Apr 08 2019
April 2019 In Assumption Park in Windsor, Ontario, along the shores of the Detroit River, is a monument to the 147 Canadians who died fighting with American Armed Forces in the Vietnam War, along with 7 listed as POW/MIA. A similar monument was erected in Melocheville, Quebec, in October 1989 by the Association Québécoise des …
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Apr 07 2019
April 2019 Re: Worst part of the Lavalin mess is the Tory response (Jim Warren, Toronto Sun, 7 April 2019): Although I’m a Conservative, I do respect and appreciate Jim Warren’s observations but on this one, he’s way off base. Yes, opposition members did once criticize former Justice Minister and Attorney General Jody Wilson-Rabould, as …
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Apr 07 2019
April 2019 I have a question for those who profess that selling alcoholic beverages in convenience stores will result in higher prices: Could this just be the price of convenience? Your local Macs, Circle K or Happy/Lucky/Fortune primarily exist for convenience sake; for a quick stop to get milk, cigarettes or some snacks for the …
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Apr 04 2019
April 2019 Sandwiched between the abandoned Wilbur Wright Field, current home of the U.S. Air Force Museum, and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, east of Dayton, Ohio, lies a former aerodrome named Huffman Field. Named after the former property owner, Dayton banker Torrence Huffman, the aerodrome played an important role in early aviation. It was at …
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Apr 04 2019
April 2019 Outside the Village of Nobel, just north of Parry Sound, Ontario, past some rusting fencing, in the middle of two fields separated by Nobel Road, lies the ruins of the Orenda Engines Test Facility. Orenda Engines was a subsidiary of A.V. Roe Canada, the aerospace giant who designed and built Canada’s infamous jet-fighter, …
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Apr 04 2019
April 2019 If you have ever wondered what it’s like to work deep underground, a great place to visit is the Lakawana Coal Mine, a retired Anthracite coal mine and museum in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Opened by Continental Coal Company in 1903, many of the workers in the mine were European immigrants who came to the …
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Apr 03 2019
April 2019 So Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Liberal caucus have expelled former Attorney General and Justice Minister Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould and former Treasury Board President Jane Philpott from the party and banned them from running for the Liberal Party in the next election. I think the Liberals ejected the wrong people. Apparently Prime …
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Mar 30 2019
March 2019 The legacy of the Molly Maguires is all over Schuylkill and Carbon Counties in Pennsylvania. For those interested in visiting some of the locations where the members of the infamous secret Irish society lived, gathered, maimed, murdered and were executed, there are plenty of documented locations to visit. One “reputed” hangout can be …
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Mar 29 2019
March 2019 For two years, Robert Muller has been investigating allegations the President Donald Trump colluded with Russia to win the 2016 presidential election. Now the report has been released and Muller has concluded that despite the fact that many, many left-wing pundits, politicians and celebrities have been saying Trump’s impeachment is imminent, there was …
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Mar 26 2019
March 2019 Running underneath the Canadian National Railway line near the intersection of the Queen Elizabeth Way and Highway 405 outside of Niagara Falls, Ontario, is one of the lesser known and more unusual tourist attractions in the area. Known locally as “The Screaming Tunnel,” this 125-foot-long, 16-foot-high arched limestone tunnel has an allegedly horrific …
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