Horseshoe Falls (part of Niagara Falls). Toronto Star Photograph Archive, 1985. Tourists, honeymoon couples, traffic jams and wax museums. These might come to mind when we think of Niagara Falls. But in winter Niagara Falls is transformed into a peaceful, frozen wonderland that has attracted tourists for decades. Lamp posts, trees and buildings near the […]
Join David Cohen at the North York Central Library in a four part series in which he will present a six step sales process that will give you an easy, repeatable way to sell. From how you position your business, to how you attract and market to clients and prospects, to selling in […]
North of Village of Malvern (now Scarborough), circa 1880. Toronto Star Photograph Archive. It's 1886. You need flour to bake a loaf of bread to go with the beef stew you're serving for dinner. Where do you go? More than likely, the general store. General stores were the place to go if you lived in a […]
Photo by Pixabay. In February Toronto's first zero waste grocery store, Unboxed Market, opened its doors to the public. Shoppers are encouraged to bring their own reusable containers and bags to do their shopping, but if you forget to bring your own you can still purchase paper and glass containers. This kind of shopping […]
Photo by InvestmentZen on a CC License. As RRSP season approaches many of us have to decide whether or not to contribute to our RRSPs or even whether to set one up. So what exactly is an RRSP? An RRSP (Registered Retirement Savings Plan) is a saving or investing account that you can use to […]
Canadian women commute by train to arms and ammunition plants, 1940 Below are ephemera (items only meant to be used for a short time) and photographs from Toronto Public Library's Baldwin Collection and Toronto Star Photograph Archive, respectively. All are available on the library's site, Digital Archive Ontario. When Canada went to war in 1939, […]
image courtesy of West Legal Barristers and Solicitors Many of us don't want to think about dying, but the reality is that we will. Making a will is perhaps the most important thing we can do, but estate planning is about much more than that. In her MoneySense article "Estate planning: What you need to […]
image courtesy of History of the Apple Logo Last month Apple Inc. hit a market cap of $1 trillion becoming the first US company to reach that milestone. Powered by better than expected quarterly financial results in early August, it left its rivals in its wake. The Apple Computer Company was founded by […]
image courtesy of Jay on Instagram On September 27, 2018 Google will celebrate its 20th birthday. Officially launched in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, it has become the most widely used web-based search engine. What originally began as their PhD thesis at Stanford University, Google has become a multi-million dollar company […]
Courtesy Toronto Star Photo Archives, 1977 Every year since 1946 the town of Fergus, Ontario has been celebrating its Scottish heritage. It is the largest gathering of clans outside of Scotland and Cape Breton Island. The Fergus Scottish Festival and Highland Games continues the tradition started by the Ancient Celts in Ireland, highlighting events such […]