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In 1875, the City Council fixed the first Monday in August as a Civic Holiday. [17] The holiday was renamed "Simcoe Day" in 1969 in honour of John Graves Simcoe, the first lieutenant-governor of Upper Canada, who established York (now Toronto) as the capital of Ontario, and who was the leading proponent of the Act Against Slavery.
Not a statutory holiday in Quebec and Ontario. December 26: Boxing Day: Lendemain de Noël: A holiday with mixed and uncertain origins and definitions. [22] Provincially, a statutory holiday in Ontario. A holiday in New Brunswick under the Days of Rest Act. Many employers across the country observe Boxing Day as a paid day off.
The Greater Essex County District School Board (known as English-language Public District School Board No. 9 prior to 1999 [2]) was created on January 1, 1998, with the amalgamation of the Windsor Board of Education and the Essex County Board of Education. The school board services families in both Windsor, Ontario and Essex County, Ontario in ...
January 1 – Gilbert Normand, physician and politician (b. 1943) January 3 Andrew Pyper, author (b. 1968); Rod Sykes, politician and Mayor of Calgary (b. 1929); Thomas R. Williams, university professor and academic administrator (b. 1939)
Sudbury Secondary School is a high school in the downtown of Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, well known for its Arts Education Program, featuring theatre arts, dance, vocal music, instrumental music, keyboard, media arts and visual art. Sudbury Secondary School produces a mainstage musical each year (usually in the fall), as well as various ...
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Between 2002 and 2005, the East York Civic Centre's "True Davidson Council Chamber" was used to hold the Toronto Computer Leasing Inquiry/Toronto External Contracts Inquiry. During the COVID-19 pandemic, many residents of East York stood up against illegal rent increases. This came in the form of protests, [2] rent strikes, and community ...