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Remember when malls and almost every retail store were closed on Sundays?!
Wasn't it an old city bylaw that they weren't allowed to open?
Yes. The law that dictated stores had to be closed on The Lord's Day, was flawed. Book stores were permitted to stay open, convenience stores stayed open, and a few others that were somehow different. Paul Magder sold fancy fur coats, so he got around the law by selling books for thousands of dollars, and then he threw in a complimentary fur coat with every transaction.
 
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Akila Besos

Ohhh the sadness they can't help :p is it gonna magical appear with a man 😝
I understand your plight, but I think the old adage still applies. Everything is available for the right price.
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Boobs XD thats the price i was told by the delivery man 😝 :LOL:
 

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There was also a bowling alley in Dufferin Mall once upon a time.
Remember when malls and almost every retail store were closed on Sundays?!
Wasn't it an old city bylaw that they weren't allowed to open?
I remember going to see the Toronto Baseball games with my dad down at the lakeshore and Bathurst street stadium. They would play double hitters on Sundays with the second game being only 7 innings and no new inning could start after 6 pm so people could still get home in time to go to church in the evening. That is why it was called Toronto The Good.
It was Ontario wide actually and it took until the 90s to get rid of that dumb law. One of the stores that got in a lot of trouble for defiantly opening on Sunday at the time was Paul Magder Furs on Spadina. He went bankrupt fighting the province.

I think the building is now a weed store.
That is why it was called Toronto The Good. Also women could not go to a pub by themselves. The bars had a separate entrance called Ladies And Escorts so girls could only get in with a guy.
 
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Are there any Video 99 super stores left? Or any place that rents videos (Blockbuster, Rogers video etc).
 

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We still have saint huberts in Ontario

For example my hometown of Ottawa has atleast 3-4 of them currently and they are soo busy and still taste amazinggg ^-^ uwu
Makes sense. A Quebec company
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Actually, the St. Hubert brand was purchased by the Cara restaurant group several years ago. Cara, which recently changed its name to Recipe Unlimited Corp., owns and operates several restaurant chains including Swiss Chalet, Harvey's, Milestones, Montana's, Kelsey's, East Side Mario's, New York Fries, Burger's Priest . . . the list goes on and on.
 
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Alfred's Fish and Chips, The Brothers Restaurant both near Yonge and Bloor.

Are those "Army Surplus" type stores still around? There were 2 on Yonge st, one on west side and one on east side.
 
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Akila Besos

I also remember going to petcertra alot as a child

and the water park section of Ontario place I use to visit whenever i came here as a child with my family
 
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Makes sense. A Quebec company

Actually, the St. Hubert brand was purchased by the Cara restaurant group several years ago. Cara, which recently changed its name to Recipe Unlimited Corp., owns and operates several restaurant chains including Swiss Chalet, Harvey's, Milestones, Montana's, Kelsey's, East Side Mario's, New York Fries, Burger's Priest . . . the list goes on and on.
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Ohh i didnt know that

but swiss chalet doesnt taste as good as saint hubert ^-^ I am biased
 

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Are there any Video 99 super stores left? Or any place that rents videos (Blockbuster, Rogers video etc).
The only video store I know of that's still around is Bay St. Video which must be at least 20 years old now. Streaming has eliminated the need for DVDs.
 
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thirdcup

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Clairtone Electronics, made the best looking furniture style stereos then built the first Canadian made coloured T.Vs in Nova Scotia. Too bad that they were all crap.
Clairtone Electronics was founded by Peter Munk. He had his share (or maybe more than his share ) of hits and misses.
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