Recent Long Branch Neighbourhood Watch item: 35th Street Lots of sketchy characters on 35th St lately. They sell “something” on the street, they hang out at the rbc. Usually 2 women ( 1 tall, thin, blonde ad the other stout and rotund and grey/blonde both in their 40’s?) They make a great deal of noise […]
The following message has arrived my way through the Long Branch Neighbourhood Watch Facebook group, and I am pleased to pass it along: **Please “share” & discuss this with your friends & neighbors** Toronto Police (54 division) states … “Criminals don’t want to break into your home if they think someone’s home. So how do […]
Please note these updates: LAMP community kitchen may be in jeopardy after Wesley Mimico Place development cancelled – Jan. 21, 2016 Etobicoke Guardian A Jan. 28, 2016 Etobicoke Guardian article is entitled: “Rising heritage costs, bureaucracy the main reasons behind Wesley Mimico Place project’s cancellation: Mixed-use facility was to house seniors apartments and a community […]
A Jan. 14, 2016 CBC article is entitled: “Toronto front-yard parking pad ban mulled by council: Moratorium on parking spot permits could extend to Scarborough, North York, Etobicoke.” Some years ago, a local family went to the Committee of Adjustment and got approval to install a slightly wider driveway at their house than had been in […]
A passage by Chris Bailey (pp. 4-5) in The Productivity Project (2016) describes campuses in the 1960s and 1970s that were built without any paths: “During the 1960s and 1970s, the University of California at Irvine was one of a group of universities that decided to build their campuses without any paths. (I went to school in Canada, […]
A Jan. 13, 2016 Guardian article is entitled: “Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena wins 2016 Pritzker prize.” The subhead reads: “Social housing visionary, who engaged residents in designing their own homes, urges architects to address issues of poverty, pollution and segregation.” Alejandro Aravena: architect, equaliser, el visionario The opening paragraph reads: “The radical Chilean architect Alejandro […]
Through reading a publication from Ryerson University, I recently came across a story, which I found inspiring, about Toni Morgan, a Ryerson graduate. An April 15, 2015 Toronto Star article outlines the story. The article is entitled: “Homeless to Harvard: Toronto dropout accepted to Ivy league school.” The subhead reads: “Toni Morgan, 32, is crowdfunding […]
Message from Peter Milczyn’s Office: Dear Neighbour, As we head into 2016, I would like to remind you that my Annual New Year’s Levee will be held on Sunday, January 10th from 2 to 4 pm at the Royal Canadian Legion, 110 Jutland Avenue. Also please mark the date for the Government and Community Services […]
A previous post has shared photos from an August 2015 get-together with Bob Saul in Kingston: Tim Hewlings shares photos of August 2015 get-together with MCHS teacher Bob Saul, age 85, in Kingston, Ontario We are indebted to Tim Hewlings (MCHS 1963) for letting us know of the following Jan. 9, 2016 notice in the […]
A Jan. 6, 2015 Guardian article is entitled: “Ex-Guatemalan officials arrested over civil war killings and abuses” The subhead is entitled: “The suspects face charges of crimes against humanity involving massacres and disappearances of people by security forces under their command.” A Jan. 16, 2016 New York Times article is entitled: “Guatemala Arrests Former Military Officers […]