Safety mascot Elmer the Elephant was created in 1947 by Bas Mason of the Toronto Telegram and police inspector Vernon Page. Toronto mayor Robert Hood S…
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This is the 21st edition of the weekly Retrontario newsletter. Subscribe now to start getting it sent directly to your inbox: Presented for your nostal…
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It’s been over 20 years since the expropriations that gradually transformed the Yonge and Dundas intersection into Toronto’s current micro-simulacrum o…
| Nov 25 | 8 |
The dearly missed candy-coated chewing gum called Chiclets used surreal puppets from the popular satirical U.K. television series Spitting Image for it…
| Oct 21 | 2 |
This is the 16th edition of the weekly Retrontario newsletter. Subscribe now to start getting it sent directly to your inbox: October 11, 1979 was when…
| Oct 7 | 1 |
This is the 14th edition of the weekly Retrontario newsletter. Subscribe now to start getting it sent directly to your inbox: You Can’t Do That On Tele…
| Sep 16 | 1 |
This is the 13th edition of the weekly Retrontario newsletter. Subscribe now to start getting it sent directly to your inbox: September 12, 1979 was wh…
| Sep 9 | 1 |
This is the 12th edition of the weekly Retrontario newsletter. Subscribe now to start getting it sent directly to your inbox: August 31, 1984 was when …
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This is the 11th edition of the weekly Retrontario newsletter. Subscribe now to start getting it sent directly to your inbox: September 3, 1979 was whe…
| Aug 19 | 3 |