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John Stewart of Wiarton has added a comment to a previous post about the fire at the Long Branch hotel; he writes: “Our family grew up on 31 Arcadian Circle from 1939 to 1998. I remember the Long Branch hotel fire and even have slide pictures of it. It actually was during the winter early […]
You can access the following message from Mississauga Culture at this link. The message reads: Indigenous Cultural Competency Training When: April 18, 2017 9 a.m. – noon Where: Mississauga Valley Community Centre, 1275 Mississauga Valley Blvd. “We acknowledge that this land is situated within the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the New Credit […]
Click here for previous posts about the First World War > The following information is from the Events at Fort York page at the City of Toronto website. The link in the previous sentence includes a detailed timetable of events. Vimy Ridge Weekend at Fort York – Saturday, April 8, 2017 and Sunday, April 9, 2017 […]
As a rule, I make it a practice to avoid posting my own input with regard to ongoing public consultations such as the Long Branch Guidelines Draft. Instead, I just send in my comments and then I forget about it. My reasoning is that my own views are neither here nor there, in the wider […]
The Unearthing The Market exhibit ends March 18, 2017. The details (address, hours, etc.) are at the poster on the right. Click on the poster to enlarge it; click again to enlarge ir further. The exhibit focuses on the archaeology of the North St. Lawrence market. After the exhibit the artifacts all go back into […]
A Feb. 25, 2017 Guardian article is entitled: “The story of the week is Trump, Russia and the FBI. The rest is a distraction.” The subhead reads: “The White House reportedly tried to influence an active counter-intelligence investigation. All else, press ban included, is designed to deflect attention.” Updates A Feb. 24, 2017 CBC article […]
Updates A May 2017 CBC interactive webpage is entitled: “Montreal is 375 years old, but how old are its buildings?” A May 17, 2017 Montreal Gazette article is entitled: “Montreal’s history did not start 375 years ago.” [End] At a previous post, The stream that used to run through Cartierville in Montreal was called Raimbault […]
A Feb. 17, 2017 Toronto Star article (a three-part series) is entitled: “Contested Development: Many question whether the Ontario Municipal Board should be allowed to continue wielding its unelected power over a city crunched for resources.” An excerpt reads: “But the developer, Pemberton Group, appealed to the Ontario Municipal Board, the most powerful body of […]