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Old Posted Nov 27, 2020, 8:49 PM
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At one time Strathroy, Ontario had welcome signs that had a changeable population sign. Every time I went to Strathroy the number was different.

Their slogan back then? “And we’re growing”
I remember that.

With Strathroy, the really sad part is that is probably the most interesting thing they could come up with. Strathroy is a study in beige.
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It was a huge Hydro-Quebec project, so very much on people's minds and the pride of the new Quebec Inc. etc.

It also combines English-language understandability with a soupçon of joie de vivre.
"La Manic" is also the name of a fairly famous song, from the 60s.

It's about a lonely guy who's actually working on the dam project, writing to his girlfriend in Montreal.
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A few provinces replaced their longstanding iconic logos in recent years... Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta... it's a shame. Those changes were all downgrades.
Ontario went a bit retro again under Ford. Probably his most productive decision to date.

This image shows the progression... old, to the major change in 2006 (the "three men in a hot tub" version), to the latest one adopted in 2019.


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Old Posted Nov 27, 2020, 9:28 PM
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A few provinces replaced their longstanding iconic logos in recent years... Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta... it's a shame. Those changes were all downgrades.
Alberta's wordmark was such a classic. Why would they do away with that? Often it's being dictated what works on social media icons.
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Old Posted Nov 27, 2020, 9:29 PM
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Ontario went a bit retro again under Ford. Probably his most productive decision to date.

This image shows the progression... old, to the major change in 2006 (the "three men in a hot tub" version), to the latest one adopted in 2019.
The new Ontario one is pretty good. Thank heaven they got rid of its vile predecessor.
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Old Posted Nov 27, 2020, 9:30 PM
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Ontario went a bit retro again under Ford. Probably his most productive decision to date.

This image shows the progression... old, to the major change in 2006 (the "three men in a hot tub" version), to the latest one adopted in 2019.
I always thought the old-school trillium logo would be the basis of a good flag for Ontario. Beats the crap we have now that has the flags of two different foreign countries on it.

The Franco-Ontarien flag was always a model of good flag design to me.

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Old Posted Nov 27, 2020, 9:41 PM
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That's in the right direction!

Beats this:

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Old Posted Nov 27, 2020, 10:17 PM
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That's in the right direction!

Beats this:
It certainly does not! It looks like some sort of Nigerian recycling symbol.
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I don't like the three men in a hot tub logo. Before (1st place) and after are far better
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horrible logo from somewhere (Arlington...Texas? Virginia?) in the Excited States

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Somebody thought this was a good idea:

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What does this make you think of?

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Who gave Captain Highliner a hockey stick?


The Dallas Uteri


The Burger, err, LA Kings:


WTF is that?


This looks so sad:



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What do the green bars represent? In the Canadian flag the bars represent the oceans, which doesn't make sense for Ontario. Some way to stylistically represent the Great Lakes would be a lot more fitting, but that wouldn't be two bars.

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Really liked the Als logo and uniform colours of that period.

A goose chewing bubble gum?
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Old Posted Nov 30, 2020, 2:35 AM
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A 2x1 flag with a white square in the middle and coloured bars on either side is called the "Canadian Pale", and that's what that flag has. Green and yellow are Ontario's official colours.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_pale
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WTF is that?
One of those disgusting bottle flies dressed up in a Billy Yank Civil War uniform.

https://www.naturepl.com/stock-photo...e01336147.html
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^ Now that takes me back to my youth.

It's funny how there is always one of those national discounter chains selling the same type of stuff, but the names seem to change every 10-15 years or so.

Bargain Harolds... BiWay... The Bargain Store... Giant Tiger...
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