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Mike Filey’s Toronto Podcast – August 5th, 2012

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Mike Filey

Mike Filey’s Toronto Podcast: The Simcoe Holiday Weekend Toronto historian Mike Filey describes the very first time we officially called the August long weekend the  Simcoe Holiday Weekend – in 1969. He also remembers the first time The Mariposa Folk Festival … read more

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This Week on Mike Filey’s Toronto – August 5th

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Mike Filey

This is the long Simcoe Holiday Weekend, and Toronto historian Mike Filey describes the very first time we officially called it that – in 1969. He’ll also remember the first time The Mariposa Folk Festival moved to Toronto in 1964, … read more

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This Week on Mike Filey’s Toronto – July 29th

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Mike Filey

Toronto historian Mike Filey remembers the day Sunnyside’s giant outdoor swimming pool opened in 1925, and the day Toronto’s sweetheart swimmer Marilyn Bell conquered The English Channel in 1955. We’ll also reminisce about the movies we watched in the summer … read more

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This Week on Mike Filey’s Toronto – July 22nd

Posted on July 18, 2012 by Mike Filey

‘Honest Ed’ Mirvish was born 98 years ago this week, and historian Mike Filey will salute Toronto’s great impressario and entrepreneur on his next show; along with remembering some movies from the summer of 1955, and the day they stopped … read more

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This Week on Mike Filey’s Toronto – June 17th

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Mike Filey

The very day superstars Paul Whiteman and Irving Berlin were in Toronto to support a ‘victory loan’ drive, a training plane crashed into a lake-ferry in Toronto harbour; it was June 20th 1941 – we’ll recall that day, as well … read more

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This Week on Mike Filey’s Toronto – June 3rd

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Mike Filey

Toronto historian Mike Filey recalls the days when tourist ships crossed Lake Ontario during the 1950s, and the beginning of the Toronto Transit Commission in 1920. These stories and more about our city’s past – on the next Mike Filey’s … read more

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This Week on Mike Filey’s Toronto – May 20th

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Mike Filey

Toronto historian Mike Filey remembers three major events in our city’s past: The opening of Ontario Place in 1971 The TD Centre modernizes our skyline in 1968 The suspension of ‘The EX’ during the war years The stories and the … read more

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This Week on Mike Filey’s Toronto – May 6th

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Mike Filey

Can you imagine a group of American promoters trying to sell Toronto city council on a monorail above Bloor Street ? I know, it sounds like something from a Simpsons’ episode – absolutely crazy – but it happened. And this … read more

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On This Weekend’s Mike Filey’s Toronto – April 29th, 2012

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Mike Filey

  Toronto historian Mike Filey recalls three stories about the changing times in our city’s history: the day in 1971 the very first Boeing 747 landed, causing a huge traffic jam on Airport Road that day in 1968 consultants recommended … read more

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Rolling Stones at El Mocambo

Posted on March 4, 2011 by zumzum

Photos of the Rolling Stones historic performance at the El Mocambo in Toronto on March 4th and 5th, 1977.… read more

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