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Our 2018 fall collection consists of four memorials from three Lakeshore communities of Etobicoke. The southwest boundary of Etobicoke sits along the north shore of Lake Ontario. A few miles east of “the Lakeshore,” concrete roadways and condo canyons hide the lake, except for occasional glimpses. Mimico, New Toronto, and Long Branch still have traces of […] Finding new things to say about “In Flanders Fields” is tricky. Most Canadians can recite a line or two. Many know the whole poem off by heart; maybe pausing to ponder did the poppies “blow” or “grow.” (The answer is “blow” in the first line; “grow” in the last verse.) On May 3, 1915, John McCrae, […] I think it caught people’s attention, and maybe made them think about Remembrance Day just a little bit longer. Thirty-four simple wooden crosses honour some of the Humberside students who died in the World Wars. They had lived down the street, around the corner, or maybe right next […] |
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