Oct 25 2018
October 2018 This is my collection of concert photos that I’ve taken over the years, going to concerts in southern Ontario. Enjoy. **************************************************************************************************** 54.40 54-40 is an alternative rock band from Tsawwassen, British Columbia, formed in 1981 by Neil Osborne on lead vocals and guitar, Brad Merritt on bass guitar and Ian Franey on drums. They …
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Oct 19 2018
Published in the Toronto Sun 19 October 2018 Re “Bad deal either way” (Lorrie Goldstein, Oct. 17): Sure the government will forgo $3 billion in revenue by cancelling cap-and-trade, but how much tax revenue did Ontario lose and would have continued to lose as businesses and the jobs they provide moved to jurisdictions without any …
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Sep 24 2018
September 2018 I’ve been involved in the hobby of urban exploration (UE), specifically abandoned structures, for over three decades. The hobby is multifaceted, with some urban explorers (UEers) favouring things like storm drains, subway tunnels, utility tunnels, abandoned ships or areas of occupied buildings not open to the public. One aspect of UE is going …
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Sep 17 2018
September 2018 In the history of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), many notable Canadians have worn the uniform but none more notable than Admiral Sir Charles Kingsmill, who along with Rear-Admiral Walter Hose, founder of the RCN Volunteer Reserve, is considered one of the founding fathers of the RCN and the first director of the …
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Sep 14 2018
September 2018 To Andrea Horwath: you say that there are more important issues that the Ontario government should be dealing with instead of passing Bill 31, so why not allow the bill to go to a vote so they can get on to other business? To all the Toronto City councilors opposing Bill 31: you …
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Sep 12 2018
September 2018 To all those who think Premier Doug Ford is a dictator and a hypocrite for “forcing his personal will” in cutting Toronto council “simply because he was elected”: did you object to Premier Dalton McGuinty forcing wind turbines and solar farms on unwilling rural municipalities? How about when he forced the health tax …
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Sep 11 2018
September 2018 On 7 April 1973, a helicopter carrying Captain Charles Laviolette and eight other international members of the International Commission for Control and Supervision in Vietnam (ICCS) was shot down after taking ground fire on a flight from Gio Linh to Lao Bao, killing all on board. The ICCS was established in 1973 to supervise …
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Sep 10 2018
September 2018 Although I’m in favour of cutting Toronto City Council from 47 members to 25, I must congratulate the mayor and councilors for winning their court challenge. You all worked very quickly, very efficiently and very hard to present your case to the court and you prevailed, regardless of Premier Ford’s invocation of the …
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Sep 07 2018
September 2018 With the recent death of Senator John McCain, the world lost an honourable man and yes, a war hero. Much was made in recent years by a particular person about the fact that he wasn’t a hero because he was taken prisoner during the Vietnam War. This classless and insensitive comment overlooks the …
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Sep 07 2018
September 2018 “At The Secrets of Radar Museum we ask you to imagine keeping a secret for 50 years. Could you do it?”* During WWII, Canada was involved in numerous “behind-the-scenes” projects that aided greatly in the Allied victories in Europe and the Pacific. One of them was the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP), …
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