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Toronto’s history captivates visitors, tour by tour

From peameal bacon to the Beatles, pivotal moments in the life of a city on the rise

By Paul E. Kandarian

 |  Globe correspondent  

  May 06, 2012

The smiling tour guide with the goatee standing next to a cardboard figure of a Canadian Mountie in the historic St. Lawrence Market will be more than happy to tell you all about Toronto. “I do this year round and January can be as busy as August,” said Bruce Bell, 55, owner-operator of Bruce Bell Tours since 2003. “People love Toronto all year, it really is the New York City of Canada.”

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