By GENE DOMAGALA Many times, people have asked me about the Danforth. There have been many articles written about Danforth Avenue, but I think the book The Danforth in Pictures: A Brief History of the Danforth by Barbara Myrvold is the best and most historically comprehensive I have seen. Many other names have been attributed […]
By GENE DOMAGALA The Lions Club of Canada has been around for 100 years. The Lions Club in the Beach is celebrating its 85th birthday this year. There is no service club that has done so much good work and supported so many charity events in Toronto, and especially in the east end and most […]
By GENE DOMAGALA Seventy-five years ago today was VE Day – Victory in Europe. A few months later, the Second World War ended. We hoped that was the end of war forever. Millions of lives were lost in this war. In the Beach, people were exhausted by this long and terrible war that took so […]
By GENE DOMAGALA The tragic calamity that is happening around the world is one of the worst devastations that has happened in our lifetime. I don’t know if it is one of the worst tragedies in the history of civilization. There certainly have been others such as the Spanish Flu which went around the world […]
By GENE DOMAGALA Whatever happened to the businesses on Queen Street East? Dear readers, I want your input and your memories on this crucial subject. First, let us get a little bit of history on Queen Street since this month is Toronto’s birthday. Queen Street, in one way or another, locally and politically has been […]
By GENE DOMAGALA This column is dedicated to all the police officers who gave their lives in the line of duty. They are not forgotten and will always be remembered, especially the three from 55 Division. I am writing about the police from the 1880s until the present day. All of the information and material […]
By GENE DOMAGALA There are great plans for our different transportation systems. The planners have great ideas for our subway systems, our roads, our bicycle paths, and don’t forget the trains on the railroad track system. I am not including air flights at this time, but who knows…one day. Our different governments have spent thousands […]
By GENE DOMAGALA Thirty years ago, in 1989, the Cold War ended. It was the collapse of one of the most tyrannical empires the world has seen – the destruction of the U.S.S.R., the Communist oligarchy of Eastern Europe that enslaved tens of millions of people and was also responsible for the annihilation of tens […]
By GENE DOMAGALA As we approach Remembrance Day on Monday, Nov. 11 at 11 a.m., we recall all the horrific wars that were fought and the millions of soldiers that died and the millions of civilians who also died – and to what end? Throughout the last decade, and the last 10,000 years of recorded […]
By GENE DOMAGALA The area in the east end of Toronto around the Scarborough Bluffs, the Beach, and Birchcliff, has long been a haven for all types of birds, butterflies, insects, beautiful trees and flowers. In one area known as Rosetta McClain Park, and also the lush green grounds of the Toronto Hunt Club on […]
