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Francesca Bouaoun
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Toronto/Scotland.
Art, nature, city walks, probably birds.
Museums + archives. Travelling Fifer.
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Almost everywhere in the City of Toronto has fewer people that it did 50 years ago
Map showing Toronto change in population density 1971 to 2021, courtesy of Jens von Bergmann
November 15, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Poster for Jrew’s crochet and patties at 165 Niagara Street in Toronto. Illustration of a woman wearing a knitted bucket hat, brown tank top, knitted cropped long sleeve layer, and holding a patty and a drink. Illustrations of a ball of yarn and a patty with cartoon faces on either side of her.
November 15, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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A memorable alleyway re-seen on my Toronto trek
A mural of three Indigenous women painted on the side of a building, facing onto an alleyway in the Brockton area of Toronto
November 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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📍 Woolshed Coffee Company - a gem. #Toronto
Interior of a small coffee shop. Large central wooden table surrounded by shelves with bags of coffee, books, and coffee-making equipment. Large lamps created from metal tanks hang overhead, and a projector on the back wall is playing an animation.
November 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Relatable neighbourhood scenes #Toronto
Mural painted on the side of a building. A large hermit crab with a blue shell, painted by Nick Sweetman. Large words painted on the side of a building “What’s Normal Anyway”.
November 15, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Do I live in the right city or what?
“Find someone who looks at you like Forestry staff look at bark.
Join Forestry staff to learn about Toronto's urban forest… one of the largest in the world. We'll talk about what makes the urban forest so special…”
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Poster by Toronto Trees. Photos accompany the text in a grid. “BARK OF TORONTO Black Walnut Juglans nigra Black Cherry Prunus serotina Hackberry Celtis occidentalis Red Oak Quercus rubra White Oak Quercus alba Manitoba Maple Acer negundo Norway Maple Acer platanoides Silver Maple Acer saccharinum Sugar Maple Acer saccharum Green Ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica American Beech Fagus grandifolia Trembling Aspen Populus tremuloides White Birch Betula papyrifera Eastern White Cedar Thuja occidentalis Eastern White Pine Pinus strobus toronto.ca/trees”
November 15, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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📍 College Park #Toronto
A pair of large bronze frog statues on a paved path in a downtown Toronto park. Trees in autumn foliage behind them. A pair of large bronze frog statues on a paved path in a downtown Toronto park. Trees in autumn foliage behind them, and fallen leaves surround them.
November 14, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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📍 Liberty Village #Toronto
Sunrise over the Toronto waterfront with vibrant orange, yellow, and pink tones across the sky. The Toronto islands and the city skyline are in the foreground.
November 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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The 1913/1923 Goad's map slider is quite astonishing. The Bloor Viaduct had a remarkable and rapid impact.
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It was having an outing at Red Rocket when I saw this. Then it was down the rabbit hole. One that led to penning an article:

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November 12, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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“Kensington Market will do what it always does and adapt”

Good one to watch with the Toronto crowd, the evening ending on a unexpectedly optimistic tone.
#Toronto
Black and white photo of two people sitting on plastic chairs on the sidewalk in front of a store in Kensington Market, facing the viewer. Text underneath reads “Kensington Market: Heart of the City. 104 mins, Canada, 2024.” Filmmaker Stuart Clarfield speaks on stage after a film screening at TIFF lightbox.
November 14, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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📍 Christie Pits Park

Plenty of folks walking by and stopping to admire the sky.
#Toronto
View down a grassy slope where three people are seated, looking onto to baseball diamond in the corner of a Toronto park. The sky is orange and yellow on the horizon as sun sets.
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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I was reminded yesterday by @martinreis.bsky.social about this beautiful work he created on the former West Island, Ontario Place in Dec 2023.

Fallen leaves cut into heart shapes, pressed in books, sewn with red and green cotton thread, words added with a manual typewriter.

“Leaf me be”
#Toronto
Orange leaf cut into a heart shape and hanging on a string of cotton thread in a clearing surrounded by trees. Words pressed into the leaf “leaf me be”. A string of organe, red, and yellow leaves cut into heart shapes, hanging in lakeshore park by a path through an open grassy slope. The Ontario Place Cinesphere is visible in the background. A string of organe, red, and yellow leaves cut into heart shapes, hanging in lakeshore park by. Thick tree trunk. In the background, two people are sitting by the shore. A string of organe, red, and yellow leaves cut into heart shapes, hanging between two trees on the waterfront. A pair or white muskoka chairs face out onto the lake, looking down onto a pebble beach.
November 13, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Here’s a glorious rendition of Hamish Henderson’s “Freedom Come-All-Ye”, sung by Karine Polwart in the Italian Chapel, Orkney. The chapel was built & decorated by Italian POWs during WW2 using scraps & reclaimed materials, & is still in use today
#song #folksong
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“Freedom Come All Ye” performed by Karine Polwart in The Italian Chapel, Orkney, August 2013.
YouTube video by Alan Ferrier
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November 11, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Inchmickery in the middle of Firth of Forth, 9 Nov 2025
Autumn of Ediburgh 2025: Firth of Forth and Inchmickery
November 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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In the late 90s/early 2000s, Health Education Board for Scotland released a bunch of awareness ads about smoking, drinking and drugs - it’s likely any teen in Scotland from that time remembers all these words.
November 11, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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Youth Volunteers Unite to Protect Hima Anjar Wetland in Large-Scale Cleanup Initiative

On November 1, 2025, the Hima Anjar Wetland came alive with the spirit of volunteerism and environmental stewardship as more than 40 young members of the Homat Al Hima network joined forces for a large-scale…
Youth Volunteers Unite to Protect Hima Anjar Wetland in Large-Scale Cleanup Initiative
On November 1, 2025, the Hima Anjar Wetland came alive with the spirit of volunteerism and environmental stewardship as more than 40 young members of the Homat Al Hima network joined forces for a large-scale cleanup campaign organized by the Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL). The initiative aimed to restore the beauty of the Hima, safeguard its fragile ecosystem, and raise awareness about the importance of keeping natural habitats free from pollution. Armed with gloves, bags, and an unwavering sense of responsibility, the youth volunteers collected large amounts of waste that had accumulated around the wetland — a vital sanctuary for migratory birds and a key part of Lebanon’s natural heritage.
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November 4, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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And at @thelocal.to, here in Toronto, we have one, too! A new, part-time, flexible fellowship for Black and/or Indigenous journalists thelocal.to/early-career...
November 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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📍 Trillium Park, Ontario Place
#Toronto

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Snow-covered trees on the Toronto shoreline. A floating wooden dock by a break wall is also covered in snow. The sky is overcast. A large pair of moccasins carved into a wall by a path in a park, surrounded by tall evergreen trees. Art work is part of the moccasin identifier project. Snow covers the carving and the tree branches. Two Canada geese swim by a small bay of still water on the Toronto shoreline. The rocks on the shore are covered in the snow. A tall tree branches with leaves in autumn foliage frames the view. Paved path through a park on the Toronto waterfront surrounded by mixed trees in autumn foliage. Snow covers the ground and tree branches.
November 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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So glad to catch Sinners on screen as The Revue unveiled their new 70mm projector.

Wow, that score and soundtrack 🔥
Stylised poster for Ryan Coogler’s film Sinners, with an illustration of Michael B. Jordan’s character surrounded by flames, looking down over a group of vampires.
November 9, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Inaugural snow dip of the season - when the water is warmer than the air.
#Toronto
A woman with brown hair in braids, wearing a green wool hat and turquoise swimming top, standing in front of the lake where it is gently snowing. A large tree with yellow autumn leaves o rocky shoreline on Lake Ontario with snow. Snow has also covered a pebble beach and several large pieces of driftwood. Tree-lined rocky shoreline on Lake Ontario with snow covered leaves in autumnal foliage, and cloudy snowy sky. Logs are burning in a small fire on a pebbled beach. Tree-lined rocky shoreline on Lake Ontario with snow covered leaves in autumnal foliage, and cloudy snowy sky.
November 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Please do! Details about the fellowship and the link to apply can be found here: thenarwhal.ca/2026-indigen...
November 7, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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okay I’m making a thread
November 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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📍 Coronation Park #Toronto
Open grassy in a park on the Toronto waterfront surrounded by mixed tall trees in autumn foliage. A group of people walking along a paved path on the Toronto waterfront, lined with tall trees in autumn foliage. Sun is shining through the leaves. Two people sitting on a bench overlooking the Toronto waterfront. A tall tree with yellow leaves is hanging overhead on the waterfront path. View over still water inside a break wall on the Toronto waterfront. Trees in autumn foliage line the trillium park shoreline in the distance.
November 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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November palette.
#Toronto
Tall trees in autumn foliage on a Toronto residential street lined with brick houses. Overcast sky. Intersection of a residential street in Toronto with a cafe on the corner. Street lamps illuminating the wet roads and sidewalks. Overcast late afternoon sky. A small cafe and shop on a residential street in Toronto, surrounded by low rise brick buildings. The warm light from the shop is illuminating the wet sidewalk in front. Overcast late afternoon sky. Two people walking along a paved path through Christie Pits Park in Toronto. Tall trees in autumn foliage line the path. Overcast late afternoon sky.
November 7, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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A THING OF BEAUTY: The Early Years Of Toronto’s Old City Hall

November 24, 7 - 9:30 PM, FREE
📍 Hot Docs Cinema, 506 Bloor St W

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A THING OF BEAUTY: The Early Years of Toronto’s Old City Hall
Join us for the exclusive film premiere that explores the stunning history of Toronto's Old City Hall in its early years.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:18 PM