In March 2018 Doug Grant shared his journey of discovery of how he found his birth Mother. As a result of locating information about her, Doug has gained 68 new family members. As far as he knew he had no living birth family until four years ago. Since his talk last March, Doug has located...

Lighthouse Festival of Music with Bruce Hansen and the Superior Lighthouse Players The Lighthouse Festival of Music is a mix of Celtic, bluegrass, country, classical, folks and swing mixed with a robust sea songs. Money raised will go to the Canadian Lighthouses of Lake Superior – Artist-in-Residence program. Annually four artists are supported while living...

Speaker: John Maniezzo – “When Swansea Was Dry” Did you know that the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the Province of Ontario between 1916 and 1927, or that some municipalities, including Swansea, were “dry” for even longer periods of time, under a provision known as “Local Option”? A restaurant partly in Swansea and...

East York 1924-1997: Toronto’s Garden of Eden Alan Redway, author, retired lawyer, retired politician The book tells the story of East York from its incorporation as a separate municipality on January 1, 1924, made necessary as a direct result of the incorporation of North York in 1922, up to and including its amalgamation on December...