After Donald Trump arbitrarily and foolishly signed an Executive Order changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America, an idea that is ridiculous. The name predates both the United States and Canada, Huron Indigenous people’s word “oniatarí:io,” which means “lake of shining waters.” Here a few of the photographs of LAKE ONTARIO from my […]
Three file photos of blue jays in my old backyard in the Pocket in Toronto, two in tree spring 2008, one on the fence May 2010, in honour of the baseball Blue Jays in the World Series.
In memory of the late Basil “Buzz” Hargrove (1944-2025) , president of the Canadian Autoworkers Union from 1998 to 2008, who on August 23, 2005, took time out from CAW negotiations with Ford to express solidarity with the locked out CBC employees. CBC News story Labour giant, former Canadian Auto Workers head Buzz Hargrove […]
Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019, was the last day of service for the Toronto “red rocket” CLRV streetcars that have been in service for 40 years. So I decided to look through my files for some memorable photographs of the iconic streetcars.