Dec 15 2020
December 2020 Muskoka has traditionally been the summer vacation destination for Ontarians looking to escape the city for decades. Some headed to luxury resorts, while many more of lesser means headed to more “affordable” destinations. This was a time period when summer vacations were a luxury that many who worked 10 or more hours a …
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Dec 14 2020
December 2020 When the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) opened their brand-new District 7 Headquarters on Rose Street, beside the newly-built Highway 400 in Barrie, Ontario, in 1958, it replaced the office in the basement of the Barrie Municipal building on Collier Street that OPP officers used during the decade they policed the town. Starting on …
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Dec 14 2020
December 2020 This is the story of Buddy the Seagull. One day in early fall, Anastasia and her Daddy were at their favourite waterfront park. Anastasia saw some seagulls on the beach, and played one of her favourite games of running after them. All the seagulls scattered and flew away; all except for Buddy. Buddy …
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Dec 12 2020
December 2020 With the recent announcement that Justin Trudeau plans to hike carbon taxes to $130 a tonne by 2030, resulting in around a $0.37 per litre increase in gasoline, maybe it’s time to get honest about some things. Trudeau, like his environmental activist buddies, believes that paying carbon taxes is the best way to …
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Nov 30 2020
November 2020 The St. Catharines community of Port Dalhousie is a historic waterfront community, on the shore of Lake Ontario, near the American border. It’s the home of the Royal Canadian Henley Regatta, and it’s Lakeside Park, which features one of only nine antique hand carved carousels still operating in Canada, was the inspiration behind …
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Nov 29 2020
November 2020 Toronto’s Roger’s Centre/The Sky Dome, has been a part of the skyline since 1989, joining other iconic skyline buildings as the CN Tower and the Royal York Hotel. With its fully retractable roof, it was the first such stadium when it was officially opened to great fanfare on 3 June 1989. In modern …
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Nov 26 2020
November 2020 Legendary Burlington eatery Emma’s Back Porch and the Water Street Cooker shut its doors in May, after a 28 year run at its Old Lakeshore Road location in downtown Burlington, Ontario. While Emma’s only operated for three decades, it was just the most recent business to occupy the building, which has stood over …
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Nov 25 2020
November 2020 Opened in 1954 by Karl Ruehle and his wife Marlies, on a secluded 25-acre property near Pelham, Sun Valley Gardens was founded with the purpose of promoting nudism as a lifestyle. Initially, Sun Valley Gardens had 18 members, but within a few years, there were 300 members. Guests stayed either in tents, trailers, …
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Nov 23 2020
November 2020 In Peace Memorial Park on Hamilton Mountain, in southern Ontario, is a large, 40 foot high brick structure, with limestone columns and an arch in the centre. Atop the structure is a carved limestone block that says, “Peace Memorial School.” While this may simply look like an ordinary monument, it’s actually the main …
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Nov 18 2020
November 2020 While most homes throughout the centuries have been box shaped, perhaps with a turret at one or two ends on homes of the wealthy, a design that was popular in the mid to late-19th century was octagonal-shaped homes. The octagonal design was believed to promote good health, as advocated by Orson Squire Fowler, …
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