An occasional Newsletter from Preserved Stories.
Every year, I make an effort to buy things on Saturday mornings at Sam Smith Park Farmer’s Market in New Toronto. The market was launched a couple of years ago by a couple of civic-minded residents of Long Branch just west of New Toronto. Who was Sam Smith? For details, you may wish to read […]
At a previous post entitled Conserving Long Branch – June 2016 David Godley Update, David Godley has shared the following information: Lawn Signs This is a separate program from the Long Branch Neighbourhood Association but the two are mutually supportive. The issue in Long branch has had no publicity in the press despite the issue […]
Following notice is from Geoff Kettel: Re-enactment Walk of the first day of Lieutenant Governor John Simcoe’s 1793 journey up the Toronto Carrying Place. (Learn a bit of history and about the Humber’s impact on Canada) Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, 9:30 am Leader: Madeleine McDowell, Humber Heritage Committee Start Rouseaux Site, south of 8 South […]
The following message from Jim Tovey is from Facebook; I am pleased to share it with you: Many people have been comparing the new Port Credit pay parking structure to Clarkson and Streetsville. Respectfully, this is not an accurate comparator. Port Credit has become a destination in the past few years. Our festivals, culture and […]
Updates A May 2017 CBC interactive webpage is entitled: “Montreal is 375 years old, but how old are its buildings?” A May 17, 2017 Montreal Gazette article is entitled: “Montreal’s history did not start 375 years ago.” [End] A previous post is entitled: Q & A with Graeme Decarie regarding the history of Cartierville […]
For many years, I’ve been following research about the health benefits of green tea. I love the taste of green tea – especially now that I’ve learned to brew it properly. I have an interest in evidence. Evidence is of interest to some people not to others. Years ago, evidence meant nothing to me. The […]
Some time back, I came across a situation where I had deleted a large number of iTunes songs – dating back to about 2008 – from my iPhone, and I wanted to get all of the songs back on my phone. I had not been making a practice of backup up my iPhone on my […]
A Sept. 17, 2016 Toronto Star article is entitled: “Richmond Hill wins court battle against OMB over parkland: An Ontario court has ruled that the Ontario Municipal Board exceeded its mandate when it set new policy on parkland.” The opening paragraphs read: The Town of Richmond Hill has emerged victorious in its challenge of an […]
In a previous post I’ve highlighted several books from the Toronto Public Library that I’ve borrowed after viewing a 1993 documentary entitled The Rise and Fall of English Montreal (1993). Another book about Montreal history that I’ve written a recent Comment about, and that I want to highlight in a separate post, is entitled: Peopling […]