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Checking out sequels by two favourite writers

November 27, 2013 Town Crier staff books, column, Eric McMillan

When last seen, the Hoffman family of widowed Sara and her children had survived and triumphed — in their way — in a strange new country: post-war, racist South Africa.

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Horror in midtown unveiled

October 25, 2013October 16, 2019 Brian Baker Black Museum, Brian Baker, column, Paul Corupe, The Blast Radius

When you think horror, you might think of a machete-wielding madman from Camp Crystal Lake, not an aberration of the norm in sleepy midtown Toronto.

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Building Canada Blooms

March 14, 2013June 8, 2014 Lorraine Flanigan Canada Blooms, column, gardening, Lorraine Flanigan

How the plants at the country’s best garden show look their best

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Green thumb getaways

February 6, 2013June 8, 2014 Lorraine Flanigan City Gardening, column, gardening, Lorraine Flanigan, Tips, travel

Tips for gardeners to make the most of their vacations

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NEWS 

About that musical day in July

December 12, 2012 Town Crier staff column, Dave Bidini, Eric McMillan, reading, Writing Gordon Lightfoot

Dave Bidini recounts an era when Lightfoot, Dylan, Young and others could play and party together at Mariposa

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A shop to excite gardeners

July 27, 2012June 8, 2014 Lorraine Flanigan Beth Edney, column, Designs by the Yard, Garden Design, gardening, Home and Garden, Landscape Design, Lorraine Flanigan

Designs by the Yard destined to be a hit says Town Crier Columnist

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Story so intimate it’s real

July 23, 2012 Town Crier staff Aga Maksimowska, column, Eric McMillan, Giant, reading

Reviewer finds it hard not to see novel as autobiographical

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Give your clematis a ponytail

June 18, 2012June 8, 2014 Lorraine Flanigan Clematis, column, gardening, Home and Garden, Lorraine Flanigan, Pruning, Raymond Evison

Plant breeder pioneers new pruning technique

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A truly ‘enchanting’ young adult read

June 13, 2012 Town Crier staff column, Eric McMillan, Michael Bedard, reading, The Green Man, Young Adult Fiction

No wizards or goblins in this literary coming-of-age tale

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So many garden choices for spring

May 14, 2012June 8, 2014 Lorraine Flanigan Annuals, City Gardening, column, Garden Ideas, Home and Garden, Lorraine Flanigan, Mosquitos, New Plants, perennials, Pots, Shrubs

Some seasonal favourites for the space-strapped and impatient

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Quick read satisfies

May 14, 2012 Town Crier staff Best Girl, column, Eric McMillan, reading, Sylvia Maultash Warsh, Young Adult Fiction

Sylvia Maultash Warsh’s latest outing quite a bit different from her previous work

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Find your own recycled inspiration

April 20, 2012June 8, 2014 Lorraine Flanigan Canada Blooms, City Gardening, column, Garden Styling, Home and Garden, Lorraine Flanigan

Salvaged items can add style to your garden

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It’s blooming time

March 14, 2012June 8, 2014 Lorraine Flanigan Canada Blooms, City Gardening, column, Home and Garden, Lorraine Flanigan, National Home Show

City Gardening

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Blogs to fertilize your mind

February 24, 2012June 8, 2014 Lorraine Flanigan City Gardening, Cold Climate Gardening, column, Garden Blogs, Garden Rant, gardening, Greensparrow Gardens, Home and Garden, Lorraine Flanigan, Toronto Gardens, TransAtlantic Gardener, Urban Gardens

A growing list of social media helps while away the winter months

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Examining public, private struggles

February 1, 2012 Town Crier staff column, Eric McMillan, Heather Jessup, reading, The Lightning Field

Earnest effort in The Lightning Field makes for a good read

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That was then.

Empringham Hotel 1903
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From stately hotel to strip club—the Empringham story

November 19, 2020February 6, 2023 Eric McMillan

The Empringham, Danforth or Play Pen — they’re all the same hotel, standing at Danforth and Dawes from the late 1800s into the 1980s.

Queen and Waverley 1903
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

Can you believe this century home still stands at Queen and Waverley?

February 27, 2020March 4, 2020 Eric McMillan
Beltline bridge over Yonge Street ion 1915
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge

December 1, 2019February 6, 2020 Eric McMillan
Yonge-Eglinton southeast
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

Now that the Yonge-Eglinton mess has been cleared up (almost)

October 24, 2019October 25, 2019 Eric McMillan

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