On the end of slavery in Upper Canada, and Toronto's not always warm welcome for escaped slaves. — Read More

Back when Toronto was at war, the establishment feared a young woman, convicted of murder, might become a martyr for reform. — Read More

If the demonstrators participating in Occupy Toronto are looking to antecedents for inspiration, they might consider October 26, 1996. — Read More

The Don River is part of who we are as Torontonians–whether we know it or like or not. — Read More

The history of Toronto's night is often the most revealing part of the city's narrative. The day is progress, a better work day, a more perfectly managed city; the night is chaos and creativity. — Read More

The omnipresence of the bicycle and bike culture in 1890s Toronto far surpasses anything we know today. But remarkably, the political issues associated with cycling are almost unchanged. — Read More

When Gay Toronto lacked for safe private spaces, and how it was shaped by official morality, crusading cops and the arrival of new amenities. — Read More

Even when Toronto was better known for being good, there was one place you could go to be bad: the saloons of St. John's Ward. — Read More

What whisky made, beer tore apart. Blame the 20th century and urbanization for the city losing its title as the world capital of spirits. — Read More