21The city of Berlin, Ontario was renamed Kitchener in 1916; in 2020 the debate about changing the name once again was being revisitedNovember 21, 2023/2 Comments/in Commentary, MCHS 2015 Reunion, MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Some Popular Posts - Past & Present, Southwestern Ontario, Toronto/by Jaan Pill
22Cornelius (Neil) van Nostrand and fellow flying cadets received training during the First World War at the Long Branch Aerodrome in what is now Lakeview, MississaugaNovember 11, 2023/2 Comments/in Long Branch, Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan Pill
23We met for an MCHS picnic in Woodstock, Ontario, on October 4, 2023October 15, 2023/1 Comment/in MCHS Stories, Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
24Many Russian studies programs have engendered serious academic ignorance – regarding Ukraine and its neighbours: Tomasz Kamusella, New Eastern Europe, August 11, 2023October 2, 2023/1 Comment/in Commentary, Language usage, Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
25Reading series of plays-in-translation features some of the best of Ukraine’s theatre, created since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion – Stratford Festival, Sept. 23-24, 2023September 29, 2023/1 Comment/in Commentary, Language usage, Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
26Valuable books about land use, history, and povertyJune 14, 2023/0 Comments/in Commentary, Language usage, Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
27Red Memory: The Afterlives of China’s Cultural Revolution (2023) and How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America (2021)May 18, 2023/0 Comments/in Language usage, Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
28Haberman (2022), Galeotti (2022), and O’Kane (2022) among others are exemplars of the gangster genre of literary nonfictionDecember 11, 2022/4 Comments/in Language usage, Newsletter/by Jaan Pill
29We much enjoyed our Malcolm Campbell High School luncheon in Toronto on Oct. 21, 2022October 22, 2022/0 Comments/in Long Branch, MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan Pill
30Robert Lansdale has shared a historic photo, from April 24, 1953, of the Colonel Samuel Smith homestead site in Long Branch, OntarioJanuary 26, 2022/2 Comments/in Long Branch, Newsletter/by Jaan Pill