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MCHS 2015 organizing committee met in Kitchener on June 17, 2015
/10 Comments/in MCHS 2015 Reunion, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillThe MCHS 2015 organizing committee met at the Boston Pizza restaurant at 190 Gateway Park Drive in Kitchener, Ontario on June 17, 2015. The next meeting is in St. Williams, Ontario at 11:30 am on Tuesday, July 28, 2015. The purpose of the current post is to share some highlights from the meeting. The following notes are […]
Gina (Davis) Cayer, who attended MCHS in the 1960s, shares some great winter photos from St. Williams, Ontario
/3 Comments/in MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillAt our Nov. 26, 2014 MCHS 2015 reunion organizing committee meeting in Kitchener, Gina (Davis) Cayer, who attended MCHS in the 1960s, joined us for the first time. At the meeting, Gina shared the suggestion – which we adopted at once – that when we’re mixing and mingling during the reunion, we don’t want to have […]
We’ve had many comments in response to Graeme Decarie’s Bois Franc question
/5 Comments/in MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillWe’ve had many comments in response to the following post connected to Malcolm Campbell High School: Graeme Decarie has a question about the old Bois Franc. Do you know the answer? Here’s the most recent comment, from Tim Hewlings of Montreal. I mention the most recent post as a way to bring attention to the […]
The Meaning of Human Existence (2014)
/0 Comments/in MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillI’ve been reading books about the 1950s and 1960s. 1959 Among them is: 1959: The Year that Changed Everything (2009). Chapter 20, “Seeing the Invisible,” concerns the work of the photographer Robert Frank, with a focus on the latter’s The Americans (2008). Frank Kaplan, the author of 1959, has a Ph.D. from MIT in political […]
Graeme Decarie: The 78th Fraser Highlanders fought at Quebec, were disbanded, and settled in Fraserville
/9 Comments/in MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillThe following text is from Graeme Decarie as a follow-up to a previous post. Census figures I just found some old census figures I have going back to Nouvelle France. They go from 1665 up to 1861. There is no mention of St. Laurent until 1739, when it had 165 families. Most of them would […]
The story on the CBC is a gentle one, Graeme Decarie comments
/35 Comments/in MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillIn the following Q & A with Graeme Decarie, I’ve added some headings for ease in reading of the text. Jaan Pill: You worked for CBC and private radio for quite a few years. I would be interested in your comments (for my website) about a recent article by Linden MacIntyre: Why I Left The CBC […]
Peter Halliday has shared some great links related to Raimbault Creek and other Montreal lost creeks
/5 Comments/in MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillPeter Halliday, who has shared with us an aerial photo featuring Raimbault Creek in Cartierville, which I’ve posted to this site in the past, has shared the following links. Peter Halliday writes: This is the archives I’ve been poking around in: http://archivesdemontreal.com/greffe/vues-aeriennes-archives/jpeg/VM97-3_7P9-59.jpg The indication on the image is 24-29 and you can access the photo […]