I can't believe Ka'Wine & Dine worked!

It's Dora Day in Toronto, recognising Dora Mavor Moore, an actress, teacher, and director whose work was devoted to the development of professional theatre in Canada, including founding Village Players and The New Play Society. The Dora Awards, Toronto's annual theatre awards, take place tonight.

We hope this ongoing research on Toronto's Queer Spaces can play a role not just in documenting these spaces but in creating policies to foster and protect them. Architects shouldn't just shape part of the built environment, we should be stewards for it, and this research is part of it.

It's all about William Lyon "Little Rebel" Mackenzie in today's Toronto History Curiosities! 📰 open.substack.com/pub/bobgeorg...

On this day 50 years ago, the tallest freestanding structure in the world at the time officially opened to the public. These are the views from the CN Tower looking north, south, east, and west in 1976! https://ow.ly/CPQC50ZcSzH

NEW! Today marks the 50th anniversary of the CN Tower. For TVO @therundowntvo.bsky.social I look at its opening. You might want to crack open that bottle of tower-shaped whiskey... #TOHistory www.tvo.org/article/how-...

Endlessly delighted by the fact Canadians love the Jays so much we’ve broken the All-Star game

Random reminder that Toronto Council timidly suggested once that they might, might trim the police budget and in response the police implemented a decade-long refusal to enforce traffic laws.

Happy 54th birthday to Carlos Delgado, who, in addition to being a helluva slugger, took a brave and morally-correct stance against the Iraq War in 2004, earning him boos and derision and threats. "Athletes, who have this platform where they can reach millions of people, should use it." - Delgado

I love that someone created a (seemingly unofficial?) plaque for Captain John's floating restaurant at his quay on the waterfront

Update: It did not work

Opening soon! The next phase of the new Biidaasige Park on the Toronto waterfront.

Domer day at the Dome

As a Canadian & casual TFC fan, it’s taking an active effort to remember not to instinctually root for the team in red. Feels like a little lowkey dash of treason each time my heart makes a wee reflexive leap in the wrong direction. 😂

can’t believe a narcissist is being so publicly humiliated by a reflecting pool

A view of the Toronto skyline #OnThisDay in 1946. Prominent features included the Canada Malting silos, the Royal York Hotel, the Bank of Commerce, and the Queen's Quay Terminal. https://ow.ly/yQPG50ZcmTH

Toronto, 80 years ago today: Skyline of Toronto from Queen's Quay - June 23, 1946 📸: Ellis Wiley Credit: City of Toronto Archives. #OnThisDay #1940s #skylineoftoronto #torontohistory #jeremyhopkin

To the islands! One of only two passengers on this ferry.

Love the floating convenience store installation on the harbourfront, and especially that the side and back have realistic graffiti and posters.

1) WARNING: This is a Canadian history thread. With all appearances suggesting Keir Starmer is on his way out as British PM, the revolving door of British leaders got me to thinking of when Canada played the "Prime Minister for a Day" game during the 1890s. Let's revisit that period! #cdnhistory

Newfoundland had a Chinese Head Tax that lasted two years longer than in the rest of Canada, it only disappeared in March 1949 when it joined Confederation.

Join Toronto Historian Jeremy Hopkin + Track Changes author Cam Gordon for a free walking tour about music, literature, history + physical media. 🗓️ Wednesday, July 8 🕔 7 - 8 PM 📍 Meet outside 10 Edward St. 🎟️ FREE #TrackChanges #jeremyhopkin #samtherecordman #hmv #worldsbiggestbookstore

And with that, our @tosoarch.bsky.social activation is now out on Church St—and people are reading them 🩷🖤. So proud of what our team was able to accomplish in just a couple of weeks and excited we get to contribute to this great initiative. Streets are for people.

NEW! For Definining Moments Canada, I wrote about pioneering Canadian journalist Kit Coleman, one of the country's first female newspaper columnists and war correspondents. #cdnhistory #TOHistory definingmomentscanada.ca/seldom-pleas...

Today! Noon! The last of my free lunchtime Zoom lectures about tthe history of baseball in Toronto — hosted by the Toronto Public Library. Today we're talking about "The Birth of the Blue Jays & The Curse of the Seagull." Info & registration here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/toronto-ba...

Ah, the late 1950s, when it was predicted that not one, but 10 MILLION atomic bombs were needed to extract oil from the oil sands 🤦🏻‍♀️

Six

Canada in this game: 4 goals Canada in seven World Cup games prior to this one: 3 goals

World Cup 2026 goals: 🇨🇦 Cyle Larin: 2 🇨🇦 Jonathan David: 2 🇵🇹 Cristiano Ronaldo: 0

Wild. In Quebec City it's against the bylaw to speak disrespectfully to cops or public officials. And, on average, more than 150 people are getting fined monthly www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

The three-judge panel unanimously agreed to toss out an injunction that ordered the National Park Service to restore interpretive panels telling the story of nine people enslaved at the site.

Carney appears to feel AI has more right to safe drinking water than First Nations

The people yearn to take "an expert delivers a neat little talk" out of its home in the historical society basement on a Tuesday at noon and into its natural habitat, the Bar

There are very few God-given rights we have as Canadians but one of them, for a good long 75 years, has been that anyone with an antenna or an internet connection should be able to watch hockey on Saturday night for free on our taxpayer-supported public broadcaster. This shit sucks

Matthew Jordan (@hiddenrivers.bsky.social) has a big 3hr tour where he dissects a single block — such a weirdly wonderful idea. It's coming up on July 18 and all the details are here: wygo.world/signalandnoi...

I always recommend looking at strips like this from across the street to see the architectural details above the retail at grade. Here: 1891's C.R. Harris Building, north side of College just east of Ossington.

For Pride Month, I want to share this incredible footage from the 1973 Toronto Pride Parade, recorded by Jearld Moldenhauer. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GZ7...

Toronto entrepreneur Harold Fine wanted to sell condoms, not change the law. Arrested in 1961, Fine became an unlikely crusader against archaic statutes prohibiting the marketing of birth control in Canada. Click here for details about my new presentation: natehendley.ca/presentations/

Indigenous Arts Festival | Biidaasige Park Sat 20 June, 11-9PM #Toronto www.toronto.ca/explore-enjo...

John Wilson emigrated from Scotland to Canada in 1912 and joined the Mounties. He was also a liar, bigamist, murderer, and the subject of a new presentation I'm offering in the Toronto area. Click here for details: natehendley.ca/presentations/ @crimewriterscanada.bsky.social

My book Yorkville: How a 1960s Coffeehouse Scene Rewrote Popular Music is a detailed history of the Toronto scene that hosted Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and Gordon Lightfoot in their pre-fame early days. Now available for pre-order: a.co/d/0i6Q72fa

From the Toronto Star. "High Art at Pearson Deserves High-fives." Christopher Hume. Monday February 13, 2006.

Brampton.

Some great news! Correctional Services Canada has reversed their decision about the removal of librarians from federal prisons! Advocacy works! #libraries #archives 📚

As someone who teaches the history of Toronto’s urban form, I think this might be the single worst decision in its 250-year evolution. Number two would be the railroads cutting off the city from the lake, but at least the railroads were useful.

Toronto's old Board of Trade building is also one of the “10 Toronto buildings that shouldn’t have been demolished” we featured on episode 1468 of the Toronto Mike'd Podcast. 🎙 Listen here: www.torontomike.com/2024/04/10-t...

Scenes from this day in 1977, as Dupont Station was under construction. Learn more about the Spadina Subway creation here: https://ow.ly/waZ150Z4Tgo