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Old Jul 18th 2010 | 4:21 pm
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A short film showing a flash of lightning that looked like it had touched down on an apartment building near the 401 & Morningside Scarborough, Ontario.

 
Old Jul 19th 2010 | 4:18 am
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Old Jul 22nd 2010 | 3:24 pm
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A Truck & Trailer tried a U turn and crashed into the power lines east of Toronto today, in a quiet residential street in Pickering.
Fire, Police and Hydro all helped to free the truck. The pole however was not so lucky.

 
Old Jul 26th 2010 | 7:21 am
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Dufferin Mall, West Toronto

The Dufferin Mall is located on the west side of Toronto, near Bloor Street West and Dufferin Street. This is a great place to shop, we also leave our car on the parking lot here and go further into town. All very handy for that shopping spree in down town TO.
Also located here is the Service Canada office, on the south east side exit of the Mall.


Last edited by magnumpi; Jul 26th 2010 at 8:18 am. Reason: People are thinking that the reason for shopping here is that it has a service Canada, believe me, it's NOT. DOHH !!
 
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we also leave our car on the parking lot here and go further into town.
From Pickering?
 
Old Jul 26th 2010 | 7:30 am
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From Pickering?
Yeh, why TO is great for shopping, bars with soccer on TV, well when the W Cup was on it was, eating out the list is endless .
 
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There is a service canada office in Century Place in Belleville, but that doesnt make it a place worth going to shop...
 
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Dufferin Mall, West Toronto
Awesome. Just like a mall.

Are you vertically challenged, or do you employ small children to film from floor level?
 
Old Jul 26th 2010 | 8:07 am
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There is a service canada office in Century Place in Belleville, but that doesnt make it a place worth going to shop...
Ha Ha....Maybe it does maybe it don't, who knows. Who cares!

The Dufferin Mall and the surrounding area is well worth a visit though. IMO.
Go to Honest Eds emporium, Near Bloor n Bathurst, looks like Vegas at night.

Don't be too critical, as you can be, it is just a suggestion.

RICH: I use a small covert camera on a keychain, the size of a car remote. Hence why the video is to sometimes at a low height. (I Don't like filming openly inside stores and malls)
 
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The Service Canada office at Dufferin Mall represents, to me, hell. Ok a bit of an exaggeration perhaps, but spending 5 hours sitting on the floor in a packed waiting area to get a new SIN on your only day off, well that's fairly grim.

Now, when I think of Dufferin Mall, I think of Walmart and a very numb arse.

I hope that is of some help to those considering a move to Toronto.
 
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Ha Ha....Maybe it does maybe it don't, who knows. Who cares!
I think that nicely sums up the views of the majority of BE members about this thread...
 
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I think that nicely sums up the views of the majority of BE members about this thread...
It's no better or worse than some of the stuff on here, (Maple Leaf) it's not meant to be a totally serious documentary, just a bit of video. Let it lie dude.
 
Old Jul 26th 2010 | 8:29 am
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The Service Canada office at Dufferin Mall represents, to me, hell. Ok a bit of an exaggeration perhaps, but spending 5 hours sitting on the floor in a packed waiting area to get a new SIN on your only day off, well that's fairly grim.

Now, when I think of Dufferin Mall, I think of Walmart and a very numb arse.

I hope that is of some help to those considering a move to Toronto.
WOW, that does sound grim, maybe not the best to go to. We went to one in Brampton, near our hotel and it took 30 mins for both of us.
 
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Yeh, why TO is great for shopping, bars with soccer on TV, well when the W Cup was on it was, eating out the list is endless .
Because you have to cross Toronto to get to it which seems rather arse backwards.
 
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Because you have to cross Toronto to get to it which seems rather arse backwards.
Ha your funny . Yeh you do have to drive to go places, thats why its called, D. R. I. V. I. N. G.

If you really want to know. We "Drove" west 401, off at Bathurst, west Wilson and south Dufferin, how hard is that
 


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