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Updates An update to this post can be found here: Colleen O’Mara found the Small Arms Doors Open very crowded (great turnout!) Some time after the event I learned that the popular children’s author Eric Walters has written several novels related to history – some dealing with the Second World War – of interest to […]
Colleen O’Marra writes: Not sure if you have viewed a documentary film called A TRIP THROUGH SMALL ARMS. It’s in seven parts on YOUTUBE, a rather shaky old reel but a fascinating local piece filmed by one of the employees. Fun to see American actor, Ralph Bellamy, giving a short talk to the Small Arms […]
On Aug. 17, 2013, I spoke with Bob Cutmore, a key organizer of the Sept. 28, 2013 Doors Open event at the historic Small Arms Ltd.building in Mississauga. Mississauga Ward 1 Councillor Jim Tovey has described the Doors Open event at an earlier blog post. Among other things, I’m looking forward to this year’s Doors Open because […]
The Lakeshore Planning Council has shared the following message from David Switzer of Long Branch: I will be going to the City Planning Department “Outreach” at Sherway on Friday, September 6, 11am to 3pm. I feel that the most important overall and long term change City Planning can do is adapt Paul Ainslie’s proposal for […]
It’s great to have a Twitter account and a blog, because they offer a person a way to organize her or his thinking and learn from other people. My topic concerns the nature of reality. How do we make sense of reality? We have available to us a wide range of academic, corporate, and political […]
In an earlier post I referred to Information Displays related to the Lakeview Waterfront Connection Environmental Assessment project. I attended the Aug. 5, 2013 Information Display at Marie Curtis Park and was impressed with the quality of information that was shared, and with the means by which it was communicated. I will share information from […]
The following message of July 26, 2013 is from Michael Charendoff, Coordinator, Watershed Projects, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority: [It’s taken me until July 30 to post it as I am on a Summer Schedule in my volunteer work at the Preserved Stories website.] Message from Michael Charendoff: Good afternoon, The Region of Peel and […]
The following text is by David Switzer of Long Branch: The LWC is a Peel project to create a wetland/meadow peninsula around the water treatment plant. To protect it from erosion the suggested plan would have angled the shore line using a cobbled beach. This would eliminate the existing sandy beach west of the channelized […]
From a reliable source I have received the following information: Credit Valley Conservation Authority are doing some more consultation. It is not known what notification has been done so please circulate! Begin forwarded message: From: Kate Date: July 23, 2013 9:32:38 am Subject: RE: Marie Curtis It is tomorrow and yes for public and aimed […]
In recent blog posts, I’ve discussed plans regarding the sand beach at Marie Curtis Park. I’ve recently posted a comment from Jake Yoo, a Long Branch resident. By way of bringing attention to his comment, I am pleased to post it here in its entirety: Comment from Jake Hi Jaan, I attended the most recent […]