An occasional Newsletter from Preserved Stories.
In recent years I’ve been following with interest the QEW Improvements from Evans Avenue to Cawthra Road project. I originally learned of the project from David Juliusson of Long Branch. I’ve written several blog posts about the QEW project, including: I recently attended the Public Information Centre # 2 in connection with the QEW Improvements from […]
An earlier post that highlights and provides a context for the Lakeview Waterfront Connection project can be accessed here. Additional posts related to the redevelopment of the Mississauga waterfront can be accessed here. The following message is from Credit Valley Conservation: Join CVC, Region of Peel and TRCA to learn more about the Lakeview Waterfront Connection. […]
We have previously written about the life and legacy of Jim Carr, who passed away unexpectedly on June 3, 2014. I am pleased to inform you that you can make a donation to help raise funds to donate a bike rack in Jim’s memory to John English Junior Middle School. To make your donation, please […]
Michael Harrison writes: Good Morning: At its meeting beginning on July 8, 2014 and proceeding over the following few days, Toronto City Council adopted the recommendations from Etobicoke-York Community Council and the Toronto Preservation Board with regard to the adaptation of the Wesley Mimico United Church building conversion for senior’s apartments, community and worship space. […]
The following announcement is from: Amber Sandy History Department Project Coordinator Native Canadian Centre of Toronto 16 Spadina Road, Toronto, ON 416-964-9087 x320 www.ncct.on.ca
You can view the photos on this page, recorded during a July 9, 2014 Air Canada flight, more closely by clicking on each image. Click a second time to enlarge the image further. Use the “back” button on your browser to return to the page you are now reading. The photos were taken along a […]
The following text is from David Godley of Long Branch (Toronto). Jersey, Channel Islands By David Godley The Channel Islands (Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney and Sark) became part of Normandy when they were annexed by Vikings in 933. In 1204 King John ceded Normandy back to the French but the Channel Islands chose to stay in […]
My most recent post related to fair trade coffee – as brand, and as back story – concerns the ISEAL Alliance: My interest in fair trade coffee, as brand and back story, has led me to www.isealalliance.org The wider topic concerns global economic, social, and military history. Below is a key post about recent research […]
Caffeine is a widely used psychoactive plant ingredient that many of us enjoy ingesting on a daily basis especially in the mornings. Given my interest in fair trade coffee – as brand and back story – I’ve had the occasion, with regard to coffee and other other products, to learn about the ISEAL Alliance. What […]
We are in the process of making scans of each alumna and alumnus photograph in the Malcolm Campbell High School Sixties yearbooks. We are scanning photos of MCHS teachers and administrators as well. The photos will be valuable as a way for attendees, at the Oct. 17, 2015 (that is, next year) MCHS Sixties Reunion […]