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08-03-2014, 06:22 PM
http://i.cbc.ca/1.1477476.1379101118!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_460/hi-colonel-simcoe-852px.jpg Toronto's name for the August civic holiday not only celebrates Upper Canada's first lieutenant governor but also relates to one of the country's biggest cultural festivals and the abolishment of slavery.


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