South Etobicoke Local Air Quality Study has identified an increased risk of cancer in the community due to air pollution

A Toronto Environmental Alliance (TEA) overview of the study can be found here. A caption related to the map on the right, from a Jan. 16, 2014 Etobicoke Guardian article by Tamara Shephard entitled “Air quality study finds traffic emissions are driving pollution in south Etobicoke,” reads: Carcinogen concentration Courtesy/CITY OF TORONTO Eight of 19 […]

Feb. 11, 2014 Community Transit Town Hall at John English Junior Middle School

Community Transit Town Hall When: Tuesday, February 11, 2014 – 7 p.m. Where: John English Junior Middle School Auditorium Councillor Mark Grimes has invited TTC CEO Andy Byford, TTC Chair Karen Stintz and representatives from Metrolinx/GO Transit to a community meeting to discuss transit in Ward 6. This is an opportunity to speak directly to […]

Please write a letter today regarding 48 – 35th Street Severance – Jan. 23, 2014 Committee of Adjustment Hearing

The following message is from a concerned resident of Long Branch. The message includes the following four documents (the fourth provides a draft of a letter that you are urged to write): 48 – 35th CofA Prt. 2 (Lot & Frontage Analysis ) 48 35th CofA Prt.1 (Notice) 48-35th CofA Prt.3 ( Drawings) 48 35 […]

Jan. 14, 2014 meeting – Etobicoke-South Cycling Committee

Following text is from the Etobicoke-South Cycling Committee Meeting of the Etobicoke-South Cycling Committee A Partnership between Cycle Toronto and the Lakeshore Planning Council DATE: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 TIME: 7 to 9 PM. PLACE: LAMP, 185 Fifth St. on the Birmingham Bike Lane AGENDA 1. Etobicoke Creek Trail. The TRCA and the Ministry of […]

Revised list of Heritage Attributes – Wesley Mimico United Church designation process

The most recent list of Heritage Attributes for 2 Station Road can be found here. Earlier posts related to the designation of Wesley Mimico United Church under the Ontario Heritage Act can be found here. Revised list of Heritage Attributes As I understand, the heritage attributes of the property at 2 Station Road are: • […]

For King and Country is an ongoing project of the Geneological Society, Toronto Branch

I subscribe to updates concerned with a site called For King and Country at torontofamilyhistory.com. A previous blog post about King and Country can be accessed here. The most recent update is concerned with Preparing War Memorials: Danforth Tech Shows How. The opening paragraphs read: How did schools collect the names for their war memorials? […]

‘I love working in south Etobicoke’ – December 2013 issue of The Anglican

The following text is from the December 2013 issue of The Anglican. I assume this is a local church newsletter. I have received the text by email, from a source that in my experience is a highly reliable source of information. [Conclusion of comment from Jaan Pill; the text mentioned above follows below] December 2013 […]

Bill Rawson’s been reading a great book about Jim Coleman

I recently visited Bill Rawson, who has shared a lot of great stories with us in the past about the history of Long Branch (Toronto not New Jersey), and I was delighted to see his used furniture store, on the south side of Lake Shore Blvd. West across from the Long Branch Library, is now […]

Local Air Quality Studies: Etobicoke-Lakeshore (Wards 5 & 6) – Open House Jan. 15, 2014

Local air quality of a topic of ongoing community interest, as an earlier blog post regarding a May 2013 Toronto Environmental Alliance (TEA) presentation notes. For details about the Jan. 15, 2014 City of Toronto event, click here. The following text is from the City of Toronto link in the previous sentence. The PDF file […]

December 2013 Friends of Fort York newsletter available here in 12-pt Times New Roman

I enjoyed reading the December 2013 issue of The Fife and Drum – The Newsletter of The Friends of Fort York and Garrison Commons. You can access the PDF version of the document here: fife-and-drum-dec-2013 I found it a challenge to read the printout of the original PDF file, as the print is small. That […]