I’m pleased to share with you some photos, which serve to add material related to the following blog posts: Photos related to 32 Ninth Street – Committee of Adjustment meeting is on March 28, 1:00 pm Cheryl and Adrian deRooy have written a letter regarding 32 Ninth Street Variance request regarding 32 Ninth Street, New […]
I’m pleased to share the following information – I like to fill out several such forms each year, and encourage you to do likewise – from Etobicoke-Lakeshore MPP Laurel Broten’s Office: Do you know a GEM of the Lakeshore? The Gem of the Lakeshore was created to appreciate small business and service organizations that are […]
The newsletter can be accessed here. The March 2013 newsletter includes among other news items the following announcement: Four Day Heritage Planning Workshop Waterloo, Ontario May 4 & 5 AND May 25 & 26 A number of themes will be covered including: Examining the Concept of Heritage The International Context Heritage Legislation The Full Range […]
The following message is from Michael Charendoff , Coordinator, Watershed Projects, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority: The Region of Peel and Credit Valley Conservation (CVC) appreciates your continued interest and participation in the planning of the Lakeview Waterfront Connection Project Environmental Assessment (LWC Project EA), an exciting and important project that seeks to create a new natural […]
Hello, I’m pleased to inform you of two plaque presentations coming up on Tuesday, March 26 to commemorate two historic North York communities – Lansing and Newtonbrook. The plaque presentation for Lansing will take place at 10:30 a.m. at Churchill Public School and the second presentation for Newtonbrook will take place at 2:00 p.m. at R.J. Lang […]
Following March 21, 2013 message is from Kathryn Thom: Hello everyone: Please be advised that the Draft Mimico By the Lake Official Plan Amendment and Secondary Plan have been posted to the Mimico 2020 website at: http://www.toronto.ca/planning/mimico2020.htm Regards Mimico 2020 Team
Colleen M. O’Marra has shared the following comments, regarding the “Y” Squadron photo sent by Bob Lansdale, which I read with interest. She’s given me permission to post her comments: Absolutely wonderful photo of the Long Branch 1917 flying squad. Perhaps Lester Pearson (P.M. and Nobel Prize winner) is in this picture. He certainly may have trained […]
To view the series of blog posts related to 32 Ninth Street, click on the Construction category at this website. In the course of research related to 32 Ninth Street, I’ve been very pleased to learn of the career of the artist Adrian deRooy of New Toronto. I’ll highlight his paintings in a subsequent blog post. As the […]
I’ve attended two annual general meetings recently, including a cross-Canada meeting conducted through video conferencing on Google +. That’s a good way for a board of directors to meet assuming there aren’t more than 10 people at the meeting. At 7:00 pm on March 21, 2013 I attended the annual general meeting of the Mimico […]
A March 21, 2013 New York Times article addresses how sustainable development can best be defined. The text for the headline and opening paragraph reads as follows: Scientists Propose a New Architecture for Sustainable Development By ANDREW C. REVKIN As a United Nations working group negotiates a set of “sustainable development goals,” 10 scientists and […]