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The following text is by David Switzer of Long Branch: The LWC is a Peel project to create a wetland/meadow peninsula around the water treatment plant. To protect it from erosion the suggested plan would have angled the shore line using a cobbled beach. This would eliminate the existing sandy beach west of the channelized […]
Following information is from Councillor Peter Milczyn’s Office: TORONTO’S SPECIAL GARBAGE COLLECTION COMPLETED The City of Toronto has completed the special garbage collection for materials damaged by flooding following the intense rainfall on July 8. Solid Waste Management Services collected approximately 4,100 tonnes of flood-damaged material across the city. Regularly scheduled garbage, Blue Bin […]
Information about the July 24, 2013 meeting regarding the Don Mouth and related projects can be found here. [Click on link in previous sentence to access a PDF document related to the projects.] Below is an excerpt from the above-noted document: Get Involved Your input into these important projects is critical. The Project Teams […]
[Update: Highland Creek was highlighted in a CBC Radio Metro Morning broadcast in the fall of 2013. The CBC link (see previous sentence) introduces Highland Creek as follows: Highland Creek is in the south-east corner of Scarborough bordered … It has roots in the 1800s, and it’s been described as still having that “small village” […]
Ann Gates posted the following comment on June 24, 2013 at an earlier blog post regarding the sand beach at Marie Curtis Park: I also walk the beaches almost every day. The idea that we would pay money to cover up a sandy beach with cobble stones is just hard to understand. People take vacations to […]
In recent blog posts, I’ve discussed plans regarding the sand beach at Marie Curtis Park. I’ve recently posted a comment from Jake Yoo, a Long Branch resident. By way of bringing attention to his comment, I am pleased to post it here in its entirety: Comment from Jake Hi Jaan, I attended the most recent […]
As I’ve discussed in previous posts, relatively little is known about Colonel Samuel Smith of Long Branch (Toronto not New Jersey) as a historical personality. There hasn’t been much of a mythology built around him. Consequently, our attention isn’t taken up with Colonel Samuel as a brand. He doesn’t have a brand, as many of […]
We have some great photos taken by Gay Chisholm from the May 4, 2013 Jane’s Walk to share with you. For a start, below are three of them. For your interest, Gay Chisholm has a Facebook page, Living in Long Branch, which you can access here. An earlier blog post refers to changes that have […]
I’m pleased to have the opportunity to post the following comment from David Switzer of Long Branch concerning the sand beach at Marie Curtis Park. I share his comments in the spirit of reporting on an ongoing conversation. I am pleased that ongoing communications regarding the Mississauga Waterfront Connection Environmental Assessment Project are proceeding in […]
I heard an interview with Ed Levy on CBC Radio’s Metro Morning a week or so ago and was wondering where I could get a copy of his book Rapid Transit in Toronto: A Century of Plans, Progress, Politics & Paralysis. Fortunately, a friend of mine, Sid Olvet – who along with his wife Jane Olvet, […]