August 2025 When most people think of the War of 1812 battlefields, they think of areas from the St. Lawrence River, to Lake Ontario, to Lake Erie. Many will forget that Lake Huron and Georgian Bay also saw action during the war. Wasaga Beach is now a beach resort community, but during the War of …
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August 2025 Since the early 2000s, the manufacturing sector in Canada has declined significantly in response to changes in the global economy and fewer regulatory controls over Canadian produced products. In Bowmanville, a large brown brick building, once owned by Goodyear Tire Company, silently stands like a tombstone to a manufacturing past that is likely to …
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July 2025 I have mixed feelings regarding the recent court ruling in London’s Superior court. Legally, it was the right decision, but from a moral standpoint, it’s sickening that it even happened in the first place, and both sides have mud on their faces. Regardless of their acquittal in the courtroom, I still think each …
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July 2025 First we had “Rick-rolling.” Now we have getting “Coldplayed!” There’s an old saying that “Two things can be true at the same time.” Yes, Andy Byron, the CEO of Astronomer, and his HR Director, Kristin Cabot, whose affair got exposed at a Coldplay concert (Yeah, there first mistake was going to a Coldplay …
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July 2025 Victoria Square Park, in downtown Toronto, is a small park with a morbid past. Like McBurney Park in Kingston, Ontario, a park known locally as Skeleton Park, was the final resting place for many early settlers in the Toronto area of Upper Canada. The cemetery was established in 1793, under orders from Governor …
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July 2025 Toronto’s Molson Amphitheatre was turned into a multimedia comedy carnival on 9 July, when the king of musical comedy brought his show to the city where fun usually goes to die. Serving up two hours of music, comedy, short films, lots of costume changes and droll social commentary, the pride of Lynwood, California, …
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July 2025 The Queen Street entrance to Trinity Bellwoods Park in Toronto, Ontario, has a unique feature, that also serves as a nod to the property’s past: the stone and wrought iron gates that marked the main entrance to Trinity College. Trinity Bellwoods Park was created around 1900, and was referred to at the time …
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June 2025 On 31 May 1985, the southern Ontario City of Barrie was forever changed. That was the day that an F-4 tornado tore through the small city, one of around 9 tornados that slammed though the province that day. When all was done, 12 people were dead, more than 600 homes were badly damaged, …
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June 2025 Covered bridges were once quite popular across North America throughout the 19th century. Back when wood was inexpensive and commonly used in bridge construction, there was an obvious benefit to adding walls and roofs to slow deterioration caused by rain, snow and the sun. Covered bridges, a timber-truss structure with a roof, decking …
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June 2025 On 22 June, the second annual Ontario Police Suicide Memorial service, held on the grounds of the Ontario Police Memorial beside Queen’s Park in Toronto. This ceremony and what it signifies means a lot to me. I’m a retired West Grey Police Service officer and I almost ended up on the Honour Roll. …
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