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Reminder: Ward 3 Town Hall Meeting – TONIGHT! 7:00 pm – Karen Kain School of the Arts, 60 Berl Ave (Royal York/Queensway area)

  The province on Ontario announced its public consultation on the elementary Health and Physical Education (Sex Ed) curriculum very quietly last week. Many people want to know background information on this hot topic as they prepare their points of view prior to the provincial consultation. Join me TONIGHT at Karen Kain School of the […]

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Toronto residents have the right to record public meetings, related to land-use decision making, and to publish news reports based upon direct quotations from such meetings

The purpose of the current post is to underline that residents of Toronto and other municipalities have the right to record public meetings and to report on them, through blogs and other means. As a long-time blogger, I attended a public meeting, organized by the Long Branch Neighbourhood Association, on April 4, 2018: Opposition to […]

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Public Forum on State of Toronto’s Heritage – Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Following message has been forwarded by Geoff Kettel of Leaside: FYI ______________________ Dear members of Toronto’s neighbourhood and community associations, Heritage Toronto is kicking off its consultation process for the 2018/2019 State of Heritage report. The report, released every election year, incorporates public feedback and research to provide recommendations for the incoming City Council. On […]

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Walking Home (2011) by Ken Greenberg speaks of a one-sentence lesson

I recently came across an index card written some time back, featuring a quote (p. 64) from Walking Home: The Life and Lessons of a City Builder (2011) I’ve written previously about this book, by Ken Greenberg, which I found of much interest. A previous post, in which I refer to Walking Home (2011), is […]

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Toronto Local Appeal Body procedures: April 2018 comments from (among others) Leaside, Swansea, and Long Branch residents

For residents who may have an interest in such matters, here’s a recent message to south Etobicoke residents planning a TLAB appeal. The residents learned of an impending appeal deadline just recently. A July 10, 2018 message from TLAB reads: Please note that as appeals must be submitted to the Committee of Adjustment, they may […]

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Learning to live in a post-fact world, where persuasion is most effective under conditions where facts don’t matter, is nothing new

I am currently working on my next opinion article for the Etobicoke Guardian / Toronto.com website, concerning the dismal history of land-use decision making in Long Branch. In a previous article, submitted on June 30, 2018, I spoke of the very desirable lakefront community of Long Branch. A subtext to my description of Long Branch – […]

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We’ve received good information about online directories and aerial photographs

The following comments are from a previous post entitled: We’re pleased to share with you these 1920s to 1940s ‘cottage country’ images from Etobicoke Creek Comment from John Collins Hi Jaan I am trying to locate directories for 1930~1950 Long Branch business and resident information with no luck. Directories for New Toronto, Humber Bay, Lambton […]