Lakeview Waterfront Update from Credit Valley Conservation
Click here to access a May 31, 2018 Lakeview Waterfront Update from CVC > The opening text for the CVC message reads: We’re making great progress towards creating our new 26-hectare conservation area on the Mississauga waterfront. Learn more about the Lakeview Waterfront Connection Project Update. [End] Commentary I have, as I have noted at […]
Montreal WW II hero honoured as Dutch town’s saviour: One-eyed soldier Léo Major single-handedly chased the Nazis from Zwolle in 1945 (CBC, May 21, 2018)
A May 21, 2018 CBC article is entitled: “Montreal WW II hero, largely unknown at home, honoured as Dutch town’s saviour: One-eyed soldier Léo Major single-handedly chased the Nazis from Zwolle in 1945.” An excerpt reads: Arsenault was killed early on in the mission, and in his grief and rage, Major decided to do something […]
Trump / Russia: A Definitive History (2018): An apt companion piece to Mr. Putin: Operative in the Kremlin (2015)
Trump / Russia: A Definitive History (2018): An apt companion piece to Mr. Putin: Operative in the Kremlin (2015) Updates A July 13, 2018 Atlantic article is entitled: “The Russians Who Hacked the 2016 Election: Robert Mueller’s latest indictment reaches back to the origin story for the investigation into interference.” A Dec. 8, 2018 Guardian […]
When Toronto’s upscale Leaside was a company town – May 17, 2018 Globe and Mail
A May 17, 2018 Globe and Mail article is entitled: “When Toronto’s upscale Leaside was a company town.” An excerpt reads: “The railroad thought they were going to do a Rosedale thing,” says transplanted American and architectural historian Connor Turnbull, who co-chairs the advocacy group Leaside Matters. “But Canada Wire said, ‘No, we’re going to […]
Peter Mearns (MCHS 1964) has passed away
Peter Mearns (MCHS 1963), who lived in Bolton, Ontario, passed away on May 15, 2018. An obituary at the Egan Funeral Home can be accessed here. In a May 17, 2018 online condolence message, Scott Munro (MCHS 1963) wrote: I vividly remember those days in seventh grade, when Jaan Pill and I would walk with […]
Metrolinx Response Re: Mimico GO Station (Message from Mimico Residents Association)
Click here to access the full Mimico Residents Association newsletter > The opening message (I’ve broken the longer text into shorter paragraphs) reads: Metrolinx Response Re: Mimico GO Station In February, Metrolinx released a new business case analysis that included the recommendation to create a new Park Lawn GO Station in addition to operating the […]
The history of land-use planning in Regent Park reflects the worldwide history of land-use planning
A May 16, 2018 CBC article is entitled: “Decision quietly made by Toronto Community Housing sparks concern in Regent Park: TCH acknowledges it should have told residents sooner new developers could be moving in.” The concluding paragraphs of the article read: With the agency committing to be more transparent with its decisions, resident Michelle Basha […]
Tonight’s Etobicoke-Lakeshore All Candidates Meeting starts 7:00 pm. Doors open at 6:30 pm.
Tuesday, May 15, 2018: Tonight’s Etobicoke-Lakeshore All Candidates Meeting at the Assembly Hall starts at 7:00 pm. Doors open at 6:30 pm. The Assembly Hall is at 1 Colonel Samuel Smith Drive (at Kipling and Lake Shore Blvd. West) The meeting is sponsored by the LAMP Community Health Centre.
Unofficial pop-up auto museum on Thirtieth St. between Horner Ave. and Lake Shore Blvd. West
I have a keen interest in local history and in recent years, I’ve had the opportunity to explore it at some length, through uploading posts to my website, making presentations, and organizing Jane’s Walks. Local history is a recent interest for me; it’s an interest that I just happened to fall into. The topic of […]