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    Re: Winners Finds —Iain Hendry
   (...) Is "Big Smoke" a nickname for Toronto? If so, where did it come from? Iain (22 years ago, 23-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
   
        Re: Winners Finds —Chris Magno
   (...) Iain, (1) From what I can remember, this term dates back to 1936. In 1936 a HUGE fire broke out in a waterfront pulp and paper warehouse. Three people lost there lives. Reports in the local paper at the time (the Torontonian) say that the (...) (22 years ago, 24-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
 

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