Swimming, hiking, canoeing, campfires and more! An annual tradition that started when my oldest turned three is now in its third decade.

My youngest, who typically gets car sick on long drives, enjoyed every minute of our ride to Pinery Provincial Park this week. The Typhoon Silver 2026 Santa Fe HEV wasn't just smooth, but it was big enough for all our gear.

The 2026 Santa Fe HEV has all the safety measured you'd expect, including:

• Blind-Spot Collision-Avoidance Assist
• Blind-Spot View Monitor
• Driver Attention Warning
• Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist
• High Beam Assist
• Highway Driving Assist
• Lane Keeping Assist System
• Lane Following Assist
• Rear Occupant Alert
• Adaptive Cruise Control with Stop-and-Go

I drove the Ultimate Calligraphy Hybrid model, and connected my phone via Android Auto. Like I said, it's roomy and comfy and a big recommend from yours truly.

Welcome to this week's Open Mike. I'm Mike and I'll be your master of ceremonies for the day.

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In this 1937th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike shares a rare audio gem from 1981. It's Camping in Canada featuring Big Bird and Oscar. This episode is exactly 53:09.

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In this 1936th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike and Jeremy Hopkin travel back to 1794 and record live from Scadding Cabin, Toronto's oldest surviving building. Guests include Bob Georgiou from the York Pioneer and Historical Society (YPHS), Shayda Spakowski with the Canadian National Exhibition and Fred Robbins, Lord of the Moustache. This episode is exactly 1:30:00.

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I spent the day at FIFA Fan Festival at Fort York (or is it The Bentway) and I was thoroughly impressed. Sure, the food and drink is overpriced, and the activities are loaded with crass commercialism, but it's very well organized and we had a blast.

Before the actually game there was a DJ set by Kardinal Offishall and DJ Starting From Scratch before Angine de Poitrine took the stage. I had to see what all the fuss was about, and it's pretty mesmerizing. I loved it.

And oh yes, there was a World Cup Final between Spain and Argentina. At least I think Argentina was participating. As games go, this was was a bit of a dog, but the best team won and a good time was had by all.

Duane Ward ranks second in Blue Jays history in saves behind Tom Henke and had a league-best 45 saves as the Blue Jays repeated as World Series champions in 1993.

Jennifer Finch played bass for L7, an LA rock band best known for "Pretend We're Dead", a song I still throw in the mix.

Freddy Cannon was the singer best known for the hits "Tallahassee Lassie", "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans", and "Palisades Park"

Steve Anthony's tenure as morning show host on CFNY 102.1 has been discussed on Toronto Mike'd often, particularly during conversations with Fred Patterson and Steve himself. Steve, a DJ on Montreal's CKGM, left the city for a gig in Toronto on Q107. Then, MuchMusic called and he jumped at the chance to become a VJ.

While a VJ on MuchMusic, CFNY offered to make Steve Anthony their new morning show host, alongside Fred Patterson, a holdover from Pete and Geets. For more on why Pete and Geets came to an end, don't miss Geets Romo on Toronto Mike'd.

Steve managed to hold down two key Toronto media gigs for a couple of years before leaving CFNY early in 1989. Later that year, Humble Howard Glassman would arrive from Montreal to sit across from Fred and Humble and Fred was born.

Steve joked with me that his employers at CHUM-City only allowed him to work at CFNY because the station was so small and inconsequential it wasn't deemed a threat to CHUM.

Brenda Fricker won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in My Left Foot. She also appeared in films such as The Field, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, So I Married an Axe Murderer, Angels in the Outfield, A Time to Kill, Veronica Guerin, Inside I'm Dancing and Albert Nobbs.

In this 1935th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with mentalist and magician Mysterion the Mind Reader about The Sentimentalists with Steffi Kay,  appearing on Penn & Teller: Fool Us, America's Got Talent, and Canada's Got Talent, and going solo. Then, he reads Toronto Mike's mind. This episode is exactly 1:03:53.

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Welcome to this week's Open Mike. I'm Mike and I'll be your master of ceremonies for the day.

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In this 1934th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with The Architourist Dave LeBlanc about his new book Hidden Toronto, his years writing for The Globe & Mail, his lengthy career at CFRB 1010, and Irma Girdle. This episode is exactly 1:24:30.

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