TRCA/Sawmill Sid portable sawmilling project now underway at Small Arms Building in Mississauga

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MPP Peter Milczyn: Transit Town Hall with Minister Steven Del Duca, Wed., Feb. 3, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm, St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 3819 Bloor St. West

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  On Wednesday, February 3, 2016, MPP Peter Milczyn will be hosting, with MPP Yvan Baker, a Transit Town Hall with Minister Steven Del Duca. Please see the attached flyer [below and above] for more details. MilczynBaker_TransitTownhall_2016 The purpose of the townhall is to discuss investments already being made in transit and to seek public […]

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Caddying at Marlborough Golf Club in Montreal and other ways kids earned money fifty years ago

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We’ve had some previous posts at this website concerned with the Marlborough Golf Club. We’ve also had some posts in the past about Cartierville School. I’ve recently been working on a post about the 1970-71 school year, when I took a year off from university to work at logging and sawmill jobs in the interior […]

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January 2016 Update from David Godley of Long Branch

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The following text is from David Godley; I have waited for the go-ahead from him, before I proceeded to post this item. Because of time (and energy) constraints, I have done minimal formatting of this text. The message includes two attached files: crombie 97,27thomb David Godley writes: Happy 2016 Long Branch Neighbourhood Association. The outlook […]

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New construction route approved for Lakeview Waterfront Connection

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Following message is from Port Credit Conservation: Construction of a new waterfront conservation area in the Lakeview community is scheduled to begin in mid-2016 via a new construction route just approved by the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change. The route provides a more streamlined construction process with fewer impacts to the public. The […]

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Reports of dead raccoons & dogs with marijuana poisoning in Humber College & Colonel Samuel Smith Park area

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From Long Branch Neighbourhood Watch: Reports of dead raccoons & dogs with marijuana poisoning in the Humber College and Colonel Samuel Smith Park area. Keep your cats indoors and dogs on leash. Etobicoke Guardian article A Jan. 28, 2016 Etobicoke Guardian article is entitled: “Useful tips, in aftermath of suspected dog poisoning cases in south […]

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Gail Howell de Vries’ best friends at MCHS were Lynda Spence, Barclay Allan, Dawson Campbell, Brent Holden, Linda McCracken, Bruce McKay

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Myrth GAIL Howell de Vries has added a comment to a previous page dealing with the MCHS 2015 reunion that as held on Oct. 17, 2015 in Toronto. “So sad to hear that I missed the 2015 Reunion. My family left Quebec, in 1963, and so have not been in contact with classmates from 1960-1963. […]

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Recovery of data from damaged hard drives; recovery of accidentally erased files on SD cards

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I have learned over the years that it’s possible to recover data from damaged hard drives (as in extreme weather events) with help from Kroll Ontrack. The latter has done good work on some drives damaged in July 2013. I learned about the service from Walden Web Design. I’ve also learned more recently that with you […]

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QEW Improvements from Evans Avenue to Cawthra Road – TESR Filing Notification

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Click here for previous posts about the QEW Improvements from Evans Avenue to Cawthra Road project > The following message is from Dawn McKinnon with regard to the QEW Dixie EA project team: [The attached notice referred to can be accessed here:] QEW Improvements TESR Filing Notification Letter – Jan 13_16 Hello, Please find attached […]

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