Bruce Forsyth

Author's details

Name: Bruce Forsyth
Date registered: April 23, 2014
URL: https://militarybruce.com

Biography

Bruce Forsyth served in the Royal Canadian Navy Reserve for 13 years (1987-2000). He served with units in Toronto, Hamilton & Windsor and worked or trained at CFB Esquimalt, CFB Halifax, CFB Petawawa, CFB Kingston, CFB Toronto, Camp Borden, The Burwash Training Area and LFCA Training Centre Meaford.

Latest posts

  1. Just can’t get enough of Depeche Mode — November 27, 2023
  2. Roadside Attractions – Replica steam-powered locomotive a reminder of the early days of railroading — November 25, 2023
  3. Is the tide turning against the Cult of Trudeau? — November 17, 2023
  4. Lieutenant-Colonel John Butler – Founder of Niagara-on-the-Lake remembered — November 16, 2023
  5. Night of the Broken Glass – Beth Tzedec Congregation commemorates the 85th anniversary of Kristallnacht Pogrom — November 13, 2023

Most commented posts

  1. Canadian Army Training Centres of WWII — 74 comments
  2. Canada should issue a Cold War Victory Medal to its military — 45 comments
  3. Watching the Skies – The RCAF Ground Observer Corps — 35 comments
  4. Camp Borden – The birthplace of the RCAF and the historic home of the Canadian Armoured Corps — 25 comments
  5. Claresholm Industrial Airport has rich military past — 23 comments

Author's posts listings

Just can’t get enough of Depeche Mode

November 2023 On 5 November, I took my daughter to her first “official” concert: Depeche Mode. The band were on their Memento Mori Tour, in support of the album of the same name. I say first “official” because we had twice been to concerts before, once when she was eight, but we had to leave …

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Roadside Attractions – Replica steam-powered locomotive a reminder of the early days of railroading

November 2023 Since the mid-nineteenth century, the railways were once a vital transportation link for the movement of people and goods in the days before the automobile and paved roads. Alma, Ontario, a former unincorporated village in Mapletown Township, Ontario, has an interesting roadside attraction that acknowledges this link to the past. Sitting beside a …

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Is the tide turning against the Cult of Trudeau?

November 2023 Stunning news! Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault just lost a federal court case on 16 November, with Justice Angela Furlanetto ruling that Guilbeault’s order labelling all plastics products as toxic is “both unreasonable and unconstitutional.” Are we finally seeing the turning of the tide against Trudeau’s woke, virtue-signaling, economy-killing agenda? Combined with Prime Minister …

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Lieutenant-Colonel John Butler – Founder of Niagara-on-the-Lake remembered

November 2023 The Butler name is one that is intertwined with the history of the Niagara area. Lieutenant-Colonel John Butler was a soldier in the British Army in the 18th Century who played a significant role in the founding of the new settlement at Niagara, in what was then known as Upper Canada. Born in …

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Night of the Broken Glass – Beth Tzedec Congregation commemorates the 85th anniversary of Kristallnacht Pogrom

November 2023 On 10 November 2023, Beth Tzedec Congregation and the Toronto Holocaust Museum held a commemoration of the 85th anniversary of the Kristallnacht, also known as the Night of Broken Glass, as a part of Neuberger Holocaust Education Week. This was pogrom carried out against Jews by the Nazi Party’s Sturmabteilung (SA) paramilitary and Schutzstaffel (SS) paramilitary forces, along with …

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The Canadian connection to the Great Escape

11 November 2023 Re:  “Lest we forget: They made the ultimate sacrifice” (Toronto Sun Editorial, 11 November):  I realize your list of Canadian involvement wasn’t meant to be a comprehensive list, but another to add to it is “The Great Escape.”  While the 1963 movie was very entertaining, it was sadly historically incorrect.  Many of …

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Borscht Belt Museum – Telling the story of America’s Jewish Vacationland

November 2023 The Village of Ellenville, in the Catskills region of eastern New York State, is the home to a new museum, dedicated to showcasing the history of America’s Jewish Vacationland. The Borscht Belt Museum will commemorate and tell the story of the Borscht Belt, an era when millions of urban dwellers sought refuge in …

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The pointless exercise of banning single-use plastic shopping bags

November 2023 Well, now that my supply of “single-use” plastic shopping bags is running low, I recently purchased some Glad Kitchen Catchers to line the garbage cans in my house. Yay, I’m saving the planet by not using “single-use” plastic shopping bags anymore!!! This is just another perfect example of “Political Environmentalism,” not environmentalism that’s …

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Cober Church and Cemetery – A reminder of Vaughan’s pioneer days

November 2023 The City of Vaughan, in southern Ontario, a former rural township that grew up into a busy, vibrant city, has seen many changes since it was first surveyed in the early 19th Century. Back when horse and buggy travel was the primary mode of transportation for the average person, traveling great distances was …

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Political Science wins out as Trudeau sees support plummet in Atlantic Canada

Published in the Toronto Sun, 2 November 2023 Science Fiction Well, Justin Trudeau has officially confirmed what many of us have known for years: the decision to impose carbon taxes on Canadians is based on political science, not the scientific kind of science. By announcing that the carbon tax on home-heating oil will be lifted …

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