Bruce Forsyth

This is an updating and compilation of three past articles covering basically the same topic. January 2017 There is debate among some former Canadian service members over the issue of an additional service medal to recognize service personnel who don’t serve long enough to earn the current Canadian Forces Decoration (CD), which is awarded after …

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Articles, Interesting Things to Know, Original Writing

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Journey to the pole: The doomed final expedition of Captain Robert Falcon Scott

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January 2017 The realm of exploration has always been fraught with excitement and danger. When things go wrong, they can be disastrous. Royal Naval Captain Robert Falcon Scott is one such explorer who lived for thee adventure and paid a heavy price for it. He led two expeditions to the Antarctic in an attempt to …

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Make TTC Special Constables full police officers

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January 2017 Toronto Mayor John Tory recently asked Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne to grant officers with the Toronto Transit Commission Transit Enforcement Unit the power to direct traffic and tag and tow vehicles disrupting transit routes. I support this idea, but that’s not the only discussion we should be having. Maybe it’s high time the …

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Liberal and media elites still don’t get it

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Published in the Toronto Sun, Ottawa Sun, WatchingAmerica.com 17 January 2017 The shameless antics of Hillary Clinton It’s really getting embarrassing the lengths Hillary Clinton and the other Democrats are going to to de-legitimize President-elect Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016 presidential election. Democrats are trying everything they can to explain Hillary’s loss: allegations of …

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Tommy Prince: Canada’s most decorated aboriginal soldier of WWII

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Articles, Original Writing, Things From My Travels

December 2016 In Winnipeg’s Kildonan Park sits a monument to Sergeant Tommy Prince, MM, dedicated by the officers and men of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry. Erected on 11 November 1989, it pays a long-overdue tribute to a man who many Canadian had mostly forgotten about, despite the fact that he is Canada’s most decorated aboriginal …

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Gone but not forgotten: The memory of Nina de Villiers lives on at McMaster University

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November 2016 At Hamilton’s McMaster University, there is a memorial garden dedicated to the memory of McMaster student Nina de Villiers, who attended the university from 1990-1991. So just who is Nina de Villiers? Nina de Villiers was a nineteen-year-old McMaster University biology student and Burlington resident; the daughter of Priscilla and Dr. Rocco de Villiers. …

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The shortest war in history

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November 2016 The shortest recorded war in history was the Anglo-Zanzibar War, a military conflict between the United Kingdom and the Zanzibar Sultanate. The war was fought on 27 August 1896 and lasted between 38 and 45 minutes, depending on when one considers the beginning or end of the war (the 38 minute mark is the …

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Dear America Democrats: Rioting shows you are the real “deplorables”

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November 2016 Sometimes Canadians trip over ourselves in our smugness of how we feel we are so much better than Americans. We don’t have the gun and racial problems Americans do. We have free healthcare (which isn’t really free as we pay very high taxes for it, but I digress) and live in a harmonious …

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Lest we forget

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November 2016 At eleven o’clock on 11 November, the citizens of Barrie (Ontario) observed two minutes of silence, just as their fellow countrymen did all across Canada. A few thousand gathered at the Cenotaph in Memorial Square in downtown Barrie to pay their respects to the men from Barrie, Vespra Township and Innisfil Township, who made the …

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The election of Donald Trump: A big middle finger to the political establishment

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November 2016 Well, I’m really enjoying seeing all the heads of the left-wing progressive voters exploding in the wake of the election of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States. It’s also deliciously ironic to see all the protesters out there protesting Trump’s victory, stating he’s “Not my president,” when Trump was …

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