Apr 12 2022
Published in the Toronto Sun 22 April 2022 British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s surprise visit to war-torn Kyiv on 9 April was both inspiring and a genius demonstration of support from the UK. In a way, I wish that our own Prime Minister Blackface would do the same thing, but on the other hand, I …
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Apr 12 2022
April 2022 The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to members of British and Commonwealth militaries in times of war. Since its inception in January 1856, the medal has been awarded 1,358 times to 1,355 individual recipients. There is …
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Apr 08 2022
April 2022 The twin border towns of Niagara Falls, Ontario and Niagara Falls, New York are a popular tourist destination for the iconic trio of waterfalls that straddle the border between the two countries. Another lesser-known tourist attraction is known locally as the Niagara Scow. Also called the Old Scow or Iron Scow, is the unofficial name of a …
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Apr 02 2022
April 2022 For many early communities, a church is a very important community centre. The Holloway Memorial Chapel is one such church. The Point Abino Peninsula in southern Ontario, along the north shore of Lake Erie, is a small residential community originally founded as an enclave of summer homes for the wealthy elite. At the …
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Mar 30 2022
March 2022 When walking through Waverly Beach Park in Fort Erie, Ontario, you will past by numerous concrete formations, some looking like breakwalls along the water’s edge, along with other seemingly random posts and slabs scattered along the water’s edge and throughout the woodlot just off the waterfront boardwalk. These are the crumbling remains of …
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Mar 30 2022
March 2022 Crime Stoppers is an organization that helps people to provide anonymous information regarding crimes and criminal activity. They boast that they do not trace the source of the information, allowing witnesses to provide information to police without fear of retribution from the criminals on whom they are informing. Although Crime Stoppers does good …
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Mar 29 2022
March 2022 To all those celebrating the $10 per day daycare program recently announced, remember that this is no different than our “free” healthcare. Remember that fact every year when you file your tax return. Also remember it when the federal government cuts their portion of the funding, dumping the majority of the cost on …
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Mar 24 2022
March 2022 On the edge of the forested Limehouse Conservation Area, hidden by young and old forest growth, lies the remains of a long-abandoned and forgotten go-kart racing track. This race track in the former village of Limehouse, not part of the Town of Halton Hills, Ontario, was once the home of the North Halton …
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Mar 21 2022
March 2022 While streetcars are still a very popular form of public transportation in major urban centres like Toronto, which is in the process of adding new lines, they have fallen in popularity in most municipalities, replaced by buses. The southern Ontario city of Hamilton, who’s municipal transit system is named the Hamilton Street Railway …
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Mar 19 2022
March 2022 Driving along Plains Road in the south-west corner of Burlington, Ontario, today, it’s hard to imagine that this area was once known as the fruit basket of Ontario. Known as Aldershot, this former unincorporated village, a part of East Flamborough Township until it was annexed by Burlington in 1958, was once a major …
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