Once upon a time, St. Ansgarius Lutheran Church could be found on the corner of Secord and Cornwall streets. The name, St. Ansgarius was after St. Ansgar, the “Apostle of the North”, who built…
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Warning, any of you golf aficionados may want to just stop reading right now. I know… wtf am I doing writing about golf? I will preface it with this; this was a challenge brought…
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True Story. I became Claustrophobic in the Big Mac Climber. Kids born in the 1970s and 1980s lived in, what I believe, the “golden years of McDonald’s’. These were the years of Happy Meals…
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Joseph G. King was a prominent Port Arthur citizen and Businessman. He was known for his grain elevators and the innovative way that he handled poor, wet and soiled grain so it could be…
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My mind automatically attributes the world famous Waldorf-Astoria hotel to several things: J.J. Astor – American businessman and founder of the Astoria Hotel, later becoming the Waldorf-Astoria. Victim of the Titanic Sinking. The movie…
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It’s unusual for me to write about young tragedies, but this particularly dark story got me thinking about the many unpleasantries in our city which become concealed and forgotten over the years. In my…
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Earlier this month, I paid a visit to one of my favourite stores, Sleeping Giant Antiques. While mulling around, I found the most peculiar piece; an autograph book from 1931, chalked full of beautiful…
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My Grandpa, Stanley Golden landed his first job when he was only three years old – as a child model for the T. Eaton Company (Winnipeg). I’m not completely sure of how he landed such…
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May I have your attention please? May I have your attention please? Will the real Will Murdoch please stand up? I don’t know about you, but I love the show “Murdoch Mysteries” on CBC. If…
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In recent news, Thunder Bay City Council decided to remove the historic High Street stone retaining wall and replace it with an artificial “rock face” at a mere $2.4 million price tag. Many citizens are…