Torontoist » illustration http://torontoist.com Torontoist is about Toronto and everything that happens in it Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:18:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Urbanaut: A Taste of Home

Every few weeks, Torontoist receives transmissions from the travel log of Gleebax, the alien Urbanaut, as he explores the foreign land of Toronto.

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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. “Frontenac on the Way to Cataraqui, 1763″ from C.W. Jefferys, Dramatic Episodes in Canada’s Story (Ryerson Press, 1930) In 1921, the Ontario Department of Education selected Charles William Jefferys to illustrate [...]

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Illustration by Brett Lamb/Torontoist. With his intention to shove the Ontario PC party back to the right, newly hatched leader Tim Hudak demonstrated that he is the true heir to Mike Harris. But what kind of son will he be? Will he fit the mould of the creature in the Toho studio’s Son of Godzilla [...]

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