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By James Rayner One part of the Toronto waterfront that is often overlooked is the area between Cherry St. and Leslie St., south of Lake Shore Blvd., popularly known as The Port Lands.  This is another area of the lake shore that has been created by land fill over a century and includes such landmarksContinueContinue reading “January 2022 Walk”

Our meeting of January 11, 2022 was very engaging.   We welcomed two new members, Carlo Viola and Don McInnes.    Everyone participated in our discussions which covered many subjects affecting the economy, the markets, and ultimately our portfolios.  Some of our discussions covered inflation and resulting interest rate hikes which impact the market; the drop inContinueContinue reading “Investment Club News #10”

Our Club decided to ring in the New Year at our January 6th Wine Tasting meeting with a cheer and hope for a better year ahead. To mark this celebratory occasion, we chose to sample sparkling wines, whether they be champagne, prosecco, crémant, cava or others. We discovered that champagne and crémants are historically made inContinueContinue reading “Through the Grape Vine #18”

By James Rayner For a change of pace, this month I am going to describe a walk Joan and I took through the city centre in early December to check out the seasonal lights and decorations in the vicinity of the Eaton Centre. Along the way, we met a group of friends we knew fromContinueContinue reading “December 2021 Walk”

On December 2nd, we travelled throughout Eastern Europe on our wine tasting tour.  As a surprise to many of us, Greece is considered to be part of Eastern Europe.   We tasted a wide variety of vintages from Hungary, Bulgaria, Croatia and Greece but did not uncover any spectacular finds.  We discovered that there are fewContinueContinue reading “Through the Grape Vine #17”

At the November 4th, 2021 meeting, the Wine Club travelled to New Zealand to sample their vast array of popular wines. Use the link below to:   Discover the Wines of New Zealand Of the nine people on the Zoom call, only two really enjoyed the wines they had chosen for the occasion.   It appears that theContinueContinue reading “Through the Grape Vine #16”

We were very fortunate on November 9th to have Rob Pollard and his team, Dr. Wilson Chen and Mina Huang from Raymond James present to our Investment Club on Tax Effective Ways to Pass Along Wealth.   This topic is obviously of interest to many of our Club members evidenced by the turnout of over 50ContinueContinue reading “Investment Club News # 9”

Clementine: The Life of Mrs. Winston Churchill written by Sonia Purnell BOOK CLUB CHOICE, November 2021 Reviewed by: Gina Steele A Washington Post Review stated “Purnell’s extensive and insightful biography offers a much welcome portrait of Clementine Churchill whose remarkable life has long been overshadowed by her famous husband.”  Purnell wrote that “ Clementine was so muchContinueContinue reading “The Page Turners #11”

By James Rayner To conclude our walks along the waterfront of beautiful Lake Ontario, we visited the Toronto Islands.  These islands were once part of a large sandbar–formed by erosion from the Scarborough bluffs–that  served as a protector of Toronto harbour from lake storms. That is part of the reason why John Graves Simcoe choseContinueContinue reading “November 2021 Walk”

On October 12th, we were fortunate to have Chris Allum and Allister Field from the Ontario Securities Commission together with two law students from the Investor Protection Clinic address our club.   We had a great turnout with 38 participants.  Their presentation on Protect Your Money not only raised our awareness to the possibility of fallingContinueContinue reading “Investment Club News # 8”