Tag: Indigenous

When the ‘Wild West’ came to the Beach

June 30, 2017February 7, 2018 Bernie Fletcher 2 Comments

Beachers love a parade. What a parade it was on August 22, 1885 when Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show wound its way from the city out to the Woodbine racetrack near the marshes of Ashbridge’s Bay. According to the Toronto Globe, “vast crowds lined the streets” and a great audience attended the three days of […]

Happy birthday, Canada

June 30, 2017February 7, 2018 Gene Domagala 0 Comments

This issue, for Canada’s 150th birthday, I am writing about my great country – the land of my birth and, to me, the greatest country in the world. As an amateur historian, I thought I would write about some of the different parts of our history. Canada has gone through many changes since 1867, and […]