From time to time, I like to post items from Built Heritage News. You can subscribe to this newsletter by visiting the website, which you can access through the link in the previous sentence. Click here for information about Built Heritage News. Click here for information about the Toronto branch of the Architectural Conservancy of […]
Updates A Feb. 20, 2014 CBC article is entitled: “Are we doomed? Elizabeth Kolbert explains why the world might be in the midst of a major mass extinction.” A July 24, 2014 New Yorker article is entitled: “Spare the rod, school the child.” The article notes that a causal chain links the health of ocean […]
Etobicoke-South Cycling Committee DATE OF NEXT MEETING: Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012 – 19:00 – 21:00 Location: LAMP Community Health Centre 185 Fifth Street, on the Birmingham Bike Lane In partnership with the Lakeshore Planning Council Corp. and Cycle Toronto, the Etobicoke-South Etobicoke Cycling Committee will be holding a meeting on Dec. 13 from 7 to 9 PM. Our main issue is we […]
The photos on this page are by Jaan Pill. To enlarge a photo, click on the image. To enlarge it further, click again. I was delighted to have the opportunity, at the start of the Dec. 1, 2012 Santa Claus Parade in Long Branch and New Toronto, to hand out ‘Santa Stops Here’ signs on […]
[If you can outline the steps for seeking conservation easements for Toronto school yards, please let me know. Contact me through this website.] The following correspondence has been forwarded to me. From: Gloria Boxen Sent: November 22, 2012 1:24 PM To: Ontario Growth Cc: Jim Bradley; Laura Broten; Premier Dalton McGuinty Subject: Toronto schoolyards not for […]
Shorelines: The most recent newsletter from Toronto and Region Conservation Authority is now available. You can access the newsletter, which includes links to additional information, by clicking on the link in the previous sentence. Below are highlights (see the newsletter for full details): Lake Ontario Evenings – Tommy Thompson Park Edition (Nov.13, 2012) The next […]
Ward 3, Toronto District School Board Trustee Pamela Gough <Pamela.Gough@tdsb.on.ca> has shared the following link: For King and Country — A project to transcribe the war memorials in Toronto schools A.J. Casson of the Group of Seven was the artist who designed the illuminated lists of Canadian soldiers (former students) displayed in schools, including in […]
Etobicoke-South Cycling Committee (ESCC) Monday, November 12 at 7 PM LAMP Community Room, 185 Fifth Street, Etobicoke Agenda 1. Donald Weidman of Bikes and Transit.com would like to meet with us. He has had great success in getting people using the GO Train to do bike travels. He now wants to focus on commuter bike […]
In recent weeks I’ve attended three community events in two cities. In each case, I attended the event toward the end, after much of it was over. Mimico 20/20 Open House, Nov. 8, 2012 I arrived as the meeting was wrapping up. The City of Toronto planning staff were welcoming and friendly, a quality that I […]