Monday, Nov. 30, 2015, 7:00 pm at Humber College Lakeshore Campus, L-Building: Join your neighbours and help create a Long Branch Neighbourhood Association
/0 Comments/in Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillTo access a PDF version of the poster below, click here: LBNA-Nov30-15-meeting-letterflyer For a closer view of the poster, click on the image; click again to enlarge it further Notes regarding spellings and boundaries Humber College Lakeshore Campus is located at Lake Shore Blvd. West and Kipling Ave. in the Lakeshore community of New […]
Michael Drescher takes over as Director of Heritage Resources Centre when Robert Shipley retires
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillNew era begins for Heritage Resources Centre at University of Waterloo Click here for previous posts regarding HRC > The following text and photos are from the November 2015 HRC Newsletter: Professor Michael Drescher is set to take over the Directorship of the HRC on the pending retirement of Professor Robert Shipley. Robert became Director […]
Ontario’s Culture Strategy Program and built heritage
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillThe following text, which I learned about from Geoff Kettel, is from the website of Architectural Conservancy Ontario: Culture Strategy for Ontario ACO stresses need to build heritage into the Culture Strategy Program November 4, 2015 In September the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport (MTCS) announced a new initiative, the development of a Culture […]
Help Develop Ontario’s First Culture Strategy
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillThe following message (my thanks to David Juliusson for passing it along to me) is from the Government of Ontario: Help Develop Ontario’s First Culture Strategy Government Hosting Culture Talks Across the Province Ontario is seeking input from across the province to develop its first culture strategy, which will set out a vision for arts […]
Heritage Talk at Lambton House, 4066 Old Dundas St., 7:00 pm on Nov. 12, 2015
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillThursday, Nov. 12, 2015 Heritage Talk at Lambton House 4066 Old Dundas Street A HERITAGE YORK EVENING JOHN BERAM SPEAKER 7:30 PM “WW1 : Events of the Year 1915” Doors open at 7:00 PM Refreshments served – No charge #55 Warren Park Bus from Jane Station stops at the door
Skedline.com – a great overview of daily news from Humber College media students. Interview with Jaan Pill among others regarding Remembrance Day
/0 Comments/in Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillHumber College has a great daily live online broadcast, featuring Humber journalism students. What a wonderful way to keep up to date on the news! I recommend this show highly! I was interviewed today (Nov. 9, 2015) at the Humber College Lakeshore Campus, in connection with Remembrance Day. The students put together a great piece […]
Four Hong Kong publishers known for books critical of Chinese regime missing – Nov. 9, 2015 Guardian article
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillA Nov. 9, 2015 Guardian article is entitled: “Rights groups raise alarm for Gui Haiming, last seen travelling to Thailand, Lu Bo and Zhang Zhiping, who headed to China, and missing Lin Rongji.” The opening paragraphs read: “A group of Hong Kong booksellers specialising in books criticising China’s Communist elite have gone missing. “The four […]
Long Branch Neighbourhood Watch met at Thrive Restaurant at 4:00 pm on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015
/0 Comments/in Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillI’m pleased I had the opportunity to attend the Long Branch Neighbourhood Watch meeting, organized by Anton Scheglov, which took place at 4:00 pm on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015 at the Thrive Restaurant on Lake Shore Blvd. West. The group recently launched a Facebook page. I’m a great fan of face to face meetings. We can […]
Best Before tampering by grocery stores – is it fraud or is it a scam?
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillI’ve written extensively abbey scams and scamming in the past. A March 15, 2015 CBC article is entitled: “Best before dates and expiry dates: 5 things you may not know: People often confuse best before dates and expiry dates.” Best-before dates tampered with A Nov 6, 2015 CBC Marketplace article is entitled: “Grocery store secrets: Best-before […]