Riverstoryz
Chris Higgins WritesExploring the undercurrents of Toronto’s history - where place, fact and story flow together.
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The Life of a Piano
On an unspecified date in 1913, there was a kind of birth. It wasn’t a human baby, so maybe that is being overly dramatic and even a little deceptive. But if life means something that comes into the world, connects with and moves others, an...
Two Fatal Shots and a Lapse of Memory
It is amazing that such a horrible thing could be forgotten only a short walk from where it happened.
Of course, we can be forgiven. The killer and the victim lie deep under the soil. Even without the murder, they would have been long dead...
The classroom is not the only place to learn
Chris Higgins giving a tour of Swansea Public School where he taught for 17 of his 29 years teaching in Toronto schools. May 6, 2026. Picture by Lance Gleich.
In my career as a Toronto teacher, there’s one thing you could practically set y...
Why write a book about an old school?
It makes me wonder. I taught at Swansea Public School for 17 years and, in the process, became the de facto archivist of the place. Now — after writing a book and doing many presentations about it — a few people have asked me, “What made yo...
Sifting though the ashes of the Toronto Humber Yacht Club fire
How did a fire ignite at the Toronto Humber Yacht Club, in the middle of the night when no one was inside? What were the city’s plans for the place, after announcing in March it was shutting the club down? What are they now? And, what will...
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