Investing in cultural cohesion and preservation can help rebuild cities devastated by war or natural disasters, says a new World Bank report – March 12, 2019 CityLab article

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A March 12, 2019 CityLab article is entitled: “After War or Disaster, Cities Need Culture to Recover.” The subtitle reads: “Investing in cultural cohesion and preservation can help rebuild cities devastated by war or natural disasters, says a new World Bank report.” The opening paragraphs of the CityLab article (I’ve included the original links, embedded […]

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“She changed us and now she is changing a great many other people.” Introducing Greta Thunberg – Guardian, March 11, 2019

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“She changed us and now she is changing a great many other people. There was no hint of this in her childhood. It’s unbelievable. If this can happen, anything can happen.” The quote is from a March 11, 2019 Guardian article, entitled: “Greta Thunberg, schoolgirl climate change warrior. Another excerpt reads: Greta was exceptionally bright. […]

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Six Points Interchange – Kipling Avenue to reopen, Monday March 11, 2019, 5:00 pm

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I’m pleased to post a recent email from the City of Toronto concerning next steps for the Six Points Interchange. View this email in your browser The text of the message reads: At 5 p.m., Monday March 11, Kipling Avenue between Dundas St W and Bloor St W will reopen to vehicular traffic, one lane […]

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Next MCHS 1960s get together, at Mandarin restaurant in Toronto, is on Friday, March 22, 2019; a get together in Kitchener in April is in planning stages

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Tim Hewlings has shared photos of our grade 6 class from Laurentide School and our grade 7 class from Morison

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Tim Hewlings has been reading some of our posts about years gone by and has added one of his own, by way of a recent comment. He adds: “Nice story about Joelle [King]. Both Ron Dykhof and Fred Laflamme had written me about her passing. Made me think of couple of photos Allen Jones dug […]

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Tim Hewlings and Bert Eccles continue discussion about Chez ‘Hade’ in Cartierville; as well Don MacKenzie adds to comments about Morison School

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58 Wheatfield Road in Mimico – intention to designate under Ontario Heritage Act – goes to March 19, 2019 community council meeting; new letters (if you have not yet written) will be most helpful

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Click here to access previous posts about 58 Wheatfield Road in Mimico > The report from the Toronto Preservation Board – which supported the intent to designate 58 Wheatfield Road –  has now been scheduled for the March 19, 2019 Etobicoke York Community Council (EYCC) meeting: http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2019.EY4.5 Letters sent to the Toronto Preservation Board in […]

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In Stratford as in Toronto and Mississauga, people have worked together many years, in order to save cherished historical buildings and neighbourhoods from destruction

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Joëlle King (MCHS 1963) has passed away in Ormond Beach, Florida on Feb. 23, 2019

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Nikki King has recently let me know that her sister, Joëlle King, passed away in Ormond Beach, Florida on Feb. 23, 2019 at 4:20 am at the age of 71. She was in MCHS 1962-63 Miss McCormick’s class XIA. I remember Joëlle King from the years that I was at Malcolm Campbell High School. Nikki […]

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Doug Smith shares a memorable 1950s childhood story regarding 1909 Middle Road Bridge in Mississauga

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A post of some time back is entitled: 1909 postcard on the radials through Long Branch (Jane Fairburn); 1909 Middle Road Bridge (Dave Cook) In a recent comment at the above-noted post, Doug Smith has shared a memory from the late ’50s, which I am pleased to feature at the current post, as as a […]

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