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How to find your Walk Score (as in, how walkable us your neighbourhood?)
/0 Comments/in Language usage, Newsletter/by Jaan PillAs noted at a July 17, 2008 UrbanToronto article, to find your Walk Score, it’s easy to find your Walk Score: “Go to http://walkscore.com/ and enter your address in the field at the top of the page, and the website will calculate the walkability (a score out of 100) of your neighbourhood based on the distance […]
I became interested in Doi Chaang coffee after reading a research report about Fair Trade coffee
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillI used to buy two or three or more cups of coffee every day, at coffee shops everywhere. I now grind my own batches of Doi Chaang coffee using a mid-level Cuisinart coffee maker. I drink two cups per day. The text at the link at the previous sentence is committed to the principle that […]
On the day the First World War was declared, Robert Home Smith opened the Old Mill Tea Room
/0 Comments/in MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillA July 27, 2014 Etobicoke Guardian article notes that on Aug. 4, 1914 Britain declared war on Germany, automatically bringing Canada into the First World War. That was now over 100 years ago. On the same day, Robert Home Smith opened the Old Mill Tea Room in Toronto. The Tea Room is located at Old Mill […]
Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry Regiment will visit Small Arms in Lakeview on Sept. 7, 2014
/0 Comments/in Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillThe following text, to which I’ve added headings, is from the Summer 2014 newsletter of the Small Arms Society You can access the newsletter, which includes a focus on military history, here: Arms2Arts newsletter- Summer 2014 Canada’s First-into-Battle WWI Regiment is Coming to Small Arms On September 7, the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry […]
Article from David Godley regarding Jersey, Channel Islands
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillThe following text is from David Godley of Long Branch (Toronto). Jersey, Channel Islands By David Godley The Channel Islands (Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney and Sark) became part of Normandy when they were annexed by Vikings in 933. In 1204 King John ceded Normandy back to the French but the Channel Islands chose to stay in […]
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 […]