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Hidden Toronto: U of T’s Tiananmen Square memorial
The memorial to the 1989 student uprising and push for democracy in China takes on renewed resonance amid the pandemic By Enzo DiMatteo
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From the footpath that runs alongside it, it’s easy to mistake the Broken Bicycle monument to the 1989 student uprising in Tiananmen Square for a memorial to cyclists killed on Toronto’s streets. You have to walk up closer on the grassy knoll to make out the distinct impressions of the tank treads in the bronze of a crushed, upside-down bike.
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The sad news broke Friday morning that Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, passed away at the age of 99.
Prince Philip visited Toronto 20 times starting in the 1950s, according to a statement issued by Mayor John Tory. Prince Philip s connection to Toronto was a deep and heartfelt one, Tory said.
Prince Philip and Princess Elizabeth leave old Toronto City Hall during their first visit in 1951.
The first visit was in 1951 when he accompanied his wife, then Princess Elizabeth, on a tour she made in place of her ailing father, King George.
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On Saturday morning, a full-page newspaper advertisement stared at me.
It was signed by over a hundred groups led by the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC), Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL), dozens of left-wing factions and barely concealed Khalistani sympathizers.
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Ostensibly it was a “Statement of Solidarity with Farmers of India,” a segment of whom are protesting three new laws passed by the Indian parliament in 2020.
But, on reading the text, it was evident the groups had made no attempt to hide their hostility toward the Indian government, which they addressed as a ‘regime.’