Posts Tagged ‘Business’
Toronto Police Sound Canon
But on a serious note, now that G20 is over what are we going to do the with sound canon? Does the police need to fine tune the sound each year? Did it actually work? We are not sure why it was not used last Sunday? Perhaps it doesn't work well in the rain. It is a mystery. Happy Canada Day Everyone ! Related articles by Zemanta Rights [...]
Toronto Canada Day Celebrations and Fireworks Safety Tips
Image by wmacphail via Flickr Canada Day Celebrations, marks the day when Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Province of Canada( now, Ontario and Quebec) joined together on July 1, 1867. Below is a list of celebrations that will take place across the city. North Live music and barbecue at Mel Lastman Square from 5 to 10 p.m. Fireworks at [...]
Toronto G20 Summit Value?
According to Toronto City website, the G20 submit will produce broad-based benefits for the local community. Toronto's tourism, business, culture and environment leadership will be world spotlight and lasting international business relationships will be developed. Now, lets take a step back and look at the past G20 events, London in 2008 and [...]
Clothes + Hair + Makeup = Fashion
A city with a lot of people means different fashion. Toronto’s fashion industry is one of the City’s largest industrial employers. The city is home to over 500 apparel manufactures. In one year the wholesale shipments reaches near 1.5 billion. This means 16% of the 9 billion Canadian market. Forty-eight of the world’s least developed [...]
Gardner Expressway’s Thirst for Oil
We all know our society is heavily dependent on gas and vehicles and it is doubtful things will change anytime soon. But have you ever wondered why it takes 2,500 – 5,000 lbs of steel to carry an average person who weighs no more than 170 lbs. What is all this weight? Engine, chassis, body, seats, fuel, radio etc. How much gas is used to [...]
Sizzling Steak; Sparkling Wine and Shamanism
Neil Pasricha’s “The Book of Awesome” began its life offering "simple, brilliant things" online last year and has become the recent buzz-word book. We have all experienced preciously cute and drippingly sweet e-mails. In fact, I have to plead guilty to forwarding deliciously irresistible photographs of a tangle of puppies, sleeping [...]
Toronto Employment Changes by Sector
jobs from Crestock Creative Images According to Toronto City employment survey, Toronto’s overall employment in 2009 was 1,291,200 down by 1.4% or 18,100 jobs from 2008; the first year of decline after five consecutive years of growth. Here is some other interesting data based on the report: In 2009, the total number of business [...]
