Posts Filed Under: Second World War

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Historicist: Socialite and Nazi Spy

Toronto's Grace Buchanan-Dineen's life of intrigue and espionage in Detroit.

By Kevin Plummer Apr. 1st, 12:00 pm

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Historicist: Making Sunnybrook Military Hospital a Reality

A Toronto park becomes a much-needed veterans’ hospital.

By David Wencer Nov. 12th, 12:00 pm

Theatre: Soulpepper’s Thought-Provoking Incident at Vichy

The company finds startling current relevance in Arthur Miller’s neglected Second World War play.

By Martin Morrow Jun. 13th, 1:30 pm

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Shaping Toronto: Union Station

In all its incarnations, the transportation heartbeat of the city.

By Jamie Bradburn Jan. 15th, 10:30 am

Historicist: VE Day

How Torontonians marked the end of Europe's Second World War.

By Jamie Bradburn May. 9th, 12:00 pm

Historicist: Toronto’s Dentist Mayor

Dr. Frederick L. Conboy's career as a dentist and public-health advocate leads to four years in the mayor's chair.

By David Wencer Apr. 25th, 12:00 pm

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Historicist: Scarborough’s Bombshell Beauties

Thousands of women work in Scarborough's munitions plant during World War II.

By Kaitlin Wainwright Mar. 7th, 12:00 pm

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Historicist: “An Exceptional Man”

Hollywood actor Sterling Hayden gets busted for hashish at Toronto International Airport.

By Kevin Plummer Jan. 24th, 12:00 pm

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Vintage Toronto Ads: Eaton’s Remembers

To mark Remembrance Day in 1948, the department store erected a memorial to fallen employees.

By Jamie Bradburn Nov. 11th, 12:00 pm

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Spotted: Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki at Nathan Phillips Square

At a lantern-lighting ceremony, Torontonians gathered to commemorate the WWII atomic bombings.

By Graeme Bayliss Aug. 7th, 12:27 pm

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Historicist: From Sunday School Teacher to Victoria Cross Recipient

David E. Hornell of Mimico and his flight crew's struggle to survive adrift in the North Atlantic

By Kevin Plummer Jun. 14th, 12:00 pm

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Historicist: The King of Deadpan

The inimitable comedian Ned Sparks.

By Kevin Plummer Jan. 12th, 12:00 pm

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What We Forget to Remember

Remembrance Day is an opportunity to reconsider the true meaning of sacrifice and heroism in Canada's wars.

By Mark Bourrie Nov. 12th, 11:00 am

Historicist: At the Front With “Monty and Johnny”

By Kevin Plummer Nov. 6th, 12:00 pm

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Historicist: Life in Wartime

By Kevin Plummer Nov. 7th, 12:00 pm

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Ich Bin Ein Berliner

By Johnnie Walker Oct. 30th, 8:11 pm

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Kenneth Thomson Makes His Own Headlines

By Rob Shostak Jun. 13th, 12:08 pm

Film Friday: Pink, Curious, Gold and Icelandic

By Mathew Kumar Feb. 10th, 3:12 pm