Category Archive: Original Writing

Feb 26 2008

OPP policed Barrie for a decade

    Published in the Barrie Advance February 2008   Published in the Canadian Police Insignia Collector’s Association Newsletter September 2008   The Barrie Police Service, in Barrie, Ontario, is the fourth oldest police force still in existence in Ontario, after the Kingston Police Service (1841), the Hamilton Police Service (1833) and the Brockville Police …

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Feb 04 2008

Sacrifice goes unrecognized

Published in the Toronto Sun 30 January 2008 Published in the Blue Line Magazine February 2008 With the recent victory in the campaign to get Cobourg Police Constable Chris Garrett nominated for the Police Cross of Valour, we must not overlook another battle to honour a deserving police officer for his service to his country …

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Jan 07 2008

Canadian soldier kills Taliban fighter

January 2009 Regarding, Joe Warmington’s column, Canadian Soldier Kills Taliban (3 January 2009), I would like to add that although we don’t know exactly what happened, this could be a case of history repeating itself. Anyone not familiar with the story of Lt. Harry “Breaker” Morant, a veteran of the South Africa (Boer) War, should …

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