Message from Lakeshore Planning Council regarding air traffic noise in Markland Wood, Alderwood, and Long Branch

The Lakeshore Planning Council has on April 19, 2017 shared the following message: We signed in for the Community Environment and Noise Advisory Committee (CENAC) meeting this evening [April 19, 2017] and obtained the following information. (1) Use of the Pearson North/South runway, which has precipitated recent aircraft noise over Alderwood and Long Branch, is […]

Tactics, strategy, and logistics drive the management of organized violence

When we speak of military leadership we are speaking of the management of organized violence. A random thought, that has occurred to me, concerns the inter-connectedness of all things. What follows are some additional, accumulated random thoughts. Vladimir Putin and Erving Goffman I have a keen interest in the discussion in Mr. Putin: Operative in […]

An exemplary study in story management: Mr. Putin: Operative in the Kremlin (2015)

Very impressed with Indigenous Cultural Competency Training session on April 18, 2017 at Mississauga Valley Community Centre

You can access the following message from Mississauga Culture at this link. The message reads: Indigenous Cultural Competency Training When: April 18, 2017 9 a.m. – noon Where: Mississauga Valley Community Centre, 1275 Mississauga Valley Blvd.   “We acknowledge that this land is situated within the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the New Credit […]

Mr. Putin (2015) illustrates that you can write a first-rate biography even if standard biographical details are missing

Ward 1 Councillor Jim Tovey shares Mississauga staff report concerning Coyotes (beautiful creatures)

Deputation to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing from Jim Tovey, Ward 1 Councillor, City of Mississauga and Region of Peel

This post is concerned with the current project, initiated by the Ontario government, to reform the Ontario Municipal Board. The deputation to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing from City of Mississauga Ward 1 Councillor Jim Tovey (please see text below), has the following back story, which Councillor Tovey has shared with me: “The […]

You Can Make Things Happen – Mississauga Culture: Community Meeting Dates: We see here a celebration of community engagement

Click here to access a February 10, 2017 Mississauga Culture message about Community Meetings Dates > You Can Make Things Happen The text of the message, from the link at the top of this page, reads: Have your say! We’ve added more dates to our Future Directions Culture Master Plan public meetings. Grab a friend […]

Toronto’s 1950s emergency housing: An informative, comprehensive overview by Kevin Brushett (2007)

Life at the Long Branch Army Camp, long, long ago! – Garry Burke shares additional comments