Adam Bunch
@adambunch.bsky.social
Exploring the history of Toronto/Canada. Author: The Toronto Book of the Dead & Toronto Book of Love. Host of Canadiana. Prof at George Brown. Creator: Toronto Time Traveller newsletter, The Festival of Bizarre Toronto History & The Toronto Dreams Project
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The painting sold for $575,000. Congratulations to the buyer.
I'm still hoping that the intent is to keep here in Toronto, publicly exhibited as much as possible.
I'm still hoping that the intent is to keep here in Toronto, publicly exhibited as much as possible.
Heads-up! Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith’s 1894 “Lights of a City Street” goes up for auction today at 3:00 PM (Nov 19, 2025).
I hope this painting stays in Toronto and remains on public view.
Auction page: tinyurl.com/575z6jt8
#art #auction #history #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
I hope this painting stays in Toronto and remains on public view.
Auction page: tinyurl.com/575z6jt8
#art #auction #history #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
November 20, 2025 at 12:10 AM
The painting sold for $575,000. Congratulations to the buyer.
I'm still hoping that the intent is to keep here in Toronto, publicly exhibited as much as possible.
I'm still hoping that the intent is to keep here in Toronto, publicly exhibited as much as possible.
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Heads-up! Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith’s 1894 “Lights of a City Street” goes up for auction today at 3:00 PM (Nov 19, 2025).
I hope this painting stays in Toronto and remains on public view.
Auction page: tinyurl.com/575z6jt8
#art #auction #history #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
I hope this painting stays in Toronto and remains on public view.
Auction page: tinyurl.com/575z6jt8
#art #auction #history #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
November 19, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Heads-up! Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith’s 1894 “Lights of a City Street” goes up for auction today at 3:00 PM (Nov 19, 2025).
I hope this painting stays in Toronto and remains on public view.
Auction page: tinyurl.com/575z6jt8
#art #auction #history #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
I hope this painting stays in Toronto and remains on public view.
Auction page: tinyurl.com/575z6jt8
#art #auction #history #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
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In the early 1960s, both Australia and Britain were faced with the prospect of American Nazi Party leader, George Lincoln Rockwell, applying for a visa to their country. Australia denied him entry and Rockwell was deported from the UK after sneaking in via Ireland.
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November 18, 2025 at 9:32 PM
In the early 1960s, both Australia and Britain were faced with the prospect of American Nazi Party leader, George Lincoln Rockwell, applying for a visa to their country. Australia denied him entry and Rockwell was deported from the UK after sneaking in via Ireland.
www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/9/...
www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/9/...
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November 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Closing Weekend and the 81-year-old Imperial Pub.
November 17, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Closing Weekend and the 81-year-old Imperial Pub.
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Episode 1800 of Toronto Mike'd just recorded live from Casa Loma with @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social!
www.torontomike.com/2025/11/1800...
www.torontomike.com/2025/11/1800...
#1800 Live from Casa Loma: Toronto Mike'd Podcast Episode 1800
In this milestone 1800th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike and Jeremy Hopkin record live from Casa Loma and share all the #funfacts and #mindblows about this historic Toronto landmark. This episode is e...
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November 17, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Episode 1800 of Toronto Mike'd just recorded live from Casa Loma with @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social!
www.torontomike.com/2025/11/1800...
www.torontomike.com/2025/11/1800...
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As a Toronto nostalgia fan, this was fun to see. Until January 11, 2026, you can get a rare look at vintage shopping bags from the likes of: A&P, Dominion, Eaton's, Honest Ed's, Simpsons, The Hudson Bay Company, Woolworth's, Zellers… and more! At the Toronto Reference Library.
November 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
As a Toronto nostalgia fan, this was fun to see. Until January 11, 2026, you can get a rare look at vintage shopping bags from the likes of: A&P, Dominion, Eaton's, Honest Ed's, Simpsons, The Hudson Bay Company, Woolworth's, Zellers… and more! At the Toronto Reference Library.
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Big news! 📣 We're recording Episode 1800 of the Toronto Mike'd Podcast this Monday inside Casa Loma.
We’re diving into the past of this remarkable Toronto landmark, from its grand architecture to the stories tucked inside its walls. This is one you’ll want to hear. 🎙️
#torontomiked #jeremyhopkin
We’re diving into the past of this remarkable Toronto landmark, from its grand architecture to the stories tucked inside its walls. This is one you’ll want to hear. 🎙️
#torontomiked #jeremyhopkin
November 15, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Big news! 📣 We're recording Episode 1800 of the Toronto Mike'd Podcast this Monday inside Casa Loma.
We’re diving into the past of this remarkable Toronto landmark, from its grand architecture to the stories tucked inside its walls. This is one you’ll want to hear. 🎙️
#torontomiked #jeremyhopkin
We’re diving into the past of this remarkable Toronto landmark, from its grand architecture to the stories tucked inside its walls. This is one you’ll want to hear. 🎙️
#torontomiked #jeremyhopkin
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Almost everywhere in the City of Toronto has fewer people that it did 50 years ago
November 15, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Almost everywhere in the City of Toronto has fewer people that it did 50 years ago
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I was interviewed for this podcast episode.
Today on my podcast Canadian History Ehx:
The Sinking of HHMS Llandovery Castle.
On June 27, 1918, U-86 torpedoed the hospital ship near Ireland. The U-boat then fired on survivors. Only 24 people survived.
Listen on all podcast platforms 👇
link.chtbl.com/chx
The Sinking of HHMS Llandovery Castle.
On June 27, 1918, U-86 torpedoed the hospital ship near Ireland. The U-boat then fired on survivors. Only 24 people survived.
Listen on all podcast platforms 👇
link.chtbl.com/chx
November 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I was interviewed for this podcast episode.
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Today!
Bribes, fraud and corruption — this Friday at noon!
"Toronto's Most Scandalous: Tycoons & Robbers Barons" is next up in my free online lunchtime lecture series for the Toronto Public Library.
Learn more & register for free: www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?E...
"Toronto's Most Scandalous: Tycoons & Robbers Barons" is next up in my free online lunchtime lecture series for the Toronto Public Library.
Learn more & register for free: www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?E...
November 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Today!
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The 1913/1923 Goad's map slider is quite astonishing. The Bloor Viaduct had a remarkable and rapid impact.
It was having an outing at Red Rocket when I saw this. Then it was down the rabbit hole. One that led to penning an article:
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November 12, 2025 at 12:48 AM
The 1913/1923 Goad's map slider is quite astonishing. The Bloor Viaduct had a remarkable and rapid impact.
Bribes, fraud and corruption — this Friday at noon!
"Toronto's Most Scandalous: Tycoons & Robbers Barons" is next up in my free online lunchtime lecture series for the Toronto Public Library.
Learn more & register for free: www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?E...
"Toronto's Most Scandalous: Tycoons & Robbers Barons" is next up in my free online lunchtime lecture series for the Toronto Public Library.
Learn more & register for free: www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?E...
November 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Bribes, fraud and corruption — this Friday at noon!
"Toronto's Most Scandalous: Tycoons & Robbers Barons" is next up in my free online lunchtime lecture series for the Toronto Public Library.
Learn more & register for free: www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?E...
"Toronto's Most Scandalous: Tycoons & Robbers Barons" is next up in my free online lunchtime lecture series for the Toronto Public Library.
Learn more & register for free: www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?E...
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This is the greatest story ever told:
A person in Hamilton, ON stole a city bus and then proceeded to make the stops along the way, allowing passengers to board and exit freely. The person actually refusing someone looking to board with an expired pass. 🔥🔥
hamiltonpolice.on.ca/news/police-...
A person in Hamilton, ON stole a city bus and then proceeded to make the stops along the way, allowing passengers to board and exit freely. The person actually refusing someone looking to board with an expired pass. 🔥🔥
hamiltonpolice.on.ca/news/police-...
Police Arrest Man After HSR Bus Joy Ride
On Tuesday, November 11, 2025, at approximately 9:00 p.m., a Hamilton Street Railway (HSR) bus driver pulled into the McNab Bus Terminal and exited the vehicle for a short break.During this time, an a...
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November 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This is the greatest story ever told:
A person in Hamilton, ON stole a city bus and then proceeded to make the stops along the way, allowing passengers to board and exit freely. The person actually refusing someone looking to board with an expired pass. 🔥🔥
hamiltonpolice.on.ca/news/police-...
A person in Hamilton, ON stole a city bus and then proceeded to make the stops along the way, allowing passengers to board and exit freely. The person actually refusing someone looking to board with an expired pass. 🔥🔥
hamiltonpolice.on.ca/news/police-...
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Today marks the 100th anniversary of the Toronto Cenotaph — a quiet, carved reminder of the cost of war that has gathered Torontonians in reflection every November 11 since it was unveiled in 1925.
#remembranceday #war #sacrifice #cenotaph #memorial #TorontoHistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
#remembranceday #war #sacrifice #cenotaph #memorial #TorontoHistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
November 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the Toronto Cenotaph — a quiet, carved reminder of the cost of war that has gathered Torontonians in reflection every November 11 since it was unveiled in 1925.
#remembranceday #war #sacrifice #cenotaph #memorial #TorontoHistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
#remembranceday #war #sacrifice #cenotaph #memorial #TorontoHistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
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the drummer, Barry Keane, is also the drummer on "OK Blue Jays," on Anne Murray's top-selling album "Let's Keep It That Way" ("You Needed Me"), and oh yeah on Shania Twain's demo tape that got her the Mercury Nashville contract in 1992
today I learned the released version of the song was take one, the first time the band ever actually played the song, and the drummer had never heard it before? unreal
The Edmund Fitzgerald sank 50 years ago today. The next year, the singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot chronicled the tragedy in an unlikely hit single.
Read about how ↓
Read about how ↓
November 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM
the drummer, Barry Keane, is also the drummer on "OK Blue Jays," on Anne Murray's top-selling album "Let's Keep It That Way" ("You Needed Me"), and oh yeah on Shania Twain's demo tape that got her the Mercury Nashville contract in 1992
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Here is the Newsweek magazine article that led to the song "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," marked up to show key passages that Lightfoot borrowed. Short thread at quoted post. Thanks to @bikeguy.bsky.social for reminding me about this. #EdmundFitzgerald50
November 9, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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NEW! For Toronto Today @torontotoday.ca I switch from baseball to hockey history to look at the defection of Vaclav Nedomansky from Czechoslavakia, who chose the Toronto Toros of the WHA to start his North American career.
#TOHistory #hockey
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#TOHistory #hockey
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How a Soviet bloc hockey player defected to Toronto during the Cold War
In 1974, Vaclav Nedomansky, captain of Czechoslovakia’s national hockey team, made his escape to the WHL’s Toronto Toros
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November 8, 2025 at 9:44 PM
NEW! For Toronto Today @torontotoday.ca I switch from baseball to hockey history to look at the defection of Vaclav Nedomansky from Czechoslavakia, who chose the Toronto Toros of the WHA to start his North American career.
#TOHistory #hockey
www.torontotoday.ca/local/histor...
#TOHistory #hockey
www.torontotoday.ca/local/histor...
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This is such a well made and interesting show, and available on CBC Gem. Stuff The British Stole gem.cbc.ca/stuff-the-br...
Stuff The British Stole | Shows | CBC Gem
The British Empire stole a lot of stuff. Those objects are housed in museums and galleries across the world. We peel back the true histories behind those objects - and meet those who want them back.
gem.cbc.ca
November 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM
This is such a well made and interesting show, and available on CBC Gem. Stuff The British Stole gem.cbc.ca/stuff-the-br...
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The recording from Drew Von Hasselbach's presentation of The Dead from Down the Street is available on our website until about November 25. A timely presentation for #RemembranceWeek: torontofamilyhistory.org/toronto-bran...
#lestweforget
#lestweforget
Tonight at 7:30 pm! There's still time to register for our October branch meeting. Come hear Drew Von Hasselbach tell the story of The Dead from Down the Street, with opening act OISE Library's Special Collections. Register for your Zoom link here:
torontofamilyhistory.org/event/dead-f...
torontofamilyhistory.org/event/dead-f...
November 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The recording from Drew Von Hasselbach's presentation of The Dead from Down the Street is available on our website until about November 25. A timely presentation for #RemembranceWeek: torontofamilyhistory.org/toronto-bran...
#lestweforget
#lestweforget
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There are many reasons I love Los Angeles (and will visit again once the current cr*p down south fades) - this story adds to that.
www.thestar.com/sports/blue-...
www.thestar.com/sports/blue-...
‘I hope this becomes a lasting tradition.’ Dodgers fans ease Blue Jays’ World Series loss with $30,000 in donations to SickKids
Many fans donated $51 as a tribute to the Blue Jays relievers who put the number 51 on their caps to pay respects to L.A. pitcher Alex Vesia.
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November 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
There are many reasons I love Los Angeles (and will visit again once the current cr*p down south fades) - this story adds to that.
www.thestar.com/sports/blue-...
www.thestar.com/sports/blue-...
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Since Trump took office, the US has killed 70 people in its campaign to allegedly defend the border from narcotics trafficking in the Caribbean. Over 28 years, the Berlin Wall caused 140 deaths taking into account not just the shootings but also the accidents, drownings and borders guard deaths.
Updated: Our tracking guide with the Pentagon’s latest lethal strike on a boat suspected of drug trafficking. Three men were killed in the Caribbean Sea, Defense Secretary Hegseth posted last night, raising the toll to at least 70 killed in this bombing campaign. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Tracking U.S. Military Killings in Boat Attacks
In two months, the Trump administration has killed dozens of people it accused of smuggling drugs aboard boats. Here are the acknowledged strikes so far.
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Since Trump took office, the US has killed 70 people in its campaign to allegedly defend the border from narcotics trafficking in the Caribbean. Over 28 years, the Berlin Wall caused 140 deaths taking into account not just the shootings but also the accidents, drownings and borders guard deaths.
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Forgotten Toronto: How the city’s so-called morality police once waged war for ‘Toronto the Good’
Forgotten Toronto: How the city’s so-called morality police once waged war for ‘Toronto the Good’
For decades, immorality was outlawed in Toronto — leading hundreds of young, working women to be arrested on suspicions of prostitution.
www.thestar.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Forgotten Toronto: How the city’s so-called morality police once waged war for ‘Toronto the Good’
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Toronto harbour, circa 1920s
Artist: Stanley F. Turner
Medium: Goache on illustration board
#1920s #torontoart #art #artist #harbourfront #architecture #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
Artist: Stanley F. Turner
Medium: Goache on illustration board
#1920s #torontoart #art #artist #harbourfront #architecture #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
November 7, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Toronto harbour, circa 1920s
Artist: Stanley F. Turner
Medium: Goache on illustration board
#1920s #torontoart #art #artist #harbourfront #architecture #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin
Artist: Stanley F. Turner
Medium: Goache on illustration board
#1920s #torontoart #art #artist #harbourfront #architecture #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin