Please make a donation to help raise funds for a bike rack in Jim Carr’s memory at John English Junior Middle School

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 […]

Toronto City Council Decision – Wesley Mimico United Church redevelopment

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. […]

Fundraising BBQ and Bake Sale! Native Canadian Centre of Toronto – July 31, 2014

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  

Aerial view of Ontario landscape northeast of Dryden and Thunder Bay

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 […]

Article from David Godley regarding Jersey, Channel Islands

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 […]

Previous posts about fair trade coffee at the Preserved Stories site are listed here

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 […]

The ISEAL Alliance is of interest to students of fair trade coffee

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 […]

MCHS organizing committee seeks to borrow 1968-69 and 1969-70 yearbooks

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 […]

Malcolm Campbell High School Sixties Reunion Committee met in Kitchener on June 16, 2014

Our most recent Malcolm Campbell High School 60s Reunion organizing committee meeting took place on June 16, 2014 in Kitchener. Our previous meeting on May 21, 2014 was held at the same location. Peter Mearns, Lynn Legge, and Jaan Pill attended the meeting. The reunion will take place in Toronto on Oct. 17, 2015 (that is, […]

Changes in the Toronto newspaper landscape: June 23, 2014 Torontoist article

A June 23, 2014 Torontoist article – by former Globe and Mail writer John Barber – is entitled:  “Speaking Lies for Power.” The subtitle reads: “How Toronto’s dailies are failing their readers, and failing to hold politicians to account.” This, in my view, is an interesting article about changes that have been occurring in the […]