Muddy York's episode on William Holmes Howland explores the Toronto politician credited with coining the city's famous "Toronto the Good" nickname. The show notes indicate the episode focuses on Howland's mayoral campaign and the origins of this once-common epithet that has since fallen out of fashion. The episode is…
Worth it if you're a Toronto history enthusiast curious about the origins of the city's "Toronto the Good" brand or interested in 19th-century municipal politics.