An occasional Newsletter from Preserved Stories.

John Stewart of Wiarton has added a comment to a previous post about the 1958 fire at the Long Branch Hotel

John Stewart of Wiarton has added a comment to a previous post about the fire at the Long Branch hotel; he writes: “Our family grew up on 31 Arcadian Circle from 1939 to 1998. I remember the Long Branch hotel fire and even have slide pictures of it. It actually was during the winter early […]

Etobicoke York Community Council postpones designation of 68 Daisy Ave. under Ontario Heritage Act

Update At the May 2, 2017 EYCC meeting – Intent to Designate the Vincent Massey School in Long Branch was DEFERRED for the second time [End]   Previous posts regarding Daisy Ave. in Long Branch and the Ontario Heritage Act can be accessed here. Here is a City of Toronto link regarding 68 Daisy Ave. […]

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 […]

Aboriginal Movie Café (April 13, 2017) and Indigenous Knowledge Certificate at Humber College Lakeshore Campus

I am pleased to share with you the following April 3, 2017 message from Kevin Vose-Landivar of Humber College, who notes that these events are open to any interested member of the community: Good evening, I hope you had a great weekend and are enjoying the nice temperatures we’ve been lucky to have! I am sending […]

March 2017 newsletter of Friends of Fort York can be accessed here

The March 2017 issue of the Friends of Fort York newsletter can be accessed here. The opening paragraphs of the opening article read: “The first Fort York, built by John Graves Simcoe in 1793, had mostly been demolished by the end of the eighteenth century. When in 1987 archaeologists investigating a feature in the area […]

Vimy Ridge Weekend at Fort York – Saturday, April 8, 2017 and Sunday, April 9, 2017 at 10 am to 5 pm

  Click here for previous posts about the First World War > The following information is from the Events at Fort York page at the City of Toronto website. The link in the previous sentence includes a detailed timetable of events. Vimy Ridge Weekend at Fort York – Saturday, April 8, 2017 and Sunday, April 9, 2017 […]

Public meeting on Wed., March 29, 2017 at 7:00 pm regarding proposed construction of Estonian Centre at Tartu College

Updates In the event you are a reader of Eesti Elu, you will know that the proposed projects (described below) connected with the Estonian Centre and Tartu College are not without controversy. I have not been following the story closely, but have been reading articles in Eesti Elu that are of interest. Among other things, among […]

Local Appeal Body – please refer to a link to a previous post

Part 3 of David Godley’s March 2017 update is concerned with the Local Appeal Board process. This topic is further addressed at a post entitled: Messages from Manager, Projects Court Services, Office of Director, City of Toronto concerning Toronto Local Appeal Body Rather than posting David’s previous messages regarding the Local Appeal Body, I am […]

Conserving Long Branch – March 2017 Update from David Godley (Part 2)

A previous post is entitled: Conserving Long Branch – March 2017 Update from David Godley (Part 1) I have been slow in posting additional items from David Godley; at this point I am catching up. David’s Part 2 for March 2017 reads: Comments Planning Applications for March 9 COA 11) 81 26th Street 12) 9 […]