It has been long rumoured of closure, but The Tote, on the corner of Johnston and Wellington Street in Collingwood, has finally closed for business on Monday the 18th of January.
On the last Sunday of its existence, a demonstration was held complete with a large, mixed crowd holding placards displaying slogans such as ‘Let there be Tote’, ‘We Tote and we vote’ and ‘Our way, our truth, our life, rock ‘n’ roll. We (heart) the Tote’.
Read more in the extended piece in the News section here
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