Culture

“Fun and frolic” at a Toronto double hanging

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“The morning broke dark and gloomy, and with the first faint streaks of early dawn the workmen were industriously employed in... Read More

The grim history of the Ku Klux Klan in Toronto

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Two men in hooded Ku Klux Klan uniforms flash Nazi salutes on a porch. Beside them, a woman with “white power” tattooed crudely across... Read More

Storymobile is telling Canada’s Main Street stories from Mimico to the Maritimes

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If you’ve travelled through Mimico – a waterfront neighbourhood in Toronto’s west end – during the last few months... Read More

Exploring the busy basements & makeshift markets of Regent Park with Civic Salon

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Basements are often unsung heroes of great cities. In new and old Regent Park the unseen basement hides both bottom-up and top-down... Read More

A guide to recognizing Toronto’s five saints

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Old Toronto was a city of saints. Their names were stitched into the fabric of the community by the first settlers from the British... Read More

Get Fortified: Grand opening of the Fort York Visitor Centre + fall 2014 issue of Fife and Drum

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Lots of Fort York news this week. First, the long-awaited visitors centre opens this Friday Sept 19 at 1:30PM. This is followed by a... Read More

Meet Bertie the Brain, the world’s first arcade game, built in Toronto

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Almost two decades before the first video game found its way into an arcade, the Canadian National Exhibition hosted a strange... Read More

NXT City Prize: Adil Dhalla creates happiness

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The NXT CITY PRIZE is all about vision to reimagine Toronto’s public spaces and inject a sense of energy, dynamism and reflexivity... Read More

NXT City Prize: the creative placemaking of Tim Jones

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The NXT CITY PRIZE is all about vision to reimagine Toronto’s public spaces and inject a sense of energy, dynamism and reflexivity... Read More