Torontoist » Biography http://torontoist.com Torontoist is about Toronto and everything that happens in it Sat, 26 May 2012 18:59:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Historicist: The Truth and Fiction of a Roving Reporter

Every Saturday morning, Historicist looks back at the events, places, and characters—good and bad—that have shaped Toronto into the city we know today. Photo of Gordon Sinclair in the Far East (ca. 1930). City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 1244, Item 2098. After a long and controversial career, Gordon Sinclair’s obituary called him “soft-hearted, irascible, generous, [...]

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Each week, Torontoist examines the upcoming TV listings and makes note of programs that are entertaining, informative, and of quality. Or, alternately, none of those. The result: Televisualist. Monday ABC reality shows traditionally have the shittiest prizes at the end (witness The Bachelor, where the winning girl gets to be some dickhead’s pump-chump for three [...]

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