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Royal Canadian Mint Releases Superman 75th Anniversary Coin Sets
1 os $20 Fine Silver “Man of Steel” coin. Reads “75 years of Superman” in native Kryptonian language (or is that Kryptonese?). Image copyright Royal Canadian Mint There are many things I like about...
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RIP Nash the Slash
Nash the Slash performs in this image from YouTube video of “Phasors on Stun” — see video link below Sad news out of the Great White North, where one of my all-time favorite musicians and a 1980s-era...
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Spin Master Toys: 20 Years of Spinnovation
Spin Master is Celebrating its 20th Anniversary (Photo copyright Spin Master) Last week I had the opportunity to attend a media event for Spin Master, the Canadian success story and one of the global...
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Toronto’s Historic Sites Free For Kids This Saturday
Just a quick note to let readers in the Toronto, Ontario area know that the city is offering free admission for kids 12 and under to the city’s numerous historic sites. This includes Fort York, Gibson...
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Happy Family Day, Ontario (And Everyone Else)
Happy Family Day to all my peeps in Ontario (Canada)! First celebrated in 2008, Family Day takes place on the third Monday of every February and is intended to give working parents a day dedicated to...
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GeekDad at INplay 2010
INplay 2010 is a two day conference starting tomorrow in Toronto, Ontario that’s focused on the art and business of kids interactivity. Among the keynotes and speakers are the Executive Produce and...
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INplay 2010 Conference: GeekDad Sits on a Panel
As mentioned last Monday, I spent a few days at the INplay 2010 conference in Toronto, including representing GeekDad on a panel that spoke about the role of parent bloggers as gatekeepers. It was a...
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U2 May Have Cancelled in Toronto, but the Hippo Tour Went Where the Streets...
The Hippo Bus parked on Front Street in Toronto (photo by Jody Moon) Toronto has seen its fair share of GeekDad activity in recent months. Doug Cornelius and his family visited back in May, my...
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Toronto Zoo’s Tundra Trek
As we do every year, this weekend my family celebrated (Canadian) Thanksgiving, along with the shared birthdays of my boys, Jon and Aidan, and their grandfather. It always makes for a busy weekend and...
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Ontario Provincial Parks Prep For Family Day
For residents of the province of Ontario (Canada), February doesn’t just mean brutal cold and snow. Statistically speaking, yes those two factors will likely be in play, but February also means Family...
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Toronto Comic Book Shop Claims to Be World’s First for Kids
Like many GeekDads and our readers, I frequently take my kids to the local comic book shops. Despite the fact that digital media is increasingly invading our household (including a growing appreciation...
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Legoland Discovery Center Announced for Canada, Brick Fever Builds in the...
Canada's first Legoland Discovery Center is expected to open in spring, 2013 Lego geeks in Canada have been abuzz with the news last week that a Legoland Discovery Center (or Centre, since this is...
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Canada’s Wonderland Plays Host to Dinosaurs Alive! Exhibit
One of the many juvenile dinosaurs on display at Canada's Wonderland. Photo by Jody Moon I’m a sucker for dinosaurs and so are my kids. So when we were at Canada’s Wonderland on the weekend, I was...
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Ultimate Dinosaurs: Giants From Gondwana at the ROM
Ultimate Dinosaurs: Giants From Gondwana. “The North” is represented by T-Rex. Photo by Jody Moon My family and I visited Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum (the ROM) over the weekend to take in the...
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Camping Geeks Play Spot the Cell Tower
95 foot tall camouflaged cell tower in Muskoka region. Image copyright Bell Canada. As we head into the final stretch of summer, my family is getting into the camping groove pretty nicely. We spent a...
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Lego Master Builder as a Career? Odds Are Favorable in Toronto
Think you could do this for a living? Image copyright Legoland California. Lego is opening a Legoland Discovery Center (or Centre as we spell it here in Canada) in Toronto in the spring. It’s located...
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STEAMLabs Crowdfunding a Workshop for Maker Kids
The SPARK Core pulls live data from Ontario Hydro and displays energy supply using programmable LED light strips in a project imagined and created by an Ontario School classroom. Photo: Stephen Clark...
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Foo Fighters’ Guitar Throne Rocks Toronto
Dave Grohl leads the Foo Fighters in their first of two performances in Toronto. Following an accident which fractured his right leg, he performed from a custom designed, moving Throne. Photo: Stephen...
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Rey Doll Family Day Hackathon
STEAMLabs in Toronto, Ontario is holding a Family Day event to help kids get the Rey doll they’ve been looking for. Photo: Stephen Clark Take the largest merchandising property of all time, and combine...
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It may not have been a Night At The Museum, but my daughter, Natasha, and her Brownie troop experienced the next best thing when they had a sleepover at the Ontario Science Centre. Besides having a day...
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