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The Wyandot include the <strong>Wendat (Ouendat), Huron</strong> and <strong>Peton</strong>. He celebrated his 80th birthday at <strong>Craigleith Heritage Depot </strong>in Collingwood recently. All presents were donations for the former railway depot, now the <strong>Blue Mountain Community Interpretation Centre</strong> a cause close to his heart. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201007_p.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201007_o.html">HERITAGE IN ONTARIO’S FAR NORTH BY RAIL</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[HERITAGE TOURISM]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201007_o_small.jpg" width="138" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="left" /><br /> (July 19, 2010) Board the Polar Bear Express in Cochrane for a train ride down the Arctic Watershed through forests, past lakes, muskeg and tundra scrub brush all the way to James Bay. See the land the fur traders roamed, meet the Cree at home and experience the fur trading outposts in Moosonee and Moose Factory at James Bay. Moose Factory is Canada’s oldest English-speaking settlement. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201007_o.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201007_n.html">FREE SUMMER WEEKENDS AT TORONTO’S MUSEUMS</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[MUSEUMS]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201007_n_small.jpg" width="67" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="right" /><br /> (July 19, 2010) Each weekend this summer - until Sunday, August 29, 2010 - enjoy free admission to <strong>Colborne Lodge</strong>, <strong>Fort</strong> <strong>York National Historic Site</strong>, <strong>Gibson House Museum</strong>, <strong>Mackenzie House</strong>, <strong>Montgomery's Inn</strong>, <strong>Scarborough Museum</strong>, and <strong>Todmorden Mills Heritage Museum</strong> <strong>and Arts Centre</strong>. These are the City of Toronto Museums. Programming features music, drama, crafts, heritage recipes to taste and other fun. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201007_n.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201007_m.html">ONLINE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF GERMAN IMMIGRANTS & DESCENDANTS IN ONTARIO</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[HISTORY]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201007_m_small.jpg" width="153" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="left" /><br /> (July 19, 2010) The University of Waterloo has established an online database of documents relating to German-speaking people and their descendants in Ontario. It is freely open to all. The project is called the <strong>German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography (GCO) </strong>and the staff hopes that the public will contribute to the database, which was first set up in 2007. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201007_m.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201007_l.html">MAKING CENSUS VOLUNTARY WILL BLUR HISTORY</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[ARCHIVES]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201007_l_small.jpg" width="106" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="right" /><br /> (July 19, 2010) The Conservative Government of Canada has decided to make the filling-in of the long form by selected residents voluntary instead of compulsory. <strong>Paul Banfield, President, Association of Canadian Archivists</strong> has written a letter to <strong>Tony Clement, Minister of Industry</strong>, pointing out from a historical and archival perspective how this will weaken future generations’ understanding of the path along which Canadian society evolved. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201007_l.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201007_k.html">PROMISED LAND SYMPOSIUM INVITES PARTICIPANTS</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[CONFERENCE]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201007_k_small.jpg" width="112" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="16" border="0" align="left" /><br /> (July 19, 2010) The <strong>Promised Land Project</strong> is calling for Participants in its <strong>Fourth Annual Symposium,</strong> which will take place May 6-8, 2011 in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Potential participants at <strong>Revisiting the Promise: Time, Place and Contested Space in African Canadian Communities</strong> are being asked for submissions both in the usual form of papers, poster presentations but also in the form of artistic work and performance. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201007_k.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201007_j.html">EMANCIPATION DAY, CELEBRATING FREEDOM IN CANADA</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[BLACK HISTORY]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201007_j_small.jpg" width="73" height="110" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="right" /><br /> (July 12, 2010) August 1st is <strong>Emancipation Day</strong>, the anniversary of the date in 1834 when, “An Act for the Abolition of Slavery throughout the British Colonies” went into effect. <strong>Natasha Henry</strong>, author of the newly published <strong><em>“Emancipation Day, Celebrating Freedom in Canada”,</em></strong> tells us about the history of this Commonwealth-wide celebration in Canada which is the origin of Toronto’s <strong>Caribana Festival</strong>. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201007_j.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201007_i.html">A STRATEGY TO WIN AT THE OMB BY UNDERSTANDING IT</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[BUILT HERITAGE]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/200908_u_small.jpg" width="150" height="107" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="left" /><br /> (July 12, 2010) The <strong>Ontario Municipal Board </strong>appears to be an ogre because it regularly allows the destruction of heritage buildings—often in the face of local planning decisions. <strong>Michael Vaughan</strong> is a Toronto lawyer with much OMB experience. His letter to <strong><em>Built Heritage News</em></strong> lays out a new strategy designed to help heritage concerns win at the Board. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201007_i.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201007_h.html">MYSTERY IN THE TIME OF WILLIAM LYON MACKENZIE</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[BOOKS]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201007_h_small.jpg" width="112" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="right" /><br /> (July 12, 2010) It was the Wild East back in 1836 Ontario. Take a ride with Ensign Marc Edwards as he goes undercover to solve what may be a political murder, an accident or an old-fashioned crime. <strong><em>Turncoat</em></strong> by <strong>Don Gutteridge</strong> is the first in a series of historical detective novels that will keep your attention and also give you an entrée into the hard-scrabble life of Ontario’s pioneers. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201007_h.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201007_g.html">QUESTIONS FOR MAYORALTY CANDIDATES</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[BUILT HERITAGE]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201007_g_small.jpg" width="79" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="left" /><br /> (July 12, 2010) In September, <strong>Heritage Toronto</strong>, in partnership with the <strong>Toronto Historical Association</strong>, will be hosting a mayoral candidates’ debate on heritage issues. They had a series of meetings in Toronto with the public to help develop a set of topics for the debate. To stimulate discussion they prepared a list of questions of concern. They don’t apply only to Toronto nor just to mayors. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201007_g.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201007_f.html">A VISION THAT WAS NOT TO BE IN BRANTFORD</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[BUILT HERITAGE]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201007_f_small.jpg" width="146" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="right" /><br /> (July 12, 2010) Back in February, the Ontario Heritage Connection featured an article by Leisah Marie asking for help and support to save heritage buildings on the South Side of Colborne Street in Brantford. Unfortunately, all the support and help she and her fellow advocates received did not stop the destruction. Now she has described her vision that was not be for one of the buildings. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201007_f.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201007_e.html">HATT-COOLEY CEMETERY CLOSURE PETITION</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[CEMETERIES]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201007_e_small.jpg" width="80" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="left" /><br /> (June 5, 2010) A Loyalist cemetery discovered more than six years ago is under serious threat in Hamilton on Lime Kiln Road. It contains the remains of the family of the founder of Dundas and his family, the <strong>Hatts</strong> and <strong>Cooleys</strong>. <strong>Marjorie Stuart</strong>, who is the <strong>Ontario Historical Society’s</strong> cemetery columnist, is promoting a petition to help save it from a developer. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201007_e.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201007_d.html">LAKE SUPERIOR TIME MACHINE</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[EVENT]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201007_d_small.jpg" width="95" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="right" /><br /> (July 5, 2010) 3D is nothing new! Take a <strong>3D Voyage Around the Lake in 1870</strong> at the <strong>Thunder Bay Art Gallery</strong> on Saturday, July 10th. The show features the stereographs of <strong>B.F. Childs</strong>, premier photographer of Lake Superior. <strong>Jack Deo</strong> of <strong>Superior View</strong> in Marquette, Michigan rescued these photographs and he will show them in a 3D projection seen through 3D glasses. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201007_d.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201007_c.html">MAANIJIDOWIN “THE GATHERING” IN PORT CREDIT</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[EVENT]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201007_c_small.jpg" width="81" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="left" /><br /> (July 5, 2010) For the first time since 2005, on the weekend of July 17-18, the <strong>Maanijidowin Native Pow Wow and Métis Rendezvous </strong>will take place. Join in to celebrate over 200 years of living history where the Credit River meets Lake Ontario at J.C. Saddington Park in Port Credit, Mississauga. Enjoy heritage entertainers, demonstrations and exhibitors, a Native Pow Wow, Métis Fiddlers, and a vendor marketplace. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201007_c.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201007_b.html">CELEBRATE YOUR ANGO-CELTIC ROOTS!</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[CONFERENCE]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201007_b_small.jpg" width="113" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="16" border="0" align="right" /><br /> (July 5, 2010) Register now for the <strong>British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa (BIGHSGO) Annual Family History Conference </strong>being held September 10 to 12. With a special focus on Ireland and special presentations to mark the year of the <strong>British Home Child</strong>, pre-Conference seminars, a marketplace of family history products and services, one-on-one consultations using electronic data sources, there is truly something for everyone. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201007_b.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201007_a.html">TOWN AND DESCENDANTS UNITE TO RESTORE CEMETERY IN BADEN</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[CEMETERIES]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201007_a_small.jpg" width="100" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="left" /><br /> (June 5, 2010) This year the <strong>Township of Wilmot</strong>, which is located just west of <strong>Kitchener-Waterloo</strong>, and the descendants and friends of those buried in the <strong>Kropf/Baden Cemetery</strong> formed a partnership to preserve the invaluable genealogical information at this cemetery. The cemetery contains some of <strong>Baden’s</strong> most influential early pioneers. The partnership has organized a campaign to raise funds for the project. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201007_a.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201006_w.html">BEAUTIFUL MODERNIST BUILDING TO BE RAZED FOR PARKING LOT</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[BUILT HERITAGE]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201006_w_small.jpg" width="180" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="16" border="0" align="right" /><br /> (June 30, 2010) A Toronto building slated for demolition should be declared a heritage site, say members of the <strong>North York Preservation Panel</strong>. <strong>Canada Post</strong> acquired the former home of <strong>Oxford University Press</strong> last year and are preparing to tear down the facility. The building was designed by an architectural firm responsible for buildings at University of Toronto, Lakehead University and Trent University was completed in 1964. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201006_w.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201006_v.html">WINGS AND WHEELS AND FAMILY FUN AT TILLSONBURG</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[EVENTS]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201006_v_small.jpg" width="101" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="left" /><br /> (June 30, 2010) See a WW 1 Dog Fight sequence with six beautiful and rare aircraft from <strong>The Great War Flying Museum</strong> in Brampton at the <strong>Wings & Wheels & Family Fun Day</strong> at Tillsonburg Airport on July 24. The full day event is organized by the <strong>Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association</strong>. Have fun, learning about and experiencing our Air, Automobile and Motor Cycle Heritage. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201006_v.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201006_u.html">NCC’S CANADA DAY PRESENT IS RARE ESSEX COUNTY HABITAT</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[NATURAL HERITAGE]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201006_u_small.jpg" width="160" height="103" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="right" /><br /> (June 30, 2010) The <strong>Nature Conservancy of Canada’s</strong> ninth annual Canada Day gift to Ontario is 128 hectares of woods and wetlands near Kingsville in Essex County on the shores of Lake Erie. The gift, known as the <strong>Armstrong Property, Essex Forests and Wetlands</strong>, ensures that some of the area's depleting marshes and wetlands can be reserved and protected for migrating birds. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201006_u.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201006_t.html">AN ARTIST’S RECORD OF ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[BUILT HERITAGE]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201006_t_small.jpg" width="158" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="16" border="0" align="left" /><br /> (June 30, 2010) For over three decades, <strong>Laurel Campbell</strong> has drawn inspiration from Canada’s heritage sites and landmarks, working primarily in the media of watercolour and pen and ink. Her upcoming July and August exhibition at <strong>Campbell House</strong> in Toronto features works from her long career in the heritage field, including the loan from a private collection of a winter view of Campbell House. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201006_t.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201006_s.html">ORGAN FESTIVAL DRAWS ON MUSICAL HISTORY OF TORONTO</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[CULTURAL HERITAGE]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201006_s_small.jpg" width="103" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="right" /><br /> (June 18, 2010) Toronto will host an extraordinary <strong>Organ Music & Historical Festival</strong> from July 9 to 12.  Along with concerts, the festival will offer an exceptional walking tour that highlight the city’s musical history. Other treats are visits to both  to the oldest Organ in Toronto at <strong>St. John’s York Mills Anglican Church</strong> and the <strong>S.R. Warren Organ </strong>at<strong> St. James Cathedral</strong>. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201006_s.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201006_r.html">THE ANCIENT ART OF WOOD GRAINING</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[HERITAGE CRAFTS]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201006_r_small.jpg" width="95" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="left" /><br /> (June 18, 2010)<strong> Wood Graining</strong> is an ancient art that can make cheap wood, or even other materials, look like luxury wood. It has advantages that make it environmentally sound. It can also often be a time saver. <strong>Lori Harding</strong> is an Interior Decorating Consultant living in Carrying Place near Trenton who has mastered this technique and has written an article about it for us. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201006_r.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201006_q.html">NEW HISTORY SITE FOR PERTH AND AREA</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[INTERNET]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201006_q_small.jpg" width="97" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="right" /><br /> (June 18, 2010) <strong>The Perth Historical Society</strong> has launched a new website for <strong>Perth</strong> and neighbouring townships following months of research and development. <strong>Society Chair, John Fowler</strong>, said that the goal is to make a broad selection of the area’s best historical documents and photographs easily accessible to the public. This is in line with the Society’s ongoing work researching and popularizing the area’s rich history and culture. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201006_q.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201006_p.html">OHS REWARDS EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE AND ACHIEVEMENT</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[AWARDS]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201006_p_small.jpg" width="111" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="16" border="0" align="left" /><br /> (June 18, 2010) On June 12, The Ontario Historical Society held its 2009 Honours and Awards Ceremony, honouring significant contributions to Ontario's heritage. Chris and Pat Raible were the recipients of the prestigious Cruikshank Medal, which is rarely given. Among their many contributions to the heritage and historical community of Ontario, they have together edited the OHS Bulletin's <strong><em>"From the Bookshelf"</em></strong> feature since 1993. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201006_p.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201006_o.html">BURLINGTON COUNCIL ABANDONS BELEAGUERED FREEMAN STATION</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[BUILT HERITAGE]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201006_o_small.jpg" width="159" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="right" /><br /> (June 18, 2010) <strong>Burlington’s</strong> historic <strong>Grand Trunk Freeman Station</strong>, built in 1906, has been abandoned to its fate by local city council. Five years ago the station was saved from demolition and moved to a temporary location until a new home could be found, but none has. Dave Morris, President of The Burlington Historical Society has written a moving piece about this loss. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201006_o.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201006_n.html">HONOUR HERITAGE HEROES</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[AWARDS]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201006_n_small.jpg" width="129" height="110" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="left" /><br /> (June 18, 2010) Do you know or have you worked with an individual or group who volunteers their time to protect, preserve or promote Ontario’s built, cultural and natural heritage? <strong>The Ontario Heritage Trust</strong> is calling for nominations for its 2010 Recognition Programs. The three programs are the <strong>Heritage Community Recognition Program</strong>, <strong>Young Heritage Leaders Program</strong> and <strong>Community Leadership Program. </strong><br /> Nomination deadline is July 16. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201006_n.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201006_m.html">BUILDINGS IN KITCHENER’S TANNERY FACE DEMOLITION</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[BUILT HERITAGE]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201006_m_small.jpg" width="145" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="right" /><br /> (June 14, 2010) No public discussion is required before four old empty buildings in Kitchener’s Tannery District are approved for demolition. This will make way for a parking lot that will serve tenants of the former Lang Tannery. The buildings are part of a group of industrial buildings that made up the Lang Tannery complex, the largest tannery in the British Empire at one time. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201006_m.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201006_l.html">FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DISOWNS CANADIAN LIGHTHOUSES</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[BUILT HERITAGE]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201006_l_small.jpg" width="173" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="18" border="0" align="left" /><br /> (June 14, 2010) The Federal Government has declared surplus almost all of its lighthouses across Canada, both inactive and active. Under the Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act this means that if local communities want to preserve their historical value, they have to take the structures over themselves. The Heritage Canada Foundation has condemned this action. In Ontario, 173 lighthouse structures are affected. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201006_l.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201006_k.html">HALIBURTON OPEN – MUCH MORE THAN COTTAGE COUNTRY</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[DOORS OPEN]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201006_k_small.jpg" width="59" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="right" /><br /> (June 14, 2010) Haliburton’s first ever Doors Open is June 19 & 20. Take the opportunity to see behind the lovely scenery and visit the engines of today’s community – a radio station, fish hatchery, health centre, schools, churches, farm, hotel, lumber mill, maple winery (with maple wine tasting), newspaper, a sewage treatment plant, town hall, and even a funeral home—everything that makes the community tick. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201006_k.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201006_j.html">WRECKING BALL DEMOLISHES COLBORNE STREET IN BRANTFORD</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[BUILT HERITAGE]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201006_j_small.jpg" width="150" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="18" border="0" align="left" /><br /> (June 14, 2010) Demolition got underway on the 41 heritage buildings on the south side of Colborne Street in Brantford last week. Local Council decided to forego a Federal government stimulus grant for the demolition maintaining that the street is an eyesore, hopeless to rehabilitate and a blight on the city’s public face. The Architectural Conservancy of Ontario and Heritage Canada have decried the destruction. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201006_j.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201006_i.html">HEALING AND WELLNESS – AN IROQUOIAN PERSPECTIVE</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[EVENT]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201006_i_small2.jpg" width="90" height="110" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="right" /><br /> (June 8, 2010) <strong>'At Husking Time'</strong>, a Women’s Conference, takes place Saturday, September 11, 2010 at <strong>Chiefswood Museum and National Historic Site</strong>. Join in this outdoor day-long event in as participants explore topics related to healing and wellness from an Iroquoian perspective. An awesome set of workshop facilitators, entertainment (Six Nations Women's Singing Society), and a fabulous traditional lunch will are lined up. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201006_i.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201006_h.html">BURLINGTON’S FIRST DOORS OPEN AND ART FESTIVAL</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[DOORS OPEN]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201006_h_small.jpg" width="125" height="99" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="left" /><br /> (June 8, 2010) Celebrate <strong>Burlington’s</strong> cultural history and mark June 12 and 13, 2010 in your calendar as the City of Burlington participates in the first <strong>Doors Open Burlington</strong> event. <strong>A Fine Arts Festival</strong> in and around the <strong>Burlington Art Centre</strong> is one of the many special events and sites. Take a look at the Antique Fire Truck and enjoy lunch on the waterfront too. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201006_h.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201006_g.html">HISTORY CHANNEL TRIES TO SAVE HOMER WATSON HOUSE</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[BUILT HERITAGE]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201006_g_small.jpg" width="190" height="69" hspace="6" vspace="18" border="0" align="right" /><br /> (June 8, 2010) Water has been destroying the Kitchener building where Canadian landscape artist Homer Watson once lived and which is now home to an art gallery and school. The hopeful rescuers are the subject of a History Channel show on June 26th as they work to save the structure and the heritage qualities of the building, including a frieze painted on the walls by Watson. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201006_g.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201006_f.html">UPCOMING TRAILS OPEN EVENTS FOR BEAUTIFUL DAYS</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[NATURAL HERITAGE]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201006_f_small.jpg" width="130" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="left" /><br /> (June 8, 2010) Across the province, Trails Open events will be held on weekends until July 17, when the program takes a breather until the cooler days of September. From Moonbeam, near Kapuskasing, to North Bay and Port Hope, get to know the open outdoors of your province with local guides providing hospitality. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201006_f.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201006_e.html">BOOK FAIR FOR UPPER CANADA HISTORY BUFFS IN PERTH</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[BOOKS]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201006_e_small.jpg" width="89" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="right" /><br /> (June 1, 2010) If you love to read and you love history, then save the weekend of June 26-27 for the <strong>Upper Canada Book Fair</strong> at <strong>ECOTAY Education Centre</strong> in Perth. Meet famous authors, hear them tell their stories, listen in on their panel discussions and get autographed copies of their books. A highlight will be <strong>Charlotte Gray speaking</strong> on her book, <strong><em>Sisters in the Wilderness</em></strong>. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201006_e.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201006_d.html">SECOND LIFE FOR RARE FORMED CONCRETE BUILDING IN DONALD</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[BUILT HERITAGE]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201006_d_small.jpg" width="150" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="18" border="0" align="left" /><br /> (June 1, 2010) A rare formed concrete building in Haliburton County dating back to 1909, will turn into a co-op centre for small contractors and green builders. Once a Standard Chemical distribution centre it has been abandoned for many years. Now <strong>Leora Burman</strong> and the owner, <strong>Jim O’Connor,</strong> are working to prevent it from becoming <strong>Landfill</strong> and save this <strong>Landmark</strong> for the area’s small contractor community. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201006_d.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201006_c.html">DELTA’S OLD STONE MILL CELEBRATES 200 YEARS</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[EVENTS]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201006_c_small.jpg" width="123" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="right" /><br /> (June 1, 2010) On the weekend of June 4 to 6, the <strong>Bicentennial of Delta’s Old Stone Mill</strong> will be marked with a gala reception, “<strong>Under the Millstones” </strong>dinner theatre and an antique road show where you can get your heirlooms evaluated. Years of restoration work and <strong>“Down by the Old Millstream: Celebrating Life on the Beverley Lakes”, </strong>a new exhibit, will be unveiled. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201006_c.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201006_b.html">CLARINGTON’S FIRST DOORS OPEN JUNE 6</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[DOORS OPEN]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201006_b_small.jpg" width="145" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="left" /><br /> (June 1, 2010) The Municipality of Clarington is holding its first Doors Open on Sunday, June 6th. Clarington is a large area and the sites are spread wide with a focus on Bowmanville, Newcastle, Orono and Tyrone. A highlight is a guided tour to Bowmanville’s Prisoner of War Camp 30. Also see the homestead where R.S. McLaughlin, founder of GM Canada was born. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201006_b.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201006_a.html">LANE NAMING PROJECT HONOURS HISTORY, GUIDES FIRE TRUCKS</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[COMMUNITY HERITAGE]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201006_a_small.jpg" width="160" height="80" hspace="6" vspace="18" border="0" align="right" /><br /> (June 1, 2010) In 2006, the City of Toronto announced a lane-naming initiative taken up with enthusiasm by the residents of the city’s Cabbagetown Heritage Conservation District. The impetus for this project was to be able to provide directions for emergency and municipal services vehicles in a place where many lanes are unnamed. But the project has meant important citizens and local icons can be remembered. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201006_a.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201005_u.html">EXPLORE 200 YEARS OF RURAL ARCHITECTURE</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[CONFERENCE]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201005_u_small.jpg" width="75" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="left" /><br /> (May 25, 2010) The <strong>2010 Ontario Heritage Conference, </strong>sponsored by the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario and Community Heritage Ontario, looks forward to welcoming you from Friday June 11th to Sunday June 13th to explore together 200 years of rural architecture through <strong>“Rural Roots” and “Rural Routes”.</strong> Registrations will be accepted until June 4th. The conference takes place at Guelph University’s Ridgetown campus. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201005_u.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201005_t.html">WAR OF 1812 WEB SITE HAS DIGITAL IMAGES OF THE TIME</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[ARCHIVES]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201005_t_small.jpg" width="136" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="18" border="0" align="left" /><br /> (May 25, 2010) A new website makes Brock University and Niagara Region records and artifacts from the War of 1812 available to everyone. University Special Collections and Archives partnered with Niagara region heritage and educational groups to launch the 1812 Online Digitization Project. More than 1,000 items have been digitized and 22,000 images have been compiled. Other organizations are being invited to contribute their materials. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201005_t.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201005_s.html">OLDEST HOME IN NW ONTARIO RECEIVES FUNDING</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[BUILT HERITAGE]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201005_s_small.jpg" width="174" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="18" border="0" align="right" /><br /> (May 25, 2010) The Government of Canada will be investing in infrastructure improvements at the Ermatinger House National Historic Site of Canada in Sault Ste. Marie, which is believed to be the oldest surviving house in northwestern Ontario. Charles Ermatinger built the House between 1814 and 1823, when Sault Ste. Marie was still a small fur trading post on the Upper Lakes. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201005_sr.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201005_r.html">SACRED TREE FUND</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[NATIVE HERITAGE]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201005_r_small.jpg" width="90" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="left" /><br /> (May 25, 2010) The First Nation Toronto Purchase and the Brant Tract Claims are in the process of being approved. Members of the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation will vote May 29th. To mark the settlement of the Land Claim, a project is underway to plant “Sacred Trees”, the White Birch. Jane Beecroft, the President of Toronto’s Community History Project, is very involved. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201005_r.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201005_q.html">DESERONTO GETS GRANT FOR PARTICIPATORY HISTORY WEB SITE</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[ONLINE]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201005_q_small.jpg" width="107" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="right" /><br /> (May 25, 2010) The Deseronto Archives has received a grant of $16,000 from Ontario’s Museums and Technology Fund for the development of a new website called ‘About Deseronto’. This project is going to be an interactive community website where people can share their memories and images of people, events, artefacts and pretty much anything relating to the history of the town of Deseronto and its surroundings. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201005_q.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201005_p.html">JANE JACOB’S LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD HONOURS BILL DAVIS</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[AWARDS]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201005_p_small.jpg" width="96" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="left" /><br /> (May 25, 2010) During more than 25 years in public life, former Ontario Premier William “Bill” Davis made extraordinary contributions to the public realm in at least three distinct areas: education, urban development and the environment. For this he has been awarded the Jane Jacobs Lifetime Achievement Award which will be presented at the Canadian Urban Institute’s annual awards ceremony on June 3rd. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201005_p.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201005_o.html">CRUISE AND DINE ON TRILLIUM FERRY IN ITS 100th YEAR</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[CONFERENCE]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><br /> <img src="images/201005_o_small.jpg" width="175" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="right" />(May 17, 2010) Toronto's much loved ferry boat, the Trillium, celebrates her centenary this year! Join Heritage Toronto and author Mike Filey, a champion for the ferry's restoration, for dinner and a cruise of Toronto harbour in honour of the occasion on July 2. As we cruise, hear Mr. Filey's stories of the harbour, Toronto Island, and how the ferry was rescued from a watery grave. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201005_o.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201005_n.html">ARCHIVING PHOTOGRAPHS IN THE DIGITIZED WORLD</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[CONFERENCE]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201005_n_small.jpg" width="200" height="119" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="left" /><br /> (May 17, 2010) <strong><em>From Daguerreotype to Flickr: Grappling with the Archival Image in an Era of Technological Change </em></strong>is the theme Ontario archivists will be discussing in Barrie from Wednesday June 16th to Friday June 19th. There is still time to register. The Program Committee is very excited about the high calibre, inter-disciplinary sessions with attendees from diverse professions. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201005_n.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201005_m.html">LEARN ABOUT AND SAMPLE PIONEER FOOD AT OHS AGM</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[ANNUAL MEETING]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201005_m_small.jpg" width="100" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="right" /><br /> (May 17, 2010)<strong> The Ontario Historical Society’s 2010 Annual General Meeting </strong>and<strong> Honours & Awards Ceremony</strong> will be held on Saturday afternoon, June 12 at the North York Civic Centre in Toronto. This year's keynote address will be delivered by <strong>Dr. Dorothy Duncan</strong>, author and historian. Her talk is titled: "<strong>From Forests to Farmsteads to Fields to a Neighbourhood Garden: Our ancestors' one mile diet"</strong>. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201005_m.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201005_l.html">FREE NATIONAL PARK AND HISTORIC SITE ACCESS FOR GRADE 8s</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[NEWS]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><br /> <img src="images/201005_l_small.jpg" width="100" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="left" />(May 17, 2010) Grade 8 students can  experience Canada’s <strong>national parks and historic sites </strong>for free, announced <strong>Jim Prentice, Canada’s Environment Minister</strong>. The launch of <strong>“My Parks Pass” </strong>on Earth Day<strong>,</strong> a program in partnership with <strong>Nature Canada</strong> and <strong>The Historica-Dominion Institute</strong>, will allow Grade 8 students to enter <strong>Parks Canada</strong> administered <strong>national parks</strong> and <strong>historic sites</strong> for free for twelve months starting in September. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201005_l.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201005_k.html">CHORAL EVENING REMEMBERS THE PIONEERS</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[EVENT]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201005_k_small.jpg" width="92" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="right" /><br /> (May 17, 2010) On June 2, the Toronto Choral Society will present “<strong>The Resting Place of Pioneers”</strong>, a work of historical fiction that celebrates the pioneers who braved adversity and privation to found Toronto. Many were buried in Potter’s Field between 1826 and 1855. The concert follows the TCS tradition of blending music and narrative to create a vivid impression of the city’s life in earlier times. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201005_k.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201005_j.html">BRANTFORD HERITAGE ADVOCATE PUTS RECORD STRAIGHT</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[BUILT HERITAGE]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201005_j_small.jpg" width="133" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="left" /><br /> (May 10, 2005) <strong>Colleen Armstrong</strong> a long-time <strong>Brantford</strong> heritage advocate protests in a recent note to the Ontario Heritage Connection that it is not true that nothing was done locally to attempt to save the buildings and streetscape on <strong>Brantford’s Colborne Street</strong>. Her letter is reprinted here. The real problem may be more that outside help has to be enlisted when the opposition is so formidable. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201005_j.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201005_i.html">MORIYAMA & TESHIMA ARCHITECTS EXHIBIT</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[BUILT HERITAGE]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><br /> <img src="images/201005_i_small.jpg" width="134" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="right" />(May 10, 2010) The Archives of Ontario’s new gallery exhibition, <strong><em>Architectural Dialogues: Moriyama & Teshima</em></strong>, showcases original records from one of Canada’s most prestigious architectural firms. It consists of concept drawings and photographs from the Moriyama & Teshima collection that was donated to the AOO. The firm conceived nationally celebrated buildings such as the Toronto Reference Library and the Toronto Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201005_i.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201005_h.html">RECOGNIZE PUBLICATIONS THAT PRESERVE NORTHWESTERN HISTORY</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[AWARDS]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><br /> <img src="images/201005_h_small.jpg" width="119" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="left" />(May 10, 2010) The <strong>Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society </strong>is seeking nominations for its 2011 publications awards These awards will recognize efforts to preserve the history of <strong>Northwestern Ontario</strong> and its communities through recent publications. And continuing its own long publication tradition, the museum is launching the book <strong><em>"From Thunder Bay Through Ypres with the Fighting 52nd"</em></strong> by William C. Millar on May 25th. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201005_h.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201005_g.html">AFTERNOON OF HISTORY AND HERITAGE IN BRANTFORD</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[HISTORY]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201005_g_small.jpg" width="150" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="right" /><br /> (May 10, 2010) Join the <strong>Canadian Industrial Heritage Centre</strong> (CIHC) for an afternoon of history and heritage in Brantford. On Saturday, 12 June 2010, the CIHC will be hosting an afternoon of presentations at Laurier Brantford's Odeon Theatre at 50 Market Street in Brantford. The event is free and open to all. It starts at 12:30 pm and runs to 5 pm. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201005_g.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201005_f.html">FORT FRANCES HERITAGE TOURISM PROJECT CELEBRATION</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[COURSE]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><br /> <img src="images/201005_f_small.jpg" width="142" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="left" />(May 10, 2010) The <strong>iSchool Institute</strong>, formerly the Professional Learning Centre, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto, starts a new series of lectures and workshops. The next one is <strong>Museums and Intangible Heritage in Sustainable Tourism</strong>. It is led by <strong>Amareswar Galla the</strong> internationally recognized expert in cultural tourism of the Pacific Asia Observatory for Cultural Diversity in Human Development, University of Queensland, Australia. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201005_f.html">Read more</a>]</span> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201005_e.html">FORT FRANCES HERITAGE TOURISM PROJECT CELEBRATION</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[HERITAGE TOURISM]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><br /> <p><img src="images/201005_e_small.jpg" width="207" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="right" />(May 6, 2010) You are invited to join in celebrating the <strong>Completion of Phase II of the Fort Frances Heritage Tourism Project</strong>. It begins on Friday June 4th, with a 10 am reception at the Ontario Travel Information Centre. The project was mapped out in 2004 and uses the <strong>Fort Frances Museum </strong>as a centre point to make the whole Rainy River region a Heritage Tourism destination. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201005_e.html">Read more</a>]</span></p> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201005_d.html">ONTARIO’S MANY OLD GROWTH FORESTS</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[NATURAL HERITAGE]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201005_d_small.jpg" width="125" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="left" /><br /> <p>(May 6, 2010) The story of Ontario's old-growth forests is now being told in a new book. Author and naturalist <strong>Michael Henry </strong>has teamed up with old-growth ecologist <strong>Peter Quinby</strong> to produce the book <strong>Ontario's Old-Growth Forests </strong>published by <strong>Fitzhenry & Whiteside</strong>. Most people in this province live within an hour's drive of an old growth forest, but do not know it. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201005_d.html">Read more</a>]</span></p> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201005_c.html">EXPERIENCE HISTORY WITH FLY DAYS AT TILLSONBURG</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[AVIATION HERITAGE]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201005_c_small.jpg" width="150" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="right" /><br /> <p>(May 6, 2010) The Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association members want to share their enthusiasm for the best known training aircraft of all time. You can book a flight on six upcoming fly days over the next few months. The Harvard was used as an advanced trainer by 137,000 aircrew who came from all over the world to learn to fly in Canada during WWII. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201005_c.html">Read more</a>]</span></p> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201005_b.html">MAY IS MUSEUM MONTH</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[MUSEUMS]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><br /> <p><img src="images/201005_b_small.jpg" width="140" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="left" />(May 6, 2010) All over the province museums are putting on special shows and events to mark <strong>May is Museum Month</strong> and to entice the people of Ontario to come and see how interesting and exciting a museum visit can be. Take a look at what is planned where you live. On <strong>International Museum Day</strong>, (marked around May 18th), 2010 admission is free to many museums. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201005_b.html">Read more</a>]</span></p> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201005_a.html">ACO CALLS FOR PROVINCIAL AWARD NOMINATIONS</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[AWARDS]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><br /> <p><img src="images/201005_a_small.jpg" width="186" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="right" />(May 6, 2010) The Architectural Conservancy of Ontario has put out its annual call for nominations for its 2010 ACO Provincial Awards. Who do you know that is doing great things for heritage? Who deserves to be honoured? The awards program is designed to honour preservation leaders and/or projects that are considered valuable on a provincial scale to the architectural conservation movement in Ontario. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201005_a.html">Read more</a>]</span></p> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201004_t.html">JANE’S WALK MAY 1 AND 2 ACROSS PROVINCE</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[BUILT HERITAGE]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><br /> <p><img src="images/201004_t_small.jpg" width="140" height="49" hspace="6" vspace="22" border="0" align="left" />(April 26, 2010)<strong> Jane Jacobs</strong> was an urban visionary who lived in Toronto’s Annex from 1968 until her death in 2006. On May 5, 2007, to honour her ideas and legacy,  Jane’s Walk was inaugurated. This year, Ontario walks take place May 1 and 2 in Brant County, Brantford, Cambridge, Coboconk, Flesherton, Guelph, Hamilton, Kingston, Kitchener, Mississauga, London, Peterborough, Sault Ste. Marie, Sudbury, Toronto Area, and Waterloo. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201004_t.html">Read more</a>]</span></p> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201004_s.html">PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY OF RENFREW COUNTY SAFE IN ARCHIVES</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[LOCAL HERITAGE]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><br /> <p><img src="images/201004_s_small.jpg" width="77" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="right" />(April 26, 2010) The Arnprior and McNab/Braeside Archives has acquired a collection of photographs from a former Renfrew-based photographic Studio. The Handford Studio Collection features over 25,000 negatives and photographs from the Handford family photography business that operated in Renfrew between 1895 and 1975. The collection contains negatives from southern Renfrew County and beyond - Shawville, Pembroke, Lanark and other Ottawa Valley locations. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201004_s.html">Read more</a>]</span></p> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201004_r.html">CONSERVATION PERSPECTIVE LACKING IN LANSDOWNE PARK STUDY</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[BUILT HERITAGE]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201004_r_small.jpg" width="216" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="18" border="0" align="left" /><br /> <p>(April 26, 2010) The <strong>City of Ottawa</strong> is going to redevelop <strong>Lansdowne Park</strong>, the site of summer agricultural exhibitions and fairs going back as far as 1868. <strong>Heritage Ottawa</strong> has issued a statement criticizing the <strong>“Landsdowne Heritage Brief”</strong> commissioned by the City. Debate has been fierce about the plans. Heritage lovers are concerned about the destruction of beautiful buildings and landscapes. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201004_r.html">Read more</a>]</span></p> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201004_q.html">No. 6 RCAF WW II FLIGHT SCHOOL</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[MILITARY HERITAGE]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201004_q_small.gif" width="53" height="53" hspace="12" vspace="30" border="0" align="right" /><br /> <p>(April 26, 2010) <strong>Dunnville Airport</strong> in Haldimand County was the site of one of Canada’s 28 <strong>Service Flying Training Schools </strong>during World War II. Rob Schweyer has written a fascinating article about that busy and dangerous time, which we feature here. It first appeared in <strong><em>ROAR of the Harvard</em></strong>, the <strong>Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association</strong> newsletter. Today, <strong>No.6 RCAF Dunnville Museum</strong> is located at the airport. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201004_q.html">Read more</a>]</span></p> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201004_p.html">ONTARIO GOVERNMENT HONOURS HERITAGE VOLUNTEERS</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[AWARDS]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><br /> <p><img src="images/201004_p_small.jpg" width="91" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="left" />(April 26, 2010) Two groups with Heritage connections have received 2010’s <strong>June Callwood Outstanding Achievement Award for Volunteerism</strong> at a ceremony on April 23 during <strong>National Volunteer Week</strong>. <strong>The School House Project of Owen Sound</strong> has raised funds and built a one-room schoolhouse at <strong>Grey Roots Museum</strong> <strong>and Archives</strong> and <strong>John Liptay of Grafton </strong>was instrumental in the creation of Grafton <strong>Heritage Park</strong>. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201004_p.html">Read more</a>]</span></p> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201004_o.html">OPPOSITION TO DESTRUCTION OF 1923 SCHOOL IN CAMBRIDGE</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[BUILT HERITAGE]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201004_o_small.jpg" width="150" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="right" /><br /> <p>(April 19, 2010) <strong>Ken Hoyle</strong> has written an insightful plea to reconsider the demolition of <strong>Grand View School</strong> in <strong>Preston</strong> (now part of <strong>Cambridge</strong>). It was built in 1923. Until the beginning of March plans were underway for a renovation. However, at that point, the school board decided that it would be more economical in the long run to knock it down and rebuild. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201004_o.html">Read more</a>]</span></p> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201004_n.html">WALPOLE ISLAND FIRST NATIONS HOSTS BIRDING EVENT</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[NATIVE HERITAGE]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><br /> <img src="images/201004_n_small.jpg" width="92" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="left" /><p>(April 19, 2010) <strong>Walpole Island First Nation </strong>and the <strong>Native Territories Avian Research Project</strong> host <strong><em>The Second Annual International Migratory Bird Days 2010 </em></strong>on Saturday and Sunday, May 8th and 9th on Walpole Island. They would like to welcome the surrounding communities of WIFN – Wallaceburg, Chatham, Sarnia – and the birding public to this unique, beautiful and biologically diverse area called "Bkejwanong" (where the waters divide). <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201004_n.html">Read more</a>]</span></p> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201004_m.html">TRAILS OPEN 2010 GETS UNDERWAY</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[NATURAL HERITAGE]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201004_m_small.jpg" width="183" height="120" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="right" /><br /> <p>(April 19, 2010) <strong>Trails Open Ontario’s</strong> begins the season April 24th. One event, a short tour following the <strong>Radial Line Trail,</strong> happens in <strong>Guelph</strong> to coincide with the start of <strong>Doors Open Ontario</strong> there, the other, in <strong>Elmira, </strong>is a demanding full-day hike through Mennonite countryside. Modelled after Doors Open, Trails Open Ontario provides access to the remarkable trail systems throughout the province. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201004_m.html">Read more</a>]</span></p> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201004_l.html">TORONTO ARCHIVES JOINS PHOTO SHARING WEB SITE</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[ONLINE HERITAGE]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201004_l_small.jpg" width="150" height="110" hspace="6" vspace="8" border="0" align="left" /><br /> <p>(April 19, 2010) The <strong>City of Toronto Archives</strong> has created a new site on the image and video hosting website, <strong>Flickr</strong>. So far 125 historical images from its collection of over 1.2 million photographs have been posted and more will be added every month. Toronto joins <strong>Deseronto</strong>, <strong>Elgin County</strong>, <strong>Oshawa</strong>, and <strong>Whitby </strong>– towns that have posted historical photos and documents from their collections. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201004_l.html">Read more</a>]</span></p> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201004_k.html">FUND RAISER TO RESTORE GUELPH’S RARE STEAM LOCOMOTIVE</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[TRANSPORT HERITAGE]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201004_k_small.jpg" width="200" height="90" hspace="6" vspace="18" border="0" align="right" /><br /> <p>(April 19, 2010) <strong>Guelph’s</strong> <strong>Locomotive 6167 Restoration Committee </strong>is hosting a fundraiser on Friday, April 30 at 7:30 pm. <strong>Helmut Ostermann</strong> of Waterloo will present a slide show, <strong><em>Striking Moments in Transportation History</em></strong>, at Guelph Civic Museum. The presentation will feature images of early steam railway, streetcar, interurban electric trains and other means of transportation. Most of these images have never before been published. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201004_k.html">Read more</a>]</span></p> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201004_j.html">FIRST DOORS OPEN OF 2010 IN GUELPH APRIL 24</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[DOORS OPEN]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><br /> <img src="images/doorsopen_small.jpg" width="120" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="left" /> <p>(April 12, 2010) Now entering its ninth season, <strong>Doors Open Ontario 2010</strong> kicks off April 24 with an event in <strong>Guelph</strong>. This year, visitors will have the chance to explore heritage buildings, natural spaces, architectural showpieces and community landmarks at 55 community events across the province. Seven of the events are new: <strong>Ajax</strong>, <strong>Burlington</strong>, <strong>Clarington</strong>, <strong>Georgina</strong>, <strong>Haliburton</strong>, <strong>Pembroke</strong>, and <strong>South Bruce Peninsula</strong>. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201004_j.html">Read more</a>]</span></p> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201004_i.html">McMASTER HELPING SHINGWAUK RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS PROJECT</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[FIRST NATIONS]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><br /> <img src="images/201004_i_small.jpg" width="105" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="right" /><p>(April 12, 2010) <strong>McMaster University Library</strong> has pledged funding to support the work being done by the <strong>Children of Shingwauk Alumni Association (CSAA)</strong>, the <strong>National Residential School Survivors’ Society (NRSSS)</strong> and <strong>Algoma University</strong> to catalogue digitize the <strong>Shingwauk Project Archives</strong> located at Algoma University in Sault Ste. Marie. This huge collection  documents the history and legacy of Canada’s Residential Schools. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201004_i.html">Read more</a>]</span></p> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201004_h.html">LINCOLN ALEXANDER HAS RETIRED AS CHAIRMAN OF OHT</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[NEWS]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201004_h_small.gif" width="207" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="18" border="0" align="left" /><br /> <p>(April 12, 2010) <strong>Lincoln Alexander</strong> has retired as <strong>Chairman of the Ontario Heritage Trust</strong>. Board member and Vice-Chairman since 2009, <strong>Dr. Thomas H.B. Symons</strong> became the new Chairman effective March 5, 2010. Dr. Thomas, who lives in Peterborough, has been on the OHT board since 2006. He was the founding President of Trent University and served as its President and Vice-Chancellor, from 1961 to 1972. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201004_h.html">Read more</a>]</span></p> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201004_g.html">MUSIC AT SHARON RETURNS IN 2010</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[EVENTS]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><br /> <img src="images/201004_g_small.jpg" width="158" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="right" /> <p>(April 12, 2010) The beautiful and historic <strong>Sharon Temple</strong> opens for the season on Saturday, May 22nd at 10 am with a site-wide arts show and sale organized by the York Region based Ontario Artists Arts Festival. Admission is free. The sale continues on Sunday, May 23rd. Later, <strong>Music at Sharon</strong> returns for five consecutive Sundays starting June 6th at 3 pm. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201004_g.html">Read more</a>]</span></p> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201004_f.html">RECOGNIZE TORONTO’S 2009 HERITAGE ACHIEVEMENTS</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[AWARDS]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><br /> <img src="images/201004_f_small.gif" width="174" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="left" /> <p>(April 12, 2010) The <strong>Heritage Toronto Awards</strong> celebrate outstanding contributions - by professionals and volunteers - in the promotion and conservation of Toronto's history and heritage landmarks. Heritage Toronto asks you to consider some of the more significant achievements during 2009, and invites you to submit a nomination for the 36th Annual Heritage Toronto Awards. The deadline for nominations is Tuesday, June 1, 2010. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201004_f.html">Read more</a>]</span></p> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201004_e.html">HISTORY OF LOGGING WORKSHOP AT MARTEN RIVER</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[WORKSHOP]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><br /> <img src="images/201004_e_small.jpg" width="149" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="right" /><p>(April 5, 2010) Wood was the great staple of Canadian trade for most of the 19th century and was the force that opened up much of Ontario. On Saturday, May 1, <strong>Marten River Provincial Park</strong>, <strong>The Voyageur Heritage Network</strong> and <strong>The Ontario Historical Society</strong> invite you to take part in a special workshop on <strong>The History of Logging in 19th Century Ontario</strong>. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201004_e.html">Read more</a>]</span></p> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201004_d.html">SELF-HELP GUIDE TO HERITAGE PRESERVATION</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[BUILT HERITAGE]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201004_d_small.jpg" width="109" height="110" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="left" /><br /> (April 5, 2010) Sometimes you are faced with a threat to a special local building that helps to define your community space. The Architectural Conservancy of Ontario has produced a Preservation Checklist to help you find out about and activate the resources that might help you and like-minded people save it. Often time is short, and this list will shorten the learning curve considerably. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201004_d.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201004_c.html">GUELPH’S FULL SCHEDULE OF HISTORICAL WALKING TOURS</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[EVENTS]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201004_c_small.jpg" width="116" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="right" /><br /> (April 5, 2010) <strong>Guelph Arts Council</strong> is offering <strong>Historical Walking Tours</strong> on most Sunday afternoons from April 25th until October 17th. One of this year’s five tours is a new one - <strong>Ward One Guelph</strong> - that reveals the rich variety of historic architecture and the diversity of peoples who formed the town. It concentrates on residential/industrial proximity and the city's early Italian community. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201004_c.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201004_b.html">TWO NEW EXHIBITS ON TORONTO’S SOCIAL HISTORY</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[EXHIBITS]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201004_b_small.jpg" width="82" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="0" border="0" align="left" /><br /> (April 5, 2010)<strong> The City of Toronto Archives</strong> is pleased to announce two new exhibits. The first is a web exhibit, <strong><em>That I May be of Service</em></strong>, which focuses on the <strong>Alumnae Association of the School of Nurses of Toronto General Hospital</strong>. The second exhibit, on display in the Archives atrium space is <strong>A New Lease on Life: Rental housing in 20th century Toronto</strong>. <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201004_b.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat><strong>» <a href="main.php?page=news.201004_a.html">FIXING HERITAGE BUILDINGS IS BOTH GREEN AND ECONOMICAL</a></strong></td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap" class=tcat> <strong>[BUILT HERITAGE]</strong></span> </td> </tr> </table></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=left vAlign=top class="alt1 "><img src="images/201004_a_small.jpg" width="173" height="100" hspace="6" vspace="18" border="0" align="right" /><br /> (April 5, 2010) <strong>Heritage Canada Foundation</strong> has responded to March’s Federal Budget with disappointment that it did not include more substantial recognition of the role heritage buildings can play in creating green jobs and regenerating local economies. <strong>Natalie Bull, HCF Executive Director</strong> said “Municipalities across the country are calling for a more substantial and permanent tax incentive to attract private investment to existing buildings.” <span class="smallfont">[<a href="main.php?page=news.201004_a.html">Read more</a>]</span></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"> <TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=4 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD class=tcat colSpan=0><SPAN class=smallfont><STRONG>» <a href="main.php?page=archive.html">MORE ... click here for earlier stories</a></STRONG></SPAN></TD> </TR> </TABLE>  <DIV><IMG height=15 alt="" src="images/clear.gif"></DIV></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </DIV> </DIV> </DIV> </DIV> <TABLE class=page cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" align=center border=0> <TR> <TD align="center"><SPAN class=smallfont>Thursday July 29, 2010<br>  <br> <b>The Ontario Heritage Connection Society</b><br> <a href="http://www.ontarioheritageconnection.org" target="_top">www.OntarioHeritageConnection.org</a><br>  </SPAN></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD class=navbg align=center height="24"><STRONG><FONT class=footer><A href="#top">return to top</A></FONT></STRONG></TD> </TR> </TABLE></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <img height="800" alt="" src="images/clear.gif">  <script type="text/javascript"> var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? 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