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  • Soccer Saturday: Big clubs in danger of UEFA eliminations this week

    Soccer Saturday: Big clubs in danger of UEFA eliminations this week

    Plus, my picks for best matches to watch this weekend! The new format for UEFA’s European club competitions could see a handful of big name clubs eliminated before the knockout rounds. It’s likely the opposite of what the sport’s most competent continental organization was aiming to achieve when they switched from a fragmented group stage Read more

  • Undertrained Truck Drivers: A Crisis on Ontario Roads

    Too many accidents, too many close calls, too many issues to ignore anymore. The vast amount of under trained, inexperienced, and unsafe drivers manning the wheel of two-ton deathtraps is alarming. It appears to me, as well as anyone else paying attention to what’s been transpiring on our roadways, that they are either not trained Read more

  • Favourite Tunes of the Week: Our Family Playlist #1

    These tunes are what we’ve been heavy into during driving to and from soccer events. With two kids training and playing indoor soccer all winter, we’re in the car a lot – and I mean A LOT! And since we don’t want our kids staring at their devices the entire time, we all agree to Read more

  • Soccer Saturday: Three Players I would love to see in Toronto

    Soccer Saturday: Three Players I would love to see in Toronto

    Plus, top matches taking place this weekend. Things are moving fast and furious at Toronto FC! Okay, maybe not so much. But, we’ve got our coach, we’ve made a new signing, we’ve extended Alonso Coello, and Federico Bernadeschi’s automatic extension kicked in. Oh, and Lorenzo Insigne is still a Red despite the many, many, many Read more

  • Top 15 Countries Affected by Seasonal Affective Disorder

    Plus, some tips to deal with with the Winter Blahs this year and beyond The “Winter Blahs” or “Winter Blues” as they’ve been known for generations is a form of seasonal affective disorder (SAD) or winter depression that occurs annually for many residents of Canada and other nations that have long winters. Though the term “blahs” Read more

  • Tips for Enjoying the Arrowhead Ice Trail This Winter!

    One of our family’s favourite places to visit and things to do in the winter! Okay, so I’ve mentioned this before (on several occasions), but getting out for a skate on the Arrowhead Ice Trail is one of our fam’s fave winter things to do! Since the snow began to fly, we’ve been checking the Read more