The province on Ontario announced its public consultation on the elementary Health and Physical Education (Sex Ed) curriculum very quietly last week. Many people want to know background information on this hot topic as they prepare their points of view prior to the provincial consultation. Join me TONIGHT at Karen Kain School of the […]
At a previous YouTube video, Pamela Gough describes how, some years ago, as a parent concerned with the closing of a school in a neighbourhood that she and her husband had just moved into, she decided to run for office as a school trustee at the Etobicoke Board of Education. She won the election by 20 […]
I strongly support Pamela Gough’s campaign for election as the Councillor for Ward 3 at the City of Toronto. In her role as school trustee at the Toronto District School Board, Pamela Gough played a key role, along with the then-MPP for Etobicoke-Lakeshore, Laurel Broten, in a successful effort by residents in Long Branch (south […]
At a previous post, History of Regent Park, Glenn Caswell writes (and I share it here in order to publicize it): Hi from a former resident who lived in Regent Park for 35 years love your story. As a former resident I just started my own group with former long-time resident’s I grew up with. […]
Norah Shaw of Winnipeg has shared with us some great photos from the Long Branch Army Camp, which I’ve written about from time to time at this website. In an email Norah writes: Here find picture of Staff House, class picture grade 8, 1955-56 taken at SHEP School, which was in the SH proper. Only […]
A Sept. 14, 2018 TLAB decision regarding 15 Stanley Ave. in Mimico warrants attention. The application was refused. You can read the decision at the link at the previous sentence. This is a decision that warrants a close read. As a retired elementary school teacher, I will (when I get around to it; I’m currently […]
We have sold our house in Long Branch and are enjoying a nomadic lifestyle, most recently travelling to Amsterdam, Stockholm, and Tallinn and currently enjoying cottage country near Peterborough. I remain active in documenting life in south Etobicoke and am pleased to share with you a photo that a Long Branch resident (whose help in […]
Draft No. 2 goes like this: I am very pleased to be speaking with you today. The title of my talk is: “Everybody’s story matters.” I chose the title because, in my view, each of our stories is equally important. In the first 20 minutes of my talk today, I will share my own story. After that, I will […]
I have been following with interest recent email discussions concerning a proposed lot-splitting application, at the Etobicoke York Committee of Adjustment, for 65 Fortieth St. in Long Branch. A ‘community consultation’, regarding the application, has been set up for Thursday, Sept. 11, 2018 at 10:00 am to 12:00 pm, at the 2 Civic Centre Court […]