While recent years have done much to lower our expectations when it comes to the athletes who call the Air Canada Centre home, there is a group of people who happen to work in the same building who put in a remarkable effort every single Leafs and Raptors game (not to mention Toronto Rock games and all the concerts).
The NHL hockey season is underway, as is the 60th anniversary season of Hockey Night in Canada — the longest-running sports show on television. And that also means a return to Coach’s Corner and the blustery brilliance of Don Cherry along with his broadcast partner Ron MacLean. Post City caught up with the puck-loving pair at the CBC’s recent launch event.
As the original restaurant at Maple Leaf Gardens, the members-only Hot Stove Club is steeped in history. First opened in 1963, the venue was moved to the Air Canada Centre in 1999. It’s since lost some of the allure of its halcyon days, though, which is probably why it’s now getting a complete rebuild. Rik Ocvirk, director of restaurants and catering at the ACC, is calling it “the revitalization of a legend.”
Toronto’s water department has found some gravy: it will apparently save around $500,000 next year after a recent review found the department had 41 unneeded vehicles.
[Toronto Star]
Sportsnet scores a hit by bringing new anchor Hazel Mae home to Toronto
The Ford administration’s budget plan calls for up to 1,190 pink slips to be handed out as part of cost-cutting measures. Around 643 vacant jobs are also on the chopping block.
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If you had Dr. David Goldbloom, physician-in-chief at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, cornered for 10 minutes, what would you ask him?
This isn’t your typical slumber party. Complementing fringe sports like the Lingerie Football League, Toronto’s female athletes are giving a whole new meaning to the term pillow talk.
[Toronto Star]
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Darcy Tucker to move into upscale Toronto neighbourhood
Judge Roland Harris helps recreate the Toronto Maple Leafs’ glory days
In his first game after being traded to the Maple Leafs, Phaneuf logged more ice time than any other player and ended the game with some fisticuffs. Leafs fans swooned. They had a new hero. Now, in his first season as team captain and on the shelf following a gruesome cut, the rock solid defenceman sounds off on the team’s fortunes and his frightening encounter with a skate blade.
Starting Thursday, a kiosk on the 300 level of the Air Canada Centre (ACC) will offer Chef Jamie Kennedy’s locally-sourced, gourmet French fries. The fries, made from local Ontario yellow-flesh potatoes, will be sprinkled with two different kinds of sea salt and thyme.
