Paw Pals Grooming Co-Hosts…3rd Annual Mystic Pointe Community Party

We are pleased with the grooming services provided by Paw Pals Grooming in Mimico, for which reason we are pleased to share the following email: 3rd Annual Mystic Pointe Community Party! View this email in your browser You’re invited to discover the amazing products and services offered at the Mystic Pointe Community. At Paw Pals… […]

Hanlan Water Project: What’s New? (May 30, 2016 update)

I have discussed the Hanlan Water Project (aka Hanlan Feedermain Project) at previous posts. The following overview is accessible at this link. The PDF file of the update is available here: Dixie-May30-2016 Below is a JPEG version of the update:   The text reads: Work on Dixie Road South of QEW * What’s been done […]

Yard-Sign Campaign Proves Effective in Reducing Speed On Residential Streets – May 11, 2001 Urban Transportation Monitor

A May 11, 2001 Urban Transportation Monitor article is entitled: “Yard-Sign Campaign Proves Effective in Reducing Speed On Residential Streets: Already Implemented in 80 Communities in 24 States.” If you know of more recent studies, can you please contact me. It’s really interesting to know about such research. The above-noted article is from 15 years […]

Thanks from Jim Tovey for volunteers who made May 28, 2016 Small Arms Jane’s Walk a terrific event

At the Gabriella Bank Facebook page featuring the photo, Jim Tovey has commented: Thank you to all the volunteers who assisted in a terrific Janes Walk, Small Arms Society, Jaan Hendrik Pill, Lee Tovey, Diane LaPointe-Kay and Gabriella Bank for the beautiful photography. Several former WW II workers were also in attendance to tell their […]

The question of lawn signs and the Long Branch Neighbourhood Association (LBNA), which is currently being formed

In a previous post, I have highlighted points of view regarding anti-severance lawn signs in Long Branch: What impact would lawn signs have on development issues facing Long Branch (Toronto)? The gist of the post is that the lawn signs are the initiative of a group of Long Branch residents. That is, the signs are […]

May 28, 2016 Small Arms Jane’s Walk (and the only @Doors_OpenTO in @citymississauga) went beautifully

A tweet from Jim Tovey sums up the May 28, 2016 Small Arms Jane’s Walk beautifully: Thrilled to B hosting the only @Doors_OpenTO in @citymississauga with @JaanPill & @S_A_Society #SharedHeritage Jim Tovey, who was elected six years ago as Ward 1 Councillor, City of Mississauga, did an A-1 job hosting the May 28, 2016 Jane’s […]

What impact would lawn signs have on development issues facing Long Branch (Toronto)?

I’ve had the occasion to share some thoughts in an email discussion involving residents in Long Branch concerning a plan to set up lawn signs as a way to express opposition to the lot-severances that are happening in the community. Here is the gist of my personal view on this topic: I think there is […]

Graeme Decarie has been reading the autobiography of Christopher Plummer

Click here for previous posts about Graeme Decarie > Among the previous posts is: MCHS Bio for Graeme Decarie, who taught for three years at Malcolm Campbell High School. Graeme Decarie writes: I’ve been reading the autobiography of Christopher Plummer because he and I were classmates – almost. This was at Montreal High – in […]

Woman, 81, struck by car in Etobicoke – May 19, 2016 CityNews

A May 19, 2016 CityNews article is entitled: “Woman, 81, struck by car in Etobicoke.” The woman who was hit at Twenty Fourth Street around 6:00 am on Wednesday, May 18, 2016 was seriously injured, with head injuries, according to another news report. On Thursday morning, May 19, 2016 I observed a police investigation that […]