Aug 22 2022
Published in the Toronto Sun, 24 August 2022 Re: “Firing anti-racism group took too long given trainer’s racist comments,” (Brian Lilley, Toronto Sun, 22 August): If I didn’t know better, I would have sworn that this column was from satirical news sites like “The Onion” or “The Babylon Bee.” It’s cases like this that highlight …
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Aug 21 2022
August 2022 The small Ontario town of Marmora is home to the preserved ruins of St Matilda’s Church, a church that dates back to the early days of the Province of Upper Canada. Built in 1828, under the supervision of Anthony Manahan, the small 43 foot by 25 foot church was built on the west …
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Aug 20 2022
August 2022 Tudor-style Arts & Craft home, sometimes known as Tudor Revival, Mock Tudor, or Jacobean style, are multi-story houses made of brick with large sections of half-timbered white stucco siding, giving them a medieval appearance. Tudors have steeply-pitched gabled roofs with decorative chimney pots, narrow, multi-paned windows, and wooden front doors. Inside, Tudor-style homes …
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Aug 15 2022
August 2022 The Roseneath Fairgrounds in Roseneath, Ontario, is home to a historic C. W. Parker Carousel; one of only two in Canada, and eight in total in North America. Built in 1906 by the C. W. Parker Carousel Company in Abliene, Kanasa, known as the king in the manufacturing of amusement park rides, it’s …
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Aug 11 2022
August 2022 The Borscht Belt, the colloquial name of the Catskills area of eastern New York State that was once populated with resorts and bungalow communities for Jewish clients from New York City, in an era when Jewish people still faced discrimination elsewhere. Cheap airfare, a decline in passenger rail service, more integration and a …
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Aug 06 2022
August 2022 The Halton County Radial Railway Museum, located in rural Halton Hills, Ontario, is a working museum; Ontario’s first and largest electric railway museum, dedicated to showcasing the history of urban and inter-urban public transit in Ontario. Operated by the Ontario Electric Railway Historical Association (OERHA), it focuses mainly on the history of the …
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Aug 03 2022
August 2022 Any music lover in the Muskoka District of southern Ontario knows of The Kee to Bala; more commonly known simply as “The Kee.” The historic concert venue has been entertaining music lovers and those who love to dance to music since opening in 1930. Over the decades, it has played host to some …
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Aug 01 2022
August 2022 Couchiching Beach Park in Orillia, Ontario, is a 14.5-acre waterfront park that is a jewel to the town that bills itself as The Sunshine City.” Couchiching Beach Park plays host to many special events throughout the summer months, but it’s also a multi-purpose park, with a playground for kids, a marina, a beach, …
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Jul 28 2022
July 2022 With the high cost of owning a house or renting an apartment in southern Ontario, sometimes people have to get creative when it comes to finding a suitable abode. In the small, unincorporated village of Campbellville, around 40 miles west of Toronto, a 110-year-old former caboose is for sale for the low price …
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Jul 28 2022
July 2022 (Updated April 2023 & May 2025) Note: This is Chapter 3 in my Borscht Belt series. Links to the other Borscht Belt articles are at the bottom of this article. If you don’t find a write-up on a specific hotel or bungalow colony in this chapter, either they are profiled in the other …
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