Jul 27 2026
July 2026 A lonely log cabin sits on the southeast corner of Huronia Road and Lockhart Street in the southern Ontario city of Barrie, on the edge of a woodlot. For over 90 years, it has stood at this corner, the north part of Lot 11, Concession 10, in what was once a part of …
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Jul 27 2026
July 2026 I was wondering if I could enlist the assistance of the Toronto Sun for a new fundraising opportunity to benefit local charities? My idea is a lottery, where listeners will place bets on the exact time in the next interview or press conference in which Marit Stiles participates, that she brings up “Ford’s …
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Jul 27 2026
July 2026 Note: This is Chapter 4 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 chapters or I haven’t heard of …
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Jul 25 2026
July 2026 Before the motor vehicles and major highway systems, the railway was the fastest and most efficient way to transport people and goods across the country. In addition to the national railways, like Canadian National and Canadian Pacific, there were many smaller regional railways that criss-crossed the provinces and territories, connecting towns and villages …
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Jul 21 2026
July 2026 The Story Garden in Binghamton, New York, is an interactive outdoor playscape and learning area, providing non-stop fun for a wide range of ages. Unlike most playgrounds, the Story Garden provides an interesting way for children to exercise their creative minds, as well as their bodies. The Story Garden was opened in June …
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Jul 16 2026
July 2026 Ghost towns are “a once flourishing town wholly or nearly deserted usually as a result of the exhaustion of some natural resource,” as defined by Webster’s Dictionary. There are many such former towns and villages that no longer exist because the population moved away and the buildings were either demolished, destroyed by natural …
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Jul 13 2026
July 2026 “I didn’t give up. I just couldn’t carry on. There’s a difference.” (Unknown author) I wish I could remember who is credited with the above statement, but it rings very true to me. An analogy that I use is you can have the world’s most powerful car, a 2,300-horsepower Koenigsegg Gemera, but if …
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Jul 12 2026
July 2026 The George F. Johnson Recreation Park Carousel, found in Binghamton, New York, is one of six historic wooden carousels found in the city known as the “Carousel Capital of the World.” It was the creation of the park’s namesake, George F. Johnson, a Binghamton native and businessman, who donated the eighteen acre property …
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Jul 11 2026
Published in the Toronto Sun, 10 July 2026 DEVELOPING NEWS Re “Taxpayers on the hook” (Ling Hui, Toronto Sun, June 29): Prime Minister Mark Carney admits that “no developer asked for this from me directly” and that his “new” government had done a “poor job” of explaining his latest example of corporate welfare. So, this …
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Jul 01 2026
July 2026 The summer of 2026 will be another busy year for Marisa Scheinfeld, a Brooklyn, NY-born photographer and author who is heading up a project to honour and memorialize what was once known as America’s Jewish Vacationland, colloquially known as the Borscht Belt. An enthusiastic crowd gathered in a parkette, locally referred to as …
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