I live near Dufferin Grove Park. I take my wee lad there at least twice a week. I’ve met friends for coffee on its benches, enjoyed camp fires at its fire circles, seen live theatre and summer dance shows, watched bicycle polo(!) last summer, and most recently, witnessed the community’s outpouring of support for other […]
It’s May 2012. In most of Canada, the birds are chirping, spring flowers are in bloom, and people across the country are gearing up to crack out the grills in anticipation of a lovely summer. Oh yes, and it’s approaching 200 years to the day since the United States ‘declared war on Britain and all […]
Cast your imagination back to Chicago, 1886. The date is May 1st, a day previously declared as the beginning of a national standard eight-hour workday. Working people across the country set to strike in support of “Eight hours for work, eight hours for rest, eight hours for what we will.” Between 30 and 40 thousand […]