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Prince Andrew, the canoe and the Village of Lakefield

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Popular Stephen Weir FaceBook posting Chucking out files. Came upon a picture from 45 years ago. It is Prince Andrew outside the St. John The Baptist Anglican (North Douro) Church in Lakefield. On behalf of the town I (far left) gave him a handmade Lakefield cedar strip canoe and certificates naming a couple islands after him as well.  What did I get? A parking ticket. Below is the flyer that was given out in Lakefield. Population back then was 2,000 people.

Metro picks up Toronto Star story about College Park

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cutine: artist's drawing of an Aura condo suite College Park condo set to top Eaton’s vision Stephen Weir, for Metro Canada 13 November 2008 01:31 (The subway newspaper Metro - owned in part by the Star - picked up my College Park story from the Star, edited and added a couple of sidebars that they found on this website.) The article had two pictures. College Park is on the upswing of a roller-coaster ride of boom, bust and boom all over again. A revitalized Eaton’s College Park building, with its iconic, five-star Carlu Hall, has reignited an economic fascination for one of downtown Toronto’s most prestigious and historic blocks, bounded by College, Gerrard, Bay and Yonge streets. Canderel Stoneridge is poised to begin construction of Aura, a 75-storey condominium tower just south of College Park at the corner of Yonge and Gerrard. The residential skyscraper will cover the last street level parking lot along Yonge Street downtown. It will create a vertical community of close to