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Canada History Award winners
Education NEWS 

Bishop Strachan sends 23 to Canada History Awards

April 12, 2018April 23, 2018 Brian Baker Government of Canada History Awards, history, Lonsdale Road, Rita Gravina, The Bishop Strachan School

The Bishop Strachan School has made a little bit of history as 23 of its students won essay accolades at Government of Canada History Awards in late March.

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Toronto Reference Library Toronto the Good nickname exhibit
Column VIEWS 

Reference Library exhibit reveals Toronto’s vices…

March 5, 2017October 16, 2019 Brian Baker history, Toronto Reference Library, Toronto the Good, Vice and Virtue

Why is it called Toronto the Good? From Feb. 11 to April 30, the Toronto Reference Library is exhibiting Vice and Virtue.

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Leaside Public School
Our Streets 

A prime minister once called Bessborough Drive home

February 15, 2017November 12, 2021 Brian Baker Bessborough Drive, Bessborough Drive Elementary and Middle School, Frank Mahovlich, history, Patrick Rocca, Pete Mahovlich, Stephen Harper

Imagine a young Stephen Harper, future prime minister, playing a game of street hockey on Bessborough Drive with the other

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Education NEWS 

Bishop Strachan history teachers net GG award

December 2, 2016November 21, 2017 Brian Baker archives, Bishop Strachan School, Cathie Pfaff, Governor General, history, History Award for Excellence in Teaching, Rita Gravina

Bishop Strachan School’s extensive archive and museum helped two of their history teachers earn a top honour from the Governor

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NEWS 

Plans to alter Elgie house rankles residents

April 18, 2013 Town Crier staff Elgie House, heritage, history, Leaside Property Owners Association, Renaissance Fine Homes

But how much of the Leaside building is really historic?

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NEWS 

A centennial documentary

February 1, 2013May 3, 2017 Paula Sanderson Anthony Regan, Barry H. Samuel, documentary, film, history, Leaside Centennial, Leaside History

Filmmakers look to celebrate Leaside’s 100 years of history

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NEWS 

Local sailor helped launch inclusive club

August 8, 2012 Town Crier staff Cecil Yolles, history, Island Yacht Club, Royal Canadian Yacht Club, Sailing

Cecil Yolles to be named honourary commodore

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NEWS 

Riverdale’s sordid war story

July 4, 2012 Town Crier staff Guylaine Petrin, history, John Cox Cottage, Riverdale Historical Society, Riverdale Park, Treason, War of 1812

Treason and bigamy in the tale of the Brown and the Kuck families

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Shocking find in time capsule

June 19, 2012May 7, 2019 Town Crier staff Don Mills Collegiate, hamburger, history, Memories, Time Capsule, Vance Scott

Don Mills staff and students get more than they bargained for when opening 21-year-old troves

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NEWS 

Reader asks for story behind North Toronto CI sculpture

June 5, 2012 Town Crier staff Centennial, history, Memories, North Toronto Collegiate, Reader Question, reunion, Toronto District School Board

An answer to a question from a Town Crier Reader

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NEWS 

Reflections on the musical history of North Toronto Collegiate

June 5, 2012June 15, 2014 Paula Sanderson Centennial, history, Maytime Melodies, Memories Forever, music, North Toronto Collegiate, reunion, Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto District School Board

Alumni share their memories of the school’s artistic past

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NEWS 

Making beautiful music once again

June 5, 2012June 15, 2014 Paula Sanderson Centennial, history, Maytime Melodies, Memories Forever, music, North Toronto Collegiate, reunion, Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto District School Board

Roy Thomson Hall comes alive with North Toronto’s musical alumni

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NEWS 

A century of North Toronto Collegiate

June 5, 2012 Town Crier staff Centennial, history, Memories, North Toronto Collegiate, reunion, Toronto District School Board

Grads come from far and wide to celebrate their alma mater’s 100th anniversary

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NEWS 

Buyer backs out of C.W. Jefferys purchase

May 1, 2012 Town Crier staff Amir Mousavi, art, C.W. Jefferys, heritage, history, Ontario Heritage Act, real estate

Legal restrictions on home’s use kill the original deal

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NEWS 

Thorncliffe’s horsey past

March 7, 2012June 30, 2014 Tristan Carter Archworth, Canadian Horse Racing Hall Of Fame, E.P. Taylor, history, Horse Racing, James O'Hara, Leaky-Roof Circuit, Mathilda Bryan, Ontario Jockey Club, Queen's Own, Robert T. Davies, Ten To Ace, Thorncliffe Park, Thorncliffe Park Raceway, Tom Cosgrove, Woodbine Entertainment

Area was site of popular race track

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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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