The Improv Olympics were first demonstrated at Toronto's Homemade Theatre in 1976 and have been continued on as the Canadian Improv Games.

* 1957 – Toronto's CHUM-AM, ( 1050 kHz ) becomes Canada's first radio station to broadcast only top 40 Rock n ' Roll music format.

Along with the Dishrags, Toronto's The Curse and B Girls were North America's first all-female punk acts.

* November 27 – The Calgary Stampeders defeat the Ottawa Rough Riders 12 – 7 before 20, 013 fans at Toronto's Varsity Stadium to capture their first Grey Cup and complete the only perfect season to date in Canadian Football.

* November 1 – In the first Basketball Association of America game, the New York Knicks defeat the Toronto Huskies 68 – 66 at Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens.

By the end of the year more debuts were to follow resulting in Psyche's first performances in the USA, as well as a return to Darrin's hometown Waterloo, and a great concert at Toronto's DARK RAVE.

In his last game at Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens, he led the Flames to a 5 – 1 win over the Maple Leafs with a two goal effort that saw him named first star of the game.

Skinny Puppy performed live in-studio on CBC Radio's Brave New Waves program in September 1986, while M: TPIs " Dig It ", the band's first single and video, received a fair amount of airplay on Toronto's CFNY-FM.

He first had to resign his post as Dean of Osgoode Hall Law School, the seat of the Law Society of Upper Canada, rejecting the Law Society's apprenticeship model of legal education in favour of the University of Toronto's vision of a full-time legal education, hinging on the professional bachelor of laws degree and embedded within a university.

For a time, he attended Toronto's Osgoode Hall Law School of York University ; however, his studies ended after he failed his first year exams.

The players of the 1915 championship Hamilton team, apparently as revenge for Toronto's refusal to relinquish the trophy in 1912 and 1913, added a shield for the 1908 Tigers team to give the appearance that their organization had won the first Grey Cup.

Some of Vancouver's and Toronto's dragon boat volunteers were instrumental in helping to establish the ' first generation ' of Canadian festivals that had the support of the local Chinese business communities in Regina, Calgary, Edmonton, Victoria, Kelowna, Ottawa, Montreal, London, and Kingston.

Hubbard would go on to 13 straight years as alderman for the elite Ward 4, sitting on the powerful Board of Control, and become Toronto's first black deputy mayor, functioning as acting mayor on several occasions.

It was the third MLB stadium to have a retractable roof and the first in the United States ( at the time, only Toronto's SkyDome, now Rogers Centre and Montreal's Olympic Stadium had them ; others are now at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Miller Park in Milwaukee, Safeco Field in Seattle and Marlins Park in Miami ).

The Tories and the Reformers fielded candidates for Toronto's first municipal election, held on March 27, 1834, with the Reformers winning a majority on the Toronto City Council.

The first store was only, with two shop windows, and was located a fair distance from Toronto's then fashionable shopping district of King Street West.

He was first elected to Parliament in 1984, representing Toronto's Etobicoke — Lakeshore riding in the government of Brian Mulroney.

Smitherman was the first Liberal in the history of Toronto's NOW magazine to be voted best MPP.

It was founded in the fall of 1928 and is one of Toronto's oldest schools, the first and traditionally central school for Etobicoke.

Toronto's Chinatown first appeared during the 1870s with the migration of American Chinese from California due to racial conflict and from the Eastern United States due to the depression at the time.

The first Chinatown of Toronto existed from the 1870s to 1961 along York Street and Elizabeth Street between Queen and Dundas street within Toronto's Ward district.

New Toronto's high school, now called Lakeshore Collegiate Institute, was originally built and operated as New Toronto Secondary School with first classes beginning in 1950.

With the first industries in New Toronto already operating, or to be operational by the end of 1890, New Toronto was promoted with the publication of an article in the October 25th, 1890 edition of the Toronto Globe newspaper ( now the Globe & Mail ) entitled " Toronto's Growing Suburb-New Toronto-As it is and what it will be ".

At the same time, St. Teresa, whose students originally attended Etobicoke's first catholic secondary schools, Michael Power ( for boys ) or St Joseph's ( for girls ) if able to pay, or the local public New Toronto Secondary School ( now Lakeshore Collegiate Institute ), has benefitted from the relocation of the daughter school of Michael Power-St. Joseph's, Father John Redmond Catholic Secondary School, established after the extension of catholic school funding to secondary schools in the 1980s, from the former Aldewoood Secondary School to a new building in New Toronto's large former Mimico Lunatic Asylum grounds.

In 1834, Toronto's first city hall was built on the southwest corner of King St. East & Jarvis St. at the old ' Market ' building from 1834 ( the year of Toronto's incorporation from the former town of York ) to 1844.

That same year, as a member of Toronto's branch of The Second City, he gained wide North American popularity, which grew when he became a cast member on the influential Toronto-based comedy-variety show Second City Television ( SCTV ).

Kingsway South neighbourhood has attracted many affluent individuals and families ( as of 2001, over 50 % of households have an income in excess of C $ 100, 000 / year ), and remains one of Toronto's more prominent neighbourhoods.

It was organized in about a month, upon the suggestion of headliners The Rolling Stones, who wanted to help revive Toronto's economy after the SARS outbreaks earlier in the year.

The year also saw major changes in youth culture with the " hippies " in Toronto's Yorkville area becoming front-page news over their lifestyle choices and battles with Toronto City Council.

His record was eclipsed by Chicago's Tim Raines later in the year and was matched by Toronto's Paul Molitor.

The CNE attracts thousands of tourists each year, contributing to the Toronto's economy and culture.

A rough cut was then previewed at Toronto's Uptown Theatre in the Spring of that year.

Additionally, the college hosts a writer-in-residence chosen each year by the college and the University of Toronto's department of English.

According to Toronto's Street Health Report in 2007, one in ten homeless people reports attempted suicide in the past year.

This year, it was played in Ottawa, but with unseasonably warm weather, the final two games were played in Toronto's Arena Gardens.

By August of that year, its slogan once again became simply " Toronto's Hip-Hop and R & B ".

The church participates as a venue in Toronto's annual Nuit Blanche, and presents a weekly series of classical, choral and jazz concerts throughout the year, as well as a dramatization of the Christmas story every December since 1937.

Toronto's success under Gaston was not short-lived, as they finished second in the division behind Boston the following year and won the division again in, and.

Each year, neighbourhood residents, businesses and community organizations participate actively in the Big on Bloor Street Festival and Toronto's Nuit Blanche.

In his first season, the 18-year-old finished second on the team in scoring and then in his sophomore year was considered the star of Toronto's upset of the record-breaking Montreal Canadiens of 1944-45.

He established the first brokerage office in Toronto's Chinatown, and was named Analyst of the year for 1980 by Financial Times of Canada.

2005 was Toronto's worst year on record for smog with a total of 48 smog alert days.

The contest runs year long and ends in a Design Fair and Conference held on the University of Toronto's St. George Campus in mid May.

Also in that year she was hired by Toronto's The Second City comedy troupe.