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Historicist: In the Dark

How Toronto survived, and even enjoyed, the Northeast Blackout of 1965.

By Jamie Bradburn

Children enjoying a skate at Nathan Phillips Square during the 1965 blackout, with light provided by city parks trucks. Illustration by Jeremy Kai/Torontoist.
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Federal Budget Cuts Force CBC to Slash Services

650 job losses, scaled back international service, ads on Radio 2 among measures to cope with federal budget cut.

By Steve Kupferman

Photo by {a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/reinhardt416/885248665/"}Bradley J. Reinhardt{/a} from the {a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/torontoist"}Torontoist Flickr Pool{/a}.
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Vintage Toronto Ads: Good News from Jim Curran

As CBC Radio's traffic reporter signs off after four decades on the air, we look back at the beginning of his broadcasting career.

By Jamie Bradburn

Source: the Toronto Star, June 1, 1970.
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Duly Quoted: CBC Ombudsman Kirk LaPointe

"In view of the fact the Toronto Police Service depends on budget deliberations headed by the mayor, and in view of the fact this year's police budget that averted layoffs was reached only in the week before this incident, I concluded CBC could not rest on [Chief Bill] Blair's account."

By Hamutal Dotan

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2011 Hero: Matt Galloway

Nominated for: loving Toronto, and telling us all the reasons why we should, too.

By Sarah-Joyce Battersby • Illustration by Jeremy Kai

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Historicist: Armed with a Felt Pen and a Sense of Humour

Master of the cartoonist's pen but burdened by inner turmoil, George Feyer is a long-neglected mid-century pop culture figure.

By Kevin Plummer

Photo of George Feyer on CBC's {em}Razzle Dazzle{/em}, 1961, by Albert Crookshank, CBC Still Photo Collection.
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How the CBC Got It Wrong on Rob Ford

We need the CBC—badly. But they certainly didn't do themselves any favours playing Princess Warrior in Rob Ford's driveway.

By Mark Bourrie

Rob Ford and Marg Delahunty, friends forever.
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Duly Quoted: Mike Del Grande

"The media have a responsibility to act with integrity and professionalism... I’d say the CBC and the Toronto Star in particular have lost their journalistic compass."

By Hamutal Dotan

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Vintage Toronto Ads: Jack of Hearts’ Flying Circus

Victor Garber as a playing card and a television classic that one angry letter-writer saw as an affront to an entire nationality.

By Jamie Bradburn

Source: the Toronto Sun, February 28, 1974.
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Historicist: Hailey’s Comet

Arthur Hailey's 1950s teleplay Flight Into Danger, which inspired the film Airplane!, was one of the “most gripping, tension-packed” plays of its time

By Kevin Plummer

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Opening the CN Tower

By Jamie Bradburn

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The Roar of Greasepaint, The Smell of Gunfire

By Jamie Bradburn

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Hyping and Hating the Hip Hop Summit

By Torontoist Staff

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CBC puts its Northern Touch to Work with Rap Show

By Saira Peesker

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Hip Hop Hooray for the CBC

By Sarah-Joyce Battersby

Urban Planner: February 23, 2011

By Rebecca Vandevelde

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Who’s Reading Along with Canada Reads?

By Valerie Lam

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An Attempted Transcript of Rob Ford’s Distracted As It Happens Interview

By David Topping

Photoist: October 21, 2010

By David Topping

Urban Planner: October 5, 2010

By Ryan West