May 4, 2014 Jane’s Walk in Long Branch focused on conversations – with many people sharing anecdotes and comments
Our May 4, 2014 Jane’s Walk in Long Branch went beautifully – as has been the case with each of our Jane’s Walks in this neighbourhood in South Etobicoke on the Lake Ontario shoreline starting with the first one on May 6, 2012. This year the conversational element was even more a central feature of […]
David Godley reports on May 1, 2014 Volunteer Meeting in Long Branch organized by the Olivia Chow Campaign
David Godley has written the following report concerning a recent meeting he attended, organized by the Olivia Chow campaign for the Toronto mayoralty campaign: Olivia Chow’s Volunteer Meeting May 1st Legion Hall, New Toronto I attended the fourth of a series of 4 meetings around the City. I estimate 150 people attended. Olivia Chow is […]
May 3, 2014 Jane’s Walk shares conversations about 1940s, ’50s, & ’60s events in Mississauga and Long Branch (Toronto not New Jersey)
Mike James and Jaan Pill are now in their third year of organizing Jane’s Walks in Long Branch (Toronto not New Jersey). The Saturday, May 3, 2014 Jane’s Walk began at our usual time and location – at 10:30 am at the East Parking Lot at Marie Curtis Park. The walk was called Inspiration Lakeview: […]
Too much sweetness: ‘All sugars aren’t the same’ – Globe and Mail, May 2, 2014
A May 2, 2014 Globe and Mail article is entitled: “Too much sweetness: ‘All sugars aren’t the same.’” Below is an excerpt from the article, which I’ve posted as an update related to previous blog posts about sugar: But it turns out that most Canadians don’t actually know what “sugar” refers to – or that […]
Marina Gavrylyuk has posted a recent interview with Jaan Pill – May 2, 1014
Marina Gavrylyuk, Sales Representative, Sutton Group Summit Realty Inc., Brokerage conducts interviews with successful local residents in the communities where she works. You can find an interview with Jaan Pill, posted on May 2, 2014, at: http://marinag.ca/4a_blog_post.php?post_id=30015 Among the topics covered are how Jaan Pill set up his Preserved Stories website; things he learned as […]
Join a Jane’s Walk this weekend in South Etobicoke – April 30, 2014 Etobicoke Guardian
An April 30, 2014 Etobicoke Guardian article highlights the great Jane’s Walks that are taking place – rain of shine – across South Etobicoke this weekend: http://www.insidetoronto.com/news-story/4491684-join-a-jane-s-walk-this-weekend-in-etobicoke/ A minor correction: The log cabin at the Colonel Samuel Smith homestead site, which was built in 1797, was demolished in 1955. It ceased to be a family […]
Stop 7.0 – May 4, 2014 Long Branch Jane’s Walk: Fair Grounds Cafe at 24th and Lake Shore
Our seventh and final stop, at the Sunday, May 4, 2014 Jane’s Walk in Long Branch, which starts at 10:30 am at the East Parking Lot at Marie Curtis Park, will be at the Fair Grounds Organic Roastery and Cafe at Twenty Fourth Street and Lake Shore Blvd. West. We’ve prepared two videos, each under […]
The stream that used to run through Cartierville in Montreal was called Raimbault Creek
Tim Hewlings of Montreal has confirmed that the creek in Cartierville, that I discussed in a previous post, a post that has been widely read, and that has been described as “very evocative” – it’s great to get that kind of feedback – by a recent site visitor, was called Raimbault Creek. You can click […]
Malcolm Campbell High School (Montreal) Sixties Reunion Committee met recently at Centre Street Deli in Thornhill, Ontario
Peter Mearns, Scott Munro, and Jaan Pill met on Friday, April 25, 2014 at the Centre Street Deli to discuss the next steps leading to the Malcolm Campbell High School Sixties Reunion. Peter reported that he’d checked out the Gardiner Museum in Toronto as a possible venue. He said the maximum they can handle is […]