Nov
21
HELLO HOCKEY FANS FROM GHOST TO GHOST!

A rumour has swirled through Toronto for decades – the Hockey Hall of Fame is haunted!

Dorothea Mae Elliott was just 19 years of age in 1953 and working at the Bank of Montreal at the corner of Yonge and Front Streets, now the home of the Hockey Hall of Fame. Co-workers described the young lady as “full of life and always smiling,” “the life of the party; the most popular girl in the bank” and “a beautiful girl, tall and buxom” who resembled actress Rita Hayworth.

But something was troubling Dorothea…

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Nov
10
CONN SMYTHE, THE MAPLE LEAFS AND THE SECOND WORLD WAR

Much to the exasperation of his wife, Conn Smythe enlisted for duty in the Second World War. Many questioned why Smythe, almost 45 years of age with a family and significant business interests, would insist on joining up again having already served honourably in Canada’s First World War effort. “I felt it was a shame that we had to go back to Europe and win the war again that we thought we’d won for all time back in 1918. But if we had to, I wanted to be there,” he explained.

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