Bob Carswell’s father attended Lakefield College School during the prewar years
I recently met for coffee in Toronto with Bob Carswell, who (as was the case for me as well) attended Malcolm Campbell High School in Montreal in the 1960s. Prior to the Second World War, Bob’s father attended Lakefield College School in Lakefield, Ontario. Bob has referred to 19 former students of Lakefield College School, that […]
Pamela Gough has strongly supported safe bicycling in Etobicoke as a school trustee; I strongly support her Ward 3 candidacy
David Juliusson of Long Branch, who I am pleased to say convinced me some time back to help out with social media efforts on behalf of Pamela Gough’s Ward 3 campaign, has shared an email in support of her campaign. Here’s an excerpt from David Juliusson’s comments, specifically about bicycling: Pamela Gough has also been […]
Question regarding case of building permit that allows bigger and taller house than committee of adjustment and OMB have granted
I’ve received an interesting question. The case involves an application that been approved by both the committee of adjustment, and by the OMB on appeal, for variances to allow the owners to enlarge their house. The owners in question, as I understand, went to the city’s building department with other plans (even larger and taller than […]
Waterloo Digital Library home to millions of newspaper’s photographic negatives – Oct. 19, 2018 Waterloo Regional Record
An Oct. 19, 2018 Waterloo Regional record article is entitled: “The Record’s visual history kept alive in digital archive: Waterloo Digital Library home to millions of newspaper’s photographic negatives.” The opening lines of the article, by Terry Pender, read: Nick Richbell walks among the stacks of rare books, manuscripts and papers at the University of […]
Can you help with question regarding accident many years ago at Small Arms Ltd. plant in Mississauga?
I’ve received an inquiry, from a site visitor, who has read one of my articles about the Small Arms plant at Dixie and Lakeshore. “Growing up we lived in the area,” the inquirer notes, “and my mom always said that her cousin worked at and had died as the result of an accident at the […]
Pamela Gough will employ creative housing solutions to tackle Etobicoke’s growing affordability crisis
“”We know that affordability is a major problem in Toronto,” Pamela Gough notes in a recent interview. “Housing affordability is a really major problem.” Newcomers to Toronto are finding it extremely difficult to find appropriate accommodation that fits their budget. “And many of us,” Gough says, “who have the good fortune to already be established […]
Pamela Gough will fight over-height development and preserve neighbourhood character
“Here in the Royal York and Bloor area,” Pamela Gough notes, “development is just on the horizon.” Although it hasn’t happened here the way it has farther south in the Humber Bay Shores area, a number of the low-rise buildings on Bloor Street, between Prince Edward and Royal York, “have now been sold to developers, […]
Opposed to closing of a school near Royal York & Bloor, Pamela Gough was first elected to office as a school trustee in 1988
“It all started in the mid-1980s, when my husband and I moved to our current house in South Etobicoke,” Pamela Gough recalls in a recent interview. The house, near the southeast of the corner of Royal York Bloor, had been their choice because of its proximity to a neighbourhood school. To the family’s surprise, however, the […]
Lakeview Village Site: Third Community Engagement meeting takes place Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018 at 6:30 – 8:30 pm at Small Arms Inspection Building
Lakeview Village site: Third Community Engagement meeting will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018 @ 6:30 – 8:30 pm at the Small Arms Building, 1352 Lakeshore Road East in Lakeview. ALL WELCOME. Click here for details about the meeting > Click here for previous posts about Inspiration Lakeview >