Toronto Life articles from September 2002

Toronto Life archives from September 2002

Pilgrims' progress. (This City).(Toronto, Ontario)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... We joked about the backpacks, complained about the traffic and groaned about the incessant, fawning newspaper coverage. But on those days when we found ourselves engulfed by a spirited group of World Youth Day visitors--singing on our subways...

Wayne's world. (Profile).(author Wayne Johnston)(Interview)
September 1, 2002... As a child, Wayne Johnston dreamed of being a meteorologist. In the farming village of Goulds, just outside St. John's, weather was the one thing he had in abundance. He used to believe there were hidden dramas going on behind the...

Foul play. (Telling Tales).
September 1, 2002... Tensions are brewing at the Toronto Lawn Tennis Club. In an effort to inject some life into its scotch-and-soda blue-rinse demographic, the TLTC has been aggressively courting families with young children. It beefed up its summer programs and...

Mom's the word. (Telling Tales).(actress Diane Flacks records her pregnancy for Now magazine)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... All summer long, writer, actor and comedienne Diane Flacks has been chronicling her pregnancy in Now magazine, alternately extolling the virtues and lamenting the pitfalls of being high on hormones, libido-less and with swollen belly. ("What do...

Tempest in a teapot. (This City).(Stratford Hotel and Motel Association tries to shut down a former nurses residence that offers inexpensive rooms)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... For years, it's been harder to book a weekend in Stratford than to get an invitation to a Julia Roberts wedding. And now, during the Festival's 50th season, two battles among competing hotels, motels, B&Bs and guest houses threaten to further...

A prenup to remember. (Telling Tales).(Hal Jackman's daughter Victoria Jackman will wed architect Bruce Kuwabara)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... Roll out the red carpet. This month, 34-year-old Victoria Jackman (daughter of Hal), who studied art history at Columbia and is now president of the Power Plant's board, will wed 53-year-old architect Bruce Kuwabara, a partner at KPMB and the...

Cruise control. (Telling Tales).(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... At least one happy couple wasn't fazed by the recent stock market slump. While the Canadian dollar fell steadily over the summer, Onex magnate Gerry Schwartz and his literary monopolist spouse, Heather Reisman, hosted friends aboard a...

Sex offender. (Telling Tales).(author Leah McLaren)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... Ever since Leah McLaren began to chronicle the minutiae of her private life in the pages of The Globe and Mail, Canadians have wondered if it was because of our shallow talent pool or because of our tack of good judgment that the 20-something...

Urban Decoder.
September 1, 2002... Dear Urban Decoder: I heard a story about horses jumping off high diving boards on the Toronto islands. Did this ever really happen? --Nick Vaz, High Park Dear Nick: J.W. Gorman's high-diving horses were one of the main...

Mr. Dressup. (Camera).(fundraiser for a film, 'Sugar')(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... Jennifer, a six-foot-four drag queen with an Amelie bob, a hard-working pushup bra and industriously rouged cheekbones, slinks into El Convento Rico on a broiling duly night. She's come to the subterranean College Street bar for the debauchery....

Hickory dickory dock. (City State).(mouse and rat infestation expected to increase in Toronto)
September 1, 2002... Grass, flowers and weeds die off in September, and when mouse ground cover disappears, those beady little eyes start looking enviously at your humble abode. Next thing you know, you're finding seed-sized droppings behind the Saran Wrap. You...

This issue.(magazines, movies, journalism, and other topics)
September 1, 2002... IN A SPEECH AT THE NATIONAL MAGAZINE AWARDS IN MAY, Robert Fulford described the people who make magazines--editors, art directors, writers, photographers, illustrators, fact checkers--as "curators of reality." It's a lovely thought, reminding...

Minimal wage. (Letters).(Letter to the Editor)
September 1, 2002... It was with bemusement that I read your latest "Who Earns What" [July]. You reveal what a bartender earns, a dominatrix, a Tory spin doctor and the former director of the Toronto District School Board (although you neglected to mention that, in...

Mass appeal. (Letters).(Letter to the Editor)
September 1, 2002... There is a plentiful supply of men around who entered and subsequently left the seminary without ever considering walking away from their faith. It's a bit of a cheat for Michael Enright to pretend to tell his Catholic story without subjecting...

The full Monty. (Letters).
September 1, 2002... I was dismayed to read Peter C. Newman's attack on my friend and colleague Jean Monty [The End, July]. What is particularly worrisome is that Mr. Newman appears to misquote his own writing. In the history of Nortel to which he refers, he...

Brand spanking. (Letters).(Letter to the Editor)
September 1, 2002... What the waterfront needs is new branding ["Reinventing the Waterfront," June]. Native Torontonians will always view the area in a skeptical light as long as the name Harbourfront remains. City officials should redub the area--or at least a...

September at a glance. (This Month).
September 1, 2002... 12 Italian comic and Ed Grimley look-alike Arturo Brachetti brings his Euro shtick to the Canon Theatre. See page 29. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 5 The TIFF takes over the city with more than 300 films, including Daniel MacIvor's Past...

Theatre. (This Month).(Toronto, Ontario: Arturo Brachetti, Deb Filler, and other performers and productions)
September 1, 2002... OPENINGS Arturo Brachetti. This Paris-based Italian performer is billed as "the greatest quick-change actor in the world today." (Yes, it's a crowded field.) The show involves singing, dancing, magic and the rail-thin, Tintin-haired star,...

A fine balance. (This Month).(performances by actor Tony Nardi)
September 1, 2002... Intensity tempered by decency: it's how Calabrian-born Canadian Tony Nardi spikes such roles as the jealous Leontes in The Winter's Tale and the class-conscious servant Jean in Strindberg's Miss Julie (see the listing on page 30). Nardi gives...

Diamond mine. (This Month).(Neil Diamond performance)
September 1, 2002... Everyone has a Neil Diamond moment. Admit it. An otherwise buttoned-down Bay Street lawyer travels on business to New York and somehow ends up at a karaoke bar in Chinatown, belting "Sweet Caroline... reachin' out, touchin' me, touchin' you."...

Classical music. (This Month).(Tafelmusik opens season with program celebrating expatriate baroque composers; new Roy Thomson Gala reopens)
September 1, 2002... ORCHESTRAL Tafelmusik opens its season with another audience-winning program celebrating expatriate baroque composers. Works by wanderlust masters Handel, Locatelli, Scarlatti and Lully animate the evening. Kingston-based contemporary...

Dance. (This Month).(dance festivals)
September 1, 2002... [FREE] Ashkenaz Festival: Kaeja d'Dance and Link. This popular biennial festival is dedicated to new Yiddish culture, stemming from the traditions of the Jews of Middle Europe. This year's dance component features a joint concert with the...

Art. (This Month).
September 1, 2002... Across Borders: Beadwork in Iroquois Life. The give and take between native and non-native cultures is nowhere more evident than in this intriguing show of Iroquois beadwork, which has its origins in dyed quill decorations applied to deerskin....

Rough and tumble. (This Month).(Charlie Chaplin films: Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto Symphony Orchestra)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... Some say the key to Charlie Chaplin's greatness is the hint of tears behind his eyes. Whether he's romancing a blind girl or eating his own shoe, in such classics as City Lights and Gold Rush his tattered, bowlegged Tramp is steeped in dignity....

Nightlife. (This Month).
September 1, 2002... Ashkenaz is a giddy event that has never let us down. A biennial Yiddish kaleidoscope of theatre, dance, literature, visual arts and, most of all, music, the celebration showcases a trove of culture-crossing gems, including the first Canadian...

Jazz and standards. (This Month).(Guelph Jazz Festival, tradition Trio performances, all-Canadian jazz festival at Port Hope)
September 1, 2002... GUELPH JAZZ FESTIVAL The nine-year-old event builds on a solid international reputation for adventurous music. Featuring musicians from Canada, the U.S. and Europe, as well as academic colloquia and illuminating workshops, this year's...

Novel approach. (This Month).('Vanity Fair' exhibit, Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, Ontario )(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... It's the eve of the Battle of Waterloo, fortunes are evaporating, and British society is in disarray; such is the run-up to William Thackeray's 1848 novel Vanity Fair, which convenes a large and fractious cast of dissolute ladles, gentlemen and...

Kids' events. (This Month).
September 1, 2002... The Big Birthday Party. To celebrate Roy Thomson Hall's 20th anniversary and the completion of its multimillion-dollar renovation, kids of all ages are invited to suss out the acoustics. Taking the stage is a phalanx of G-rated TV superstars:...

Diversions. (This Month).(Cabbagetown Cultural Festival, Canadian National Exhibition and other recreational activities)
September 1, 2002... Cabbagetown Cultural Festival, Proving that there's more to Toronto's most gentrified neighbourhood than brass numbers on bay 'n' gables houses, Canada's oldest community festival--the 26th annual--offers a cabbage-cooking competition, street...

The IT spot. (This Month).(Lula Lounge)(Nightclub Review)
September 1, 2002... Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas St. W., 416-588-0307 Where: Don't be deterred by the dodgy surroundings. Leap over stray cats, deke past dollar stores, and head for the geranium-trimmed windows of Lula Lounge, an Incongruous oasis of old Havana in...

Lesser of evils: with a gentler breed of Tory running Queen's Park, the school board won't have a provincial bogeyman to blame for all its woes. The bureaucratic bungling will be laid bare for everyone to see. (Politics).(Toronto District School Board)
September 1, 2002... SHELLEY LASKIN, TRUSTEE FOR ST, PAUL'S ward, rises from her seat and begins the speech she's yearned to give for a year: "I'm very proud to be here tonight, and to be a trustee for the Toronto District School Board." The occasion is the May 29...

Man bites man: it's their job to filter news through gay sensibilities. But in the process, Xtra and fab--which otherwise couldn't be less alike--often reduce the community to a set of cliches. (Media).(gay newspapers Xtra and fab)
September 1, 2002... R.M. VAUGHAN, THE LIVELIEST OF THE writers who survey the Toronto gay scene in the pages of Xtra every fortnight, recently told his readers a story about appearing with Ben Mulroney, son of the former prime minister, on talktv. In an amiable...

You went away: after writing his first story, Timothy Findley spent a decade drifting across North America and England. He married and was divorced. He wrote a book and burned it. But a chance meeting in 1961 would transform him from a writer of promise into an author of renown. (Arts).(Biography)
September 1, 2002... THE ESSENTIALS ARE THESE: A GLASS OF red wine, a piano and a talented player. It'll have to be a pianist who can bang out some honky-tonk, but one who is also able to serve up soulful renditions of "These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)" and...

The big picture: moviemaking clogs our streets, with its cumbersome trailers, self-important best boys and pneumatically enhanced superstars. But Hollywood injects hundreds of million of dollars a year into Toronto's economy. As in so many relationships, we stay together for financial reasons.('The Recruit,' and other films)
September 1, 2002... OUTSIDE THE MACDONALD BLOCK AT WELLESLEY AND BAY, WHERE WE line up to renew drivers' licences and that grim picture, there is the familiar row of white semi-trailers, the coloured cables snaking along the curb, the watch-capped crew members...

Birds of a feather. (Rituals).(Annual Canadian Young Bird Classic for pigeon racing)
September 1, 2002... It's Friday night, nine o'clock, at the Hamilton Central Racing Pigeon Club, and a line of wood-and-canvas crates stretches out the door into the muddied grass parking lot. Idling out front, middle-aged men and retirees share cigarettes and...

The Antagonist: for decades, Rick Salutin--activist, playwright, journalist--has been railing about everything from free trade to Starbucks. He's a walking contradiction: a feminist womanizer, a lefty with a six-figure income, the establishment's anti-establishmentarian.(Interview)
September 1, 2002... IT'S NOT SURPRISING that Rick Salutin wants to meet at Dooney's, in the Annex. The Bloor Street cafe is his favourite hangout. It's the place to which he devoted several Globe and Mail columns when it was threatened with eviction by Starbucks....

E-I-E-I-O. (Icons).(Riverdale Farm is like 19th-century Canadian family farm)
September 1, 2002... When I tell people I grew up on a farm, they imagine something out of Charlotte's Web, a storybook barn full of cows, sheep, pigs, chickens and horses, a sweet-smelling haymow with mewing kittens. Then I tell them that I grew up on a real farm,...

Lea and me: when I was 22, a university student and a lapsed Catholic in a shaky marriage, I joined Therafields, the cultlike therapeutic community founded by Lea Hindley-Smith. She was a gifted healer, a real estate entrepreneur--and, as it turned out, a woman stalked by madness.
September 1, 2002... IN THE FALL OF 1964, AS A 17-YEAR-OLD, I left my home in a suburb of Schenectady; New York, .and came to Canada to study at the University of Toronto. A provincial youth travelling to Paris in a Balzac novel couldn't have felt a keener sense of...

Racks' progress. (Super Shopper).
September 1, 2002... Kendra Francis has been whipping up one-of-a-kind concoctions for herself and her friends ever since she studied at Ryerson with the likes of design talents Joeffer Caoc and Crystal Siemens. She finally opened up her own boutique, the fresh,...

Cream fresh. (Super Shopper).(skin care products from Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella, founded in 13th century)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... If your skin looks as dry as that crumpled leaf in the old TV commercial, you would be wise to consult a friar. The Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella was founded in 13th-century Florence by Dominican monks who liked playing with herbs and...

The player. (Super Shopper).(DVD player)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... With LG's brand new compact DVD player, you can catch the latest flicks on the run. Swish looking and highly portable, it features a seven-inch flip-up LCD screen and an anti-shock system so you can play your favourite flicks, CDs or MP3s on...

Well-hung. (Super Shopper).
September 1, 2002... This sensible-looking sack is called Sort, and it means to live up to its name. It's the brainchild of fashion designer Susan Eskins, a mother of two who came up with it late one night while wrestling a pile of dirty laundry. The duffel is...

Black beauty. (Super Shopper).(shows by British designer Emma Hope)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... What's black and shiny and striped all over? In a season of killer boots, it's this knockout by British shoe designer Emma Hope ($995). She studied the British high art of shoemaking at Cordwainers, with Jimmy Choo and Patrick Cox and has...

The last of the glitter girls: Chez Catherine's closing means the end of an era. The boutique's hallmarks--its outspoken proprietress and unequalled personal service--are lost to the world of luxury megabrands. (Fashion).(Catherine Hill )(Interview)
September 1, 2002... SADLY, FEW WOMEN OF MEANS IN TORONTO have the chutzpah to bust a Dior jean jacket trimmed in sable and graffiti at lunch. Catherine Hill has moxie to spare, and thus attired is holding court for her subjects at her favourite table, right by the...

Retail therapy: as more chefs abandon their restaurant kitchens for gourmet store gigs, the prepared foods business is gaining respectability. But are the dishes getting any better? (Food).(Toronto, Ontario)
September 1, 2002... THE CROWD AT THE PREPARED FOOD COUNter is about to turn ugly--yummy mommies tossing blond manes, impatiently tapping their feet. They'd be scowling like Japanese demons if it weren't for the botox. The man at the front is too tall, too well...

Calendar. (Advertising & Promotion Events & Opportunities).(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... Get the inside scoop on this month hottest events and promotions from the following advertisers: DANCEMAKERS: THE SATIE PROJECT "Breathtaking. Truly spectacular. Beautifully sculpted, funny and sexy" raved The Ottawa Sun about The...

Tasting notes. (Drink).(red wines from Bordeaux, and other wine recommendations)(Buyers Guide)
September 1, 2002... Claret call Bordeaux is famous-some might say infamous-for high-calibre wines and their sky-high prices. Especially in a good year. The newly released 2000 crop is being touted as the vintage of the century. But with media and collector...

JK ROM. (A La Mode).(Restaurant Review)
September 1, 2002... *** 1/2 Out-of-towners must feel a little frustrated that so many of our upscale restaurants don't open for lunch. Here, on the top floor of the Royal Ontario Museum, is one that does--but only then. One of our finest chefs, Jamie Kennedy...

North 44[degrees]. . (A La Mode).(Restaurant Review)
September 1, 2002... *** 1/2 The lights have dimmed, soothing pale walls are softly draped with like-coloured cloth, a couple of outsize mirrors reflect a soft glow from recessed lighting behind wall banquettes, crystal and silverware glitter on snowy linen....

Oohs and aahs greeted the sight of the soaring ceiling and vast space of Heritage Court at Exhibition Place as chefs and caterers, wineries and breweries gathered for Toronto Taste's annual fundraising gala in aid of Second Harvest. (Tidbits).(Toronto, Ontario)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... Oohs and aahs greeted the sight of the soaring ceiling and vast space of Heritage Court at Exhibition Place as chefs and caterers, wineries and breweries gathered for Toronto Taste's annual fundraising gala in aid of Second Harvest. Never...

After a very quiet year in the industry, a small flurry of openings seems to presage busier times. (Tidbits).(restaurant openings)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... After a very quiet year in the industry, a small flurry of openings seems to presage busier times, Gio Rana of Gio's (the Nose) unveiled his new place on Queen East at Leslie, a neighbourhood Italian called Gio Rana's Really, Really Nice...

On the store front, Dufflet Pastries has opened a second outlet on Yonge Street north of Lawrence, sharing digs with Quince Flowers. (Tidbits).(Toronto, Ontario)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... On the store front, Dufflet Pastries has opened a second outlet on Yonge Street north of Lawrence, sharing digs with Quince Flowers. All the Best's new production kitchen, tucked away off 105 Vanderhoof Avenue in Leaside, now boasts a neat...

Congratulations to Karen Rossi, a 21-year-old Niagara College student, who beat all competition in Ontario and Quebec to represent Canada at the international Cotes du Rhone student sommelier challenge in Avignon. (Tidbits).(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... Congratulations to Karen Rossi, a 21-year-old Niagara College student, who beat all competition in Ontario and Quebec to represent Canada at the international Cotes du Rhone student sommelier challenge in Avignon. Though Rossi had no actual...

New Orleans Desire. (American).(Restaurant Review)
September 1, 2002... ** 1/2 Can a small Cajun resto make it in North Toronto? Stick your head in the door, hear the canned jazz, inhale the scent of good cookin'--there's your answer. Louis Armstrong's visage dominates the north wall, one of his old vinyl...

Lolo. (Bistro).(Restaurant Review)
September 1, 2002... ** Antique mirrors aggrandize a decor of raspberry walls, gunmetal ceiling and tiny tables covered in kraft paper. On sultry nights, black-painted French doors open onto the sidewalk, expanding the miniature 30-seat space. Prices suit the...

Shopping with chefs. (Restaurants).(Gary Hoyer of Millie's Bistro visits the Riverdale Farm Organic Farmers' Market)
September 1, 2002... Gary Hoyer of Millie's Bistro, 1980 Avenue Rd., 416-481-1247 One terse line at the bottom of the menu speaks volumes about Millie's Bistro: "We use as much local organic food as possible." Happily, that interest jibes with chef Gary Hoyer's...

Ruby. (Chinese).(Restaurant Review)
September 1, 2002... ** 1/2 Dragon and phoenix preside over a near uninterrupted panoply of 800 seats, rendering Ruby the behemoth of the Hong Kong-style emporia on the megacity's northeast frontier. By day, dim sum trolleys loaded with dumplings, chicken...

Auberge du Pommier. (French).(Restaurant Review)
September 1, 2002... *** 1/2 Why mess with success? With its stuccoed arches and terra cotta tiles, Oliver Bonacini's uptown veteran bull's-eyed the deluxe French country look years ago. The intimate bar has its own devoted clientele, and the two dining rooms...

Mussels. (Restaurants).(Restaurant Review)
September 1, 2002... They're the Toyotas of shellfish, far less expensive than their fellow bivalves, though their deep-purple shells are more striking than an oyster's or a clam's. They're certainly more tender than the latter. When pristinely fresh, they possess...

Annona. (International).(Restaurant Review)
September 1, 2002... *** The entrance to the room shares the hotel's somewhat monumental Empire thematics, oversize columns and lamps outside giving way to regal dark curtains and upholstery in, with gold sheers on the windows. It's an easy, nonintimidating...

Resto Portico. (International).(Restaurant Review)
September 1, 2002... ** The glassed cornerstone to the Cambridge Suites Hotel is almost a portico, with a tranquility that belies its way-downtown position. Lengths of partially frosted glass blur and silence the whiz of passing traffic. All is soft taupe:...

Mammina's. (Italian).(Restaurant Review)
September 1, 2002... ** 1/2 What started out seven years ago as a customer appreciation event has grown into one of the GTEs most sensible and appealing wine programs. Bottles on the mostly Italian list--a handful of Ontario wines also make the cut--are...

Sapori. (Italian).(Restaurant Review)
September 1, 2002... ** A satisfyingly predictable haven for comfortably dressed neighborhood regulars. Newcomers are treated warmly; the room's always busy. The owner keeps a keen eye out for empty glasses, while a pretty young server charms her way from...

Dos Amigos. (Latin).(Restaurant Review)
September 1, 2002... ** 1/2 The room looks much better after dusk, when pressed tin lanterns cast a romantic glow over the yellow-orange walls and colourful tablecloths. At this lone outpost betwixt Dupont and Dav, ponytailed waitresses sporting embroidered...

Piri-Piri Churrasqueira. (Latin).(Restaurant Review)
September 1, 2002... ** This isn't the best Portuguese restaurant in the city, but it is likely the closest in spirit to an old country family-style eatery. The dining area spills onto the sidewalk in warm weather. During the week, the long, narrow room gets...

Samovar Barmalay. (Other European).(Restaurant Review)
September 1, 2002... ** 1/2 One imagines Pushkin in just such a room, basking in the stained-glass filtered light, fortifying himself with champagne and caviar before a ball or some ill-fated duel. No surface goes unadorned. Matryoshkas line shelves and...

Zee Grill. (Seafood).(Restaurant Review)
September 1, 2002... ** Thoughtful decor and charm rescue this south-of-Eglinton haunt from seafood-shack cliche. Terra cotta tiles, exposed brick and an old-fashioned street lamp are matched with shell-bordered mirrors, trophy fish and ocean motifs in a...

Bartlett Lodge. (Out Of Town).(Restaurant Review)
September 1, 2002... *** A short boat ride sets the tone, as patrons are shuttled across Algonquin's Cache Lake for the 6 or 8 p.m. seating. Friendly staff show guests around the original 1917 lodge and a cluster of cozy ensuite cabins. While not as grand as...

Inn at Manitou. (Out Of Town).(Restaurant Review)
September 1, 2002... **** The consummate resort alternates gourmet and bistro nights in the elegantly airy dining room, with its view of gardens, patios and pool slowly dimming to a romantic nocturne. A smooth, very professional staff has pampering down to an...

Blue Bay. ($25 Gourmet).(Restaurant Review)
September 1, 2002... The island of Mauritius--a confluence of African, Indian and Far Eastern--has an outpost where Dundas meets Roncesvalles. The long room lacks the modern gloss of many a restaurant, yet an effort is evident in the table linens and colourful...

Bombay Palace. ($25 Gourmet).(Restaurant Review)
September 1, 2002... A warm haven of red plush banquettes, deep carpet and evocative black and white photos of India, with just a hint of ersatz elegance on a bleak section of Jarvis. Crisp pappadums arrive--and disappear--instantly. Beer is the swill of choice,...

Hannah's Kitchen. ($25 Gourmet).(Restaurant Review)
September 1, 2002... Set amid the excruciating architecture of the Yonge and Eg canyon, this minimally furnished and (on one Wednesday evening) virtually empty place looks like a jumped-up cafeteria or chain outpost, with its tiled floor, prominent cash and...

Rancho Relaxo. ($25 Gourmet).(Restaurant Review)
September 1, 2002... Faux Mexican doesn't pretend otherwise in the badlands of College just west of Spadina. Such Latin kitsch as snakeskin stereo speakers and Don Quixote memorabilia sets the mood, while terra cotta walls give the impression of dining in the belly...

Rosedale Diner. ($25 Gourmet).(Restaurant Review)
September 1, 2002... Notable for its nostalgia-chic decor--pressed tin ceiling, oversized ceiling fans, faux French library wallpaper--the '50s-style diner promises surprisingly good bistro basics. Booths fill quickly with the sleek and secure, the young and the...

CBC broadcast tower: 1952-2002. (The End).
September 1, 2002... The first made-in-Canada television signals went out from Jarvis and Carlton on September 8, 1952, at 7:15 p.m., on CBLT Channel 9. The first program, Let's See, had weatherman Percy Saltzman signing off with what became his signature: tossing...