I Prefer QUEBEC
WILLIAM MacMILLAN
PERHAPS we aren’t the financial centre of the Dominion, and maybe we do turn a cold shoulder to the flood of Americanization inundating the land. It is quite possible, too, that some folks up the creek consider us just a trifle slow and old-fashioned.
Yet, in spite of these handicaps, we’re satisfied.
There s a tang in the invigorating air of this old town on the rock, an intangible something that makes one feel that it s mighty good to be alive and among friends.
Thank goodness, Quebec folk don’t mind their own business à la Montreal. Here, friendship is spelled with a capital letter and the man next dr is a neighbor in the truest sense of the term. He calls on you when you’re ill, asks your advice regarding the plumbing, accepts without reservation your pet cure for rheumatism, listens politely to your idea of current politics, and almost throws his arms about your neck when you call him by his first name.
These forgotten architectural stones in a Toronto park were on a downtown building
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A collection of architectural ruins, known as the Dufferin Grove Stones at the western edge of Dufferin Grove Park, come with a long history.
Normally Dufferin Grove Park is a hotspot with a thriving farmer s market (now online), skatepark and wood oven.
Many people may miss the stones on the edge of the park in the summer months, the stones are part of a garden surrounded by greenery, and in winter they lay bare.
Fran s closing restaurant in Toronto after getting evicted by landlord
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Fran s Restaurant has become an institution in Toronto since the very first location opened at Yonge and St. Clair roughly 80 years ago, but it seems even this beloved business isn t immune to the brutal impacts of the pandemic.
To the dismay of all those that a appreciate a classic, old-school, 24-hour diner, Fran s annunced Wednesday that the location at Front and Yonge Streets, which opened in 2010, will be permanently closing its doors before the start of the new year.