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 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 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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Jun 26 2026
Thousands of police officers marched along Dixon Road to the Toronto Congress Centre in Etobicoke in remembrance of Constable Marc Pinizzotto, an 18-year veteran of the Toronto Police Service, was fatally shot 11 June while executing a search warrant. Another week, another police funeral. It’s been a rough couple of months for the policing family …
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Jun 24 2026
June 2026 Generations of families have always enjoyed getting away from the crowded cities and having a leisurely vacation in a relaxed, peaceful and serene environment, perhaps on a lake, with the sound of rustling leaves from tall, mature trees. Numerous hotels once lined the shoreline of Lake Rosseau in the Muskoka Region of southern …
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Jun 18 2026
June 2026 Like many cities across North America, the small, single-screen independent movie theatres have been disappearing over the decades in favour of corporate-owned multiplex theatres, with double-digit screens and stadium seating. The few remaining independents survive as second-run theatres, or art-house theatres. Now known as the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema, the small theatre …
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Jun 11 2026
June 2026 On 7 June, the third annual Ontario Police Suicide Memorial service was held on the grounds of the Ontario Legislature at Queen’s Park in Toronto. Unlike the existing police memorial, which pays tribute to police officers killed in the line of duty, the Ontario Police Suicide Memorial pays tribute to those who died …
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Jun 09 2026
June 2026 It was a great Saturday afternoon and night on the Barrie waterfront on 6 June, as the 2026 edition of the Troubadour Festival kicked off with its line-up for June. Headlining the day-long festival, where it was country music day, were The Road Hammers, Canada’s hardest driving country music band, led by Barrie-born …
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Jun 04 2026
June 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. Cooper’s Falls is one of the many former villages in the Muskoka Region of southern Ontario that faded away after the logging industry declined. Along a …
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