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Please write your own letter before Jan. 23, in the event this topic is of concern to you I’ve written a letter to the Committee of Adjustment regarding 48 Thirty Fifth Street and urge you to do the same. You can simply cut and past the following text, which is based on the template in […]
The following comments are from the current e-Newsletter from Ward 6 Councillor Mark Grimes’ office: Recent Events at City Hall Over the last week I have heard from many of you concerning the ongoing controversy surrounding Mayor Ford. You’ve expressed your concerns, and your fears and I have heard them. I do believe that the […]
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 […]
As Eric Hobsbawm has remarked in a classic study, The invention of tradition (1983), traditions don’t spring out of nowhere. They have to be invented. The same can be said of nation states, which Benedict Arnold famously spoke of as imagined communities. As a March 28, 2013 Globe and Mail article indicates, sometimes these imagined communities have a limited impact on […]
You can access the overview here. Please note also the Committee of Adjustment meeting regarding 32 Ninth Street is on March 28, 2013 at 1:00 pm. For information click here. That is, the blog posts – featuring many photos and background documents – related to 32 Ninth Street can be found under the Construction category […]
The Committee of Adjustment meeting regarding 11 Lake Promenade will be held on Feb. 14, 2013 at 3:00 pm. The PDF file regarding the 11 Lake Promenade application to the Committee of Adjustment can be found at this link: Committee of Adjustment February 14th A neighbour who lives in Long Branch has shared with me […]
Full details regarding the motion can be found here: Excerpts: City Council on October 30, 31 and November 1, 2012, adopted the following: 1. City Council approve, subject to final confirmation from the Province, receipt of $96 million for the Community Homelessness Prevention Initiative (CHPI), with specific funding allocations for the homeless prevention services described in […]
Etobicoke-South Cycling Committee DATE OF NEXT MEETING: Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012 – 19:00 – 21:00 Location: LAMP Community Health Centre 185 Fifth Street, on the Birmingham Bike Lane In partnership with the Lakeshore Planning Council Corp. and Cycle Toronto, the Etobicoke-South Etobicoke Cycling Committee will be holding a meeting on Dec. 13 from 7 to 9 PM. Our main issue is we […]
Etobicoke-South Cycling Committee (ESCC) Monday, November 12 at 7 PM LAMP Community Room, 185 Fifth Street, Etobicoke Agenda 1. Donald Weidman of Bikes and Transit.com would like to meet with us. He has had great success in getting people using the GO Train to do bike travels. He now wants to focus on commuter bike […]
In the photo (click on photo to enlarge it): Left to right, Peter Mearns (MCHS 1964), Lynn (Hennebury) Legge (MCHS 1964), Gina (Davis) Cayer (MCHS 1967), and Scott Munro (MCHS 1963). I’m pleased to share this photo, which I took in preparation for a group photo including the above-noted four alumni as well as Jaan […]