History
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Proud [murmur] keep on burning
To be read to the tune of Proud Mary, (Tina Turner version): [murmur] is pleased to announce the launch of our latest Toronto expansion into the...
By Shawn Micallef -
Heritage Toronto walking tours this weekend: Riverdale Homes and People, and Beaconsfield Village
This weekend’s Heritage Toronto walking tours are a great way to get out and explore the city (free + no reservations required): Riverdale Homes and...
By Matthew Hague -
Heritage Toronto walking tours this weekend: Cabbagetown People, The Exhibition Grounds, and 150 Years of Toronto Union Stations
This weekend’s Heritage Toronto walking tours are a great way to get out and explore the city (free + no reservations required): NEW! Cabbagetown...
By Matthew Hague -
Road Trip: A late night walk in Kingston’s historic downtown
I arrived in Kingston at nine at night — the first stop on my four-and-a-half day sprint from Toronto to Fredericton, New Brunskwick and back for a...
By Matthew Hague -
Heritage Toronto walking tours this weekend: Marlborough to Summerhill, and The Mansions of Jarvis Street
This weekend’s Heritage Toronto walking tours are a great way to get out and explore the city (free + no reservations required): NEW! Marlborough to...
By Matthew Hague -
Nobody Waved Goodbye
If you have Rogers digital cable I urge you to check out MPIX On Demand, channel 309 in Toronto, and watch “Nobody Waved Goodbye.” It’s...
By Shawn Micallef -
Final day of CONTACT
It’s your last chance to check out this year’s CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival as most of the exhibits wrap up today. The theme this year...
By Lindsay Gibb -
Doors Open: St. Lawrence Hall, Commerce Court North, and the TD Centre
Although I don’t often go there myself, except to pass through on my way to Union Station or to meet my dad after work at his office, the central...
By Matthew Hague -
Ben Kerr honour with laneway
The legend of Ben Kerr lives on. Kerr, the perennial mayoral candidate and late great performer from the corner of Yonge and Bloor, is having a laneway...
By Matthew Blackett -
Old Golf Course Park?
A new public park is planned as part of the Toronto Community Housing Corporation’s residential development that will soon rise on the land...
By Josh Hume -
Perceptions of the metropolis
I recently read an article by the English historian Paul Slack about perceptions of London, England in the seventeenth century. During this century, the...
By Dylan Reid -
The nostalgia of phone booths
A few years ago I taught an independent media class at Humber College. One of my assignments for the students was to create a tiny publication for...
By Matthew Blackett