Nov 24 2021
November 2021 Environmental activist David Suzuki’s recent statement on Victoria, B.C. television station CHEK, where he stated that “there are going to be pipelines blown up if our leaders don’t pay attention to what’s going on” with climate change, has been roundly condemned as a “dog whistle” to his fellow radical activists, with many expressing …
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Nov 24 2021
November 2021 Infinity Development Group is proposing to build a condo tower on Waterdown Road in the Aldershot community of Burlington, Ontario, that will have limited parking for residents. Brandon Bradt, a consulting engineer on the project, addressed this issue by stating, “By reducing parking, you directly influence less vehicle ownership and promote the use …
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Nov 24 2021
November 2021 Re: “High on her own supply – Ex-minister still lecturing folks of climate issues” (Brian Lilley, Toronto Sun, 23 November): Catherine McKenna obviously lives in an irony-free world. Isn’t it wonderful that despite no longer being a politician, she still gets to jet around the world, using fossil-fuels to do so, so that …
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Nov 24 2021
November 2021 It’s really a punch to the gut to be falsely accused of something, especially when that accusation results in court action. For the past two years, I have been attempting to get justice for a crime that was committed against me. Beginning in November 2019 and continuing into June 2020 (that I know …
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Nov 23 2021
November 2021 In an era when a horse and buggy was the primary mode of daily transportation for the majority of residents, travelling even relatively short distances took hours. Travelling long distances to school was out of the question for most children living in rural areas. For that reason, one-room schoolhouses were strategically scattered throughout …
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Nov 19 2021
November 2021 Back in September, Justice Michelle Fuerst passed sentence on retired Barrie Police Sergeant Michael Chytuk, who had earlier this year, pleaded guilty to careless use of a firearm. Justice Fuerst granted an absolute discharge to the former sergeant, sparing him a criminal record, despite his guilty plea. He doesn’t even get probation or …
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Nov 16 2021
November 2021 Justin Trudeau seems desperate for a legacy, any legacy, and right now he seems to be pinning it on a nationwide $10 per day daycare. Call me cynical, but I know Canadian taxpayers are going to end up with the short-end on this one, and I’m not just talking about the heavy tax …
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Nov 14 2021
November 2021 On Remembrance Day 2021, a crowd of more than 3,000 gathered at Toronto’s Cenotaph out front of Old City Hall on Queen Street. The crowd, that included current and former military, dignitaries and ordinary citizens, listened to guest speaker Marvin Gord, a 100-year-old RCAF veteran who served as a radar specialist during World …
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Nov 10 2021
November 2021 In Toronto’s Don Valley, sit three large, white sculptures that look either like the lower half of an elephant or giant teeth. These sculptures are known as the Elevated Wetlands Sculpture, a functional art display, installed in the summer of 1998, that brings together the plastics industry, the artistic community, and environmental stewardship. …
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Nov 09 2021
November 2021 A small non-descript building on Owen Street in Barrie, Ontario, surrounded by modest pre-war and post-war family homes, has the unique distinction of once being the smallest stand-alone variety store in the city. Opened around 1949 by Henry Bauldry, the store, appropriately named Bauldry’s, sold just about everything that you would expect from …
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