#138: Dec. 14, 2003
1. Meow Club development - on Metro Morning Dec. 15
2. Wendigo Creek: neighbours join Hall of Fame
3. High Park Initiatives: looking for a lawyer/director
4. Parks & Rec: garbage and service
5. Notes:
... Ripley Ave ... Quebec / Gothic ... Assessment / Residents Assoc. ... The Sun

#137: Dec. 7, 2003
1. Property Assessment & Municipal Taxes
2. "Meow Club" development: OMB hearing begins Dec. 8

#136: Nov. 24, 2003
1. Wabash Community Centre/RMRA - Nov 25
2. Bloom Restaurant: meeting/presentation - Nov. 25
3. Red Hill Expressway

#135: Nov. 13, 2003
1. Electoral congratulations
2. Swansea Library: borrow-a-book day, Nov. 15
3. REON public meeting, Nov. 19
4. Bloor West Residents Association
5. Sarmite's challenges

#134: Nov. 6, 2003
Election notes:
1. Send-off & rally for David Miller - Nov. 7
2. More dirty tricks?
3. What a tangled web (backrooms and lobbyists)
4. Tangled web Part II (follow the money)
5. Campaign humour
From the non-Election world:
6. Wynns and Losses
7. Billy Bishop goes to war - Sat. Nov. 8

#133: Oct. 30, 2003
1. Email woes
2. Election notes:
  - Ward 13 ACM's
  - Ward 14 candidate changes
  - Trustee race
  - Dirty deeds in Ward 14?
  - Mayoralty Race
  - Follow the money
3. Bloor West Village notes
4. Swansea Town Hall Residence issue
5. BWV Residents' Association?

#132: Oct. 20, 2003
1. High Park Citizens' Advisory Committee Open House
2. KK's Future?
3. Ward 13 All-Candidates Meetings
4. Another long-time BWV business leaves

#131: Oct. 13, 2003
1. City Council election:
  -- candidates
  -- Ward 13 All-Candidtes meeting
2. Swansea Community Centre Fundraiser/dinner

#130:  Aug. 8, 2003
1. Public meeting re: contamination around Ellis Park/Context condo development - Aug. 12
2. Slumlords in Bloor West Village?
3. Waterfront Cleanup - Sat. Aug 23
4. "Meow Club" site development
5. KK's woes

#129: July 14, 2003
Humber Theatre closing?

#128: July 3, 2003
1. world19 Garden Party
2. world19 endorses David Miller for Mayor

#127: May 15, 2003
1. High Park - Tree planting May 17
2. High Park – dedication of playground to Jamie Bell – May 24
3. Community & Public Space
4. Megacity – Citizen (un)involvement
5. Election(s) Notes
6. St. Lawrence Centre Forums on the city
7. Other events:
   - Doors Open
   - Bloor West Village Art Tour - Gerard Kennedy forum on Health Care

#126: April 27, 2003
1. Meow club development meeting April 28
2. New “Stop the Choppers” website
3. Don’t visit Toronto?

#125: April 20, 2003
1. Mayoralty Debate – April 22
2. The Fan/Billy Bob’s hearing – April 22/23
3. Rennie Park Community Garage Sale – May 10

(Note: the next few newsletters have not yet been posted. However, most of the news is on our website. See our development section.)

#124: March 17, 2003
1. Southport public meeting March 18
2. Ellis Park: Toronto Star correction
3. Brownfield development

#123: February 26, 2003
1. Context environmental issue
2. Federal Budget & Cities

#122b: Feb. 22, 2003
Context development - environmental news

#122 - February 21, 2003
1. Property taxes - a note
2. Swansea Funfest - Rec Centre fundraiser Feb. 23

#121 - February 3, 2003
1. Director of Swansea Town Hall - job opportunity
2. Notes: Saundercook, Village, Fantino
3. John Barber on "unfair taxes"

#120 - January 12, 2003
1. REON/Stelco Open House – Jan. 13
2. “Rant responses”
3. Socially responsible investing – workshop Jan. 28
4. Sidewalks and walking
5. Assorted notes:
    a) City election
    b) Queen’s Jubilee Medals & community service
    c) SPAM
    d) Bad Trend?
    e) Pub note
    f) Police Choppers

#119 - January 6, 2003
1. Miller runs for Mayor, change in party time
2. A Reader's Rant

# 118 - December 31, 2002
1. Hopeless happenings at City Hall
2. High Park: make a gift to the Park
3. Political notes:
  - 2003 happenings, mayoral race
  - Holiday gatherings (including Gerard Kennedy's presentation of Queen's Jubilee medals)
4. Medicare/Romanow
   - online petition
  - Jan. 22 public meeting
5. Developments: REON & Southport
6. Local music club gets noticed

#117 - December 2, 2002
1. Front St. extension public forum Dec. 3
2. High Park: dying oaks and other notes
3. Island airport expansion & the waterfront
4. Events:
  - Gerard Kennedy forum Dec 3
  - "If you love this city" Dec 9
  - 4 Villages holiday celebration Dec. 12
  - Swansea Fitness, Health & Vitality Expo Jan 26 looking for volunteers & exhibitors
5. Village Notes: roll up the rim?
6. Other

#116 - November 21, 2002
1. High Park oral history
2. Developments: Stelco, Southport & the Meow Towers?
3. From Roncesvalles: - meeting on planning & island airport - responding to KK's survey
4. Front St. Expressway
5. Island Airport: Rally Nov 22. Council to decide fate.
6. Other events

#115 - November 6, 2002
1. Jamie Bell: tribute in the Nov. 6 Globe
2. Public meetings:
   a) Runnymede Library
   b) Education in Toronto
3. Developments & choppers

#114 - November 3, 2002
1. Waterfront Revitalization - public meetings
2. Union Station secret deal - public forum
3. Stopping the Front Street Expressway
4. Rocket Riders: Transit in Crisis
5. Village Notes

extra - October 23, 2002
City Council considers expansion of the Island airport

#113 - October 22, 2002
1. Jamie Bell - give blood Oct. 26
2. Events: - Concert - healthy homes - people & cars - St. Joe's redevelopment
3. Developments
4. Bloor Street notes
5. Education Forum

#112 - October 8, 2002
1. Stopping the Front St. Expansion

#111 - October 1, 2002
1. The Giant Juice Can - see our city page

#110 - September 29, 2002
1. The secret Union Station deal

Special newsletters were sent Sep 8 & 10 regarding Jamie Bell's passing.

#109 - September 7, 2002
1. world19 notes: Kyoto, Education
2. Developments: Stelco, Southport, Halford, OMB & Fort York
3. Events
4. Public space & ads
5. High Park: volunteers & walking tours
6. Local news articles
7. Village notes - small service, big vacancy, small news & a public service announcement

#108 - August 25, 2002
1. Meeting with MP
2. Newfoundland report
3. Events
4. Swansea Town Hall

#107 - June 26, 2002
1. Bread & Roses Sold
2. Stelco/REON Open House - June 27
3. Runnymede Hospital expansion - a reader's opinion
4. Garbage Strike - High Park & civic responsibility
5. High Park - Toronto Star article
6. Indie booksellers - a reader's response

#106 - June 20, 2002
1. Retail notes
2. Windshare - Green power opportunity
3. Developments: Stelco & Southport
4. Toronto:
    a) Our homeless make the news around the world
    b) Two summits about Toronto

#105 - June 2, 2002
1. Stelco Site development
   a) Site walkabout June 4
   b) Develoment updates
   c) Public meeting June 27
2. Southport Plaza development meeting June 13
3. Ellis Park condo - environmental report
4. South Kingsway meeting June 12
5. High Park spring/summer walking tours
6. Eco-Village planning workshop
7. Windshare - investing in clean air
8. Safe water
9. Who's Stupid & Dumb?

#104 - May 9, 2002
1. Medicare campaign - help wanted
2. High Park Citizens Advisory Committee - help wanted
3. Bloor Street: A change needed?
4. Doors Open Toronto - May 25/26
5. Virus? Not from world19!
6. Gerard Kennedy monthly forum: health & hydro
7. Pesticide bylaw: public meetings

#103 - April 17, 2002
- High Park Burn April 18
- Eco Village: "grow your own food workshop" April 30
- More on Environment and Earth Days

#102 - April 15, 2002
- Water - City water management study ... and report on the recent BWEV "water workshop"
- Public meetings on water:
   a) April 18 - Maude Barlow & Colin Perkel
   b) April 30 - St. Lawrence Forum
- Environment & Earth Days in High Park - Apr 20-21
- Health Care
    - world19's March forum, public campaign, Kennedy meeting
- Local Notes
    - Spring garbage on the Humber, Dark Horse & No Frills, welcome to the Future
- City Hall items
    - Public Postering, TEA Council Watch

#101 - March 23, 2002
- Health care forum March 26 - last note
- Eco-Village workshop on water March 25
- Home Show
- Dark Horse - patios? Rooftop?
- Preserving history
- Goldie Josephy
- "Community" news - or an advertising medium?
- Postering - blight, or a root of democracy?
- The Big Boxes come closer
- Stelco site development & Star article

#100 - February 28, 2002
- world19 Medicare public forum
- Information on Romanow public health commision

#99 - February 24, 2002
- Public meetings this week:
   a) Town Hall AGM & green power
   b) Eco-Village planning Session
- Medicare: Upcoming Public Forum
- City Politics
- Stelco Development
- Other notes
    a) Public Energy
    b) Traffic Issues
    c) Fred Turner

#98 - January 20, 2002
- Ellis Park development: OMB hearing Mon. Jan 21
- Ellis Park: Context wins award, reader skeptical
- Electricity deregulation: - report on Eco-Village workshop & green power
- More restaurant notes

#97 - January 6, 2002
- Public meeting on the future of High Park Zoo
- High Park Winter walking tours
- High Park volunteers sought
- Traffic issues
- Local restaurant notes
- Globe article on Swansea
- Tenant website

#96 - December 20, 2001
Various notes, some of which apply to the "season", including:
-  Welcome to new subscribers
- Winter Solstice celebration in High Park
- News from Afghanistan
- Eco-Village & Electricty choices workshop
- Ellis Park/1947 Bloor update
- Toxins in the Humber

#95 - November 29, 2001
"Landmarks going, and gone"
- Stelco demolition: watch the Windermere overpass come down
- Farewell to Sal & Josie Formusa of Fruitland Gardens

#94 - November 25, 2001
- Stelco site development begins:
     - newsletter, liaison committee & world19 website noted.
- Ellis Park development: Public meeting Mon. Nov. 26
- Other local news:
    - Farewell to Peter Ochitwa (Mad Apples)
    - "2001 Candles" production Sun. Nov. 25
    -  Bloor West Eco-Village: Organic food; join their mailing list
    - Toxins in the Humber

#93 - November 5, 2001
- Announcement of Bloor West Eco-Village workshop on Organic Foods

#92: - October 1, 2001
- Oak Ridges Moraine - Important public meeting, Oct. 3
- Pesticide bylaw
- Quebec Avenue development
- Traffic issue
- High Park Walking Tours (& Harvest festival)
- Save Our City meeting Oct. 3
- Swansea Town Hall news & events

#91: - September 12, 2001
- Save Our City meeting
- Death in the Village
- BWV - Request for information & comments
  - Urban Issues Forum - our view
- Local festivals
- Landfills
- world19

#90 - August 24, 2001
- Urban Issues Forum
- Ellis Park condo meeting
- Walking group

#89 - June 23, 2001
- City issues
- Mel musings
- Community notes & websites
- Events
- Readers write
- Where's Derwyn

#88: June 11, 2001
- Seeking City Solutions
- Oscar2 update
- Events

#87: May 31, 2001
- Oscar2's story. See www.oscar2.world19.com

#86: May 30, 2001
- Rennie Park Project: Silent Auction
- High Park News
- Bloor West Eco-Village - Connecting with our Community
- Chapters/Runnymede information
- Ellis Park Condo - police keep order
- City Issues:
  a) Counterspin May 30
  b) Sunday Edition May 27 - transcripts

Extra: April 19, 2001
- Chapters (Runnymede Theatre) to be sold

#85: April 18, 2001
- Environmental issues & events

#84: April 2, 2001
- A Village passing
- City budget
- Events

#83: March 23/01
- City budget: our campaign, news updates
- Rennie Park renovation project
- Upcoming events

#82: March 10/01
- City in Crisis: financial woes & our response

#81 - Feb. 25/01
- Housing & Homelessness in Bloor West
- Stelco: Open House Feb. 28, Minutes of Feb. 7 meeting
- Upcoming events

#80 - Feb. 18/01
- world19's Gleaner article & a reaction to the Gleaner's editorial
- City Finances: Will Mel's rabbits save the city, our libraries & our pocketbooks?
- Ellis Park Development: update from Community Council
- Upcoming events: Fair Taxes, Olympics & west-end, energy, and more.

#79 - Feb. 4/01
- Upcoming meetings
- Housing & Homelessness - Community meeting
- Meow - still alive & hopping?

#78 - Jan. 25/01
- Developments: Ellis Park approved; new Stelco community meeting
- Property Tax & Assessments
- Community article in Utne Reader
- Historical notes: Old Mill & Fugitive Slaves in York County

#77 - Dec. 5/00
- Welcome to new readers
- Historic events in Swansea
- Federal Election wrap-up
- Police Helicopters
- Ellis Park OMB hearing
- CVA & Taxes

#75 - Nov. 20/00 - Stelco & more
1. Stelco Development - Meeting Nov. 30
2. Parkdale-High Park All Candidates Meetings
3. Community Event - "Ask the Arborist"
4. Healthy Community Survey

#74 - Nov. 9/00 - Election goodies
- City election (1): Mel & Tooker: is there an election?
- City election (2): voting information.
- Federal election (1): 10 candidates - count 'em
- Federal election (2): Details of All Candidates meeting in Swansea
- SARA fundraiser
- Ellis Park update

#73 - Oct. 31/00 - Hallowe'en issue
- Community Partnerships
- Mel visits, but doesn't speak (except to Pinball)
- Rating the (city) candidates
- Stelco site information
- Federal election news

#72 - Oct. 23/00
      All candidates meetings, Election forum, Water Walks

#71 - Oct 14/00
     All Candidates meeting, Adams Mine (& Ward 13), Ellis Park

#70 - Oct 4/00
     Adams Mine

#69 - Oct 2/00
      City election notes, second suites

#68 - Sep 26/00
     Stop Adams Mine, Ellis Park information, Federal Budget

#67 - Sep 22/00
       Website; Ellis Park condo update; Stelco site development; Fred Victor Centre; Police Helicopters