50th anniversary reunion for Class of 1964 from Etobicoke Collegiate Institute ’64 grads and friends are holding a 50th anniversary reunion event on Friday, September 12, 2014 at a local golf club in the vicinity of ECI. The evening will consist of a welcome reception followed by a BBQ buffet dinner. If you graduated from ECI […]
I much enjoy viewing the mural, related to military history, located at Dixie Road and Lakeshore Road East in Mississauga. This is an impressive and engaging work of art, presented in what I like to characterize as an open-air art gallery. This post focuses on some of the details featured in the mural. You can click […]
The following message dated Aug. 1, 2014 is from Etobicoke-Lakeshore MPP Peter Milczyn’s office: As we head into August, I would like to wish you a safe and enjoyable Simcoe Day long weekend. I would also like to remind you that I would be happy to advertise your local events. Please send me the information […]
An earlier post that highlights and provides a context for the Lakeview Waterfront Connection project can be accessed here. Additional posts related to the redevelopment of the Mississauga waterfront can be accessed here. Join Credit Valley Conservation, Region of Peel, and Toronto Region Conservation to learn more about the Lakeview Waterfront Connection Staff from Credit Valley Conservation, Region […]
The following message is from a Long Branch resident: Beware. There are some very “pushy sales people” in the area who are insisting on an “authorized inspection” of heating and air conditioning systems. This is a scam to get in your house to hard sell you on a new system. Police attended at the bottom […]
In a previous post regarding the June 16, 2014 meeting in Kitchener of the organizing committee, we have discussed a number of topics related to the format for the Oct. 17, 2015 (that is, next year) Malcolm Campbell High School Sixties Reunion. Our next organizing committee meeting will be held in September 2014. In the […]
Every one in a while I borrow a library copy of a Pattern Language (1977) by Christopher Alexander. Pattern 117 is described as the “Sheltering Roof” On p. 570 of my copy of the book, two photographs are laid out side by side. The caption reads: “One roof lived in, the other stuck on.” According […]
The following text, from a July 25, 2014 post at an Oxford University Press website, is from a blog post entitled “Re-thinking the role of the regional oral history organization”: ‘You can access the full text, with accompanying links, here.] By Jason Steinhauer What is the role of a regional oral history organization? The […]
Trees are a topic that strongly interests me. My father, who was born in 1915, was a forester in Estonia. Before we arrived in Halifax in 1951, my father followed this line of work in Sweden for some years. Before that, our extended family had escaped as wartime refugees to Sweden from Estonia in 1944 […]
The following message is from the Lakeshore Planning Council: You may wish to print out these articles and put them in your files for reference in cases of disputes concerning cutting down trees in our communities. The first article provides the Appeal Court Ruling and the second (earlier) article by Mark Cullen gives additional background information and the original […]