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It’s #FreedomToRead Week!
Learn about challenged books and how we can take action to help protect our freedom to read. Together, we can keep ideas accessible for everyone! If you’re in the NCR, don’t miss our two in-person events with @OPL_BPO!
canada.ca/en/library-archive…
ALT February 22-28, 2026 Freedom to Read Week
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Use the Oxford comma, folks.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
This is a digitally altered image. AM archive of the original magazine cover from the now defunct website of Tails Inc magazine is here:
web.archive.org/web/2011040203…
It’s not clear from the post that the photoshopped cover is meant to be satirical or ironic.
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It’s July, it’s 1983 and your summer is basically just this:
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Editors avoid cartoons comparing Trump to the Nazis because of the furor that they cause. So, the editors at The Gazette declined to publish this armband cartoon Instead, I gave them this safe sketch on the threat of Canadian western separation for Saturday's paper. Please share!
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This amazing rooftop picture of The Ward from Bay Street around 1910 came up in my old saved images.
I wrote about it and another view from University Avenue a few years ago. If I could go back I'd redo the graphics, but I thought it was a fun idea!
share.google/WM1SDQK1oxlMEOW…
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MyHeritage publishes new collection of 731 million records extracted from French newspapers genealogyalacarte.ca/?p=4554… via @geneaalacarte
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🚶♀️ How have movement and migration shaped the Canary District?
Join us on our first #HTTour of the summer to explore the stories of connection and transition in the dynamic Canary District!
Register now: ow.ly/aG4T50W1PEG
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🕵️ Become a ghost sign hunter!
Join us on this guided #HTTour, where we’ll uncover the painted ads that linger on Toronto's streets.
🗓️ June 7, 11 am - 12:30 pm
Register now: ow.ly/6NqN50W3MI4
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This year, the Documentary Heritage Communities Program is awarding $1.425M to 37 local documentary heritage organizations for projects that play a vital role in preserving Canada’s local memory.
Congratulations to our 2025–2026 recipients! 🎉
More: library-archives.canada.ca/e…
ALT A black-and-white photograph of two women smiling, accompanied by the text “DHCP, The Documentary Heritage Communities Program”
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Opinion: The history of the Hudson’s Bay Company was the history of my family – and Canada theglobeandmail.com/opinion/…
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🚨 Y-DNA update: In May 2025 we added 945 new branches and 3,136 variants to the tree!
See which haplogroups grew the most — and whether your line is one of them. 🧬
📊 Full breakdown: tinyurl.com/4s2re9xh
ALT Graphic with text reading “The World’s Largest Y-DNA Haplotree – May 2025.” Highlights +945 new branches and +3,136 variants. Background shows a stylized branching tree. Encourages users to view the blog post for full haplogroup growth data.
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Don't forget to check out one of @door_openTO most popular sights this weekend! Join us from 10:00am-3:30pm for a free 30-minute guided tour of the TD Centre’s historic 54th floor with @td_canada and @CadFairview
Visit our website for more information: heritagetoronto.org/events/
ALT A city full of skyscrapers seen from a tall building with logos for TD Bank, and Cadillac Fairview at the bottom. From top to bottom text reads: Doors Open is Back! May 24-25, Discover TD Centre's historic 54th Floor. Enjoy a free 30-minute guided tour between 10:00 am - 3:30 pm.
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Incredible news for anyone researching WWII in the former USSR. Russia is no longer blocking Americans from its massive WWII soldier and civilian database. Don't know what happened over the weekend when I was being blocked. lostrussianfamily.wordpress.…
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“How to Conduct Ukrainian Genealogy Research Online” will be the lecture topic of genealogy blogger Vera Ivanova Miller for the Sunday, April 27, 2025, Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois hybrid meeting. Please register/RSVP at jgsi.org/event-5653561
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19 April 1943 | Groups of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto began the uprising against Germans. Their heroic battle lasted 27 days.
Today we remember the bravery & sacrifice of people who chose to resist against impossible odds to die in dignity & save the human spirit.
More: sztetl.org.pl/en/glossary/wa…
ALT A photo from the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. A group of German soldiers walking along a street. Behind them a building on fire.
ALT Group of women and children escorted by German soldiers during the Warsaw Uprising. Smoke of the burning city visible in the background.
ALT Group of civilians at the Warsaw ghetto uprising. Some people raise their hands up. German soldiers are visible in the background with their guns.
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I am in utter disbelief that Russia is blocking the largest WWII soldier database for the former USSR. There haven’t been any problems in the past 10 years since I found the website. I am scared what else I will lose access to Russia. I am grateful what I can access now.
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Welcome to Scribe Quarterly—introducing The CJN’s reimagined magazine
thecjn.ca/paper/welcome-scri…
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#Genealogy conference to be held in St. John's, Newfoundland this summer genealogyalacarte.ca/?p=4520… via @geneaalacarte
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How these four Jewish women in Toronto found out they were sisters thanks to 23andMe
cc: @PamelaChelin
thecjn.ca/news/23-and-them/