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Message from TDSB Pamela Gough’s office: Good Afternoon, Trustee Pamela Gough has asked me to remind you about this very informative and reasonably priced conference hosted by People for Education. It is taking place Saturday November 2 at the Rotman School of Business, University of Toronto. (See links below for information and registration.) Trustee Gough […]
I’ve recently put together a text about Jane’s Walk for a book at blurb.ca that the Jane’s Walk organization is putting together, and which I look forward to publicizing in the weeks ahead. Here’s the text (see below). It will serve as a reminder to mark the date in your 2014 schedule book! Name of […]
You can access the page here. [Click on link in previous sentence to access the Objections and Response page.] Comment Background about the story, as it has been unfolding, can be accessed at the Wesley Mimico United Church category at the Preserved Stories website. The one blog post that sums up my own understanding of […]
I am currently editing a memoir that Bernice Law wrote in the course of a project that she initiated with a letter to the Toronto Star over twenty years ago. We owe thanks to Bernice Law for organizing this great local history project. First-person accounts of life along the Lakeshore in earlier times are of […]
As noted in a previous post, on one occasion I mistook a photo of the Eastwood Park Hotel for the Long Branch Hotel. I recently came across a copy of Villages of Etobicoke (1985), which features an image of the hotel. It’s an interesting book but when it comes to dates and details, I wouldn’t […]
I was interested to read an Oct. 16, 2013 Etobicoke Guardian article entitled (in its print version): “Ontario Press Council dismisses complaints about stories.” Three questions As the article notes, three questions were considered by the Press Council: 1. Did the article deal with a matter in the public interest?; 2. Were adequate efforts made […]
Colleen O’Marra writes: I’ve just read the obit of a great Canadian and a local hero as well. Bruce Melanson, World War II veteran ,honoured his fellow soldiers with the planning and financing of the Juno Beach memorial in France. Also very active at The Legion and of course proud to have served in Remembrance […]
By way of offering comment regarding the Wesley Mimico redevelopment project at 2 Station Road, in connection with the Oct. 17, 2013 Etobicoke York Community Council meeting, I’ve sent the following email (see below) to the following councillors: councillor_grimes@toronto.ca councillor_digiorgio@toronto.ca councillor_doucette@toronto.ca councillor_palacio@toronto.ca councillor_dford@toronto.ca councillor_lindsay_luby@toronto.ca councillor_milczyn@toronto.ca councillor_mammoliti@toronto.ca councillor_leon@toronto.ca Comment regarding 2 Station Road I support efforts to […]
I recently spoke with two former Long Branch residents, Jim Bray and his daughter Sandy Bray, who have filled me in on details, that I was not aware of, related to the barns at the Colonel Samuel Smith homestead site. Jim Bray has also shared some comments at a couple of recent blog posts related […]
Following message is from Wesley Mimico Place – The Renewal of Wesley Mimico United Church LIVING with Heritage & Hope Welcome to the first Wesley Mimico Place Bulletin, sent by the FAITH & HOPE renewal team of Wesley Mimico United Church. We will be writing about key steps in the project, and linking you to […]