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Retrontario Retrontario seeks to preserve, celebrate and research recent Ontario history and pop-culture Where the past meets the present. All that's missing is you!

If you needed a mascot in Ontario in the 1970s, there was one Queen you needed to see - Tanya Petrova ๐Ÿ‘‘๐Ÿป โžก๏ธAmong some of...
08/27/2026

If you needed a mascot in Ontario in the 1970s, there was one Queen you needed to see - Tanya Petrova ๐Ÿ‘‘

๐Ÿป โžก๏ธAmong some of the most notable characters Petrova designed - the official mascots for Ontario Place Dear Deer, Bashful Beaver, and Rocky Racoon; Polkaroo for TVO; Winnie the Wintario Bear for OLG; Charlie Horse for Shari Lewis and The Glump for Eatons.
Weโ€™d love to learn more about Petrova for a project we are working on, if anyone has any additional information please get in touch โค๏ธ

Retrontario is saddened to learn of the passing of another unsung Titan of ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ“บ - Perry Rosemond. Born in Winnipeg, Mani...
08/24/2026

Retrontario is saddened to learn of the passing of another unsung Titan of ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ“บ - Perry Rosemond.
Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Perry is best remembered for creating The King of Kensington, however he had a tremendous and far reaching career: He helped shape the direction of the CBCโ€™s childrenโ€™s department in the turbulant 1960s, working on The Friendly Giant, Mr. Dressup, Sesame Street Canada, and later in the 80s, Fraggle Rock.
In 1966, Perry created a revolutionary news series for the CBC entitled Through the Eyes of Tomorrow, using only young people as reporters, directors and editors. In 1976 he gave a young John Candy an early break in The David Steinberg Show, and was instrumental in the early days of TVOntario.
A true maverick of the small screen and a Canadian legend, we salute Perry Rosemond and our thoughts are with his family and friends ๐Ÿ™

BUSINESS UP FRONT PARTY IN THE BACK ๐Ÿค˜
08/20/2026

BUSINESS UP FRONT PARTY IN THE BACK ๐Ÿค˜

Do you remember the Garden Bros Circus experience? Retrontario recently unearthed some footage from a 1984 show at Maple...
08/19/2026

Do you remember the Garden Bros Circus experience? Retrontario recently unearthed some footage from a 1984 show at Maple Leaf Gardens and the memories came flooding back! ๐ŸŒŠ

Its been almost 10 years since Macโ€™s were rebranded as Circle K, and 27 years since MacTavish, the OG mascot for Macโ€™s, ...
08/17/2026

Its been almost 10 years since Macโ€™s were rebranded as Circle K, and 27 years since MacTavish, the OG mascot for Macโ€™s, was unceremoniously dumped for a winking owl called Hibou. ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ

๐Ÿฆ‹ Can you name all the shows? ๐Ÿ“– Missing the days when books were central to kids shows. And we wonder why reading has fa...
08/15/2026

๐Ÿฆ‹ Can you name all the shows? ๐Ÿ“– Missing the days when books were central to kids shows. And we wonder why reading has fallen off with young people so much so much? Take a look, itโ€™s in a book ๐Ÿ‘€ Thanks to Jarid for the template! ๐Ÿ‘Š

Canadian Legends Billy Van and Luba Goy in TVOntario's seminal Bits and Bytes, an introduction to computers that helped ...
08/13/2026

Canadian Legends Billy Van and Luba Goy in TVOntario's seminal Bits and Bytes, an introduction to computers that helped forge a generation of programmers โšก

+ Ginger ale & ๐ŸŒ popsicles ๐Ÿ™
08/13/2026

+ Ginger ale & ๐ŸŒ popsicles ๐Ÿ™

08/05/2026

Rest in peace to an absolute ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ broadcast legend ๐Ÿ™ Here is a short clip of Lloyd when he was at CBC, announcing the Fall 1970 line-up including a new show called Sesame Street. ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿป

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