September 2019 Wow! I’ve learned in the wake of Justin Trudeau’s blackface scandal that a lot of Liberals are in a very forgiving mood. In discussions on Facebook, I’ve had people making a variety of excuses for why we should forgive Prime Minister Blackface and just move on. How many of them believe the ousted …
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Sep 21 2019
Liberal campaign gets off to an ironic start
September 2019 The Liberal Party of Canada’s election campaign got off to an ironic start when their campaign media bus struck the left-wing of their campaign airplane on the tarmac at the Victoria, B.C. Airport on Wednesday night, 11 September. The bus had just picked up the journalists traveling with the campaign, when it scraped …
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Sep 19 2019
The Old Soldier – Regimental Sergeant-Major Thomas McKenzie remembered at Wolseley Barracks
September 2019 In London, Ontario, the historic Wolseley Barracks, has been a fixture in the city since 1884, when it was established as the home of “D” Company of the Infantry Corps School, on farmland in Middlesex County, owned by John Carling, son of the founder of the Carling Brewery. Although it is still an …
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Sep 18 2019
Hypocrite, and it looks good on you Justin! – The spectacular moral fall of Prime Minister Blackface
September 2019 Just when you thought the bar on Justin Trudeau’s moral compass couldn’t sink any lower, it has. A photo emerged two days ago of Justin Trudeau from 2001, dressed as Aladdin in full-on blackface and a turban at an Arabian Nights gala at West Point Grey Academy, a private school in Vancouver, British …
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Sep 11 2019
We must never forget: The 9-11 terrorist attacks 18 years later
Septermber 2019 I think it’s important to remember that not all Muslims supported this terrorist act and others like it. In fact, more Muslims are killed by their fellow Muslims than by any other religion or nationality. That said, the terrorists who committed this horrific act were Muslims; radicalized Muslims from the terrorist group Al-Qaida, …
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Sep 09 2019
OSAP cuts don’t have to mean the end of your post-secondary career
September 2019 The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is reporting in Ottawa that, “…a number of University of Ottawa students say they’ve had to alter their course loads because of the $600 million cut to the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP).” No doubt this scenario is playing out at other universities and colleges across the province too. …
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Sep 06 2019
The “Silent Hill” church – Last church standing in Centralia
September 2019 On a hill overlooking Centralia, Pennsylvania, a partially abandoned ghost town deep in Pennsylvania’s anthracite coal region, sits Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church. While fans of the Silent Hill movies and video games will recognize the church as the fictional “Silent Hill” church, this church is actually one of …
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Sep 06 2019
Who’s to blame for the Khadr payout?
September 2019 An article published by I-Politics in July 2017, asks the question: “Who’s to blame for the Khadr payout?” They then proceed to answer their own question,”Stephen Harper, mostly.” OK, some problems with the assessment in this article. You can read the article below, but here’s some reality to add to the story: There …
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Sep 01 2019
Port Dalhousie’s Lakeside Carousel – A century of family fun
September 2019 The Port Dalhousie community of St. Catharines, Ontario, is home to a unique tourist attraction. For a century, visitors to Lakeside Park have been able to ride the Lakeside Park Carousel, one of only nine antique hand carved carousels still operating in Canada and one of approximately 350 in North America. The cost …
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Aug 27 2019
Memorial to two lost War of 1812 schooners on Hamilton’s waterfront
August 2019 In Confederation Park in Hamilton, Ontario, just off Van Wagners Beach, is a unique monument to the loss of two American schooners during the War of 1812. Looking like a small cemetery, there are in fact no bodies buried beneath the stones that bear the names of the 53 sailors that were claimed …
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