Dec 05 2006
Published in the Barrie Advance 6 December 2006 In wars past, trench warfare was the way armies waged war. The modern reality facing soldiers today is fighting in cities and towns, resulting in new training concepts. Fighting in Built-up Area (FIBA) training is a new concept in warfare and the …
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Dec 05 2006
Published in the Barrie Advance 6 December 2006 Published in the Huntsville Forester 13 October 2006 Simcoe County has always had a proud military heritage. Long-time residents of the Barrie area may remember a time when three giant white globes once sat on a hill near the Village of Edgar. These globes once housed powerful …
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Nov 29 2006
November 2006 The recent raid on the farm of Michael Schmidt, the farmer from the Town of Durham (near Owen Sound), who has been charged with operating a milk-processing plant without a licence, presents some interesting issues on whether raw milk should be legally sold in Ontario.
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Nov 14 2006
Published in the Barrie Advance 15 November 2006 The Canadian Forces are very much in the news these days with the current operation in Afghanistan where Canadians are serving in a combat zone for the first time since the Korean War. Simcoe County has always had a proud military heritage and its residents …
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Nov 14 2006
Published in the Barrie Advance 15 November 2006 Remembrance Day is a day for honouring the sacrifices of Canada’s war veterans. Over the last 100 years, Canadians have answered the call to duty in numerous wars and peacekeeping missions, including the current mission in Afghanistan. For the first time since Korea, Canadians are …
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Oct 03 2006
October 2006 Regarding Julian Fantino’s appointment to the OPP: I say bravo Chief Fantino. As someone who served under him during his tenure as Toronto’s chief, I can say he is definitely the man for the job.
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Sep 05 2006
Published in the Barrie Advance 10 September 2006 Published in the Toronto Sun 12 September 2006 Regarding NDP Leader Jack Layton’s assertion that Canada should withdraw from Afghanistan as we are a peacekeeper nation: Let’s get one thing straight: those who believe this fanciful myth that Canada is a “peace-keeper nation” obviously haven’t read a …
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Jul 04 2006
June 2006 Like it or not, Caledonia has the ghost of Dudley George hanging over it. You have a provincial government so fearful of another native protester being killed by police that they are completely ignoring unlawful behaviour on the part of the native protesters, not to mention its complete refusal to enforce the court …
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Jun 22 2006
Published in the Barrie Advance 23 June 2006 In light of the recent events in Caledonia, it is a shame how far we have grown from the First Nations people of Canada.
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Jun 12 2006
June 2006 I find it really unfortunate the family of Cpl. Anthony Boneca’s girlfriend chose to release his private e-mails, as it is so easy to take them out of context. Cpl. Boneca served as a member of 1st Battalion Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry in the Kandahar region of Afghanistan.
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