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Canadians head to the federal polls for the 41st General Election ("Vote. Shape your world") on Monday May 2, 2011. Canadian citizens 18 and over can vote in 308 federal electoral districts on election day or at advance polls on April 22nd, 23rd or the 25th. You can see the Toronto electoral districts here.

The upcoming election was announced by Prime Minister Steven Harper on Saturday March 26, 2011 after meeting with the Governor General David Johnston. The Parliament of Canada website said "On the advice of the Prime Minister, the Governor General, by proclamation on Saturday, March 26, 2011, dissolved the Fortieth Parliament and gave instructions to issue writs of election. Monday, May 2^nd, 2011 has been set as the polling day."


Opposition parties had passed a non-confidence motion on Friday March 25 against the ruling Conservative minority government and the main reason given was they felt the government was in contempt of Parliament.

Some excited young Marlies AHL hockey fans going to the Saturday, March 19 game against the Phantoms at the Exhibition's Ricoh Coliseum. The ghostly Phantoms kicked ass and took names and the Marlies lost in a 1-3 score even though the Marlies had the higher shots on goal against the Adirondack team.

Tickets go from $14 to $43 (less if you buy ahead of time) and you should keep this league in mind if you can't get tickets to the Maple Leafs!

Spring brings out the fun, long buried under a collection of snow, salt and miscellaneous debris. Besides the Hobbystar animeCON and Wizard World Comic Con we have a bunch of other shows going on at the same time: The Sportsmen's Show at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, The Canada Blooms Festival at the Direct Energy Centre and the Toronto Wine and Cheese Show at the International Centre - Now I will drink to that.

I picked up my free Home Depot bag from Canada Blooms and got a litle Garden Inspiration with the Flower and Garden Festival while the Sportsmen's Show lineups were quite intimidating.

Japanese animation, called anime, is coming to the Metro Toronto Convention Centre this Saturday and Sunday, March 19 and 20, 2011 during Hobbystar Marketing's Toronto animeCON. The anime style of drawing feature a lot of big eyes, wild hair and some big ass weapons so get your costumes ready.

I always look forward to the Hall Cosplay where fans dress up as anime, manga and comic characters. There will also be games, autograph sessions, shopping areas. There is to be a celebrity guest and also voice actors from many popular series, like Sean Schemmel from Dragon Ball Z, who will be there for pictures and question and answer sessions.
Don't forget about the Toronto comicCON Fan Appreciation Event scheduled for April 9 and 10, 2011 (also at the MTCC).
See more pictures of the 2011 Toronto AnimeCON Show after the jump.

St Patrick's Day is March 17 but today there was the 2011 Toronto St Patrick's Day Parade. I ran into someone green going to the parade. At first I thought it was part of the Green Man Group, but then I remembered that that was the wrong colour. The parade started at noon on Bloor, traveled south on Yonge Street and the west on Queen Street to end at Nathan Phillips Square. I celebrated by wearing my green thong underwear!

The game stayed very close as the Toronto Raptors lost against the Charlotte Bobcats in a 95 to 90 point game at the Air Canada Centre on Sunday, March 13, 2011. Toronto wasn't hitting the basket during both free throws and field shots to the net and it certainly cost them during this game.
We scored a set of $175 dollar tickets (my god that's not cheap - the beer seems inexpensive next to the tickets) - thanks! The game was fast paced and there was always something going on during time outs, and in between periods. The Raptors mascot and the cheerleaders were great.

The celebrated 2011 Purina National Dog Show was this weekend and I saw a cute little puppy waking around the International Centre. The purebred dogs were competing during the March Break in a charity event for the Canadian Kennel Club Foundation.

The folks at Zoo To You were at the Performance World Custom Car and Truck Show and their various critters were a hit with visitors. The Prairie Dogs were so cute.
You could even hold on to some of the menagerie such as the snakes and the tarantula spider.
You can see more of the animals after the jump.

See you down at the show today at the International Centre for the Performance World Custom Car and Truck Show . Don't forget it is cars and trucks, both in the same place. If you see me say hi!
Wow the joint was jam packed with all types of vehicles, visitors and girls, girls, girls. Getting into the show was an extremely large lineup which moved fast as you could only pay cash - $20 plus tax! Several halls were filled with cars with the final hall full of tuners - heart pounding music pumping through ears and plenty of models.