Whatever happened to the Colonel Smith homestead artifacts found in 1984?
C. O’Marra writes: Did you ever find out what happened to the Colonel Smith homestead artifacts found almost thirty years ago? I read an incredibly detailed description of the dig. The only maddening thing. Not ONE blessed word of artifacts found, not one. Why all the secrecy? Was this a private company project ? (C. […]
Please write an email in support of the designation of Mimico Estates under Ontario Heritage Act. The item is on the agenda for Apr 9 Community Council meeting.
I strongly urge you to write an email in support of the designation discussed below. The following message of March 27, 2013 is from the City Clerk’s Office: On April 9, 2013, starting at 9:30 a.m.The Etobicoke York Community Council will meet in The Council Chamber, Main Floor, Etobicoke Civic Centre, 399 The West Mall. The […]
Parent Engagement Spring Workshops – Message from Ward 3 TDSB Pamela Gough’s Office
Following message is from Trustee Gough’s Office: Good Afternoon, There are Parent Engagement Workshops being held at various locations during April, May and June of 2013. If you are able to attend any of these workshops, could you please advise Trustee Gough’s office at Debbie.Wagdin@tdsb.on.ca. We would be interested in hearing your feedback on the […]
City Planning staff’s Final Report for Mimico-by-the-Lake Secondary Plan is available on Apr. 9 Community Council agenda
Message from Matthew Premru: Hello to All, just a quick reminder that the link to City Planning staff’s Final Report for the Mimico-by-the-Lake Secondary Plan is available on the April 9, 2013 Etobicoke York Community Council agenda page (scroll down to Background Information): http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2013.EY23.6 Thank you.
Gawthorpe Celebrations is a traditional English holiday event occurring on the first Saturday in May
As Eric Hobsbawm has remarked in a classic study, The invention of tradition (1983), traditions don’t spring out of nowhere. They have to be invented. The same can be said of nation states, which Benedict Arnold famously spoke of as imagined communities. As a March 28, 2013 Globe and Mail article indicates, sometimes these imagined communities have a limited impact on […]
Rally Against U of T Back Campus Proposal. April 2, 12:00 noon, meet at Soldier’s Tower, next to Hart House.
RALLY AGAINST U OF T BACK CAMPUS PROPOSAL Campus Common or Field Hockey Pitches April 2, 12:00, meet at Soldier’s Tower, next to Hart House The headline, subhead, and opening paragraphs of a Feb. 25, 2013 article by Theodore Yan in The Varsity reads as follows: Turf war over fate of U of T Back […]
April 8, 2013 – Wesley Mimico United Church Community Forum – 7:30 pm
Following message is from Harry Oussoren: The Wesley Mimico United Church Faith & Hope Team invites you to attend the 7th Community Forum to be held on Monday, April 8th, 7:30 p.m. in Wesley Mimico United Church, foyer area (enter by main doors). The purpose of the Community Forum is to continue the dialogue between the […]
Lakeview Waterfront Connection Project Environmental Assessment meeting – April 03, 2013 – 4:30-9:00 pm Mississauga Senior Centre on Cawthra Road
Following text is from Inspiration Lakeview: Join us at the Public Information Centre meeting for the Lakeview Waterfront Connection Project Environmental Assessment April 03, 2013: 4:30 – 9:00 p. Mississauga Senior Centre on Cawthra Road The Region of Peel and Credit Valley Conservation with support from Toronto and Region Conservation and the City of Mississauga […]
Aviation in Canada: The Pioneer Decades (2008) provides overview of Curtiss flying school at Long Branch, near Toronto
Aviation in Canada: The Pioneer Decades (2008) by Larry Milberry is described as “the first general interest book dedicated to Canada’s beginnings in flight.” I became interested in the book as a result of receiving a JPEG file of a photo (see below) by Bob Lansdale of a photo of the “Y” Squadron air crew, Long Branch. […]