The extended Lakefield Leader staff in the newsroom. photo by Stephen Weir. Lakefield OntarioI tour the Lakefield students through the newsroom. Bit hairy. My first tourSandra Nicholls 1975. Left the Lakefield Leader to open her own store – fabrics and sewing. Downtown Lakefield
newspaper photographs B&W. Developed in Bill Dickenson’s basement (and thus are fading and curling into oblivion)
All Aboard the Freedom Train and Emancipation Day Service Honorary conductor the Honourable Jean Augustine
Belt Line art. The bike/walking trail goes under the Eglinton Rd Bridge. Man’s face painted on wall. urban art
mural in basement of St Lawrence Market, in lunch space
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Woke for Vok at Harbourfront Nordic outdoor concert. Vok one of our fav Icelandic bands
Who ia the singer in the lite. I took this pix in 2017. Think she is British and very young. One of the acts at Airwaves in Iceland – rediscovered August 2022 while housecleaning my desktop
Train Art. Waiting for Go Train in Brampton
DRUMMING UP THE UNDERBROUND FREEDOM TRAIN AT UNION STATION JULY 31ST
THE BRAMPTON CUP CAME FOR THE EMANCIPATION SERVICE AT SHEPPARD STATION 10 MINUTES AFTER MIDNIGHT AUGUST 1ST TORONTO
THE BRAMPTON CUP CAM TO THE PARADE. NOT MY PHOTOGRAPH
LONE PROTESTOR AT TRUDEAU’S KICKOFF OF THE KIDDIES PARADE IN MALVERN
Stormers take over the road – picture from the Ontario Place Bridge across Lakeshore
PR photo carnival nationz revellers in Adidas shoes
Bee float stalled by swarming stormers
Approaching the judge’s stand. Tribal in red
out of focus – four security guards watch stormers from the sideline near Hotel X
Luna section performs for the Judges
recropped photo of Luna section performing for the Judges
vest find at the parade
Craigg on a truck
A week later
Maachel t-shirt for the parade
Little Girl and her mom with a big message on the TTC Underground Freedom Train
Sign out front of gallery. Hamilton Gallery of Art June 2022
Just before Trudeau’s convoy of 10 SUVs arrived at Black Methodist church, Anthony and I were escorted off the property
Brampton gallery’s summer outdoor exhibition
Maria’s old apartment building on University Ave in Windsor back in 1077. Took June 2022
January 1971 – hit parade from CKLW Windsor
Odie from the Caribana parade 10 years ago. Rob Ford wines a reveller
Wall art. Windsor’s oldest fish and chips pesto. Tecumseh Ave. Pat and Hanks. July 2022 (it opened in 1955)
Four Principals come to a fork in the road. Actually a 4-way crossing. Walk of Distinction June 2022 near York University
Couldn’t use Herman’s photo of the Energy Costume launch. Catches the energy of the mas but not suitable for community paper. Did use a few others of his though
Singing Goodbye to her classmates. Grade 12 graduates at CWJefferies June 2022
sunlime 2022 costume launch – by Herman Silochan
Face of the Festival at Media Launch for Caribbean Carnival 2022. June 2022 at Hotel X photo by weir
Fat Stephen about to say good-bye to his fav jean shirt. Should never have washed it. July 2022. Maria did the honours with her cell phone
the late Max Eisen. Was helping him with a reading at the Yonge Eg Indigo Book Store. Sold out. Store forgot to provide a signing table, no matter men in the long waiting line took turns lending out their backs
still my favourite spam shot. used a black table cloth for the studio I set up in our dining room
In My Body By Bboyizm/Crazy Smooth Co-presented by dance Immersion, Canadian Stage, and TO Live. March 2022. used in my interview of Crazy Smooth – the man in the air above
The Ford boys hang out at the Caribana Parade. mayor Rob, bro Doug and councillor Joe Mhivek 2011.jpg
Getting the finger from a dummy at the Hudson Bay store at the Eaton Centre in Toronto
John Bennett. The former McMichael Gallery executive chef passed away in June 2022 – McMichael photo 14 years old, brought out for obit
Caribbean Camera cutline says it all
Real estate sent out this flyer bragging that the Premier Ford is using their services to sell his Etobicoke home. I got the oversize flyer shoved through the mail box June
Craigg’s Eye View. Craigg Slowly took this for me. Mas costume show before this year’s Parade
June 2022 Back on Yonge St. Million fans
silent protest to street preacher calling down God’s wrath on the gays in the Pride Parade. He couldn’t handle the topless ridicule and put his megaphone awaya aauantil she left.
Vet’s basement window in Toronto. Pet murals don’t disappear they just fade away. Think this Yonge Street mural is over 10 years old.
went to the PATH on Saturday to get my steps in. Empty save for other walkers like me. Union Station to College.
went to the PATH on Saturday to get my steps in. Empty save for other walkers like me. Union Station to College.
Bridge over Queen St between Saks and Eaton Centre. walking the path on Saturday. cell picture
Blood and Bubbles from the 50s
best patties on Elm St. closes on Jan 27 to make room for condo tower
The Path. Underground downtown Toronto. Everything closed because of Covid
chef does Facebook with AGO and I write about it
Sign in Eaton Centre. Mostly empty. Covid. I was walking the Path on Saturday to get my 10,000 steps
January 7th, Christmas Day (if you are of the Orthodox faith) in Toronto, Slashers last slash of the season? White, Red and Dead. This Lytton Park household woke up to find their lawn Santa deflated and the air blower removed. Home owner said Santa will rise again, only small puncture wounds found on the victim.
Mas Camp Costume Launch. Took this picture 4-years ago
A fan of my Santa killer files may have discovered who the Santa Slasher is. He took this pix of Yoda killing lawn santas with his Light Sabre
Happened on my street Christmas Eve. Saw a man in the shadows slicing a lawn Santa. I yelled and ran to save the man in red. No luck. The force of the Air-Out Slash pushed Santa face first first into the snowbank
Boxing Day walk. Spotted a recently aired-out lawn Santa Claus. Don’t know who sliced and diced the lawn man, but I do know that a big brown Santa leech finished him off
Shortly after showing up at the Bloor Street Emancipation Day event, the Fort York MP announced he isn’t going to run again for the Liberals. His wife Nicole in Red, organizer Itah Sadu has her arm raised.
Many sections to the Emancipation Day Parade
Signs say it all. Christie Pitt Park. Stephen Weir photographer
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End of the Bloor Street walk. Slave section show their signs
End of the Bloor Street walk
holding up the signs that were shown on Bloor Street in Toronto
Playing in front of the ROM. Part of Emancipation Day event in Toronto
downtown Toronto
The joy of Mas
Major media story for CBC radio, TV and cbc.ca
more pictures crom yonge and bloor
In costume for a serious reason!
Yonge and Montgomery – shoes part of functional art installation. But, have been removed as of August 5, 2021
Mas in front of the Tiffany store on Bloor
young drummer in Christie Pits Park – Toronto
Neville’s book – for a 1990 show at the McMichael Canadian Art Gallery
actors wearing slave chains
Slim Jim®, the on-the-go meaty snack has partnered with Chris ‘Slim Duck’ Boucher, Canadian professional basketball player, as its newest brand ambassador. The endorsement partnership will come to life in advertising materials, including social media and in-store displays at retailers across Canada this fall. (CNW Group/Conagra Brands, Inc.)
Emancipation Flex on Bloor St
Waiting for the event to begin. In the shadow of the Hudson Bay building at Yonge and Bloor in Toronto. Emancipation Day event – August 1, 2021
August 1, 2021 Emancipation Day in Toronto
Emancipation Day walk down Bloor, The Resistance with Calypsonian Henry Gomez left and company
The Joy of Mas on the Mink Mile -Toronto- Emancipation Day event August 1
purple door – toronto island – photo by Pat Whetung – do not borrow without permission. Needed for a photo savage hunt for Women’s Health
press photo from truck festival, not my photograph. do not use
used in stories for media for this year’s Caribbean Carnival
Scarborough Town Centre, Toronto. Photo by Herman S, Do not use without permission
Full Mas costume. Model at Carnival Flavours, outdoor music festival at the Scarborough Town Mall. Last event for 2021 Toronto Caribbean Carnival. Photo by Herman S. Do not use without permission
Wendy Jones (Pan Alive) with the Garvey sign. Young girl and her mother with Black Power signs.
Sign says child in this Edith Avenue house has graduated from grade 6 (Allenby) and a few days later the grad’s Power Ranger toys were up for grabs!
