On a balmy summer day in 1793, John Graves Simcoe, the first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, and his wife Elizabeth decided to take a stroll along the coastline of Lake Ontario. Elizabeth took special note of the large cliffs that rose high above the coastline, the tallest of the nine peaks reaching over 300 […]

Hundreds of people each year have to make the move across Canada for work, school or just because they need a change of scenery. Moving across Canada and starting fresh in a new city can be very exciting, but the prospect of packing up all of your stuff and hauling it 4500 km across the […]

In 1937, the government of Canada agreed to support the construction of two airports in the Greater Toronto Area. The first site selected was on the Toronto Islands, which became present-day Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport. The second site chosen was on 1,480 acres of land near the small town of Malton, some 20 km […]