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Toronto and Region Conservation has issued eleven Report Cards for watersheds under its jurisdiction. Click here to access the 2018 TRCA Report Card for Etobicoke Creek > Click here to access the other TRCA 2018 Watershed Report Cards > Click here for previous posts at Preserved Stories website regarding Etobicoke Creek > Below is a screenshot of […]
In a recent post I celebrate the new-books list at the Toronto Public Library: Upgrades at Toronto Public Library website are highly impressive Here’s a recently published study that I came across on the new-books (nonfiction category) list at the Toronto Public Library (please note that many other nation-states, besides the United States are, in […]
Richard J. Evans’s Nazi Germany trilogy along with The Third Reich in History and Memory (2015) is strongly evidence-based, and is presented within a framework that is well-reasoned and well-informed by the available historiography. A Jan. 4, 2016 review by Christopher E. Mauriello, Salem State University, of The Third Reich in History and Memory (2015), […]
A Dec. 6, 2017 Etobicoke Guardian article by Cynthia Reason is entitled: “South Etobicoke Historical Voyage sails on to Alderwood: Franklin Horner Community Centre program delves into history of Etobicoke’s lakeshore communities.” First-rate article by Cynthia Reason I am very impressed with how this article is put together, with how it is constructed. One part flows […]
You can access the December 2017 ACO update here. Among the items (I’ve broken the first paragraph into shorter ones) is: ACO Stratford-Perth Branch ACO Stratford-Perth was busy in 2017 raising money for a documentary film entitled GRAND TRUNK — A City Built on Steam, Stratford, Ontario. We received a grant from the Ontario 150 […]
I met Jonathan Giggs, son of Iris Evelina Giggs, at a recent Ward 6 Local History event, outlined at a previous post: Highly valuable local history project has been initiated by Ward 6 Councillor Mark Grimes Jonathan mentioned that his mother, who had a ballet school during the time the family lived at Humber Bay Shores […]
This post features an excerpt from the Hansard transcript of the Oct. 17, 2017 OMB Reform hearing at Queen’s Park. My notes of the above-noted hearing are featured at a previous post entitled: Oakville mayor, Mississauga deputy city solicitor, and former Toronto chief planner speak out at Oct. 17, 2017 OMB Review hearing In the text […]
As a volunteer in years past, I wrote many news releases (aka press releases). These days, I much enjoy reading news releases that deal with topics that interest me. As a volunteer and event organizer, I was also involved with charity casino fundraising in Ontario (we made over $70K, a lot of money in those […]
The following message includes these attachments: AGM colour flyer Oct 23 Call for Noms email LBNA By-laws – Sept2017 The following message is from Brian Liberty, acting chairperson, Long Branch Neighbourhood Association: Hello Long Branch villagers, Mark your calendars – the AGM is finally within reach! We want to thank all of you for your […]