An occasional Newsletter from Preserved Stories.
Below are scans from the October 14, 1954 issue of The Advertiser, with an article about the addition to the Wesley Mimico United Church, which was completed in 1953 according to an Aug. 21, 2013 City of Toronto staff report. To read the article, click on it to enlarge the text. Click again to enlarge […]
I’m pleased to share the following article: Please note: The original article includes links which, to save time in the posting of the text, I have omitted. Please refer to the original article if you wish to see the links. Geoff Kettel has shared the article with a number of people; David Juliusson has forwarded […]
Following is from Trustee Pamela Gough’s Office: Sent on behalf of Trustee Pamela Gough: Ward 3 Trustee Pamela Gough’s Update April 26, 2013 Happy Earth Week! I did my traditional community clean-up on Monday, Earth Day. My husband, who is truly talented at building and fixing things, built a raised vegetable garden in our backyard […]
We are pleased to share with you the following information from Built Heritage News regarding an information forum that will be held on May 1, 2013 as indicated below. Click here to register.
Update: An April 28, 2013 New Yorker article about migrant labourers is entitled “Hidden from view.” Rethinking unequal exchange: The global integration of nursing labour markets (2012) deals with research related to migrant workers. The author is Salimah Valiani, Associate Researcher with the Centre for the Study of Education and Work, University of Toronto. Chapter […]
Below are the headline and opening paragraphs of an April 24, 2013 Cottage Country Now article about North Bala Falls that you can access here. Muskoka Lakes files lawsuit against MNR Muskoka Lakes has filed a lawsuit against the province in an effort to protect a portage route that would be affected by a contested […]
Following message is from Jane’s Walk: Volunteer recruitment We’ve got over 50 volunteers signed up and ready to take pictures on the Walks, act as Walk Marshalls helping the group to stay together without blocking busy sidewalks, and so forth… but we’d like to have enough to have a volunteer at every Jane’s Walk! With 119 Jane’s […]
A community benefits forum – April 26 [I am catching up on posting of information from varied sources. I will post more items today.] Abbe Edelson, Research Assistant, APCOL.ca, has informed me of a public forum in Mount Dennis on April 26th: “We are bringing in three speakers to talk about community benefits from Glasgow […]
I learned of the severance proposal for 33 Forty First Street just recently. Hearing Date: Thursday, April 25 , 2013 1:00 p.m. Council Chambers – 399 The West Mall, Etobicoke Civic Centre I’ve been focused upon other projects including the upcoming Long Branch Jane’s Walk on May 4 and May 5, 2013, starting on each […]
We’ve posted information at the Jane’s Walk website regarding two Long Branch Jane’s Walks that Mike James and Jaan Pill will lead on the first weekend of May 2013. The first walk, on Saturday, May 4, 2013, is from Etobicoke Creek to the Lakeshore Hospital Grounds. The walk starts at 10:30 am at the East […]