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Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Why Do We Celebrate Toronto's Birthday On A Day That Isn't Actually Toronto's Birthday?!

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On March 6, we celebrated Toronto's 182nd birthday — which is weird, because Toronto isn't 182 years old, and it wasn't fou...
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Monday, March 14, 2016

An Awesome Empire Day Float from 1927

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It's Commonwealth Day today, which we used to call Empire Day back when there was still an empire. The holiday started here in Ont...
Tuesday, March 8, 2016

For International Women's Day: Five Fascinating Stories from the History of Toronto

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Today is International Women's Day, which we've been celebrating since 1910, back in the days when not only were Canadian women n...
Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Dream 21 "Standard Time" (Sir Sandford Fleming, 1878)

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Fleming dreamed the Institute loved his idea — wanted, in fact, to take his logic a few steps further and set the clocks back an entire 5...
Sunday, February 14, 2016

The Night Neil Young Was Conceived

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It was the last winter of the Second World War. 1945. The first week of February. Far away in Europe, the Nazis were crumbling: the Sovi...
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Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Scarborough's 700 Year-Old Burial Mound

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This is an ancient, sacred place. It's a hill in Scarborough, about 700 years old, with nearly 500 people buried inside it. It...
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Monday, January 25, 2016

Toronto's Most Deadly Disaster: The Nightmare on the SS Noronic

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It was late. The Noronic was quiet. The ship was docked at the foot of Yonge Street, gently rocking in the dark waves. Almost everyone ...
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