, Ontario making Shaw the largest cable company in Canada.
Huskies win Graham Construction opener 5'10" Showron Glover scored 31 points and added 7 steals while backcourt mate 5'11" Mike Linklater added 26 on 10-14 shooting with 4 rebounds and 4 assists as the Huskies grabbed a first round win at their own tournament. 6'8" fifth-year post Troy Gottselig got the Huskies off to a nice start, scoring all of his 18 points in the first half and added...