The Toronto Traveler

 
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Even though The Toronto Traveler has only been around for about two and a half months or so, there are still highlights to talk about!  Here are some of the more memorable posts that have come up in the short time that The Toronto Traveler has been online:
- The Welcome Post, on October 19th
- A Great Picture of the CN Tower, on October 25th
- Staying Safe on Halloween, on October 30th
- A Plug for the Official City of Toronto Website, on November 18th
- Great Music at one of Toronto’s best Jazz Locales, on November 20th
- Toronto’s First …read more

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Here are some more pictures for your viewing pleasure:
1) The Toronto Islands, from the Wikimedia Commons

2) Convocation Hall at the University of Toronto, from the Wikimedia Commons

3) Massey Hall in Toronto, from The Wikimedia Commons

4) The St. Lawrence Market, from The Wikimedia Commons

5) The Ontario College of Arts & Design, from The Wikimedia Commons

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The second addition to the blogroll at The Toronto Traveler is toronto.com, a website that has been around for a very long time and has everything you are going to need when it comes to knowing what is going on in Hogtown.  To give you a brief introduction to the website, let us take a look at the major categories that they cover.
Events: Chances are if it is going on in the city, then toronto.com already knows about it and has posted it on their website.
Attractions: Just like the Toronto Tourism Tendencies series that we did before, toronto.com also has things …read more

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While it is not exactly the Official Christmas tree, this tree from past years within the Eaton’s Centre does a very good job of approximating what the tree looks like.  This year’s tree is sponsored by the Bay and stands a full 50 feet tall.  It was created by a Canadian named Brian Gluckstein, who you might remember as being a designer of some renown both here in Toronto and across the continent.  It was designed under a “sparkling” theme and as a result includes a lot of reflective colours in great quantities; gold, silver and white feature prominently within …read more

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There are a number of different places that you can go to get really quick information about the City of Toronto.  The best place (aside from this blog of course!) has to be Toronto’s Official website.  As far as an official website is concerned, http://www.toronto.ca is perhaps one of the best sources of Toronto centric information that you could find.  The website was slow to get started and for the longest time was little more than a poorly designed and rarely updated piece of information, but with the new push for tourism in Toronto the local government has done an …read more

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