Tuesday, May 15, 2018: Tonight’s Etobicoke-Lakeshore All Candidates Meeting at the Assembly Hall starts at 7:00 pm. Doors open at 6:30 pm. The Assembly Hall is at 1 Colonel Samuel Smith Drive (at Kipling and Lake Shore Blvd. West) The meeting is sponsored by the LAMP Community Health Centre.
I have a keen interest in local history and in recent years, I’ve had the opportunity to explore it at some length, through uploading posts to my website, making presentations, and organizing Jane’s Walks. Local history is a recent interest for me; it’s an interest that I just happened to fall into. The topic of […]
I had the opportunity to catch the opening of this show and to meet key people involved with the organizing of it. This is a truly engaging and superbly well-organized event; if you have the opportunity to catch this photo exhibit – and to visit a great industrial site – I recommend it highly. Just the […]
The following May 11, 2018 email message is from the Jane’s Walk Steering Committee; my own Commentary follows below. Title of email: Jane’s Walk’s future is bright. A clarifying statement from the Steering Committee. * A word from the Jane’s Walk Steering Committee Dear Toronto, Yesterday we sent out an email that requires clarification. Most […]
I’ve prepared the following text for a story submitted to the Jane’s Walk website; I much enjoy working on such brief overviews of events. If we seek to get anything across, sometimes we have to focus on brevity: Our Walk drew upon input from many people, who designed the Walk route and chose key points […]
Following message is from David Godley, a retired planner who lives in Long Branch (I have broken longer texts into shorter paragraphs, for ease in online reading): SECOND UNITS, TORONTO DRAFT OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENT (ATTACHED) * INTRODUCTION Hello Jeremy and Sharon, I attended the Etobicoke meeting of City of Toronto session on May 9 2018. […]
Click here for previous posts about Jane’s Walk > I much enjoyed a recent heritage ride entitled “Long Branch: A Jane’s Walk Bike Tour,” led by David Juliusson with the support, and backing, of the Etobicoke South Cycling Committee and the Long Branch Neighbourhood Association. The event took place on May 6, 2018 starting at […]
To view the e-News Update in your browser Click here The following text is an excerpt from the beginning of MPP Peter Milczyn’s May 8, 2018 e-News Update: Dear Neighbours, As the 41st Parliament of the Province of Ontario winds down and we head into an election campaign I want to thank the people of […]
Hidden Amongst Us: Architectural Portraits of Leaside’s Canada Wire and Cable Company Homes Leaside Matters, in association with architectural photographer Vik Pahwa, invite you to discover the “big bang” of the Town of Leaside. In 1913 Canada Wire and Cable Company was not only the first industry in Leaside, but also the first company to […]