Category Archive: Original Writing

Aug 18 2023

There never was an Arrow – Canada’s legendary jet fighter lives on at Edenvale Aerodrome

Published in Springwater News, 21 August 2023 “As a fighting instrument of war, which must include an aircraft, an engine and a sophisticated fire-control system, then of course there never was an Arrow.” – David Golden, LLB, LLD (Honours), OC, former Deputy Minister of Defense Production, Deputy Minister of Industry and the first president of …

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Aug 15 2023

Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow needs to drop the Dundas Street issue

August 2023 Re: “Hit the road, Chow” (Brian Lilley, Toronto Sun, 15 August): Mayor Chow, I would like to administer a little self-awareness test to you. I would agree with your proposal to re-name Dundas Street, if you and any of the other councilors who support this idiotic idea to re-name Dundas Street, all agree …

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Aug 06 2023

The end of the road for Kingston Family FunWorld

August 2023 What started as a rural drive-in theatre in 1966, north of Kingston on McAdoo’s Lane, would later be transformed into a small outdoor entertainment centre in the mid 1990s. Now, it’s all gone, with the property awaiting re-development. The Drive-In opened in 1966, as The 66, with the Mustang Drive-In chain buying the …

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Aug 04 2023

The Princes’ Gates – The iconic Toronto gateway that was dedicated to two future Kings

August 2023 Triumphal Arches are decorative free-standing monumental structures that can be found around the world. One of the best known is the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France. Designed in the shape of an archway, with one or more arched passageways, often designed to span a road, are usually decorated with carvings, sculpted reliefs, …

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Jul 27 2023

Trudeau government sticks it to Toronto

Published in the Toronto Sun, 30 July 2023 Re: “Trudeau Liberals fail city again, refuse to pay their bill,” Brian Lilley (27 July, Toronto Sun): the sheer chutzpah of Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland to claim she can’t reimburse Toronto for the cost of housing and support for refugees, the very same ones that her boss …

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Jul 14 2023

The Historic Village of Limehouse and the ghosts of its industrial past

July 2023 The small community of Limehouse, in the rural southern Ontario Town of Halton Hills, is a former village that dates back to the early days of Upper Canada. Today, it’s home to around 800 people, with a small public school, a community centre and numerous scenic walking trails throughout the Limehouse Conservation Area. …

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Jul 13 2023

Historic Mimico Orange Hall faces an uncertain future

July 2023 The Grand Orange Lodge of British America, more commonly known as the Grand Orange Lodge of Canada, is the Canadian branch of the Protestant political and religious fraternal society The Orange Order. Dating back to 1795, the Orange Lodge was founded in County Armagh in Ireland, to commemorate the victory of Protestant William of Orange …

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Jul 08 2023

Protesters want an end to fossil-fuel use, not just to subsidies

July 2023 On 28 June, a group of around a dozen protesters marched outside of the constituency office of Barrie-Springwater-Oro-Medonte Member of Parliament Doug Shipley, pushing for an end to subsides to fossil-fuel producers. I agree with this, as I’m against corporate welfare. Where the protesters lose me, is their demand that “We have got …

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Jul 04 2023

Canada formally seizes Russian Antonov AN-124 cargo aircraft grounded at Toronto Pearson Airport

July 2023 A Russian cargo aircraft that became an accidental fixture at Toronto Pearson International Airport was officially seized by the Canadian government on 10 June. A Russian Antonov An-124 cargo aircraft, one of the world’s largest civil cargo aircraft, has been grounded at the Toronto airport since 27 February 2022, when Canada’s airspace was …

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Jun 28 2023

Devil’s Punch Bowl – A stunning geographical feature along the Niagara Escarpment

June 2023 Southern Ontario is full of stunning geographical features and Hamilton’s Devil’s Punch Bowl is just one of them. Found along the Niagara Escarpment in Stoney Creek, a suburb of Hamilton, Devil’s Punch Bowl is a 120-foot ribbon upper waterfall and an 18-foot lower classic waterfall, both a part of the Hamilton Conservation Authority …

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