Rathnelly Day

Rathnelly Day and We the North

July 15, 2019July 15, 2019 Carolyn Bennett Carolyn Bennett, Rathnelly Day, Toronto Raptors

One of my favourite community events in Toronto-St. Paul’s only happens every two years. Rathnelly Day celebrates the neighbourhood’s rebellion in 1967.

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City to officially recognize local ‘republic’

June 15, 2012 Town Crier staff Canadian Centennial, Dee Phillips, Expo '67, Independence Day, Pam MacDonald, Pierre Trudeau, Rathnelly, Rathnelly Day, Republic of Rathnelly, street signs

Rathnelly seceded in 1967 but the fun has yet to stop

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That was then.

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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.

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