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Updates: An April 15, 2016 Globe and Mail article by Bob Rae is entitled: “Attawapiskat is not alone: Suicide crisis is national problem.” An April 23, 2016 CBC article is entitled: “West-end residents call for traffic light after fatal crash: Neighbour describes ‘mind-bogglingly horrendous bang’ as car hits building near Jane and Bloor.” A Sept. 27, […]
I have previously posted a wide range of items of interest from David Godley, a retired urban planner who lives in Long Branch, Ontario. 36 Clisshold Road, Etobicoke The purpose of the current post is to share information related to 36 Clissold Road, Etobicoke. An overview of the facts at hand, of the kind that David […]
At the same event as mentioned at a previous post, I also spoke briefly on June 13, 2015, about Colonel Samuel Smith, with the following Speaking Notes as a guide. I highlighted a few points, and left out the rest. I enjoy organizing such talk, working in coordination with other people. The event was the […]
This post is concerned with one of the topics at the June 13, 2015 Long Branch Fest Community Storytelling Panel that will be taking place starting at 8:00 pm at the corner of Twenty Ninth Street and Lake Shore Blvd. West. Colonel Samuel Smith Below are Speaking Notes for the presentation about the History of Colonel […]
When I first came across The Housing Bomb: Why Our Addiction to Houses Is Destroying the Environment and Threatening Our Society (2013), I thought the title may be a marketing ploy to attract readers. My assumption was not valid, as I learned when I began to read the book. The concept of the housing bomb […]
I’m pleased to share with you the following comment from C. O’Marra: The Museum For Human Rights in Manitoba now sits on top of a treasure trove of ancient native artifacts.Construction went ahead in spite of these early finds.Thousands of items have been located around the site and photographed for the public. One can only […]
In a previous blog post, I’ve noted that the final chapter of Climate Wars (2012) refers (pp. 182-83) to a discussion in Tristes Tropiques in which Claude Lévi-Strauss describes the institutions, morals, and customs that he’s spent a lifetime studying as “the transient efflorescence of a creation in relation to which they have no meaning, […]