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. The Story Garden — July 21, 2026
  2. Trinity Wesleyan Methodist Cemetery the lone remnant of a forgotten hamlet — July 16, 2026
  3. Are you a quitter if you quit? — July 13, 2026
  4. George F. Johnson Recreation Park Carousel has been providing entertainment for over a Century — July 12, 2026
  5. Carney offers to buy unsold condominiums from developer to boost “affordable” housing stock — July 11, 2026

Most commented posts

  1. Canadian Army Training Centres of WWII — 76 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. Lament for the PMQ? — 23 comments

Author's posts listings

Jul 21 2026

The Story Garden

July 2026 The Story Garden in Binghamton, New York, is an interactive outdoor playscape and learning area, providing non-stop fun for a wide range of ages. Unlike most playgrounds, the Story Garden provides an interesting way for children to exercise their creative minds, as well as their bodies. The Story Garden was opened in June …

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Jul 16 2026

Trinity Wesleyan Methodist Cemetery the lone remnant of a forgotten hamlet

July 2026 Ghost towns are “a once flourishing town wholly or nearly deserted usually as a result of the exhaustion of some natural resource,” as defined by Webster’s Dictionary. There are many such former towns and villages that no longer exist because the population moved away and the buildings were either demolished, destroyed by natural …

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Jul 13 2026

Are you a quitter if you quit?

July 2026 “I didn’t give up. I just couldn’t carry on. There’s a difference.” (Unknown author) I wish I could remember who is credited with the above statement, but it rings very true to me. An analogy that I use is you can have the world’s most powerful car, a 2,300-horsepower Koenigsegg Gemera, but if …

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Jul 12 2026

George F. Johnson Recreation Park Carousel has been providing entertainment for over a Century

July 2026 The George F. Johnson Recreation Park Carousel, found in Binghamton, New York, is one of six historic wooden carousels found in the city known as the “Carousel Capital of the World.” It was the creation of the park’s namesake, George F. Johnson, a Binghamton native and businessman, who donated the eighteen acre property …

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Jul 11 2026

Carney offers to buy unsold condominiums from developer to boost “affordable” housing stock

Published in the Toronto Sun, 10 July 2026 DEVELOPING NEWS Re “Taxpayers on the hook” (Ling Hui, Toronto Sun, June 29): Prime Minister Mark Carney admits that “no developer asked for this from me directly” and that his “new” government had done a “poor job” of explaining his latest example of corporate welfare. So, this …

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Jul 01 2026

More dedications for the Borscht Belt Historical Marker Project in 2026

July 2026 The summer of 2026 will be another busy year for Marisa Scheinfeld, a Brooklyn, NY-born photographer and author who is heading up a project to honour and memorialize what was once known as America’s Jewish Vacationland, colloquially known as the Borscht Belt. An enthusiastic crowd gathered in a parkette, locally referred to as …

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Jun 26 2026

Thousands of officers gather at Toronto Congress Centre to honour fallen Toronto Police ETF officer

Thousands of police officers marched along Dixon Road to the Toronto Congress Centre in Etobicoke in remembrance of Constable Marc Pinizzotto, an 18-year veteran of the Toronto Police Service, was fatally shot 11 June while executing a search warrant. Another week, another police funeral. It’s been a rough couple of months for the policing family …

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Jun 24 2026

Decline of the family-run resorts in Ontario’s cottage country – The Baldwins/Maple Leaf Hotel

June 2026 Generations of families have always enjoyed getting away from the crowded cities and having a leisurely vacation in a relaxed, peaceful and serene environment, perhaps on a lake, with the sound of rustling leaves from tall, mature trees. Numerous hotels once lined the shoreline of Lake Rosseau in the Muskoka Region of southern …

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Jun 23 2026

Has the RCMP debunked the gun smuggling myth?

June 2026 Re: “Smuggled guns are a problem. Domestic guns are a bigger one. Both require action,” (Ken Price and Heidi Rathjen, The Hamilton Spectator, 17 June 2026): Has the RCMP debunked the gun smuggling myth? Not according to Halton Regional Police and Peel Regional Police, the latter of whom recently reported a seizure rate …

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Jun 18 2026

Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema – One of the few independents still entertaining audiences in Toronto

June 2026 Like many cities across North America, the small, single-screen independent movie theatres have been disappearing over the decades in favour of corporate-owned multiplex theatres, with double-digit screens and stadium seating. The few remaining independents survive as second-run theatres, or art-house theatres. Now known as the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema, the small theatre …

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