Every Saturday at noon, Historicist looks back at the events, places, and characters—good and bad—that have shaped Toronto into the city we know today. Image from Les Callan Normandy and On (Longmans, Green and Co., 1945). During the Second World War, comic books offered Canadian youth escapism from the humdrum of the home-front. The earliest [...]

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. “Blackwash and Whitewash” From J.W. Bengough, A Caricature History of Canadian Politics [1886] (Peter Martin Associates Limited, 1974) In the late nineteenth century, with each newspaper following a party line, it was [...]