TYHS Newsletter Archive

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DESTRUCTION OF DOMINION FOUNDRY DELAYED Province Pauses First Parliament Project New Face on the Board: Thomas Book: The Toronto Book of Love, Adam Bunch Volunteer Profile: Meet Flora Toronto’s 187th Anniversary – Old Town Revue: A Love Letter to Toronto From the Collection: Sealing Wafers ShopOTT2Win Returns

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NEW PAVILLION HONOURS MICHAEL COMSTOCK CANADA RECONSIDERS ITS MONUMENTS New Faces at Toronto’s First Post Office AGM 2021 Announcement Autumn Author’s Series Mail Matters Stamp Contest: Winner Announced! Summer Savings

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TORONTO’S 186th ANNIVERSARY New Hours at St. Lawrence Market Coming up at Toronto’s First Post Office …and elsewhere! New Speakers Series Hot in the Shop: Chocolate Postcards! Message on a Bottle

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EXPLORING TORONTO, DISTANTLY New Faces in the Post Office: Monique and Raine New Faces on the Board: Alex and Ruth Volunteer Profile: Laura From the Collection: Toronto, The Capital of Canada West Mail Matters: Drawing Contest Hot in the Shop! New #MadeinCanada Vendor Socially-Distant Letter Writing COVID-19 Changes

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WHO STANDS ON THE PLINTH? Launching the Museum from Home New Face in the Post Office: Samantha Drawing Contest Winner Thank you to our Donors! Take your Pic of National Historic Places

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INSTITUTIONS OF HONEST REFUGE: Rediscovering the Skyline Diner and the Bowles’ Lunch Chain A Dundas Street Update Post Early This Year Shop Old Town Toronto and Win Shop Online at TownofYork.com Toronto Stationery Show From the Collection: Candle Snuffer Explore Collections Online Heritage News in Brief (New Toronto Sign, Alternative Heritage Plaques, North St. Lawrence Market Update)

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TORONTO’S FIRST BLACK MAIL CARRIER HONOURED WITH COMMEMORATIVE STAMP You’re Invited – Toronto’s 185th Anniversary Hot in the Shop: Love is in the (Air)Mail Perks of Membership

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THE SHOW MUST GO ON AT THE CLASSIC THEATRE City Seeks Input on Built Heritage Toronto’s 185th Birthday Celebration New Face in the Post Office: Natalia New Photography Exhibit Opens Soon Annual General Meeting Toronto Letter Writers Society Heritage News in Brief (Great Hall for Sale, Oldest Map Reference to Toronto Found, Census of Toronto’s Black Population, GLAMS Get Social, New Space Will Commemmorate Irish Emigrants, Hemingway’s Toronto Apartment for Sale)

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HERITAGE IN JEOPARDY Ontario Place in Danger Annual General Meeting Exhibit: Read All About It: The First World War as Front Page News Ice Cream Social New Faces on the Board: Luisa and John New Face in the Post Office: Kristina New Face in the Museum: Zi Get Your Mail in a Museum The Toronto Stationery Show Summer Coupon From the Collection: Quill Cutter Researcher’s Corner: Elsie Joy Muntz Exhibit: Catapult Ships and Flying Boats: Air Mail in the South Atlantic Heritage News in Brief (New Book on Missing Millionaire, CAMH Wall, Fool’s Paradise, Chateau Laurier Renovation, School Fires in Toronto, Fairmont Royal York Birthday)

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NEW FOUNDATIONS FOR A FRESH MARKET 150 Years of Postcards Raising the Oculus Digitizing the Collection New Face in the Post Office: Sherilyn Your Historical Society Needs Your Help Holiday Mail-By Dates From the Collection: Postcard Heritage News in Brief (Architectural Conservancy Awards, Jarvis Mansion Fire, Design Exchange Dissolves Collection, Danforth Music Hall Turns 100, Spadina House is Toronto’s Newest National Historic Site)

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TORONTO’S 184TH BIRTHDAY New Postal Museum Opens in London Bulletin on Sale Valentine’s Day Familiar Faces at Toronto’s First Post Office Call for Volunteers Welcome New Members

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UPPER CANADA’S FIRST PARLIAMENT RE-SURFACES Toronto’s Crumbling Schools Town of York Historical Society Annual General Meeting From the Collection: A Letter from the Postmaster New Exhibit: Postcards India Meet the Research Library

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OUT OF THE GROUND AND INTO A BOX Living “The Settlers’ Dream” Summer Walking Tours Saying Goodbye to Stephen Otto News in Brief (Museum of Illusions, Lost & Found at Campbell House, Annex Home Facing Demolition by Neglect, Missing Massey Hall Windows) Two New Faces on the Board An App That Makes Giving Easy

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THE MYSTERY OF THE POST OFFICE THAT DIDN’T EXIST Familiar Faces at Toronto’s First Post Office Holiday Mail-By Dates From the Collection: The Postmaster Desk Thank You, Volunteers! Two More New Faces on the Board Preparing the Gift of a Lifetime Call for Volunteers

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HONEST ED’S SIGN TO BE SAVED, RELOCATED Annual General Meeting:  Mark Your Calendars Now! M. Montgomery’s Norval Home to Become a Museum Meet Some More of Our Neighbours and Customers (Fathom Story/Fade Story) Old Toronto Kept Christmas Well Old Card Workshop Valentine Paper Fair Important Correspondence Gets Delivered Toronto 1867 / 1967 / 2017 Dare to Do What Is Right: What if Canada Never Existed? “Postgraphy” Exhibition Celebrates Philatelic Art Third Annual Paper Fair Coming Your Way in June

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KING EDWARD’S  CRYSTAL BALLROOM REOPENS Pam McConnell Will Be Greatly Missed Love Letter Reaches WWII Veteran after 72 Years Annual General Meeting New Faces on the Board: Michael and Martin New Face in the Post Office: Kaitlyn Summer in the City at TFPO

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WE WELCOME WE Albert Jackson Honoured with a Plaque Fond Farewells: Janet and Janet New Staff in the Post Office: Farnaz Other Staff Changes: Kat and Zoé End-of-Year Giving Treat Yourself to a Made-in-Toronto Soak Mail Early for Christmas Meet Our Neighbours and Customers (Cynthia Barlow/Nelly With Wings) From the Collection: Wax Jack

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RARE, STOLEN STAMP TURNS UP AFTER 60 YEARS  You Can Shop at Toronto’s First Post Office from Afar  Geoffrey James Named Toronto’s First Poet Laureate Familiar Faces at Toronto’s First Post Office: Katherine and Zoé March 6th Event Jane’s Walk on May 7th And Later That Evening… (The Searcher Group) Annual General Meeting New Face on the Board: Geoffrey Q&A Letterbox Celebrates First Anniversary Paper Fair at the P.O. Bob Bossin’s Davy the Punk In Memorium (Judith McErvel) ChangeIt

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FERRY DOCKS TO BE REIMAGINED Annual General Meeting: Mark Your Calendars Now! New Life for the Historic Island Airport Terminal Building  Meet Some More of Our Neighbours and Customers (Le franҫais pour l’avenir/French for the Future,Virages) Valentine Busy Bees Pop-Up Post Office The Postman Delivered Breaking the Silence about British Home Children Toronto’s Sporting History Plaque Unveiled New Products in the Gift Shop, Plus Quills are Back!!!

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CONDO DIG UNEARTHS ANOTHER TREASURE  Postman Exhibit at Queen’s Park The Postal Prankster Who Mailed Himself (Among Other Things) Making It Easier to Leave a Financial Gift to Charity Toronto’s Heritage in the News (New Face at Heritage Toronto; Myseum on the Move; Toronto Museum Network; TDSB Museum Officially Opens) Annual General Meeting Paper Fair a Great Success Thank You to a Volunteer (Mark Couture) Join Us for an Architectural Tour of Buffalo Fall Colours Tour of Norval and Glen Williams

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FORMER RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL TO BE SAVED  Dig at St. Lawrence Market Reveals Centuries of History Walking Together Meet Another of Our Neighbours and Customers (Feheley Fine Arts) New Face in the Post Office: Zoé Bus Tour of Buffalo, NY Book Launch (Sir John’s Table) Gold Foil Workshop

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A TREASURE TROVE OF 17TH-CENTURY LETTERS  George Brown House Old Card Workshop Fall Colours Tour Holiday Open House A Little Bird Told Us…

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WHAT’S TO BECOME OF THE SPADINA HOTEL?  Coachhouse Is Yours If You Can Move It (119 Isabella)  Christmas Open House  The Postman Project  Soldiers of Song  New Faces on the Board: Kevin, Luisa, and Susan  New in the Gift Shop  ST. LAWRENCE HCD STUDY PRESENTATION  Meet Some of Our Neighbours and Customers (Leaves of Trees)  The Post House Rises

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END OF AN ERA IN RIVERSIDE (The Broadview Hotel/Jilly’s)  Proposed New Home for “Sam” Sign  Maclean House Revisited  Postal Union Launches Bid to Save Jobs and Service  Annual General Meeting  Pop-Up Museum  New Face in the Post Office: Katherine New Face on the Board: Allan New in the Gift Shop  Meet Some More of Our Neighbours and Customers! (Sparkplug Coffee, Dance Collection Danse)

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HESPELER POST OFFICE TO BECOME A MUSEUM  New Stamp Features Iconic Photograph (Wait for Me, Daddy)  Spadina Hotel Update: Good News for Adaptive Re-use!  Meet Some More of Our Neighbours and Customers (Park & Province, Mystic Muffin)  Fort York Interpretive Centre  TFPO at Nuit Blanche  1000 Dinners TO  You Won’t Want to Miss… (John Geiger, Frozen in Time: The Fate of the Franklin Expedition)  Local Fixture Dies at Sixty-One (Danny Murphy)

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DECEMBER 1914 (Lieutenant Harry Colebourn, Winnie the Pooh)  Osgoode Hall N.H.S.  John G. Geiger  New Face in the Post Office: Jess  Don’t Forget the Gift Shop this Holiday Season!

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DINEEN BUILDING GIVEN NEW LEASE ON LIFE Sir Sandford Fleming’s Misplaced Plaque National Hotel Update Now You See It… (269-267 Queen Street East.) Masonic Temple Faces Uncertain Future The St. Lawrence Neighbourhood after All These Years Heritage Conservation District Study: Call for Volunteers A Visiting Postmaster Some Funny Valentines Ontario Heritage Trust Marks Heritage Week CUPW Commemorates Albert Jackson

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CITY FAILS TO SAVE HERITAGE LANDSCAPE (University of Toronto’s Back Campus)  Post Office Gets New Pictorial Cancel  Battle of York Exhibit  Stamps Honour Laura Secord, Charles de Salaberry…  …Celebrate 250 Years of Postal History  A Tale of Four Farmhouses  Canada Post Sells Mid-Century Marvel for $159 Million  Demolisher to Be Fined  Doors Open Toronto  Annual General Meeting  New Faces on the Board: Tom, Suzanne, and Sanford  New Faces in the Post Office: Mary-Rose and Cara

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SPRUCE COURT CELEBRATES 100th ANNIVERSARY  Post Office Creates Rare and Valuable RUSH Collectible

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NEW LIFE PROPOSED FOR LOBLAWS WAREHOUSE  St. Anne’s Anglican – the “Group of Seven Church”  Toronto’s First Post Office Open 30 Years  Hooray for the Little Shops on King! (Little Trinity Annex)  Historic George Street Homes Ready for Rescue  A Well-Travelled Bear  Rush First-Day Covers a First-Class Success  New Face at TFPO: Gabriele Heritage Toronto Honours Rollo Myers with Special Achievement Award  New in the Gift Shop

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REVISITING ALLAN GARDENS  Stylish New Neighbours on George Street  Donald Maclean: Our Hero  Interpretive Centre Opens at First Parliament Site  The Odette House Lost  Island Airport Update  Empress Hotel Arson News  It Seems Letter Writing is All the Rage  Workshop: Puzzles and Pinpricks  Scoundrels and Soldiers  Annual General Meeting  Post House Condo under Construction

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PRINCE OF WALES VISITS TORONTO  City Set to Acquire Last Piece of First Parliament Site  Our Celebrated Friends (Margaret McBurney and Arnaud Maggs)  Bishop’s Block to Become Exclusive Soho House Club

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CANADIAN RETAILER HOLT RENFREW CELEBRATES 175 YEARS  James Scott Howard’s Family Bible Finds Its Way Home  Postal Station K Threatened by Development  Royal Visit Update: Laura Secord Met the Prince of Wales!  Book Launch for Dorothy Duncan  Pop-Up Post Office  Off-Site Presentations  Workshop: Mail Art 101  Janice Nickerson to Speak on Donald Maclean  A Gift to Our Library  Missing Michael Comstock (1945 – 2012)

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REBELLION – 175 YEARS AFTER  Nine Decades at Heliconian Hall

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FEDERAL GRANT SAVES O’CONNOR HOUSE  Maclean House Designated Too Late?  Lamenting Another Lost Hotel (The Empress Hotel)  Paul Oberman, 1957 – 2011  New Genealogy Resource  Victoria Memorial Square Restoration Now Complete  Philatelic Corner: Faithful Marianne (Marianne, Symbol of Liberty in France)  Text-Message Postage  Albert Jackson: Toronto’s First Black Postman  New in the Gift Shop  Workshop: Puzzles and Pinpricks  Music and Dancing

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TORONTO’S INDUSTRIAL PAST UNCOVERED 1853 Schooner Found on Lake Bottom 28th Annual General Meeting Doors Open Toronto A Visit From Alice So Interpretive Centre to Occupy Former Porsche Showroom

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HERITAGE COACH HOUSE TO BE DEMOLISHED Former Fox and Fiddle Picked Up and Parked by Pinnacle (Richard West Houses) Wellesley Cottage Update Paul Oberman Legacy Sought for Market Street Guild Inn Once Again in Jeopardy PAL-SAC: Post-a-Letter Social Activity Club Owney the Postal Dog New in the Gift Shop

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ANOTHER HERITAGE BUILDING TORCHED (295 George Street)  National Historic Site to Be Dismantled or Demolished (Toronto Island Airport Terminal Building)  Jane Jacobs Chairs Installed in Victoria Memorial Square  Catherine Nasmith Elected President of Toronto ACO  Shawn Micallef’s Stroll Wins Heritage Toronto Award  Skills for Change G.E.T.U.P. and Go to the Post Office  Pal-Sac Celebrates Year One at Toronto’s First Post Office  Artwork on VÜ  Stamps Featured in Return to Centre  Christmas in the Gift Shop  Workshop: Puzzles, Pinpricks and Knots  Toronto’s Birthday Party

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FORMER PALACE STREET SCHOOL FACES UNCERTAIN FUTURE University College Ahead of Its Time On the Waterfront (Watertable, Monument to the War of 1812) Fort York’s New Visitor Centre Coming by 2012 Toronto Museum Project New Face on the Weekends: Kevin New in the Gift Shop Serendipity Brings Historic Images to Light (Eli John Palmer) Rare Canadian Stamp Sells for Record-Setting Amount Workshop: Puzzles, Pinpricks and Knots of Love

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ARTSCAPE TO RESCUE SHAW STREET SCHOOL  First Nation Wins Compensation for 1805 Toronto Purchase  Historic Brantford Demolished  Richard West House in Danger  Design Chosen for New St. Lawrence Farmers’ Market  New in the Gift Shop  Annual General Meeting  A Good Mail Day Is…

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THERE GOES THE NEIGHBOURHOOD!  Speaking of which… (Post House Condominiums)  1871 David Livingstone Letter Deciphered

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LAST WELLESLEY COTTAGE BEING RESTORED  National Historic Site Is Home to Heritage Organizations (10 Adelaide Street East aka The Birkbeck Building)  Cabbagetown Heritage Conservation District Committee Launches New Website First Parliament Site Heats Up Once More Halifax Update St. Lawrence BIA Wins Community Heritage Award Extreme Makeover (Little Trinity Annex) New Foundation Launched to Save Clarington’s Camp 30 New Face at the Post Office: Deanna Christmas in the Gift Shop This Just In! (1837 Rebellion Document Sells at Auction) Workshop: Puzzles, Pinpricks and Knots of Love Toronto’s Birthday Party Find Us on Facebook

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CITY OF TORONTO CELEBRATES 175 YEARS Toronto Home to 34 National Historic Sites Young Filmmaker Focuses on Built Heritage (Mark Magro) Toronto Postcard Club Show THA Heritage Showcase Doors Open Toronto An Evening of Stories, Song and Dance 26th Annual General Meeting New Face for the Summer: Laura New in the Gift Shop

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MUSEUM CELEBRATES UNIQUE HISTORY OF POSTAL STATION K  National Historic Site Built by Society Born in 1834 (The Arts and Letters Club, St. George’s Hall)  A Lifetime – Day by Day: Five Women and Their Diaries  History Road Show

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HALIFAX HEARTBREAK City of Toronto Lights Up the Old Town National Hotel Update War of 1812 Victory Party Talk and Tea: Learn About the History of Toronto’s Christmas Traditions Don’t Forget the Gift Shop this Holiday Season

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TOLLKEEPER’S COTTAGE TO OPEN AS A MUSEUM Town of York Home to the First Farmers’ Cooperative in Canada (Farmers’ Storehouse) Afternoon Tea at the P.O. Workshop: Puzzles, Pinpricks and Knots of Love Toronto’s 174th Birthday Celebrating Mother Annual General Meeting New Face on the Weekends: Meredith New in the Gift Shop Taking it to the People It’s Our 25th Anniversary!

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FORMER NATIONAL HOTEL IN PERIL Intrigue and Revelation at the Grange The Royal Mail from York Letters to Santa Launch Talk and Tea: “A Victorian Christmas” A History of Toronto’s Christmas Traditions  Workshop: Puzzles, Pinpricks and ♥ Knots of Love Workshop: Celebrating Mother From Ancient Greece to Upper Canada New Books in the Gift Shop

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GEORGIAN APARTMENTS DEMOLISHED IN DEAD OF NIGHT (Walnut Hall, 102-108 Shuter Street) Let That Be a Warning (Little Trinity Annex) Toronto’s 173rd Birthday Professional Development (“Display and Design for Community Museum Exhibits”) Taking It to City Hall (THA Heritage Showcase) Annual General Meeting A Visit From the Postcard Club New Face on the Board: Melville New Books in the Gift Shop

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BISHOP’S BUILDINGS IN PATH OF DEVELOPMENT Rideau Canal Becomes Ontario’s First World Heritage Site Talk and Tea: “Strange and Idle Beggars” A History of Childhood and Labour in Victorian Times Walking Tour: “FROM TOWN TO CITY The St. Lawrence Neighbourhood in the 1830s” Mystery Bride Exhibition: David Thomson: Map Maker, Explorer and Visionary Exhibition: The Bank of Upper Canada Talk and Tea: “A Victorian Christmas” A History of Toronto’s Christmas Traditions

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LITTLE TRINITY CHURCH LOVINGLY RESTORED Paul Bishop’s Houses Once Again Homes Great Gift Ideas…Books from the Gift Shop A Rare Find (Letter Carriers’ Postcards) Tea at the Post Office Exhibit: “Yours to Discover” Tourism in Ontario Through Time

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CONSTRUCTION CREW FINDS BURIED WHARF (Queen’s Wharf)  First Parliament Site Now in Public Hands  Humber Book Launch  Christmas Open House  Bruce Bell and Mike Filey at St. Lawrence Hall  Toronto Dollar Party  May is Museum Month  Doors Open Toronto  Annual General Meeting  Plaque to Honour Birthplace of Robert Baldwin  New Books in the Gift Shop  Philatelic Mystery Sheds Light on Aviation History

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VICTORIA MEMORIAL SQUARE RESTORATION Last Look at the Old Don Jail? Plaque Honours Father of Responsible Government Scavengers Hunt the Post Office New Faces in the Post Office: Amira and Tanner (and Gemma) New Members on the Board: Gerald, Cynthia, and Jennifer Summer Housekeeping Heritage Canada Honours Two of Our Friends (Margaret (Peggy) Kurtin and Catherine Nasmith) Citizens for Riverdale Hospital Important Heritage Forum for Mayoral Candidates New Books in the Gift Shop

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TORONTO’S FIRST HOSPITAL SITE OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIG Nineteenth-Century Building on Queen Street Destroyed by Fire Heritage Canada Honours Friends New Permanent Stamps Annual Open House An Evening with Bruce Bell and Mike Filey