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It's hats off to the heat. It was too hot for bearskins yesterday, especially after the march from Queen's Park to Nathan Phillips Square. o the order(...)
It's hats off to the heat. It was too hot for bearskins yesterday, especially after the march from Queen's Park to Nathan Phillips Square. o the order(...)

It's hats off to the heat. It was too hot for bearskins yesterday, especially after the march from Queen's Park to Nathan Phillips Square. o the order(...)

Date6/26/1977
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Original Toronto Star caption: It's hats off to the heat. It was too hot for bearskins yesterday; especially after the march from Queen's Park to Nathan Phillips Square. o the order stand at ease was followed to the letter by members of the Royal Regiment of Canada. Off came the busbies. The regiment was one of more than 15 units taking part in garrison services to mark Dominion Day Week observances in Metro. About 2;000 members of the Canadian Forces in full ceremonial dress took part. Temperature was steamy 28C (83F). [Incomplete]
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0001768F
Dominion Day celebrations took place yesterday at Nathan Phillips Square as members of the guard at Fort York fired a cannon to celebrate Canada's 106(...)
Dominion Day celebrations took place yesterday at Nathan Phillips Square as members of the guard at Fort York fired a cannon to celebrate Canada's 106(...)
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Three young girls perform the Highland Fling in front of an audience that includes Prime Minist ...
At Nathan Phillips Square, Metro International Caravan dancers entertained a crowd of 6,000, including Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. The Scottish Highland Fling.
2 July 1972
The Queen's Own Rifles stage a mock battle in Nathan Phillips Square to the delight of the kids
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Color and pageantry at Nathan Phillips
Color and pageantry at Nathan Phillips
7/4/1984
Balloon heads: Tyler Carmichael, 5, left, Telise Carmichael, 2, and Lisa Neumeyer, 4, compare hats last week at Kidsummer at Nathan Phillips Square
Balloon heads: Tyler Carmichael, 5, left, Telise Carmichael, 2, and Lisa Neumeyer, 4, compare hats last week at Kidsummer at Nathan Phillips Square
7/25/1994
Five-cent hot dogs at Queen's park party for Canada Day are the specialty of pastry chef Louis Combaluzier (left) who leaves his regular job for the f(...)
Five-cent hot dogs at Queen's park party for Canada Day are the specialty of pastry chef Louis Combaluzier (left) who leaves his regular job for the f(...)
6/28/1977
The King's Royal Regiment salutes the Queen in a soggy ceremony at Nathan Phillips Square
The King's Royal Regiment salutes the Queen in a soggy ceremony at Nathan Phillips Square
5/19/1986
Familiar face: This portrait of John Graves Simcoe, the first governor of Upper Canada, looks down from outside city hall on the revellers at Nathan Phillips Square yesterday
Familiar face: This portrait of John Graves Simcoe, the first governor of Upper Canada, looks down from outside city hall on the revellers at Nathan Phillips Square yesterday
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Signs and Torches raised high, more than 600 Jews rally in Nathan Phillips Square last night after a torchlight parade from Queen's Park urging that t(...)
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10/9/1972
Shouting for vengeance in the death of 12-year-old shoeshine boy Emanuel Jaques, about 15,000 demonstrators gathered yesterday in Nathan Phillips Square and then marched on Queen's Park
Shouting for vengeance in the death of 12-year-old shoeshine boy Emanuel Jaques, about 15,000 demonstrators gathered yesterday in Nathan Phillips Square and then marched on Queen's Park
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No more war, About 70 people marched from Queen's Park to Nathan Phillips Square yesterday, chanting anti-war slogans, for a rally to mark the anniver(...)
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5/10/1980
After performing military manoeuvres of the early 19th century, the Fort York Guard fired their muskets at the enemy yesterday in Nathan Phillips Squa(...)
After performing military manoeuvres of the early 19th century, the Fort York Guard fired their muskets at the enemy yesterday in Nathan Phillips Squa(...)
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