Heritage District Rules Need Repair
A November story in CollingwoodToday about a new homeowner who got caught in the quagmire of our heritage district rules underscores the need for a thorough overhaul of the rules,…
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Heritage District Rules Need Repair
A recent story in CollingwoodToday about a new homeowner who got caught in the quagmire of our heritage district rules underscores the need for a thorough overhaul of the rules,…
Petitioning Mayor Saunderson to Actually Act Like a Mayor
There’s a petition being shared online that calls on Mayor Brian Saunderson to actually do his job as head of council and discipline the misbehaving Councillor Madigan. You can read…
Our Scruffy, Run-Down Town
There’s a gravel trail that runs along the waterfront, north of the Shipyards development, that’s been blocked by barricades since the spring. It’s been that way at least six months,…
Botie, Yamnaya, then a few centuries later, a grandfather in Italy.
The Nature of Things – Equus: The Story of the Horse – First Riders https://gem.cbc.ca/share/episode/38e815a-010b367336d
My answers to AOC
The following questions came from the local chapter of the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario (ACO). They were sent to all mayoral and deputy-mayoral candidates, but I am unsure whether council…
UNESCO Exploring Underwater Mayan Heritage
Guatemala is a gorgeous country with a rich Mayan history, particularly around Lake Atitlán (and the more famous Tikal). The country will now be home to a UNESCO project toking…
Forget it, Neath, it’s Turcot…
Been having a kind of film noir week so the other day I decided to return to Turcot Yards for the first time in years. It started raining when I…
Forget it, Neath, it’s Turcot…
Been having a kind of film noir week so the other day I decided to return to Turcot Yards for the first time in years. It started raining when I…
The anti-communist memorial—an outrage to Canadian heritage
I recently wrote the following letter to The Honourable Shelly Glover, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages: Dear Minister: I am writing in regard to the Memorial to the…
Revisiting Chinatown Revitalization: Oct 8 at 8pm at Centre A
October 8 Program will start at 8pm Centre A, 229 East Georgia Street. FREE Event. RSVP here. Chinatown—the community, its buildings, its urban plan—is one of the most significant cultural
Construction On Gordon Avenue, Verdun
After being a vacant lot for 6 or 7 years condos are finally being built at the old CKVL location and also at the former parking lot across the street.…
Construction On Gordon Avenue, Verdun
After being a vacant lot for 6 or 7 years condos are finally being built at the old CKVL location and also at the former parking lot across the street.…
L.A.’s Famous Four-Level Freeway Interchange, ‘The Stack,’ Turns 58
by Nathan Masters on September 22, 2011 3:00 PM Fifty-eight years ago today, the Four Level interchange first opened to traffic. This iconic concrete ribbon that binds the 101 and…
Rally round the Ex!
I feel terrible about the illness at the Ex yesterday. As it happened, I myself was at the Ex yesterday. I had fantastic food there: roasted corn on the cob,…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – John Moore questions the much-hyped assertions of a permanent Republican Conservative majority by pointing out that Canadian values haven’t changed at all even…
Albert and the Lion
A recent comment on Facebook – “You just can’t resist poking the bear…”* made me remember a poem by Marriott Edgar that I enjoyed as a child in the 1950s:…
Is Tar Baby the new N-Word?
As far back as I can recall, the term “tar baby” was a metaphor in common political parlance for a “sticky situation.” It has no racial meaning in that context,…
Canadian General Itching For A New Foreign War
In The Twilight War, historian David Crist unravels “the secret history of America’s 30-year conflict with Iran.” A secret conflict that’s looks certain to become a real war soon. Led…
Canadian General Itching For A New Foreign War
In The Twilight War, historian David Crist unravels “the secret history of America’s 30-year conflict with Iran.” A secret conflict that’s looks certain to become a real war soon. Led…