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Local punter, fietser and gadabout of record..

An unapologetic Torontophile.
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shawnmicallef.bsky.social
St Anne’s, the magnificent Anglican church that burned June 2024, has released a statement saying it’s being treated as arson.
NEWS & EVENTS ST. ANNE'S, TORONTO An Important Update Dear St. Anne's parishioners, Earlier this week, we let the parish know that we would be holding a meeting today after our Sunday worship service. At this meeting we were joined by Detective Patrick Stewart of the Toronto Police Service. It is with great sadness that I now share with you that Det. Stewart informed us that the fire that destroyed our historic church building on June 9, 2024, is being treated as suspected arson. The parish, together with the Diocese of Toronto, has released a public statement that you can read on our website. This is very difficult news, on top of what has already been a painful season for St. Anne's in the wake of the fire. I am available for pastoral care and conversation with any of St. Anne's parishioners who would like support. Please don't hesitate to reach out to me over the coming days and weeks, if speaking with someone would be helpful. The community of St. Anne's has shown remarkable resilience and faith in this difficult time. I trust that, strengthened by our faith in a God who makes all things new, we will continue to worship, serve and witness to hope in this neighbourhood for many years to come. In faith, Hannah + St. Anne's Land Acknowledgement Sacred covenants of mutual respect and relationship, made in solemn witness of spiritual leaders from Indigenous Nations and from the Anglican Church, began to be broken after the War of 1812, when the Anglican Church allowed itself to be absorbed into the British imperialist programme. These covenants reflected the primacy of sustainability, mutual regard, and sharing; and acknowledged this to be the territory of Indigenous Nations since time immemorial. The members of the congregation of St. Anne's Anglican Church, Diocese of Toronto, honour these covenants made by our forebears, and hold them to be the best hope for our future generations. We pray that all Canada will restore this sacred relationship.
November 24, 2025 at 4:05 AM
torontoboris.bsky.social
Santa's here!!!!

The parade is a Toronto tradition.

#SantaClauseParade #Santa #Toronto
November 23, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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shawnmicallef.bsky.social
I wrote about the Imperial Pub this week & then diverted from writing about the Imperial Pub.
Shawn Micallef: What a Toronto councillor’s bizarre, AI-generated image of Lawrence Plaza says about nostalgia and change in our city
The outpouring of grief for things that are lost is understandable, but nostalgia can also be harnessed for questionable reasons.
www.thestar.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:36 PM
torontoboris.bsky.social
Sweet baby Jesus, literal nightmare fuel.

I thought Rev has long disappeared & crawled back to the pits of hell from whence it came.

This stuff was ubiquitous in high school, ruined many a good time it attempted to create.

Now thanks to Ford, its back & on gas station shelves

#highschoolmemories
Literal nightmare fuel...
November 22, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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jeremyhopkin.bsky.social
Simpson’s flagship department store at Yonge & Queen in Toronto, all decked out for the Christmas season - Nov. 22, 1973.

📸: Harvey R. Naylor
Credit: City of Toronto Archives

#otd #onthisday #1970s #departmentstore #christmas #happyholidays #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
November 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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thekenchilds.com
Who wants to take a run down the Cortina d'Ampezzo sliding track on the front of a bobsled?! Well today's your lucky day!

This is how it looks from just a tick higher up than the skeleton run I posted yesterday, courtesy of the folks with the IBSF.
November 22, 2025 at 1:24 PM
torontoboris.bsky.social
Its 11pm on Firday night in the east end of Toronto.

That only means 1 thing. Johnnys Hamburgers is packed.

A rather quant suburban relic of a fast food burger joint that still persists. A welcome relic of a forlorn era of suburban bliss.

#JohnnysHambugers #fastfood #Scarborough #Toronto #diner
Local legend, Johnny's Hamburgers. A Vic Park and Sheppard staple since 1967.
November 22, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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jeremyhopkin.bsky.social
134 years ago today: Twelve horse team pulling a snow sweeper in Toronto, Nov. 21, 1891.

Today in Toronto it feels just as cold as this photo looks.

#otd #onthisday #flashbackfridays #horses #snow #snowday #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
November 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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shawnmicallef.bsky.social
So much land. So much valuable land now in the hands of a government that has been trying to sell off the greenbelt, provincial parks and Ontario place.

It is not conspiratorial. It's recent history.
isaaccallan.bsky.social Isaac Callan @isaaccallan.bsky.social · 4d
The government says Bill 33 has received Royal Assent and is now law.

It will make it easier for the education minister to take over school boards in the province by appointing a supervisor and sidelining trustees. #onpoli globalnews.ca/news/1153148...
Protests erupt at Queen’s Park as government passes school board takeover bill | Globalnews.ca
On Wednesday, Bill 33 passed its third reading at Queen's Park after a shortened debate and bypassing committee, with Royal Assent set to follow.
globalnews.ca
November 20, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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torailwaymuseum.bsky.social
Nov 18, 2010: the City of Toronto eliminates the "Dufferin Jog" at Queen and Dufferin Streets, long hated by west-end residents of the city. The $40 million Dufferin underpass project took two years to complete, meeting its original budget but nearly a year behind schedule. 1/3
The new Dufferin Street underpass shortly before opening in November 2010. Photo by Keith Beaty, Toronto Star.
November 19, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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graphicmatt.com
My @thestar.com column this week: A third-party review says Toronto’s streetcars are among the slowest in the world. But they don’t have to be.

Maintenace improvements, operational changes and a little political will could really speed things up.

www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Matt Elliott: Toronto’s streetcars are some of the slowest in the world. Here’s how the city could speed them up
The TTC likes to blame the sluggish pace of streetcars on things beyond its control, but the data tells a different story.
www.thestar.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:23 PM
torontoboris.bsky.social
A literal row of bollards (over 2 dozen) for no apparent reason line a very short stretch of Victoria Park Ave.

And they're all vintage pre-amalgamation Metro Toronto stock.

#praisethebollard #Toronto #vintage @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social #bollard
November 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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itsonlykotsy.bsky.social
Closing Weekend and the 81-year-old Imperial Pub.
November 17, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social
On Nov. 18, 1929, a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck off the south coast of Newfoundland.
It produced an eight-metre high tsunami that swept into the coast of the island.
It killed nearly 30 people.
This is the story of the Grand Banks Earthquake.

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A black-and-white historical photograph showing severe destruction from the 1929 Grand Banks tsunami in Newfoundland. Several wooden houses have been ripped from their foundations and floated inland, now sitting tilted and half-collapsed in a snowy, ice-covered landscape. Some houses are broken apart, with walls and roofs caved in. Debris including barrels and a small boat lie scattered across the frozen ground and shallow floodwater. In the background, a snowy hillside rises with a few remaining intact houses near the top, under a cloudy sky. The scene is bleak and chaotic, capturing the aftermath of a powerful natural disaster in winter.
November 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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torontomike.com
Episode 1800 of Toronto Mike'd just recorded live from Casa Loma with @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social!
www.torontomike.com/2025/11/1800...
#1800 Live from Casa Loma: Toronto Mike'd Podcast Episode 1800
In this milestone 1800th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike and Jeremy Hopkin record live from Casa Loma and share all the #funfacts and #mindblows about this historic Toronto landmark. This episode is e...
www.torontomike.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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jeremyhopkin.bsky.social
Toronto, Nov. 16, 1929: View looking northeast from the Harbour Commission Building rooftop 96 years ago today.

📸: City of Toronto Archives + digital edit & colourization by me.

#OnThisDay #OTD #1920s #colourization #colorization #otd #history #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
November 17, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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tsnofficial.bsky.social
Trevor Harris' 85% completion percentage is the highest in #GreyCup history! 😲
November 17, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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torailwaymuseum.bsky.social
Nov 16, 1885: Louis Riel is executed by hanging at Regina, after being convicted for treason in a trial that had begun that July. Riel had led First Nations and Métis people in the North-West Rebellion in what is now the Province of Saskatchewan. 1/3
A portrait of Louis Riel circa 1885. Photo by Duffin and Co., Library and Archives Canada.
November 17, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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tsnofficial.bsky.social
THE SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS WIN THE 112TH GREY CUP! 🏆 #GreyCup
November 17, 2025 at 2:48 AM
torontoboris.bsky.social
This is your mandatory AJ Ouellette appreciation post.

#CFL #GreyCup #CanadianFootball @sickoscommittee.org @jm539581.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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aaronwherry.bsky.social
The Grey Cup is on, so it's time, once again, to remember that Pierre Trudeau rolled up to Grey Cup in 1970 looking like this.
November 16, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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sickoscommittee.org
Show this to your friends and let them know this is what we’re losing in the CFL going forward with their rules changes.
jm539581.bsky.social JM =^) @jm539581.bsky.social · 8d
*stands on guard for thee*
November 16, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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lanrickbennett.bsky.social
My good friend Jess reading out names of innocent ppl who have a lost their lives to road violence.

Candles represent lives lost.

It’s so wrong when our elected reps place the convenience of drivers over prioritizing the safety of vulnerable road users.

via @ffsafestreets.bsky.social #WDoR2025
Candles in front of Queen’s Park
November 16, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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metroscapes.ca
Just published to the #metroscapes website: I have broken down the ownership / access to 223 kilometres of riverbanks for five major waterways in Niagara Region: the Welland Canal, Welland River, Twelve Mile Creek, Chippawa-Queenston Power Canal and the Niagara River.
Niagara Riverbanks
Breakdown of the ownership and access to four major waterways in urban Niagara.
metroscapes.ca
November 16, 2025 at 5:55 PM
torontoboris.bsky.social
Alright, it's Sunday, its cold and its wet.. Nothing better than good ramble thru the Don Valley.

Today we're on the trails to explore the Seaton Ponds behind the Ontario Science Centre.

#RavineRambles #ravinerambler #DonValleyRover #EastCoastKin #DonValey #lovetheravines #SetonPonds
Heading south form the ET Seton parking lot towards the Thorncliffe Trestle
November 16, 2025 at 5:55 PM