The following blurb at the Toronto Public Library website highlights a study by James Dawes – presented in a fractured structuring of transcripts and commentary – entitled Evil Men: Presented with accounts of genocide and torture, we ask how people could bring themselves to commit such horrendous acts. A searching meditation on our all-too-human capacity for […]
News Release August 23, 2013 Toronto’s gardens and young trees are thirsty Toronto’s tree canopy provides great health and recreation benefits to residents, and now our trees can use your help to stay healthy. The city has received very little rain in the past three weeks – a stark contrast after all the rain Toronto […]
The above-noted August 21, 2013 article by James Adams in The Globe and Mail begins as follows: Elvis Costello has said that “writing about music is like dancing about architecture.” That notion of the ineffable also has some application when it comes to describing Toronto’s Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, the all-night contemporary visual arts “thing” having […]
City of Toronto news release August 21, 2013 Weekend events with road closures in Toronto Three special events this weekend will involve road closures. Residents and visitors are encouraged to come out and enjoy these events. Businesses in the area affected are open to pedestrian traffic but some roads will be closed to vehicles. Festivals and […]
I’m pleased to share this news release, which Donna Magee has forwarded to me: News Release August 20, 2013 City of Toronto presents Chief Planner Roundtable summary at launch of outreach initiative Toronto’s City Planning Division today issued the first Chief Planner Roundtable summary document. The summary document was revealed at the launch of the […]
David Switzer of Long Branch has given me permission to share his overview of the current stage of the Lakeview Waterfront Connection Environmental Assessment project. David Switzer comments: I am satisfied with the revised plan that cobbles only part of the sandy beach for which we get a large natural habitat. My area of concern […]
Update (Dec. 9, 2014): There has been discussion in the past for the soil that is being removed from the Hanlan Project to be used for Inspiration Lakeview as part of the process of extending the shoreline southward into Lake Ontario. In that regard, things have changed a bit, as I understand. Here’s my current […]
Tibetan Marches (1956) and So Close to Heaven (1995) offer accounts of travels in times when parts of the Earth were still exotic. Stories about lost ancient cities, rediscovered by application of the lidar device, similarly interest me. In that regard, I’ve updated a previous post about the discovery of an archaeological site in Honduras. […]
Here in Ontario, we know that climate change is a significant issue. We vividly remember the recent flood in Toronto and watched in sympathy as our friends in Calgary suffered from a devastating flood. It’s clear that weather patterns are changing and that storms are getting stronger and more frequent. The effects of climate change […]