Nov 22 2022
November 2022 Gettysburg National Military Park, near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, is an open-air museum that preserves and tells the story of the pivotal battle fought during the American Civil War. Located at the actual battle site, the story of the battle, fought from 1 – 3 July 1863, is told using historical plaques, commemorative monuments to …
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Nov 14 2022
Published in the Toronto Sun, 19 November 2022 So let me get this straight: Toronto council has accepted the cost of $6.3 million to re-name Dundas Street and Yonge-Dundas Square? Is Mayor John Torry going to tell us with a straight face that this will be money well spent and that there is nothing more …
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Nov 12 2022
November 2022 Not that I want to knock CUPE of their smug high-horse (OK, I do, but I still have a point), but a little context to Premier Doug Ford’s pledge to revoke Bill-28 is needed. CUPE turning this into a David & Goliath victory, but I’d like to argue that Doug Ford decided to …
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Nov 08 2022
November 2022 The Canadian province of Ontario has numerous former British Army forts, preserved as National Historic Sites, that celebrate and depict the early days of British North America. While the Town of Amherstburg, at the south-western tip of Ontario, has one such historic fort, Fort Malden, there is also a small park along the …
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Oct 31 2022
October 2022 Fort Wellington National Historic Site is a historic military fortification, situated along the St. Lawrence River, in Prescott, Ontario, that once made-up part of the defence of British North America. Built towards the end of the War of 1812, when American forces attempted to take control of the British colonies of Upper and Lower …
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Oct 30 2022
October 2022 Parents of school-age children can now breathe a sigh of relief that Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce has announced legislation to force a contract on CUPE workers and end any strike action before it even begins. Read the room CUPE; now is not the time for a strike. Parents are tired of the …
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Oct 29 2022
October 2022 Joel Stone Park, in the southern Ontario town of Ganonoque, is named in honour of the United Empire Loyalist and Militia officer who founded the town in 1789. Born in Guilford, Connecticut in 1749, Stone was given a 700-acre land grant in reward for his service to the British crown during the American …
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Oct 26 2022
October 2022 A once grand house in the southern Ontario Township of Aldborough, south-west of London, is perhaps the most photographed house in Canada, but its days appear to be numbered. The heavily-weathered boards that enclose the house are deteriorating to such a degree that the east-side of the house is partially collapsed. Once covered …
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Oct 24 2022
October 2022 With an apparent lack of self-awareness, Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino is “Shocked! Shocked, to find that” the RCMP is displaying a lack of transparency by choosing not to release the badge numbers of the officers who cleared the protesters from the Ambassador Bridge blockade in Windsor last February. That’s the same Marco …
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