Recently Wendy and I took a drive to see her brother Wayne and his family in Mississauga. That city isn’t very far from us – it was less than 40 km to there however like most things in this part of Canada it isn’t distance but traffic that keeps us occupied. The millions of cars…
Tag: history
Podcast recommendation
For some time now I’ve been listening to my iPod each night as I drift off to sleep. Some nights I don’t hear much – other nights I will listen for half an hour…and some nights I find myself awake in early morning. I’ve been turnign more frequently to a podcast sponsored by How Stuff…
Upper Canada – 1st Parliament
We were in Niagara-on-the-Lake over the long weekend and I spied this concrete plaque on the side of the Parliament Oak School, so named for the event which took place here in 1793. So I thought it would be interesting to see what I could find out about parliament in 1793 for Upper Canada. It…
