Toronto Blue Jays

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Friday, December 23, 2022

Hey, Rsss Atkins: The Blue Jays still don't have starting pitching depth

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Ross Atkins The Toronto Blue Jays needed a hard-hitting, left-handed batter.  I've just heard the news that the team has acquired slugge...
Monday, December 19, 2022

Twitter has been ruined by Elon Musk

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I will be blunt.  Elon Musk is ruining Twitter, and I'm not the only one who thinks so. I n a Twiiter poll, Musk put his future as CEO ...
Sunday, December 4, 2022

Mental health distress line: 988

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                                                          Call 988 if you are in mental health distress                        Please spread...
Friday, December 2, 2022

New author's webpage for Joanne Madden - The Missing Reporter

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  To readers of Number 16 I have a brand new author's webpage and I encourage you to check it out.  Please click the link below. Joanne ...
Wednesday, November 23, 2022

Congratulations to a championship Toronto team!

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  The Toronto Argonauts won the Grey Cup on Sunday, but there was a distinct lack of enthusiasm in their home city.  I didn't hear any h...
Saturday, November 19, 2022

Seven Riddles for a November Day

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  It's November.  In the Northern Hemisphere, the leaves have fallen off the trees and their branches are bare.  Unfortunately, in many ...
Monday, November 14, 2022

The Argos are in the Grey Cup!

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  The Toronto Argonauts don't get much media attention in the city they call home.  You don't hear a great deal of  chatter about th...
Sunday, November 13, 2022

Reflections on the U.S. midterm election results

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Well, I feel better after the results of the U.S. midterms.  The Red Wave did not materialize.  Yet, although Democrats had a good night, it...
Tuesday, November 8, 2022

Democracy on the line in the USA

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 TO MY AMERICAN FRIENDS  l had to write this letter because I am profoundly disturbed by what is transpiring in the country right next door ...

The Career of Brenda Lee

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In a 2014 interview with Hellenic New of America , Brenda Lee defined her success as "the realization of a dream I had when I was just...
Sunday, November 6, 2022

New novel by Joanne Madden: The Missing Reporter

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I am pleased to announce that my second novel, The Missing Reporter , has been published.  The Missing Reporter is a story of intrigue and...
Friday, November 4, 2022

Why did Harry write a book?

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So, Prince Harry has written a tell-all book called Spare.  The book was actually ghost written by J.R. Moehringer, the pen name of John Jos...
Friday, October 21, 2022

Is Toronto in decline?

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"I think there's a feeling that the city doesn't care anymore and it's not doing the core cervices that it used to provide ...
Friday, October 14, 2022

Niagara Escarpment and Queenston Heights Photos

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The most beautiful towns in Canada are Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario and Banff, Alberta.  Since I live in Ontario, I can rarely visit Banff. ...
Wednesday, September 14, 2022

How I missed Paul Henderson's goal in 1972

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Paul Henderson's goal at the 1972 Canada-Soviet hockey summit is arguably the most iconic moment in Canadian sports history,  Fifty year...
Monday, September 12, 2022

The dangerous Pierre Poilievre

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Pierre Poilievre is the new leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, the official opposition in the House of Commons.  He is the darling ...
Thursday, September 1, 2022

A Toronto Maple Leafs joke to begin September

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Okay, Number 16 readers.  Let's begin the month of September with some humour.  I am a frustrated Toronto Maple Leafs fan.  My cousin, w...
Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Stars on Canadian Walk of Fame are in a sad state

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I dined at a restaurant on King Street W. in Toronto this past Monday and I walked by Roy Tomson Hall.  When I viewed the stars on the Canad...
Friday, July 22, 2022

Things you should consider when naming a child

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" A person's name is to him or her the sweetest and most important sound in any language." - Dale Carnegie, How to Make Frien...
Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Did Charlie Montoyo derserve to be fired?

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On July 13, 2022, Charlie Montoyo was fired as manager of the Toronto Blue Jays, barely three months after he had been given a one-year exte...