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I Saw $400 Worth Of Concerts Thanks To Ontario Taxpayers

The TORONTO sign as part of Panamania.

The TORONTO sign as part of Panamania.

As a person who a) appreciates high-level athleticism, but b) also understand that many international sporting organizations are amoral-to-outright evil, I knew that when the Pan Am Games came to Toronto this summer that regular citizens like myself would to a certain degree be fucked.

After all, I’m not part of some overtures-covered, politically-connected contractor circle jerk, so none of that grift was going to come my way.

Instead, knowing that as an Ontario taxpayer I was paying for this shit, I was going to have to earn back its value the hard way… by extracting personal entertainment from the whole thing.

Which is exactly what I did to the tune of about $400, mostly in the form of checking out the free Panamania concert schedule.

I explained all about how I came up with this number in a math-y article for AUX.

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Mary Spencer’s Next Fight

Mary Spencer

Mary Spencer

Canadian boxer Mary Spencer has quit literally had to fight for all her successes.

And fight through defeats.

The Olympic boxer didn’t make the Canadian national squad that’s participating at the Pan Am Games right now, but Spencer has been using that missed opportunity to do some good.

She’s been doing demos and mentoring at the Aboriginal Pavilion.

Sarah spoke to her about her work and her career for Fightland.

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