Bruce Forsyth

September 1, 2026

September 2026 Beautiful Joe Park is a unique park, found in Meaford, Ontario. While many parks are meant to be dog-friendly, with fenced in leash-free sections where dogs can run free, Beautiful Joe Park is a park dedicated to all the canine friends that make our lives better, from service animals to search and rescue …

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Aug 27 2026

The Memorial of Hope at the University of Windsor honours those murdered at L’École Polytechnique

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August 27, 2026

August 2026 The Memorial of Hope monument on the campus of the University of Windsor, in Windsor, Ontario, is a permanent memorial to the infamous mass murder of 14 women at École Polytechnique in Montreal in 1989. Known as the “Montreal massacre,” it was the deadliest mass shooting in Canada until the Nova Scotia attacks …

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Aug 23 2026

Railroading under the water – The Detroit River Railway Tunnel

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August 23, 2026

August 2026 Every day, over $320 million worth of goods cross the Windsor-Detroit border crossing, approximately 25% of trade between Canada and America, primarily across the Ambassador Bridge and the newly-opened Gordie Howe International Bridge, which stand 152 feet above the Detroit River. A railway barge used to carry rail cars across the river, but …

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Aug 22 2026

Gordie Howe International Bridge officially opens amidst excitement and controversy

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August 22, 2026

August 2026 Those looking to cross over the Detroit River separating Detroit, Michigan and Windsor, Ontario, now have a third option. After a long wait, the Gordie Howe International Bridge officially opened to traffic on 27 July 2026. Named in honour of the late Canadian professional ice hockey player Gordie Howe, who played the bulk of …

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Aug 18 2026

It’s another TACO Tuesday, but don’t get too smug Canada

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August 18, 2026

August 2026 Well, that didn’t take long! No, I’m not talking about the plethora of Taco Tuesday posts regarding President Donald Trump declaring last minute that he will extend the tariff deadline for three days, until 22 August. I’m actually referring to the people who actually believe that when “Trump Always Chickens Out,” it’s a …

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Aug 18 2026

Memorial pays tribute to Toronto residents lost to AIDS

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August 18, 2026

August 2026 Found in Barbara Hall Park, the AIDS Memorial is a physical representation of the loss suffered over the decades by Toronto and the world. Situated in the heart of the Gay Village in Toronto, the largest group affected in Toronto in the 1980s, the memorial is the result of hard work by a …

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Aug 15 2026

Meaford pays tribute to Emergency Services Workers and their Canine partners who toiled and were lost at Ground Zero

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August 15, 2026

August 2026 It’s been 25-years since that horrible day. It was a sunny September morning in 2001 when a group of al-Qaeda operatives hijacked three passenger jets, crashing two of them into the World Trade Center Towers in New York City, with the third crashing into a field in Pennsylvania after the passengers apparently tried …

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Aug 13 2026

The Half-Mile Bridge a silent monument to the grand era of the railways

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August 13, 2026

August 2026 Before motor vehicles and paved highways made transportation of people and goods easier, railways were the fastest and most efficient method of land transportation. Besides the transportation of people and goods, they helped settle western Canada and unite the country from coast to coast. As other transportation options became viable, railroads merged, were …

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Aug 13 2026

Poll shows voters trust Mark Carney more than Pierre Poilievre

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August 13, 2026

August 2026 When Mark Carney came down last year from high upon in his Manhattan penthouse to save us all, with his elbows held high up to battle the enemies of Canada, there was a great euphoria amongst the progressives and the faculty class. He made promises that he would, to borrow a phrase, Make …

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Aug 08 2026

The adventures of Tiffany & Captain – A Trip to the Cat Hotel

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August 8, 2026

August 2026 Tiffany is a very friendly, fluffy kitty, living with her human and her adopted kitten Captain. Tiffany didn’t always live in a nice home. She once lived on the street, scrounging for food and looking of a safe place to sleep at night. A friendly human found her one day and took her …

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