Torontoist » Communism 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 Fighting Over Fluoride in the ’50s

Communist conspiracy. Poison worse than arsenic. Crime against God. Gross violation of civil liberties. Evil plot hatched by aluminum companies to dump waste. These were among the charges civic politicians heard when water fluoridation was debated in Metropolitan Toronto’s municipalities in 1955.

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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. Coverage of Tim Buck’s reception from The Star on November 26, 1934. Union Station hadn’t seen a crowd that size since the Prince of Wales had visited. A throng of more [...]

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