Mount Pleasant Group and Space for GriefTM have created free, outdoor displays across 10 cemeteries in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), featuring public art, nature, and elements of Toronto's history. ...

An election issue of Spacing profiles who influences some key urban issues, while Atwood’s memoir brings back memories.

Use this interactive survey designed by political scientists to calculate your alignment with the candidate platforms.

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ALT: Kermit The Frog Typing Rapidly on Typewriter

Kensington Market - Avenue Road (version 2) - Discover Canadian music at the Museum of Canadian Music.

Resurrecting blogs (again), spolighting hoser comic strips, etc.

Resurrecting blogs (again), spolighting hoser comic strips, etc.

Originally published as a “Historicist” column on Torontoist on May 15, 2010. Karabanow Tourist Home and the parking lot next to Spadina subway station, 1976. City of Toronto Archives, …

This post was originally written for a short-lived Substack blog I tested out in 2026. New Canada, September-October 1975. If you’ve ventured into Canadian history from the first half of the 1970s,…

The handprinted broadside below was one of my first and most memorable encounters with the works of Glenn Goluska (1947-2011), celebrated today as one of Canada’s most influential fine press printers....

A few of weeks ago, while searching the Toronto Telegram online archive for aerial photos of the historic industrial waterfront, I came across a remarkable series of about 40 images from 1965 by Teleg...

This post was originally written for a short-lived Substack blog I tested in 2026. Chatelaine, February 1972. Awhile back, while browsing microfilms of early 1970s editions of Chatelaine magazine, …

Originally posted on the Substack version of this site on January 8, 2026. Unless noted, all art in this entry was published in Defenders ...

Originally posted on the Substack version of this site on January 8, 2026. Unless noted, all art in this entry was published in Defenders ...

This post was originally written for a short-lived Substack blog I tested in 2026. Chatelaine, February 1972. Awhile back, while browsing microfilms of early 1970s editions of Chatelaine magazine, …

Parade, December 31, 1950. It's always interesting to revisit points in history when food we consider a common, everyday dish was consider...

Block Communications has announced its intention to explore a sale of The Blade’s assets, which, if unsuccessful, will result in the final edition of the ...

Parade, December 31, 1950. It's always interesting to revisit points in history when food we consider a common, everyday dish was consider...

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Sears Canada Inc. was a department store and specialty retailer based in Toronto, Ontario. Established in 1952 as a joint venture between Simpsons, Limited and ...

Sears Canada Inc. was a department store and specialty retailer based in Toronto, Ontario. Established in 1952 as a joint venture between Simpsons, Limited and ...

Stanley Street was the most notorious street in Toronto in the 19th Century. Its route ran a very insignificant half kilometre between Victoria and Nelson (now Jarvis) Streets. It is this lack of distinction in geography married with its very important social makeup that frames the story of Stanley Street. Stanley was not even the … Continue reading Toronto’s Notorious Stanley Street →