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Toronto's Rebel Mayor & His Pirate Admiral

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Wednesday, July 8, 2015. Toronto's Rebel Mayor and His Pirate Admiral. For his capture. So Mackenzie was forced to flee the city he loved, smuggled through the countryside by his supporters as gangs of angry Loyalists searched for him. He ran all the way south to Niagara, getting rowed across the river just a few minutes ahead of the men who had come to arrest him. He was lucky to escape Canada with his life. He would spend the next decade living in exile. He'd been born in Trois Rivières, but he grew up...

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June 2015

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Tuesday, June 30, 2015. What Happened At Toronto's G20 Kettle, According To The RCMP. That's all according to a report. From the RCMP Public Complaints Commission — it was released in May of 2012, almost two years after the G20 summit turned downtown Toronto into an armed camp patrolled by nearly 20,000 police officers. The Commission, meant to "hold the. Accountable to the public," investigated a series of complaints against the Mounties, including what happened during the kettling at Queen and Spadina.

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December 2014

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Saturday, December 27, 2014. My Twelve Most Favourite Posts from 2014. Plus, I made treks to Quebec City and Niagara Falls. I launched twelve new dreams this year, continued to write my column over at Spacing. And added new, musically-themed sticky plaques. To Toronto's grungy bar bathroom walls. So here we go:. Elizabeth Simcoe's 1794 Nightmare — The Story Behind One of Toronto's First Recorded Dreams. Down At Fraggle Rock. In Yorkville — The Muppets Take Toronto. How Toronto Helped Break Up The Beatles.

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February 2015

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Thursday, February 19, 2015. UK Tour Photos: The Blackdown Hills of Devon. I came to Devon to explore the Blackdown Hills as part of the Dreams Project's UK Tour last summer. I left dreams here for the Simcoes — and for Henry Scadding, who also grew up in these parts. I've already written a bit about it: a post about the ancient church where the Simcoes got married is here. There's a post about how they fell in love here. And, as always, you can follow me on Instagram at @todreamsproject.

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August 2015

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Thursday, August 20, 2015. Dream 25 "The Lightkeeper's Daughter" (Arabella Radelmüller, 1815). Arabella Radelmüller was the daughter of the first lightkeeper of the Gibraltar Point Lighthouse. He was murdered there in 1815; some people say his ghost still haunts it. Today, it's the second oldest lighthouse in Canada and the oldest building in Toronto still standing on the spot where it was built. You can read the full story of the lighthouse and Radelmüller's ghost here. Monday, August 17, 2015. 8212; is...

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January 2015

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Wednesday, January 21, 2015. A Torontonian Historical Map of London, England. Toronto has a deeper connection to London, England than it does to almost any other city in the world. After all, our entire country was essentially ruled from this place for more than a hundred years. Some of the most important moments in the history of our. You might want to start by opening a bigger version of the photo here. Find on Google Maps. 02 LADY ST. HELIER'S SALON. In the early 1900s, 52 Portland Place was the.

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A Canadian Sem-Officials Airmail Postage Website. March 2012, Toronto, Canada. Jack V. Elliott Airways. Elliott Fairchild Air Service. Patricia Airways and Exploration. Steve Johnson's New Yukon Airways Collection. A Gallery of Early. A Gallery of Semi-Officials. Carried by Bush Aircraft. Pioneer NW Ontario Bush Pilots. These are a few links we have found helpful. 1] ESJ. van Dam Stamps at { van Damm Stamps }. 2] R Maresch and Sons Auctions { R. Maresch Stamp Auctions }.

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Dream 18 "Russell Creek" (Peter Russell, 1799)

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Monday, July 27, 2015. Dream 18 "Russell Creek" (Peter Russell, 1799). Peter Russell dreamed that his sister Elizabeth had fallen ill. She’d taken a drink from the creek that ran through their property at Petersfield and within moments it seemed like her mind was failing her. She went quiet; stared at him blankly. When he asked, she couldn’t even remember his name. You can read more about Russell's life on Spacing here. Explore more Toronto Dreams Project postcards here. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

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Toronto's Small Piece of a Wonder of the Ancient World

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Wednesday, July 22, 2015. Toronto's Small Piece of a Wonder of the Ancient World. You'll find him on the third floor of the Royal Ontario Museum. Back then, Babylon. Ruled everything from the shores of the Mediterranean in the west to the Persian Gulf in the east. And their ruler was one of the most famous rulers in history: King Nebuchadnezzar II. It's not entirely clear if they ever really existed, but that didn't stop them from being listed as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. In fact, th...

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November 2014

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Tuesday, November 11, 2014. Two Toronto Nurses and One of the Most Terrible Nights of the First World War. One dark night in the summer of 1918, the HMHS Llandovery Castle. While the ship had been docked in Halifax, she'd hoped for a chance to come home to Toronto for a brief visit with her family. But all leave had been cancelled. She promised her mom she would try again the next time they were back in Canada. One of the nurses — Matron Margaret Fraser. The U-boat wasn't finished yet. The captain of the...