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Orator at Speakers' Corner in London, 1974 Speakers' Corner, April 1987 A Speakers' Corner is an area where free speech open-air public speaking , debate , and discussion are allowed. The original and best known is in the north-east corner of Hyde Park in London , England .
Speakers Corner began in 1990 with a video booth outside the Citytv studios in Toronto. [2] The booth's original intent was for viewers to record news commentary and "letter to the editor" segments for broadcast on CityPulse, [1] but the booth soon proved so popular, with many segments being recorded that fell far outside the initial concept, that the decision was soon made to create a full ...
CITY-DT broadcasts 34 + 1 ⁄ 2 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with 6 + 1 ⁄ 2 hours each weekday and two hours each on Saturdays and Sundays); in regards to the number of hours devoted to news programming, it is the largest local newscast output among the Greater Toronto Area market's television stations and the largest of any ...
John, and other streets in the area, were named after John Graves Simcoe, the founder of York (today Toronto) and the first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada. [3] [4] During the typhus epidemic of 1847, 863 Irish immigrants died of typhus in fever sheds at the Toronto Hospital on the northwest corner of King and John Street. [5]
Originally from Calgary, Alberta, where he did improv comedy with Loose Moose Theatre while studying political science at the University of Calgary, [2] he later moved to Toronto to join The Second City, [3] appearing in several shows with the company in both Toronto and Chicago between 1993 and 1996.
Citytv Toronto officially moved out of 299 Queen Street West into its new home at 33 Dundas Street East on September 8, 2009. It was announced in 2008 that Toronto radio operations including, CHUM (AM) and CHUM-FM, would be relocating to adjacent building 250 Richmond Street West. The iconic 'CHUM Dial 1050 / Radio 1045' sign was unveiled on ...
The following is a list of music venues in the City of Toronto. Toronto is one of the most toured cities in the world, with 85% of large world tours passing through the city between 2015 and 2023. [1] [2] Rogers Centre and Scotiabank Arena are the highest capacity venues in the city, and they host most of the shows by superstar artists. [1]
The Globe and Mail Centre is a 17-storey building, on King Street East, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that houses the offices of The Globe and Mail newspaper, and other tenants. [1] The building is adjacent to the former offices of rival newspaper the Toronto Sun , towering over it.