An occasional Newsletter from Preserved Stories.

How to find your Walk Score (as in, how walkable us your neighbourhood?)

As noted at a July 17, 2008 UrbanToronto article, to find your Walk Score, it’s easy to find your Walk Score: “Go to http://walkscore.com/ and enter your address in the field at the top of the page, and the website will calculate the walkability (a score out of 100) of your neighbourhood based on the distance […]

Killing Neighbors: Webs of Violence in Rwanda (2009) by Lee Ann Fuji addresses the dynamics of the genocide that occurred in Rwanda

A March 8, 2018 Toronto Star article is entitled: “‘Classroom was like a stage’ for U of T associate professor Lee Ann Fujii: Sudden death of 56-year-old popular scholar last Friday rattles academic community.” According to online reports, Dr. Fujii died of the flu. A blurb at the Toronto Public Library website for Killing Neighbors: Webs […]

Falsehoods penetrate further, faster, and deeper than accurate information on Twitter: Massive MIT study

A March 8, 2018 Atlantic Monthly article is entitled: “The Grim Conclusions of the Largest-Ever Study of Fake News: Falsehoods almost always beat out the truth on Twitter, penetrating further, faster, and deeper into the social network than accurate information.” An abstract of the Science article, on which the Atlantic Monthly article is based, reads as […]

OPP investigating potential violations of the Municipal Elections Act with reference to Ward 5 Councillor Justin Di Ciano

A March 8, 2018 CBC article by Zach Dubinsky and John Lancaster is entitled: “City Coun. Justin Di Ciano under OPP investigation for ‘potential violations’ of election laws: Case marks 2nd ongoing probe by provincial police into matters at Toronto city hall.” An excerpt from the article reads: “The news comes after CBC Toronto reported […]

Lakeshore Grounds Interpretive Centre: Exhibit news + a Ukrainian Egg Decorating Workshop

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Meeting of Long Branch Neighbourhood Association will take place at 7:00 pm on April 4, 2018 at Royal Canadian Legion Branch 101

Please check at www.lbna.ca for information about the association and details concerning the Long Branch Neighbourhood Character Guidelines.

MPP Peter Milczyn, Etobicoke-Lakeshore, hosting Free Family Events over March Break 2018

Following message is from MPP Peter Milczyn’s Office: Once again I will be hosting free family events in Etobicoke-Lakeshore during the week of March Break. On Tuesday, March 13th, my 4th Annual March Break Free Family Skate will take place at the MasterCard Centre for Hockey Excellence – we have booked the Toronto Maple Leafs […]

March 3, 2018 Toronto Star: 2018 off to a deadly start for pedestrians, prompting calls for city hall to do more

A March 3, 2018 CBC article is entitled: Pedestrian deaths piling up despite Toronto’s Vision Zero pledge: 2018 off to a deadly start for pedestrians, prompting calls for city hall to do more.” As a person who does a lot of walking, as part of my fitness routine, I can attest that when you walk […]

Stand tall. Walk tall. And for prolonged sitting, keep changing your position.

In the course of my life, I’ve learned the basics of good posture. I am, that is, a graduate of Posture 101. Many people have been my teachers, over the years. State of near-collapse Early in my life, before I found my way, I was severely stooped over, my youthfulness notwithstanding. My ribcage was collapsing in […]

March 2, 2018 Toronto Star article addresses ongoing local planning issues

A March 2, 2018 Toronto Star article, which by way of commentary I would describe as possessed of delightful and apt platitudes about the next steps in the way forward, is entitled: “The GTA’s population is booming – but not necessarily in the right places: There seem to be countless examples across the GTA of […]