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CBC Podcast - the Secret Life of Canada

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The country you know and the stories you don't. Join hosts Leah-Simone Bowen and Falen Johnson as they reveal the beautiful, terrible and weird histories of this land. New episodes every second Thursday.

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Verify You're Human by Leaving the Site

Have you seen this while looking at sites online? Who would be crazy or careless enough to trust a website to do all or any of this? Not me! I left the site. Not worth it! If you have a site, this could be keeping people away, far away, from your site. Why does this CloudFlare turn up at all? I have safety checks on/ with my web browser.

They need a better way to check for bots. What human would choose to do any of this? Most won't even know what it does. I haven't used the terminal in years with MS Windows.

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Ghost Sign Tours in Toronto

CBC News reported about Stephan Petar giving tours of ghost signs in Toronto.

CBC News - What's a ghost sign and why are there so many in Toronto? Toronto Society of Architects - Ghost Signs of Toronto Heritage Toronto - Signs That Define Toronto Signs That Define Toronto is a book edited by:

Kurt Kraler is a registered Architect (OAA) and project manager at ERA Architects. He completed his Master of Architecture (MArch) degree at the University of Waterloo where his thesis work was recognized with the AIA Henry Adams Medal for academic excellence.

Matthew Blackett is the publisher, creative director and one of the founders of Spacing magazine. He is the author, editor, and photographer of 11 books. He is also a graphic artist, product designer, and deeply-committed advocate for Toronto.

Philip Evans (OAA, MRAIC, CAHP) is a principal at ERA Architects and the founder of Culture of Outports. Over the course of 17 years, he has led a range of conservation, adaptive reuse, design, and feasibility planning projects.

I also found:

Not Smooth Steve - Tunnels in Toronto: Underground Secrets Mural Routes

Historically Speaking (Facebook)

Join Alex and Leanne on their adventures to historic locations all over Ontario!

Friends of Guild Park, a volunteer-led organization launched in 2013 to support the revitalization and public awareness of historic Guild Park & Gardens.

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Words Turn

There are two sides to an issue. The words used to debate one can be turned and used to debate the other.

Something I thought about today.

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Tipping VS Extortion?

I've worked as a REAL volunteer for years at different places. I find this kind of rude. I'm sure she is not volunteering or working for free. It's not my job to pay her wages. If the restaurant owner promotes/ agrees with this I'd never go there. Tipping versus extortion?

I think this woman wants a Sugar Daddy, not a job.