Six Points Interchange – Kipling Avenue to reopen, Monday March 11, 2019, 5:00 pm
I’m pleased to post a recent email from the City of Toronto concerning next steps for the Six Points Interchange. View this email in your browser The text of the message reads: At 5 p.m., Monday March 11, Kipling Avenue between Dundas St W and Bloor St W will reopen to vehicular traffic, one lane […]
Tim Hewlings has shared photos of our grade 6 class from Laurentide School and our grade 7 class from Morison
Tim Hewlings has been reading some of our posts about years gone by and has added one of his own, by way of a recent comment. He adds: “Nice story about Joelle [King]. Both Ron Dykhof and Fred Laflamme had written me about her passing. Made me think of couple of photos Allen Jones dug […]
58 Wheatfield Road in Mimico – intention to designate under Ontario Heritage Act – goes to March 19, 2019 community council meeting; new letters (if you have not yet written) will be most helpful
Click here to access previous posts about 58 Wheatfield Road in Mimico > The report from the Toronto Preservation Board – which supported the intent to designate 58 Wheatfield Road – has now been scheduled for the March 19, 2019 Etobicoke York Community Council (EYCC) meeting: http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2019.EY4.5 Letters sent to the Toronto Preservation Board in […]
Joëlle King (MCHS 1963) has passed away in Ormond Beach, Florida on Feb. 23, 2019
Nikki King has recently let me know that her sister, Joëlle King, passed away in Ormond Beach, Florida on Feb. 23, 2019 at 4:20 am at the age of 71. She was in MCHS 1962-63 Miss McCormick’s class XIA. I remember Joëlle King from the years that I was at Malcolm Campbell High School. Nikki […]
Doug Smith shares a memorable 1950s childhood story regarding 1909 Middle Road Bridge in Mississauga
A post of some time back is entitled: 1909 postcard on the radials through Long Branch (Jane Fairburn); 1909 Middle Road Bridge (Dave Cook) In a recent comment at the above-noted post, Doug Smith has shared a memory from the late ’50s, which I am pleased to feature at the current post, as as a […]
Small Arms Society – Story Telling Social, March 6, 2019, 6:30 pm, A.N.A.F., 765 Third St., Mississauga
Click here to access the Small Arms Society message about the March 6, 2019 event, on your browser > The story of the repurposing of the Small Arms (Inspection) Building in Mississauga is among the most inspiring stories that I ever came across during the twenty-one years I lived next door to Mississauga in Long […]
Owners of Hearn site on Toronto waterfront object to heritage designation – Feb. 27, 2019 Toronto Star
A Feb. 27, 2019 Toronto Star article is entitled: “Owners of Hearn site on Toronto waterfront object to heritage designation.” The opening paragraphs read: Toronto is moving to protect the Richard L. Hearn Generating Station as a heritage site even though the waterfront property’s new owners are protesting. The Toronto Preservation Board voted Wednesday to […]