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Montreal WW II hero honoured as Dutch town’s saviour: One-eyed soldier Léo Major single-handedly chased the Nazis from Zwolle in 1945 (CBC, May 21, 2018)
/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan PillA May 21, 2018 CBC article is entitled: “Montreal WW II hero, largely unknown at home, honoured as Dutch town’s saviour: One-eyed soldier Léo Major single-handedly chased the Nazis from Zwolle in 1945.” An excerpt reads: Arsenault was killed early on in the mission, and in his grief and rage, Major decided to do something […]
The Rio Olympics refugee team finally has its own flag, and an anthem – Aug. 13, 2016 Quartz article
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillAn Aug. 13, 2016 Quartz article is entitled: “The Rio Olympics refugee team finally has its own flag, and an anthem.” The opening paragraphs (which include several links, which you can find through the link in the previous sentence) read: When they were selected to compete in the Rio 2016 Olympics, the competition’s first-ever refugee […]
The 1889 Mimico Creek photo is from the forested confluence of Bonar and Mimico Creeks
/0 Comments/in Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillThe photo discussed in a previous post appears indeed to be from the mouth of Mimico Creek. Michael Harrison includes a high resolution version of the photo (showing more detail than is available in the version of the photo, on the left, that I’ve included at the current blog post) in a chapter (p. 157) […]