Anyone who drives around our neighbourhood can tell just by looking at the houses which areas were built up at different times. The older streets on the north side - Rockingham and Bélanger for example - are identifiable by the older styles of houses on them. These are visible reminders of the history of this [...]

“The Villagers” reminisced about their ability to make their own fun when it came to leisure time. Many of them spoke of family gatherings where they sang and played music together, accompanying each other on the piano or violin. On festive occasions they would gather with close neighbours and hold square dances, or improvised concerts [...]

As we drove down Kaladar Avenue toward Heron Road, I thought back to when we first moved into the neighbourhood with our young family in 1959. Heron Road was just two lanes and ended at Riverside Drive. It would later be expanded to four lanes and a bridge built to connect it with Baseline Road.
This [...]