Posts Filed Under: 1980s
The tabloid's opinions haven't always stood the test of time.
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Jamie Bradburn
A look at the development of the amusement park, which turns 35 this year.
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Jamie Bradburn
Reviewing Toronto's five previous attempts to display the Olympic rings.
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Jamie Bradburn
As the former floating restaurant is hauled out of the harbour today, a look back at the time Captain John Letnik's original ship had a sinking feeling.
By
Jamie Bradburn
Thirty years ago today, Scarborough entered a new chapter in its public transit history that was proclaimed at the time as the greatest day in its history.
By
Jamie Bradburn
At one time, Toronto was a bastion of Hungarian cuisine, especially in the "Goulash Archipelago."
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Jamie Bradburn
As Xtra winds down its print edition, a look at the pioneering gay journal that spawned it.
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Jamie Bradburn
Why Toronto didn't officially proclaim Lesbian and Gay Pride Day until 1991.
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Jamie Bradburn
Celebrations, protests, and community action in the 1970s that made Toronto's Pride possible.
By
Jamie Bradburn
Four months after his release in 1990 from decades of imprisonment, Nelson Mandela visited Toronto.
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Jamie Bradburn
The province wants to build a casino in Toronto. If history is any indication, the odds of anything actually happening aren't good.
By
Jamie Bradburn
While today's Blue Jays fans dream of World Series glory, in 1980 they could only hope to lose fewer than 100 games.
By
Jamie Bradburn
A holiday assortment of Christmas shopping ads.
By
Jamie Bradburn
In the wake of the Pinball Cafe's closure, a look at how we got to Toronto's current pinball rules.
By
Jamie Bradburn
How the seasonal tradition was reborn after Eaton's cancelled it in 1982.
By
Jamie Bradburn
Mississauga's venerable mayor is no stranger to conflict-of-interest allegations.
By
Jamie Bradburn
One corporation's attempt to cash in on the popularity of frozen yogurt in the late 1980s.
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Jamie Bradburn
Music isn't just sound—it also informs our sense of place. And so, a look at some of the places that have shaped Toronto's music.
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Jamie Bradburn • Illustration by Chloe Cushman
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