Kristine Morris
@kdmorris.bsky.social
I post about Toronto history, architecture, art, books, genealogy and anything else that grabs me.
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Cookies, gifts, music & more, the St. Lawrence Market’s Winter Market is OPEN! 😋
📅Visit on Thursdays - Sundays, as well as Monday, Dec 22
🎟️ FREE admission.
Plan ahead: www.stlawrencemarket.com/events/event...
📅Visit on Thursdays - Sundays, as well as Monday, Dec 22
🎟️ FREE admission.
Plan ahead: www.stlawrencemarket.com/events/event...
November 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Cookies, gifts, music & more, the St. Lawrence Market’s Winter Market is OPEN! 😋
📅Visit on Thursdays - Sundays, as well as Monday, Dec 22
🎟️ FREE admission.
Plan ahead: www.stlawrencemarket.com/events/event...
📅Visit on Thursdays - Sundays, as well as Monday, Dec 22
🎟️ FREE admission.
Plan ahead: www.stlawrencemarket.com/events/event...
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Yesterday: Ontario huffy that federal budget didn’t include commitment to idea of tunnel under Hwy 401
Today: Ontario announces award of $9M contract to see if the idea of this 60km dig is even feasible
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Today: Ontario announces award of $9M contract to see if the idea of this 60km dig is even feasible
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Taxpayers on the hook for $9M to study Doug Ford's Highway 401 tunnel idea | CBC News
Ontario taxpayers are set to spend $9.1 million to learn if or how it is feasible to build a tunnel under Highway 401
www.cbc.ca
November 6, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Yesterday: Ontario huffy that federal budget didn’t include commitment to idea of tunnel under Hwy 401
Today: Ontario announces award of $9M contract to see if the idea of this 60km dig is even feasible
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Today: Ontario announces award of $9M contract to see if the idea of this 60km dig is even feasible
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Billion is the new million.
Ronaldo became the first active team-sport athlete to surpass $1 billion in career earnings in 2020.
Cristiano Ronaldo—World’s Highest-Paid Athlete—Says This Custom Item Is His Most Expensive Purchase Ever
Ronaldo became the first active team-sport athlete to surpass $1 billion in career earnings in 2020.
www.forbes.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Billion is the new million.
This is so cool.
The Japanese Museum of Natural Rock Faces - Chichibu, Japan 🇯🇵
In Japan, a small museum displays naturally shaped stones that resemble human faces remarkable examples of nature’s unintentional artistry. The museum features over 1700 naturally formed rocks that resemble human faces.
In Japan, a small museum displays naturally shaped stones that resemble human faces remarkable examples of nature’s unintentional artistry. The museum features over 1700 naturally formed rocks that resemble human faces.
November 6, 2025 at 5:39 PM
This is so cool.
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As another UN climate conference begins, I'm seeing even fewer Americans than ever talking about climate change, which is what the fossil fuel companies want. News groups are firing climate reporters and that doesn't help. Don't stop bringing this up. It hasn't gone away www.bbc.com/news/live/cw...
Starmer warns 'consensus is gone' on fighting climate change as leaders gather at COP30 - follow live
Prince William says the climate threat is
www.bbc.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
As another UN climate conference begins, I'm seeing even fewer Americans than ever talking about climate change, which is what the fossil fuel companies want. News groups are firing climate reporters and that doesn't help. Don't stop bringing this up. It hasn't gone away www.bbc.com/news/live/cw...
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To think we might lose our PWHL team over this shit. Unbelievable.
As women's hockey climbs to new heights, the City of Ottawa says think smaller | Opinion
PWHL executives Jayna Hefford and Amy Scheer write that it's not too late to change the story on Lansdowne 2.0.
ottawacitizen.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
To think we might lose our PWHL team over this shit. Unbelievable.
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Toronto is so hyped for tonight that there was even a little line-up to take photos of this beauty at the Old Toronto Pumpkin Parade.
November 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Toronto is so hyped for tonight that there was even a little line-up to take photos of this beauty at the Old Toronto Pumpkin Parade.
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Two walking tours this weekend!
On Saturday: we explore the bone-chilling true tales of Toronto's most notorious murders.
On Sunday: we dive into some of the most dramatic stories from more than 150 years of baseball in our city.
On Saturday: we explore the bone-chilling true tales of Toronto's most notorious murders.
On Sunday: we dive into some of the most dramatic stories from more than 150 years of baseball in our city.
October 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Two walking tours this weekend!
On Saturday: we explore the bone-chilling true tales of Toronto's most notorious murders.
On Sunday: we dive into some of the most dramatic stories from more than 150 years of baseball in our city.
On Saturday: we explore the bone-chilling true tales of Toronto's most notorious murders.
On Sunday: we dive into some of the most dramatic stories from more than 150 years of baseball in our city.
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In the woods north of Toronto, a barn for the 21st century. My @azuremagazine.bsky.social cover story on Koffler Scientific Reserve by Montgomery Sisam Architects. www.azuremagazine.com/article/koff...
Outside Toronto, the Koffler Scientific Reserve Finds True North
A dorm and learning commons, Montgomery Sisam’s design is a surprisingly intimate marriage of building science and agrarian vernacular.
www.azuremagazine.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
In the woods north of Toronto, a barn for the 21st century. My @azuremagazine.bsky.social cover story on Koffler Scientific Reserve by Montgomery Sisam Architects. www.azuremagazine.com/article/koff...
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Agree! I couldn't believe the meagre acknowledgement to history there.
October 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Agree! I couldn't believe the meagre acknowledgement to history there.
Why did my Google Maps "More Dates" go away? Arggg... didn't realize how much I relied on that feature.
October 1, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Why did my Google Maps "More Dates" go away? Arggg... didn't realize how much I relied on that feature.
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Old City Hall has reopened to the public for a summer of exciting pop-up events. Take your lunch, chill out in the courtyard, see archival photo and museum exhibitions and enjoy this historic gem!
Learn more: toronto.ca/explore-enjo...
Learn more: toronto.ca/explore-enjo...
August 7, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Old City Hall has reopened to the public for a summer of exciting pop-up events. Take your lunch, chill out in the courtyard, see archival photo and museum exhibitions and enjoy this historic gem!
Learn more: toronto.ca/explore-enjo...
Learn more: toronto.ca/explore-enjo...
Looking forward to this one.
July 24, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Looking forward to this one.
@adambunch.bsky.social Toronto Book of the Dead spotted at Ben McNally Bookstore.
July 23, 2025 at 7:34 PM
@adambunch.bsky.social Toronto Book of the Dead spotted at Ben McNally Bookstore.
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This sounds great & much needed. I'll be checking it out.
AGE-WELL, a federally funded national not-for-profit organization supported by #UofT, has opened its new innovation studio to support independent living & healthy aging. The immersive space was made possible with the support of @engineering.utoronto.ca & IKEA Toronto Downtown.
July 23, 2025 at 7:03 PM
This sounds great & much needed. I'll be checking it out.
I just added John Ridout (the one who died in a duel with Samuel Peters Jarvis) to my family tree. Seriously! Not in my direct family line, but a second cousin twice removed is a direct descendant. 😲
July 8, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I just added John Ridout (the one who died in a duel with Samuel Peters Jarvis) to my family tree. Seriously! Not in my direct family line, but a second cousin twice removed is a direct descendant. 😲
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What was the first recorded stone building in Toronto? This one formerly at Lombard and Church Streets!
I was going to write about it more, but the amazing @kdmorris.bsky.social did it better than I ever could!
lombardstreethistory.wordpress.com/2018/11/21/p...
Photo: Toronto Archives
I was going to write about it more, but the amazing @kdmorris.bsky.social did it better than I ever could!
lombardstreethistory.wordpress.com/2018/11/21/p...
Photo: Toronto Archives
June 11, 2025 at 1:18 AM
What was the first recorded stone building in Toronto? This one formerly at Lombard and Church Streets!
I was going to write about it more, but the amazing @kdmorris.bsky.social did it better than I ever could!
lombardstreethistory.wordpress.com/2018/11/21/p...
Photo: Toronto Archives
I was going to write about it more, but the amazing @kdmorris.bsky.social did it better than I ever could!
lombardstreethistory.wordpress.com/2018/11/21/p...
Photo: Toronto Archives
@adambunch.bsky.social Another contest to add to your list. Maybe not so "weird" but fun none the less.
✈️ 88 years ago today the Eaton's Outdoor Model Aeroplane Contest took flight in Toronto! - June 5, 1937
Held at Armour Heights (Wilson Ave. & Avenue Rd., near the Toronto Cricket Club), this one-of-a-kind event drew thousands of spectators to watch kids launch their flying machines into the sky.
Held at Armour Heights (Wilson Ave. & Avenue Rd., near the Toronto Cricket Club), this one-of-a-kind event drew thousands of spectators to watch kids launch their flying machines into the sky.
June 5, 2025 at 1:41 PM
@adambunch.bsky.social Another contest to add to your list. Maybe not so "weird" but fun none the less.
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A Truly Gruesome Tour of Downtown Toronto! A history walk filled with nauseatingly morbid tales from Alex Sein — a grisly new addition to the line-up for The Festival of Bizarre Toronto History.
This one's not for the faint of heart!
The fest is just a couple of weeks away: www.bizarretoronto.com
This one's not for the faint of heart!
The fest is just a couple of weeks away: www.bizarretoronto.com
May 21, 2025 at 12:53 AM
A Truly Gruesome Tour of Downtown Toronto! A history walk filled with nauseatingly morbid tales from Alex Sein — a grisly new addition to the line-up for The Festival of Bizarre Toronto History.
This one's not for the faint of heart!
The fest is just a couple of weeks away: www.bizarretoronto.com
This one's not for the faint of heart!
The fest is just a couple of weeks away: www.bizarretoronto.com
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Toronto’s Old City Hall is a massive civic building that needs new life. The city’s nascent museum needs a home.
I call on Toronto to put the pieces together
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/90421fe...
I call on Toronto to put the pieces together
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/90421fe...
Toronto’s Old City Hall could soon be a home for its civic treasures. It can be more than that
A historic building, set to be transformed into a museum, is also a chance to put our ‘Beautiful City’ rhetoric to the test
www.theglobeandmail.com
May 14, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Toronto’s Old City Hall is a massive civic building that needs new life. The city’s nascent museum needs a home.
I call on Toronto to put the pieces together
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/90421fe...
I call on Toronto to put the pieces together
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/90421fe...
This Indigenous public art --- five 12-metre panels of glass beads along Hamilton's waterfront --- is stunning. By Cree-Métis fashion designer Angela DeMontigny. My thoughts immediately went to Christie Belcourt's paintings.
May 14, 2025 at 1:27 AM
This Indigenous public art --- five 12-metre panels of glass beads along Hamilton's waterfront --- is stunning. By Cree-Métis fashion designer Angela DeMontigny. My thoughts immediately went to Christie Belcourt's paintings.
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The Festival of Bizarre Toronto History is just 3 weeks away!
It'll include an online panel about the weirdest contests in Toronto history — from fly-killing to baby-making — with @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social, the Star's Katie Daubs & @onegalstoronto.bsky.social.
Learn more: www.bizarretoronto.com
It'll include an online panel about the weirdest contests in Toronto history — from fly-killing to baby-making — with @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social, the Star's Katie Daubs & @onegalstoronto.bsky.social.
Learn more: www.bizarretoronto.com
May 13, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The Festival of Bizarre Toronto History is just 3 weeks away!
It'll include an online panel about the weirdest contests in Toronto history — from fly-killing to baby-making — with @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social, the Star's Katie Daubs & @onegalstoronto.bsky.social.
Learn more: www.bizarretoronto.com
It'll include an online panel about the weirdest contests in Toronto history — from fly-killing to baby-making — with @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social, the Star's Katie Daubs & @onegalstoronto.bsky.social.
Learn more: www.bizarretoronto.com
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Read my latest article with @spacing.bsky.social
"They Were Right Here: Tracing Black People Enslaved in the Town of York (Toronto)"
spacing.ca/toronto/2025...
"They Were Right Here: Tracing Black People Enslaved in the Town of York (Toronto)"
spacing.ca/toronto/2025...
They Were Right Here: Tracing Black People Enslaved in the Town of York - Spacing Toronto
The presence of Black children, women, and men who were enslaved in Upper Canada has been omitted from, or marginalized, in the Canadian historical narrative. Because of my years of research on slaver...
spacing.ca
May 14, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Read my latest article with @spacing.bsky.social
"They Were Right Here: Tracing Black People Enslaved in the Town of York (Toronto)"
spacing.ca/toronto/2025...
"They Were Right Here: Tracing Black People Enslaved in the Town of York (Toronto)"
spacing.ca/toronto/2025...
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This Sunday! A Toronto history walk for Mother's Day, filled with strange tales of extraordinary moms from the city's past — from rebellion to scandal to séances.
Just meet at University & Richmond at 2pm and pay what you like!
Just meet at University & Richmond at 2pm and pay what you like!
May 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
This Sunday! A Toronto history walk for Mother's Day, filled with strange tales of extraordinary moms from the city's past — from rebellion to scandal to séances.
Just meet at University & Richmond at 2pm and pay what you like!
Just meet at University & Richmond at 2pm and pay what you like!