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  • Albion Bolton Historical Society: Seven Hotels & a Distillery: The History of Bolton’s Hospitality Industry in the 19th Century

    Albion Bolton Community Centre (Meeting Room C, 2nd Floor) 150 Queen St. South, Bolton, Ontario, Canada

    Presented by Valerie Mackie. While Bolton was not alone in having inns and hotels as part of the village landscape, it is certainly unique in having had seven in operation during the 1870s, six within a two-block radius along Queen Street. With the use of photographs from the Society's archival collection and modern photos, Valerie...

  • Woodland Cultural Centre (Virtual): Public Virtual Stereotypes and Racism Workshop

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    The Woodland Cultural Centre is hosting a virtual Stereotypes and Racism workshop on April 19 at 6pm. Your donation will help support our education department to create and deliver virtual programming at the Woodland Cultural Centre. We want to continue to deliver the highest quality programs centered on a Hodinohsho:ni worldview, celebrating, and sharing Indigenous...

    $10

  • North York Historical Society April 2023 Meeting: Nate Hendley on The Beatle Bandit

    North York Central Library, Room 1, 2nd floor (west side of atrium - use elevator outside library) 5120 Yonge St., North York, ON, Canada

    Nate Hendley is a Toronto-based journalist and true-crime author. His most recent book, The Beatle Bandit, won the Crime Writers of Canada Award of Excellence for Non-Fiction 2022. Nate has also written books about gangsters, cons and hoaxes, and bandit duo Bonnie and Clyde. For more information about Nate's books and background, visit his website...

  • Kingston Historical Society April 2023 Meeting (In-Person and Virtual)

    Kingsbridge Retirement Community 950 Centennial Dr., Kingston, Ontario, Canada

     John Grenville, former Curator and Historical Research Officer at Fort Henry and long-time investigator of Kingston’s military architecture, will report on his research into the city’s iconic Market Battery. We return to in-person meetings in January, now at the Kingsbridge Retirement Community which has graciously agreed to let us use their very comfortable theatre lounge for...

  • Orillia Museum of Art and History (Virtual): The Ontario Fire College: Then and Now

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    The Ontario Fire College (OFC) was established in 1958. For the next 63 years, fire officers and firefighters from across Ontario came to the OFC in Gravenhurst to prepare for their roles in saving lives and property from the hazards of fire in an increasingly hostile environment. Thousands of students from across Canada passed through...