Tag Archives: Toronto

His Smile Hid a Lifetime of Sadness

Posted on November 28, 2025 by cdsmiller17

John Candy: I Like Me (2025) When your father dies of a sudden heart attack (at age 35) on your 5th birthday, and everyone celebrates it as if nothing has happened, the burden that you would carry for the rest … Continue reading →

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Warning: Don’t Be Taken in by This Deep-Fake Video

Posted on October 12, 2025 by cdsmiller17

CN Tower on Fire? I saw this headline for a YouTube video this morning. It seemed improbable, so I ignored it. Evidently, other people thought it was true, so the video went viral. Discernment, folks; check your facts before you … Continue reading →

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I Admit It: I Cannot Help but Raise an Event Chart

Posted on August 24, 2025 by cdsmiller17

Meeting the Master of the Key (June 6, 1998) I was alerted to this book by a retrospective YouTube video from Whitley Strieber: Here’s what I read on amazon.ca: From the bestselling author of Communion comes the mysterious true story of how … Continue reading →

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Here’s a Photo of Me at Three Months:

Posted on January 11, 2022 by cdsmiller17

Strangely Reminiscent of What I Looked like on December 18th, 2021

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Hidden in Plain Sight

Posted on July 16, 2021 by cdsmiller17

Bruce McArthur’s Victims This is a shameful episode in police indifference when eight gay men went missing in Toronto between 2010 and 2017. Rumours of a serial killer were ignored by the Toronto Police Service until Bruce McArthur was implicated … Continue reading →

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Toronto: The “Town” Where I Was Born

Posted on August 28, 2020 by cdsmiller17
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The Genius Behind (Neon) Rose, Toronto and ‘that’ Heart Song

Posted on August 1, 2020 by cdsmiller17

Brian Allen It’s something special to see someone you know succeed in showbusiness. Brian Allen wouldn’t remember me: I was just another student on the school bus to Barrie from Camp Borden and Angus in the middle years of the … Continue reading →

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Who Murdered the Shermans?

Posted on October 31, 2019 by cdsmiller17

Barry and Honey Sherman Sometime during the evening of December 13, 2017, Mr and Mrs Sherman were killed in their home in Toronto. Their bodies were not found until two days later, when a real estate agent took some potential … Continue reading →

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Hockey: “The Big M” Shoots, He Scores!

Posted on March 19, 2019 by cdsmiller17

Frank Mahovlich When I started watching the NHL in 1958, Frank Mahovlich was already a big deal. A big, rangy skater, he scored a lot of goals and helped the Toronto Maple Leafs to four Stanley Cup wins. If I … Continue reading →

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Retro-Feminist Television on CBC

Posted on December 7, 2018 by cdsmiller17

Frankie Drake Mysteries After the runaway “success” of the Murdock Mysteries the Canadian Broadcast Corporation decided to try to see if lightning could strike twice. These two shows are made by the same production company, Shaftesbury Films, based in Toronto. And therefore … Continue reading →

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