The East York Mirror, June 22, 2017

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TARA HATHERLY thatherly@insidetoronto.com Perhaps there is no better microcosm of Canada than East York. “You could almost pitch it as, ‘East York, a snapshot of Canada,’” Kaitlin Wainwright, director of programming for Heritage Toronto, told The East York Mirror. “East York is made up of many different neighbour-

hoods, each having their own characteristics, and those neighbourhoods also reflect Canada’s diversity,” she added. “If you think of Canadian history really broadly, the importance of natural resources to the economy, that’s reflected in the Don River.” Originally part of York Township before branching out, East York would later join with Leaside to form the Borough of East York. Canada’s

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only borough was then amalgamated into the Toronto megacity. Thorncliffe Park, a horse racing track turned into highrise apartments, was part of Leaside. East York has made the world laugh through comedic greats such as John Candy, and it is has made the world think through political giants including Agnes Macphail, Stephen Harper and Vincent Massey. One of its best gifts, East

York helped Canada preserve its natural beauty through conservationist Charles Sauriol, who also helped protect the Don Valley’s natural splendour. The Lea family, who sold land to the Canadian Pacific Railway to open a train station called Leaside, along with the Taylor family and its mills and Don Valley Brick Works, helped bring people to the East York

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