Though some gay and lesbian oriented establishments can be found outside of this area, the general boundaries of this village have been defined by the Gay Toronto Tourism Guild.

Though Stepien eventually threatened to move the franchise to Toronto and rename it the Toronto Towers, but brothers George and Gordon Gund purchased the franchise in the mid 1980s and decided to keep the team in Cleveland ( a decade later, Toronto would eventually receive an expansion franchise, the Toronto Raptors.

Though the tour was small, Portishead visited New York, Montreal, Toronto, Chicago, Mexico City, Los Angeles, Berkeley, Seattle, Vancouver, and Denver during October.

Though Toronto mayoral elections are non-partisan, during the 2010 mayoral election, it endorsed George Smitherman, who before the election was a provincial cabinet member of McGuinty's Liberal government.

Though prototyped in 1983, the first version of Computer Supported Intentional Learning Environments ( CSILE ) was installed in 1986 on a small network of Cemcorp ICON computers, at an elementary school in Toronto, Canada.

Though construction had already begun on the Eglinton West subway in Toronto, a proposed rapid transit line to ultimately link the main north / south subway line of the city with the suburbs and airport, funding was cancelled shortly after Harris ' election.

Though the number of travellers is lower than the main corridor route from Toronto to Montreal, Via still uses the assigned ' car ' – meaning in all likelihood there will be empty cars while others are filled with passengers.

Though some gay and lesbian oriented establishments can be found outside of this area, the general boundaries of this village have been defined by the Gay Toronto Tourism Guild.

Though Mimico GO Station is nearby and GO Transit trains use track in the northern reaches of the neighbourhood, there is no active railway station in New Toronto.

Though the market is a hub for activity, and a destination for many residents and tourists, the rest of the area should not be discredited as a unique and important neighbourhood within Toronto.

Though there was no evidence of ' assault ' by local residents, the incident became a cause célèbre in the Toronto news media-presumably as a result of allegations of racism, never substantiated.

Though Julius Erving flew into Toronto for an interview, interim G. M.

Though the band played Montreal twice before, summer 2010 marked their first foray into North America with concerts in Toronto, Montreal, Quebec City, Chicago, and New York City.

Though he disliked Maple Leaf Gardens and as a young player was disappointed by the scathing assessment of that Toronto scout, Kelly agreed to be traded to the Leafs.

Though the Head Office was moved to Toronto in the 1970s, RBC still maintains the regional headquarters there.

Though praised by Dewart and of sufficient repute in her day to be included in Archibald MacMurchy ’ s Handbook of Canadian literature ( English ) ( Toronto, 1906 ), Yule ’ s writing may strike the contemporary reader as somewhat artificial and didactic.

Though Davis was born in Essex, Mark and his family moved to Toronto, Canada in 1981.

Though MacKay was held out as a star of the series, the Millionaires were defeated by the National Hockey League ( NHL )' s Toronto Arenas in the fifth and deciding game of the series.

Though the leader of the Canadian Alliance Party, Stephen Harper, objected to the Prime Minister's position on Iraq, stating that Canada should be fighting alongside the US, Chrétien's decision reflected the view of the general Canadian public: In March 2003, a poll conducted by EKOS Research Associates for the Toronto Star and the Montreal newspaper La Presse found 71 % of those questioned did not support the United States-led invasion, with 27 % expressing disapproval.

Though set in Detroit, the majority of the film was shot in Toronto, with only one day of actually shooting in Detroit.

Though in the UK Independence Party case, it is a centre-right wing populist party, which is pro establishment supporting the monarchy.

Though Bermuda has been classified as a self-governed colony since 1620, internal self-government was bolstered by the establishment of a formal constitution in 1968, and the introduction of universal adult suffrage ; debate about independence has ensued, although a 1995 independence referendum was soundly defeated.

" Though the first French and British colonizers of Canada interpreted the hereditary nature of some indigenous North American chieftainships as a form of monarchy, it is generally accepted that Canada has been a territory of a monarch or a monarchy in its own right only since the establishment of New France in the early 17th century ; according to historian Jacques Monet, the Canadian Crown is one of the few that have survived through uninterrupted succession since before its inception.

Though he had a few friends among Mexican composers, he was largely ignored by the Mexican musical establishment.

Though these four mechanisms function independently, they are nevertheless coordinated in the establishment of a vocal technique and are made to interact upon one another.

Though the actual end of the shogunate and establishment of an Imperial government following Western modes was handled entirely peacefully, through political petitions and the like, the years surrounding the event were not an entirely bloodless revolution.

Though they only numbered about 250 at most, their goal soon became the establishment of an independent and socialist Irish nation.

Though Skiing in Australia began in the northern Snowy Mountains in the 1860s, it was the construction of the vast Snowy Scheme from 1949, with its improvements to infrastructure and influx of experienced European skiers among the workers on the Scheme that really opened up the Mountains for the large scale development of a ski industry, and led to the establishment of Thredbo and Perisher as leading Australian resorts.

Though the initial bill did not pass, the Republican party platform of June 1912 endorsed the establishment of the Federal Trade Commission.

Though enrolled in the Delian League it remained disaffected towards Athens, and in 477 had to be coerced by the establishment of a cleruchy on the island ; nevertheless, in 411 Andros proclaimed its freedom, and in 408 withstood an Athenian attack.

Though the psychiatric establishment once medicalized same-sex desire, homosexuality was later removed in 1974 as a mental disorder from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ( DSM ) because it wasn't supported by sound scientific evidence and didn't meet the criteria for a mental disorder.

Though the establishment kept holding back, other painters acknowledged Corot's growing stature.

Though only consisting of a small fraction of the Scottish population, and less so in comparison to their Northern Irish counterparts, their profile has become more prominent with prominent demonstrations of their beliefs since the establishment of a Scottish Parliament.

Though a theatre rather than a music hall, this famous establishment later hosted music hall variety acts.

" Though the Quaker establishment took no immediate action, the 1688 Germantown Quaker Petition Against Slavery, was a clear and forceful argument against slavery and initiated the process of banning slavery in the Society of Friends ( 1776 ) and Pennsylvania ( 1780 ).

Though the title and establishment of the roles and responsibilities of the Press Secretary job was still decades in the future, the small and growing White House staff was increasingly interacting with a growing number of professional journalists and mass media entities covering the President and the White House.

Though Porter had a fundamental rationalisation in his concept about the invalidity of hybrid business strategy, the highly volatile and turbulent market conditions will not permit survival of rigid business strategies since long term establishment will depend on the agility and the quick responsiveness towards market and environmental conditions.

Though the Volunteers ' stated purpose was not the establishment of a republic, the IRB intended to use the organisation to do just that, recruiting high ranking members into the IRB, notably Joseph Plunkett, Thomas MacDonagh, and Patrick Pearse, who was co-opted to the Supreme Council in 1915.

Though use of the mechanics ’ library was limited, the majority of the users were favourable towards the idea of free library use and service, and were a ready to read public when the establishment of free libraries occurred.

Though his work was largely ignored by the official Soviet cultural establishment, he achieved remarkable fame during his lifetime, and to this day exerts significant influence on many of Russia's popular musicians and actors who wish to emulate his iconic status.

Though their interest in textual study initially met with heavy resistance from the establishment, the practice eventually gained a foothold and soon became one of the central methods of literary scholarship in American universities until it fell out of favor in the 1970s as post-structuralism, deconstructionist theory, and a whole plethora of competing theoretical models vied for more attention in literary studies.

Though crushed, however, they were not extinguished ; a period of anarchy followed, the struggle between the Chola kings and the Mussulmans issuing in the establishment at Kanchi of an usurping Hindu dynasty which ruled till the end of the 14th century, while in 1365 a branch of the Pandyas succeeded in re-establishing itself in part of the kingdom of Madura, where it survived till 1623.

Though initially enjoying some support within Andorra's political establishment, he was ultimately arrested by Spanish authorities on July 20 of that year after declaring war on the Bishop of Urgell ( who had refused to relinquish his own claim to the principality ).

Though many in this ' Club ' were wary of forming a political party ; they joined 2 other members, Michael Benfield and Freda Sanders, to form ' PEOPLE ' as a political party to challenge the UK political establishment, in Coventry during 1972 / 3.