Apr 09 2020
April 2020 Like many towns in southern Ontario, the railways were once a vital transportation link for the movement of people and goods in the days before the automobile and paved roads. The Township of Minto entered the railway age in the fall of 1871, when the Wellington Grey and Bruce Railway Company (WG&BR) constructed …
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Apr 09 2020
April 2020 An accidental tourist attraction in Pennsylvania’s anthracite coal region is no more. The infamous “Graffiti Highway” in Centralia has been covered over and buried with around 9, 000 tons of dirt, trucked in by Fox Coal Company Mining, on behalf of the property owner Pagnotti Enterprises of Wilkes-Barre. A coal mine fire that …
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Apr 06 2020
April 2020 Halfway between Barrie, Ontario, on the shore of Kempenfelt Bay, and Penetanguishene, on Georgian Bay, is the Village of Hillsdale. Running through Hillsdale is Simcoe County Road 93, following a historic and once very important trade and military route. Dating back to the early days of British North America, this was the primary …
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Apr 05 2020
April 2020 Spanning the Etobicoke Creek, on the border of Mississauga and Toronto, sits a small, unassuming bridge, known as the Middle Road Bridge. While the bridge now carries only pedestrian traffic, this historic concrete bowstring truss bridge was the first of its kind in Ontario, and was once a part of the road that …
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Apr 04 2020
April 2020 I met Belinda Jones, also known as “B”, while serving on board the Royal Canadian Navy training ship HMCS Porte St. Louis in the summer of 1989. HMCS Porte St. Louis was one of the Gate Vessel class of ships, colloquially known as “Pig Boats.” Both of us were serving in the navy …
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Apr 03 2020
April 2020 So O.J. Simpson believes that Carole Baskin, one of the stars of the recently released Netflix documentary “Tiger King,” murdered her ex-husband Don Lewis. Oy vey; really, O.J.?! Well, I guess he’d know what a murderer looks like. Were any ill-fitting gloves ever found? Well, I guess O.J. could always council Baskin on …
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Apr 01 2020
April 2020 The iconic Sunnyside Bathing Pavilion is a landmark on Toronto’s waterfront, an almost 50, 000 square foot pavilion constructed in the Beaux Arts style. It’s also one of the few remnants left of the Sunnyside Amusement Park, a popular amusement park in west Toronto that operated from 1922 until closing in 1955. Opened …
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Mar 30 2020
March 2020 Re: Premier uses own truck to pick up donated masks amid the COVID-19 crisis” (Antonella Artuso Toronto Sun, 31 March): How many other politicians, Wuhan coronavirus pandemic or not, would have gone to pick up essential supplies like these masks and hand sanitizer, on their own initiative, using their own vehicle and without …
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Mar 26 2020
March 2020 As the Wuhan coronavirus continues to ravage Canada and the world, my thoughts are now turning to what we will do when the inevitable next pandemic comes to our shores. This pandemic has not only been ravaging the physical and mental health of Canadians, but also ravaging our economy and public institutions like …
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Mar 26 2020
March 2020 I’m confused. A few weeks ago it was considered racist and xenophobic to close the borders. Now it’s OK?! In closing down the border, this also means the now-officially-designated unofficial and illegal Point-of-Entry at Roxham Road, the one where RCMP officers act as bellhops instead of police officers, is finally being shut down. …
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