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Topic spans: 1952 - 2003
Toronto the Good
On March 6, 1834, the 9,000-strong town of York was incorporated as the City of Toronto. CBC Digital Archives presents 18 clips about the city known as Hogtown, the T-Dot, Toronto the Good, the Big Smoke and plain old T.O.
Aerial photo of Toronto's then-City Hall in 1919 from Canadian Post Card Co. / Library and Archives Canada / PA-a030316.
14 television clips
4 radio clips
Canada's most wanted are captured in barn near Toronto
Broadcast Date: Sept. 16, 1952
Canada's largest manhunt has just ended. Eight days after their escape, the four fugitives are spotted hiding in a North York barn, just 24 kilometres from the jail. Police swarm the barn, and all four men are arrested without incident. Back at the North York police station, CBC Radio's Norman DePoe speaks with Const. Ernest Southern, the man who captured cop-killer Steve Suchan.Canada's most wanted are captured in barn near Toronto
• After fleeing the Don Jail, the Boyd Gang holed up in a barn near Yonge St. and Sheppard Ave. north of Toronto. The men were armed, but after eight days on the run they were fed up, and offered no resistance. They did not escape again.Canada's most wanted are captured in barn near Toronto
Medium: Radio
Program: CBC News Roundup
Broadcast Date: Sept. 16, 1952
Guest(s): Ernest Southern
Reporter: Norman DePoe
Duration: 2:36
Last updated:
Sept. 1, 2009
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18 clips in this topic . page
Radio
9:39
Sept. 17, 1949
Fire tears through a luxury steamship in Toronto's harbour.
Television
4:00
Michael Leshner and Michael Stark become the first couple to be legally married in a same-sex ceremony in Toronto.
Canada's most wanted are captured in barn near Toronto.
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Last updated: Sept. 1, 2009.
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