I’ve received a notification of the publication of the April 2016 Old Mill Gazette; I’ve written about the Old Mill neighbourhood in the past: Click here to access April 2016 Old Mill Gazette newsletter >
An April 12, 2016 insidetoronto.com article is entitled: “City moves to protect heritage of former St. Agnes Anglican Church in Long Branch.” Subhead reads: “Developer working with city heritage staff on an ‘adaptive reuse’ of church for residential development,” Our thanks to Sid Olvet for informing us of this link.
The following message is from Etobicoke-Lakeshore MPP Peter Milczyn’s Office: Do you know a Gem of Etobicoke-Lakeshore 2016? The Gems of Etobicoke-Lakeshore were created to recognize and appreciate outstanding small businesses, community and service organizations that are unique to South Etobicoke and make our community a more vibrant place to live, work and play. What […]
I’ve worked with Mike James with leading of Jane’s Walks in southern Etobicoke over the past four years. We’re no longer leading walks, although we remain involved with helping to organize them. Mike grew up in New Toronto in the 1960s; he now lives in Niagara on the Lake. He ‘s received some information from […]
A basic point that Nicolas Hénin makes in Jihad Academy (2015), a study that is featured at a previous post, is that some news stories lead us astray. With any story, it’s useful to consider where the evidence leads, and to go with the story that is based upon the strongest evidence, rather than with the story […]
Nicolas Hénin is author of Jihad Academy: A Former ISIS Hostage and Veteran Middle East Journalist Explores Misperceptions of Islamic State and Their Consequences (2015). A February 16, 2016 CBC The Current transcript of an interview with Hénin can be accessed here. The interview is of interest. If I recall correctly, I decided to borrow the book, from […]
On April 5, 2016 I sent the following message to Mark Grimes. If you live in Ward 6, and have a concern about this topic, please send a message to his office also. My message to the Councillor’s Office: Good evening Councillor Grimes: I wish to add my voice to the voices of other residents […]
In a previous post, I’ve had the opportunity to share some great reflections about Malcolm Campbell High School from Donald McMaster (MCHS 1967): Donald McMaster graduated from MCHS in 1967 and went on to study Electrical Engineering Donald has recently sent me an email, on receiving the DVD of the MCHS yearbooks (1961-62 to 1973-74) […]
The source for the article and editorial highlighted at the current blog post is an online archive at the University of Toronto: Rising From the Ashes Development that takes into account the interests of local residents I’ve written about topics related to Lakeview on many occasions in the past. I am highly impressed with projects currently […]
A previous message from David Godley is entitled: Conserving Long Branch (Toronto) – April 2016 update from David Godley The following addendum to the above-noted post is from David Godley: Local Area Boards approved by City (Information from our MPP) “In 2011 when I was Councillor, Ward 5, Etobicoke-Lakeshore and Chair of the Planning and […]