The Toronto File
@TheTorontoFile
A short-lived, now defunct, but really excellent podcast about fascinating people and events from Toronto's past.
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#topoli #onpoli Ask yourself what the building industry thinks about this transparently false promise? ‘Go ahead & make us’? ‘Only if this give us land for free’? Preposterous lying. thestar.com/politics/provi…
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Ford promises homes in Ontario for under $500,000 during speech at Kitchener FordFest
Hundreds of protesters gathered outside Bingemans
A story I suggested a few weeks ago. It worked! (and you should listen).
Expert on transformative placemaking, @lohplaces joins today’s @thebigstoryfpn to break down what office to residential space conversion projects could mean for the future of downtown cities: link.chtbl.com/TheBigStoryCYO…
Maybe, I dunno, turn the empty buildings into affordable housing? Residents tend to buy things.
A new study suggests that downtown Toronto’s economic recovery is lagging behind other urban centres. toronto.ctvnews.ca/video?cid=sm%3…
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Watch top local videos and live news coverage from Toronto, Ontario. Dive into breaking news, weather, health, business and more.
One of my advisees just gave me a War of 1812 scented candle, and it is *hilarious.* This is the end of semester pick-me-up that we all need.
Toronto’s oldest (still occupied) house played a small part in a treasonous bit of history during the War of 1812. nowtoronto.com/news/hidden-to…
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Hidden Toronto: John Cox cottage - NOW Toronto
Toronto’s oldest (still occupied) house played a small part in a treasonous bit of history during the War of 1812
Black, Indigenous mothers say they were sterilized without full consent at Quebec hospitals cbc.ca/news/canada/mo…
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Black, Indigenous mothers say they were sterilized without full consent at Quebec hospitals | CBC...
A Radio-Canada investigation has revealed that some women in Quebec were pressured or forced into getting their tubes tied during or shortly after childbirth.
Andre De Grasse and Jerome Blake took 🥇 and 🥈 in the men’s 200m at the Continental Tour Gold meet in Poland 🏃💨 @De6rasse crossed the finish line in 20.21s while @JeromeBlake11 clocked in at 20.32 👏
100 years ago today, the City of Toronto purchased the assets of the Toronto Railway Company for 1-million dollars. The following day, the newly created Toronto Transportation Commission (TTC) took over responsibility for public transit in Toronto. transittoronto.ca/spare/0012.sht…
May 10, 1846: Former Toronto Mayor and Rebel Leader, William Lyon Mackenzie is released from a New York jail. He was arrested for violating US Neutrality Laws in his efforts to overthrow the government of Upper Canada
Not to alarm anyone, but someone's been going around Toronto, Canada, leaving notes of support and encouragement in random places. And it's awesome. 🇨🇦
Remember this? This isnt the bike-lane network that #Toronto could build with what it’ll cost to rebuild the #GardinerEast. It’s the network Toronto could build with JUST 2% of what it’ll cost to rebuild the Gardiner East. HT @hannorein Cancel the Gardiner East rebuild, Toronto.
40 years ago today, Operation Soap, in which 200 Toronto police raided 4 bathhouses, arresting more than 300. The following night 3,000 ppl would protest police brutality. Toronto Pride was established later the same year thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/tor…
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Toronto Bathhouse Raids (1981)
On 5 February 1981, patrons of four bathhouses in downtown Toronto (The Barracks, The Club, Richmond Street Health Emporium, and Roman II Health and Recreation ...
This day in 1901, churches & synagogues across Toronto dedicated their services to the memory of Queen Victoria. The Monarch died Jan 22, and was buried Feb 2, at Windsor Great Park
On this day in 1796, the Town of York became the permanent capital of Upper Canada, after Lieutenant Governor Simcoe abandoned plans to put it in London.
On December 5ᵗʰ at 10am, residents of Toronto are invited to leave a non-perishable food item on their doorstep (clearly marked for Toronto Miracle). Volunteers will collect these donations and redistribute to those in need in the community. More here: torontomiracle.org
Toronto's own.
Illusionist James Randi devoted much of his career to debunking frauds. Seen as a lodestar by the ‘sceptical movement’ that confronts superstition and magical thinking with science and rationality, he famously collaborated with an editor of this journal. go.nature.com/3mCTeiy
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