Sep 28 2021
September 2021 The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), formed on 13 October 1909, are one of North America’s largest deployed police services. The service has around 5,500 uniformed officers and 2,500 civilians, deployed to 165 detachments (stations), five regional headquarters, one divisional headquarters and one General Headquarters. Their primary mandate is to patrol provincial highways, waterways, …
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Sep 28 2021
September 2021 The Great Lakes are a major shipping route in North America, and as such, thousands of lighthouses were required to provide navigational aids to mariners. The Lake Erie Village of Port Burwell, known as the “Jewel of Erie’s North Shore,” is the home to the oldest wooden Canadian lighthouse on the Great Lakes, …
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Sep 23 2021
September 2021 As the calls for newly-elected independent MP Kevin Vuong to resign his seat grow louder and louder, related to a past sexual assault allegation in 2019, I do have to wonder why the double standard? The charges against Vuong were withdrawn, reportedly because his accuser didn’t want to participate in the court process. …
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Sep 17 2021
September 2021 So now Conservative leader Erin O’Toole is facing criticism for not denouncing Alberta Premier Jason Kenny’s handling of the pandemic, in light of the rapidly worsening COVID-19 situation in Alberta. The criticism of O’Toole centres on the fact that he has previously praised Kenny back in July for the province’s success in combating …
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Sep 16 2021
September 2021 Sitting behind a chain-link fence, and almost completely hidden behind leafy bushes and trees, sits a crumbling Georgian Revival style estate home. It’s the only one of this style remaining in the City of Vaughan, north of Toronto. This historic house on Bathurst Street, south of Rutherford Road in the former Village of …
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Sep 14 2021
September 2021 The moto for the south-western Ontario city of St. Thomas is “The Railway City,” a moniker earned from its history as an important railway junction, dating back to 1856. A total of 26 railway companies have traveled in and out of the city on the numerous railway lines that once dissected the city. …
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Sep 09 2021
September 2021 The collapse of Afghanistan to the terrorist group, the Taliban, came shockingly fast, and as a surprise to many in the western alliance that fought to bring a better life to Afghan citizens. One man saw what was coming and reacted quickly. Now in Canada, Mohammad Ehsan Saadat, his wife Tamana and his …
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Sep 05 2021
September 2021 In the years after World War II, the economy was booming and people had money to spend. Luxuries, like cars and family vacations, were becoming more and more affordable to families across Canada and America. As air travel was still quite expensive, automobiles were the preferred method of travel. However, back in the …
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Sep 03 2021
September 2021 In the mostly rural municipality of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, a historic arch bridge can be found. Stretching over the Trent-Severn Waterway near the settlement of Bolsover, the Canal Lake Concrete Arch Bridge, a single arch bridge, braced by abutments on either shore, is the earliest known reinforced concrete bridge in Canada, having been …
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Sep 01 2021
September 2021 Now that Ontario Premier Doug Ford has announced the implementation of a vaccine passport for Ontario residents, in advance of an expected passport from the federal government, some questions do need to be answered by both provincial politicians, and the federal politicians asking for your vote in the election this month: Will there …
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