The Toronto Time Traveller

The Mysterious Teenage Spy of Navy Island

It was a big day at the Kingston Penitentiary. The prison was playing host to an exceedingly special guest. Charles Dickens was in town. Kingston was…

Feb 5 • Adam Bunch

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January 2026

The Legend of Frank Gehry's Fish

The story begins in Kensington Market nearly a century ago. This was during the hard days of the Great Depression and the Second World War. Kensington…

Jan 24 • Adam Bunch

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My Favourite Stories of 2025

From American threats to dead elephants to the politics of manure...

Jan 13 • Adam Bunch

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The Question of the Cathedral Clock

The Cathedral Clock would sit high in the tower above King Street, and it would do far more than just keep time up there. It would become a familiar…

Jan 9 • Adam Bunch

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November 2025

The Final Days of Jumbo the Elephant

The crowd was immense. People had been pouring into the circus tent for an hour now, packed together as they jostled their way inside. They took their…

Nov 30, 2025 • Adam Bunch

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October 2025

From Toronto's First Home Runs to George Springer

Plus: a baseball tour tomorrow, a murder tour today, and more...

Oct 25, 2025 • Adam Bunch

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Toronto's Infamous First Baseball Star

Bases loaded. Bottom of the eighth. This was it: first place was on the line. Toronto and Newark came into that Saturday afternoon battling for the lead…

Oct 6, 2025 • Adam Bunch

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September 2025

William Kurelek's Nightmare Visions

He was, in a lot ways, something of a Canadian stereotype. He was born in a shack on the Prairies during the winter of 1927. He grew up working on his…

Sep 26, 2025 • Adam Bunch

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A Quick Update: My Waterfront Tour is Postponed

I’ve got a new full post coming soon — a big story about a big elephant — but thought I should send out a quick update about this Sunday’s planned…

Sep 14, 2025 • Adam Bunch

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Remembering Richard Fiennes-Clinton

I’m sorry for how quiet it’s been around here over the last few weeks. I spent much of August on a road trip to the East Coast. (I’ve been posting about…

Sep 6, 2025 • Adam Bunch

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August 2025

Simcoe, Napoleon & The Politics of Manure

The above photo is a photo of horse shit. But it’s not just any old horse shit. This horse shit is sitting on Woodbury Common, a beautiful patch of…

Aug 4, 2025 • Adam Bunch

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July 2025

The Greatest Disappointment in Popular Film History

It was just a year after the end of the war that Ivan Reitman was born on the same side of town where Miriam Rosenthal grew up. His parents, too, were…

Jul 14, 2025 • Adam Bunch

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