Health Canada’s oversight over the natural health products industry has slowly eroded: Nov. 21, 2015 CBC article
We’ve had quite a few posts about both scams and topics related to nutrition at this website. Over the years, posts about scams and scamming have been among the most widely read posts at the website, according to Google Analytics, which I check out every once in a while, maybe once a month or once […]
Canada Revenue Agency scam: Message from 22 Division, Toronto Police Service
Scams and scamming are topics of perennial interest. A Nov. 20, 2015 message from 22 Division reads: Public Safety Alert, Canada Revenue Agency scam Broadcast time: 12:44 Friday, November 20, 2015 22 Division 416-808-2200 The Toronto Police Service would like to alert the public to a Canada Revenue Agency scam that is currently targeting Toronto […]
The burning question about Scarborough’s sewage: Toronto Environmental Alliance
I’m pleased to share with you the following message from the Toronto Environmental Alliance (TEA): The burning question about Scarborough’s sewage What you flush down the drain at home travels to the Ashbridges Bay Treatment Plant, which handles 3/4 of Toronto’s biosolids. This waste is a renewable resource that gets recycled into beneficial uses like […]
Committee of Adjustment hearing related to 33 Forty Second St. has been deferred
I attended the Committtee of Adjustment meeting, on Nov. 19, 2015, dealing with 33 Forty Second St. At the request of the developer, the committee deferred the matter to a later date. The developer will, as I understand, rework the proposal. Residents will be informed when the matter is again before the Committee of Adjustment. […]
Lakeview Waterfront Connection project: Nov. 16, 2015 Meeting Summary and Display Materials
Following message is from Credit Valley Conservation: Meeting Summary and Display Materials On behalf of the Lakeview Waterfront Connection (LWC) project team, thank you to those who attended the public meeting and open house on Monday, November 16, 2015 at Clarke Memorial Hall in Port Credit. In total, 75 residents were on hand to share […]
PE8.5 Revisions to the tree by-laws: Parks & Environment Committee consideration on Nov. 23, 2015
You can access the relevant City of Toronto Staff Report, dated Nov. 3, 2015, here: http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2015/pe/bgrd/backgroundfile-85540.pdf Briefly stated, the key information is as follows: “Nov 18, 2015 — This item will be considered by Parks and Environment Committee on November 23, 2015. It will be considered by City Council on December 9, 2015, subject to […]
Soryl (Shulman) Rosenberg thanks a hard-working MCHS ’60s Reunion organizer; Doug Singer (MCHS 1963) thanks a great organizing team
We begin this post with a much appreciated message from Soryl (Shulman) Rosenberg Soryl (Shulman) Rosenberg, who taught Phys Ed at Malcolm Campbell High School in the 1960s, has shared the following message regarding a particular organizer’s efforts on behalf of the MCHS ’60s Reunion. Soryl (Shulman) Rosenberg writes: Jaan Pill was must be singled out […]
“Just discovered,” Graeme Decarie reports: Book given to him by his Grade 7 class at Parkdale in 1958
I’m pleased to share these scans from the book that Graeme Decarie received from his students at Parkdale in 1958: Graeme Decarie writes: It’s book given to me by my grade 7 class at Parkdale in 1958. It’s called The Wisdom of China and India, and it was signed by the class. I recognize some […]
Sample letter (deadline is early on Nov. 19, 2015) to C of A regarding 33 Forty Second St.
Update: The application has been deferred > [End of update] A previous post regarding 33 Forty First St. is entitled: Re: File No. B30/15EYK, A259/15EYK, A260/15EYK – 33 Forty-Second Street Wherever you live in Toronto, and especially if you live in South Etobicoke, if you object to the severance of the lot at 33 […]
Re: File No. B30/15EYK, A259/15EYK, A260/15EYK – 33 Forty-Second Street
Update: The application has been deferred > [End of update] City of Toronto Ward 6 Councillor Mark Grimes has circulated the following letter to the Committee of Adjustment: COA – DEFERRAL-33 – Forty-Second The message reads as follows: Councillor Mark Grimes Ward 6 416-397-9273 councillor_grimes@toronto.ca www.markgrimes.ca Chair and Committee Members Committee of Adjustment Etobicoke […]