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Way Back Wednesday: The History of Doctor Dixie

This too shall pass. As we are all challenged today by the COVID-19 virus, the Wayback Wednesday series will look back at past epidemics and health challenges, with a particular focus on those individuals who sought to aid the sick, and on how our landscape remembers those past times. Apart but together, please help up…

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Way Back Wednesday: The History of Mississauga’s Cook Street

Cook Street, near the intersection of Dundas Street and Hurontario Street, takes its name from the namesake of the historic village of Cooksville, Jacob Cook (1776-1873). Jacob Cook was born on April 26, 1776 in Pennsylvania, with his family later settling near Ancaster, Ontario. A story recounts that Jacob met another early settler in 1814…

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