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Next Malcolm Campbell High School Sixties Reunion planning meeting in Kitchener, Ontario, May 21, 2014
/0 Comments/in MCHS 2015 Reunion, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillPeter Mearns, Lynn Legge, and Jaan Pill will meet at lunch on Wednesday, May 21, 2014 in Kitchener, Ontario for our next Sixties Reunion planning meeting. Please let me know in the event you are a MCHS grad from the 1960s classes, who lives in the general area, and who’d like to join us for […]
Anecdotes Shared by Fellow Walkers – May 5, 2014 post by Jaan Pill at Jane’s Walk website
/0 Comments/in Jane's Walk, Long Branch, Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillI’ve recently posted a blog item for the Toronto Walks Blog of the Jane’s Walk website. I’ve enjoyed writing this item, because it enables a person to consider the broader issues of interest to anybody who lives close to the Lake Ontario shoreline – in Mississauga, Toronto, or anywhere else along this or any other […]
May 3, 2014 Jane’s Walk shares conversations about 1940s, ’50s, & ’60s events in Mississauga and Long Branch (Toronto not New Jersey)
/0 Comments/in Long Branch, Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillMike James and Jaan Pill are now in their third year of organizing Jane’s Walks in Long Branch (Toronto not New Jersey). The Saturday, May 3, 2014 Jane’s Walk began at our usual time and location – at 10:30 am at the East Parking Lot at Marie Curtis Park. The walk was called Inspiration Lakeview: […]
Too much sweetness: ‘All sugars aren’t the same’ – Globe and Mail, May 2, 2014
/1 Comment/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillA May 2, 2014 Globe and Mail article is entitled: “Too much sweetness: ‘All sugars aren’t the same.’” Below is an excerpt from the article, which I’ve posted as an update related to previous blog posts about sugar: But it turns out that most Canadians don’t actually know what “sugar” refers to – or that […]
The stream that used to run through Cartierville in Montreal was called Raimbault Creek
/8 Comments/in MCHS Stories, Newsletter/by Jaan PillTim Hewlings of Montreal has confirmed that the creek in Cartierville, that I discussed in a previous post, a post that has been widely read, and that has been described as “very evocative” – it’s great to get that kind of feedback – by a recent site visitor, was called Raimbault Creek. You can click […]
Two Cheers for Anarchism (2012) began as a large undergraduate lecture course on anarchism
/2 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan PillSome years ago, James C. Scott taught a large undergraduate lecture course on anarchism in order to educate himself about the topic, and to figure out his own relationship to it. Scott’s conceptualization of anarchism includes a focus on “voluntary co-operation without hierarchy” and a celebration of “the inventiveness and judgment of people who are […]
Cartierville School brings to mind other Montreal schools – Parkdale, Elmgrove, Morison, Laurentide, High School of Montreal, and Malcolm Campbell High School
/26 Comments/in MCHS Stories, Newsletter/by Jaan PillUpdates A May 2017 CBC interactive webpage is entitled: “Montreal is 375 years old, but how old are its buildings?” A May 17, 2017 Montreal Gazette article is entitled: “Montreal’s history did not start 375 years ago.” [End] I was very pleased to receive a comment from Yvonne regarding a previous post about Cartierville […]
Photos from New Toronto Lawn Bowling Club at 153 Lakeshore Drive, formed in 1901
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillI’m very pleased to share with you two photos that I have received by email from Councillor Mark Grimes’ Office. Denise Harris of the Etobicoke Historical Society has identified the photos and shared a link where more information is available: http://www.newtorontohistorical.com/New%20Toronto%20Lawn%20Bowling.htm The club is over 110 years old. Additional information can be found here. I’m […]
World Health Organization recommends that no more than 5 percent of your caloric intake – that is, 25 grams – should come from sugar
/1 Comment/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillI often drive by 198 New Toronto St. in south Etobicoke where Lantic Sugar is located. The first link in the sentence above gives you a Google Street view of the location. The second link gives you an overview describing how sugar is refined. Whenever I drive by the Lantic Sugar plant, I think of […]