This Week on Mike Filey’s Toronto – January 16th & 17th
Toronto’s broadcast historian is Mike Filey and this weekend he’ll remember the opening of Ed’s Warehouse fancy restaurant on King Street, 50 years ago this week…plus a helicopter service they were...
View ArticleThis Week on Mike Filey’s Toronto – January 23rd & 24th
Mike Filey is Toronto’s broadcast historian – this weekend, he’ll remember the opening of the Yonge-University-Spadina subway extension, this week in 1978… …plus the predictions for atomic-powered...
View ArticleThis Week on Mike Filey’s Toronto – January 30th & 31st
Toronto’s broadcast historian is Mike Filey, and this weekend he’ll visit the backstories to a couple of today’s transit headlines. Did you know the TTC gave its priority to building a Queen Street...
View ArticleThis Week on Mike Filey’s Toronto – February 6th & 7th
Mike Filey is Toronto’s broadcast historian … and this weekend, he’ll tell us about some ‘famous firsts’ in our city: … like the first parking meters – installed in 1952 – where do you think they went?...
View ArticleThis Week on Mike Filey’s Toronto – February 13th & 14th
Toronto’s broadcast historian is Mike Filey, and this weekend he has the background stories of 3 of our city’s most famous institutions: The legendary Maple Leafs hockey club … the new city hall … and...
View ArticleThis Week on Mike Filey’s Toronto – February 20th & 21st
Mike Filey is Toronto’s broadcast historian, and this weekend he’ll remember the opening of the first section of the Bloor-Danforth subway 50 years ago this week … and the dark day for Canadian...
View ArticleThis Week on Mike Filey’s Toronto – February 27th & 28th
Toronto’s broadcast historian is Mike Filey – this weekend he’ll remember Ontario’s first self-serve liquor store opening this week in 1969 … and the time we were planning a second subway line for the...
View ArticleThis Week on Mike Filey’s Toronto – March 5th & 6th
Mike Filey is Toronto’s broadcast historian – and this weekend he’ll celebrate Toronto’s birthday on March 6th through the years – especially remembering our ‘sesqui-centennial’ in 1984. But with the...
View ArticleThis Week on Mike Filey’s Toronto – March 12th & 13th
Toronto’s broadcast historian is Mike Filey – and this weekend, he’ll remember first world war ace pilot Billy Barker, the most goals the Maple Leafs ever scored in a game, and the final Studebaker to...
View ArticleThis Week on Mike Filey’s Toronto – March 19th & 20th
Mike Filey is Toronto’s broadcast historian – with the next three stories of our city’s past, coming up this weekend. The dark day in 1960 when 5 construction workers perished while building our city …...
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