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Exploring the history of Toronto/Canada. Author: The Toronto Book of the Dead & Toronto Book of Love. Host of Canadiana. Prof at George Brown. Creator: Toronto Time Traveller newsletter, The Festival of Bizarre Toronto History & The Toronto Dreams Project
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Thomas King’s admission he isn’t Indigenous is just the first step. This is what has to happen next

#Opinion from Robert Jago
Thomas King’s admission he isn’t Indigenous is just the first step. This is what has to happen next
Though not a shock to some, it's time to reckon with the harm done.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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graphicmatt.com
Also on the chopping block from Toronto's parks bylaw: the longstanding rule against using “profane language” in parks. Also you will now be allowed to be boisterous, but not riotous.
Proposed edits to this section of parks bylaw, with “boisterous” and “profane” crossed out. A. While in a park, no person shall: (1) Indulge Engage in any form of harassment or riotous, boisterous, violent, threatening, or illegal conduct; or use profane or abusive language;
November 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Canada is releasing a set of stamps celebrating the nation's graphic novelists.

These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
Stamps featuring Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas
November 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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St Anne’s, the magnificent Anglican church that burned June 2024, has released a statement saying it’s being treated as arson.
NEWS & EVENTS ST. ANNE'S, TORONTO An Important Update Dear St. Anne's parishioners, Earlier this week, we let the parish know that we would be holding a meeting today after our Sunday worship service. At this meeting we were joined by Detective Patrick Stewart of the Toronto Police Service. It is with great sadness that I now share with you that Det. Stewart informed us that the fire that destroyed our historic church building on June 9, 2024, is being treated as suspected arson. The parish, together with the Diocese of Toronto, has released a public statement that you can read on our website. This is very difficult news, on top of what has already been a painful season for St. Anne's in the wake of the fire. I am available for pastoral care and conversation with any of St. Anne's parishioners who would like support. Please don't hesitate to reach out to me over the coming days and weeks, if speaking with someone would be helpful. The community of St. Anne's has shown remarkable resilience and faith in this difficult time. I trust that, strengthened by our faith in a God who makes all things new, we will continue to worship, serve and witness to hope in this neighbourhood for many years to come. In faith, Hannah + St. Anne's Land Acknowledgement Sacred covenants of mutual respect and relationship, made in solemn witness of spiritual leaders from Indigenous Nations and from the Anglican Church, began to be broken after the War of 1812, when the Anglican Church allowed itself to be absorbed into the British imperialist programme. These covenants reflected the primacy of sustainability, mutual regard, and sharing; and acknowledged this to be the territory of Indigenous Nations since time immemorial. The members of the congregation of St. Anne's Anglican Church, Diocese of Toronto, honour these covenants made by our forebears, and hold them to be the best hope for our future generations. We pray that all Canada will restore this sacred relationship.
November 24, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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#OTD Nov. 22nd, 1852, Dennis Hill of Camden, Kent County, Ontario wrote to Egerton Ryerson, Chief Superintendent of Education in Canada West decrying school segregation. Hill was one of many 19th century Black Ontarians who used various means--letters, petitions, the courts--to protest segregation.
November 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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I’m selling stuff I made like books, prints, postcards, and ephemera at the Maker Bean Holiday Market on Bloor near Dufferin. Come by! I’ll be here today and tomorrow.
November 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Huzzah! The Toronto Star building will live on. Long live brutalism at the foot of Yonge street. And thanks goodness all of this carbon won’t go to the dump!

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Iconic Toronto Star building to be transformed into new hotel
The former Toronto Star building at 1 Yonge St. has been spared from demolition, at least for now. The 1970-built office tower that has been without …
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November 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Reminder that the City of Toronto fine art and artifact collection database is public! ⬇️

There are reference images attached to the records for a large part of the art collection.
#Toronto
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Fine Art & Artifact Collection
Explore Toronto History Museums’ virtual artifact, fine art and archaeological collections. Fine Art and Artifact Collection Toronto History Museums Fine Art and Artifact Collection features over one ...
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November 21, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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The painting sold for $575,000. Congratulations to the buyer.
I'm still hoping that the intent is to keep here in Toronto, publicly exhibited as much as possible.
jeremyhopkin.bsky.social Jeremy Hopkin @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social · 8d
Heads-up! Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith’s 1894 “Lights of a City Street” goes up for auction today at 3:00 PM (Nov 19, 2025).

I hope this painting stays in Toronto and remains on public view.

Auction page: tinyurl.com/575z6jt8

#art #auction #history #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
November 20, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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Heads-up! Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith’s 1894 “Lights of a City Street” goes up for auction today at 3:00 PM (Nov 19, 2025).

I hope this painting stays in Toronto and remains on public view.

Auction page: tinyurl.com/575z6jt8

#art #auction #history #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
November 19, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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In the early 1960s, both Australia and Britain were faced with the prospect of American Nazi Party leader, George Lincoln Rockwell, applying for a visa to their country. Australia denied him entry and Rockwell was deported from the UK after sneaking in via Ireland.

www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/9/...
Keeping the Nazi Menace Out: George Lincoln Rockwell and the Border Control System in Australia and Britain in the Early 1960s by Evan Smith College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University, Bedford Park, Adelaide, SA 5042, Australia Soc. Sci. 2020, 9(9), 158; https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci9090158
November 18, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Happening tomorrow...

#TOHistory
November 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Closing Weekend and the 81-year-old Imperial Pub.
November 17, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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torontomike.com
Episode 1800 of Toronto Mike'd just recorded live from Casa Loma with @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social!
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#1800 Live from Casa Loma: Toronto Mike'd Podcast Episode 1800
In this milestone 1800th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike and Jeremy Hopkin record live from Casa Loma and share all the #funfacts and #mindblows about this historic Toronto landmark. This episode is e...
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November 17, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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jacquelinevalencia.ca
As a Toronto nostalgia fan, this was fun to see. Until January 11, 2026, you can get a rare look at vintage shopping bags from the likes of: A&P, Dominion, Eaton's, Honest Ed's, Simpsons, The Hudson Bay Company, Woolworth's, Zellers… and more! At the Toronto Reference Library.
Toronto Life mag excerpt: " The Toronto Reference Library's new shopping bag exhibition is gloriously nostalgic. Today's mundane minimalism could never" Two vintage Honest Ed's shopping bags, one with a clown and another with a festive reindeer are featured.
November 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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jeremyhopkin.bsky.social
Big news! 📣 We're recording Episode 1800 of the Toronto Mike'd Podcast this Monday inside Casa Loma.

We’re diving into the past of this remarkable Toronto landmark, from its grand architecture to the stories tucked inside its walls. This is one you’ll want to hear. 🎙️

#torontomiked #jeremyhopkin
November 15, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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Almost everywhere in the City of Toronto has fewer people that it did 50 years ago
Map showing Toronto change in population density 1971 to 2021, courtesy of Jens von Bergmann
November 15, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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I was interviewed for this podcast episode.
cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 15d
Today on my podcast Canadian History Ehx:
The Sinking of HHMS Llandovery Castle.

On June 27, 1918, U-86 torpedoed the hospital ship near Ireland. The U-boat then fired on survivors. Only 24 people survived.

Listen on all podcast platforms 👇
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November 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Jesus Christ.
“I get 10 messages, DMs (direct messages) a game, (saying), ‘F— you, I’m gonna f— your family up,” one player said. “I personally hate gambling. Hate everyone talking about parlays this, parlays that. I hate getting DMs in my Instagram talking about, ‘You f—– up my parlay.’ I hate people sending me threats because I messed up their parlay,” another said. Terrible. Hate them. Every game, no matter if it’s a good game or bad game, you’ve got motherf—— sending death threats, saying racist s—. Every game. I guarantee you, if I check right now, I’ll probably have something from this game. Every game. Everywhere. DMs, Twitter. People be tripping, bro,” a player said. “I hope it doesn’t happen, but it’s going to come to a point where players are going to be targeted because people have lost so much money on them. That’s what I think. But hopefully I’m wrong.”
November 15, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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Today!
adambunch.bsky.social Adam Bunch @adambunch.bsky.social · 14d
Bribes, fraud and corruption — this Friday at noon!

"Toronto's Most Scandalous: Tycoons & Robbers Barons" is next up in my free online lunchtime lecture series for the Toronto Public Library.

Learn more & register for free: www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?E...
November 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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The 1913/1923 Goad's map slider is quite astonishing. The Bloor Viaduct had a remarkable and rapid impact.
bobgeorgiouto.bsky.social Bob Georgiou @bobgeorgiouto.bsky.social · 15d
It was having an outing at Red Rocket when I saw this. Then it was down the rabbit hole. One that led to penning an article:

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November 12, 2025 at 12:48 AM
adambunch.bsky.social
Bribes, fraud and corruption — this Friday at noon!

"Toronto's Most Scandalous: Tycoons & Robbers Barons" is next up in my free online lunchtime lecture series for the Toronto Public Library.

Learn more & register for free: www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?E...
November 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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This is the greatest story ever told:

A person in Hamilton, ON stole a city bus and then proceeded to make the stops along the way, allowing passengers to board and exit freely. The person actually refusing someone looking to board with an expired pass. 🔥🔥
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Police Arrest Man After HSR Bus Joy Ride
On Tuesday, November 11, 2025, at approximately 9:00 p.m., a Hamilton Street Railway (HSR) bus driver pulled into the McNab Bus Terminal and exited the vehicle for a short break.During this time, an a...
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November 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Today marks the 100th anniversary of the Toronto Cenotaph — a quiet, carved reminder of the cost of war that has gathered Torontonians in reflection every November 11 since it was unveiled in 1925.

#remembranceday #war #sacrifice #cenotaph #memorial #TorontoHistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
November 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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the drummer, Barry Keane, is also the drummer on "OK Blue Jays," on Anne Murray's top-selling album "Let's Keep It That Way" ("You Needed Me"), and oh yeah on Shania Twain's demo tape that got her the Mercury Nashville contract in 1992
starclusterr.bsky.social 🦃 Patrick 🖤 @starclusterr.bsky.social · 16d
today I learned the released version of the song was take one, the first time the band ever actually played the song, and the drummer had never heard it before? unreal
rollingstone.com Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 17d
The Edmund Fitzgerald sank 50 years ago today. The next year, the singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot chronicled the tragedy in an unlikely hit single.

Read about how ↓
November 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM