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Premier Kathleen Wynne and Ron Williamson

archaeological digs: Order this photo By John Lorinc, and Ron Williamson Fri., June 10, 2016 With two major local archaeological digs recently completed or underway, as well as an effort by Premier Kathleen Wynne to own up to the province treatment of First Nations peoples, the past is in the news these days both in Toronto and across Ontario, according to Toronto Star. Indeed, tangibly so. A new courthouse is planned in a former parking lot behind City Hall. The excavations — at the planned Toronto Courthouse site on Centre Ave., as well as the North St. At the Courthouse site, located in The Ward, archaeologists also found an arrowhead, which reminds us of an even deeper history. Lawrence Market redevelopment site – are yielding thousands of artifacts that speak to the city social and commercial history from its early colonial past to the immigration that re-shaped Toronto in the early 20th century. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.