Entries by Jaan Pill

New construction route approved for Lakeview Waterfront Connection

Following message is from Port Credit Conservation: Construction of a new waterfront conservation area in the Lakeview community is scheduled to begin in mid-2016 via a new construction route just approved by the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change. The route provides a more streamlined construction process with fewer impacts to the public. The […]

Reports of dead raccoons & dogs with marijuana poisoning in Humber College & Colonel Samuel Smith Park area

From Long Branch Neighbourhood Watch: Reports of dead raccoons & dogs with marijuana poisoning in the Humber College and Colonel Samuel Smith Park area. Keep your cats indoors and dogs on leash. Etobicoke Guardian article A Jan. 28, 2016 Etobicoke Guardian article is entitled: “Useful tips, in aftermath of suspected dog poisoning cases in south […]

Compilation of list of names for photo of Mrs. Bell’s Grade 7 class at Ahuntsic School, 1958

Noreen (Doherty) McMillan writes: Hello Jaan, I am re-sending herewith the photo of Mrs. Bell’s Grade 7 class in Ahuntsic Elementary of 1958. With the help of my dear friends, Lise Decoste (Laval, Que.), Nina Sharko (Rockledge, Florida), and Marsha Silver (Orleans, Ont.) we have compiled as many names as possible. (Last names not always […]

Gail Howell de Vries’ best friends at MCHS were Lynda Spence, Barclay Allan, Dawson Campbell, Brent Holden, Linda McCracken, Bruce McKay

Myrth GAIL Howell de Vries has added a comment to a previous page dealing with the MCHS 2015 reunion that as held on Oct. 17, 2015 in Toronto. “So sad to hear that I missed the 2015 Reunion. My family left Quebec, in 1963, and so have not been in contact with classmates from 1960-1963. […]

QEW Improvements from Evans Avenue to Cawthra Road – TESR Filing Notification

Click here for previous posts about the QEW Improvements from Evans Avenue to Cawthra Road project > The following message is from Dawn McKinnon with regard to the QEW Dixie EA project team: [The attached notice referred to can be accessed here:] QEW Improvements TESR Filing Notification Letter – Jan 13_16 Hello, Please find attached […]

Transit Town Hall – Wed., Feb. 3, 2016, 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm, St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, 3819 Bloor St. West

The following message is from MPP Peter Milczyn’s Office: Dear Neighbour, With winter conditions upon us, I would like to remind you to take extra caution and allow more time when driving and walking. Please join myself, MPP Yvan Baker and Transportation Minister Steven Del Duca for a Transit Town Hall. The Minister will be speaking […]

LAMP community kitchen may be in jeopardy after Wesley Mimico Place development cancelled – Jan. 21, 2016 Etobicoke Guardian

A Jan. 28, 2016 Etobicoke Guardian article is entitled: “Rising heritage costs, bureaucracy the main reasons behind Wesley Mimico Place project’s cancellation: Mixed-use facility was to house seniors apartments and a community kitchen.” A Jan. 21, 2016 Etobicoke Guardian article is entitled: “LAMP community kitchen may be in jeopardy after Wesley Mimico Place development cancelled: […]

Yiyun Li (2014) and Luigi Tomba (2015) each notes, each in her or his own way, that occasionally reality obtrudes

This post is dedicated to internal coherence in storytelling. The discussion concerns culture and materiality. Based upon the work of novelist Yiyun Li (2014) and researcher Luigi Tomba (2015), as discussed at a separate page, at and of the work of students of the relationship between Buddhisms and violence as discussed at still another separate webpage, […]