Bruce Forsyth

May 28, 2017

May 2017 In a lonely field in Stoneycreek Township, north of Shanksville, Pensylvania, travelers will find the Flight 93 National Memorial, on the site where United Airlines Flight 93 crashed on 11 September 2001, killing all 40 passengers and crew, along with the four terrorists who hijacked the airplane. Flight 93 was one of the …

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May 23 2017

Deep underground – Coal mining in Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Region

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May 23, 2017

May 2017 Deep in the heart of Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Region, in Schuykill County, is the Borough of Ashland. Surrounded by forests and steep hills, the borough’s southern border follows the top of Ashland Mountain, which rises 400 to 600 feet above the center of town. Mahony Creek, a tributary of the Susquehanna River passes through a water …

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May 13 2017

The truth, the whole truth and The Damn Truth

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May 13, 2017

May 2017 Canada is home to many of the music industy’s greatest artists and Montreal based band The Damn Truth, who played the Casbah Lounge in Hamilton, Ontario, on 11 May 2017, is destined to be among that crowd. Featuring Lee-la Baum (vocals & rhythm guitar), Tom Shemer (guitars), and Dave Traina (drums), the band …

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Apr 30 2017

Watching over the children for eternity

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April 30, 2017

April 2017 One of the saddest, but comforting thing I’ve ever seen is a stone Teddy Bear watching over the graves of infants in Pardes Shalom Cemetery in Maple, north of Toronto. It’s obviously very sad when a child dies, but I also find it heartbreaking to think of the child lying in their grave alone, without …

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Apr 28 2017

So much for Trump being a fascist dictator

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April 28, 2017

29 April 2017 Re: “When all else fails, blame Canada” (Lorne Gunter, April 25): Thanks to those suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome, the mainstream liberal media has been full of hyperbolic rhetoric calling Trump a fascist and comparing him to Hitler. As Gunter points out, Trump has failed so far in his efforts to replace Obamacare, …

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Apr 27 2017

Overdue honour: Staff-Sergeant Eddie Adamson to be honoured on the Toronto Police Honour Roll

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April 27, 2017

April 2017 On 20 April 2017, the family of the late Staff-Sergeant Eddie Adamson received some long-overdue good news: Eddie will be honoured on the Toronto Police Honour Roll, something he was denied in 2005. Adamson’s widow Linda and daughter Julie had to fight for the recognition bestowed on Toronto Police officers who die in the …

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Apr 21 2017

The Dieppe Raid – An elaborate cover for an attempted theft

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April 21, 2017

April 2017 The Dieppe Raid, also known by its final official code-name Operation Jubilee, was a Canadian-led raid on the German-occupied port of Dieppe, on the northern coast of France, on 19 August 1942. For decades afterwards, many viewed the Dieppe Raid as a colossal failure that didn’t achieve any of its objectives and had …

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Apr 18 2017

And then there were six – Pennsylvania’s lost town close to extinction

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April 18, 2017

April 2017 The population in Centralia, Pennsylvania, in the heart of anthracite coal region, dropped to only six people in the fall of 2016 when Kathi Wormer, daughter of the Borough’s last official Mayor, Carl Womer, moved out of the house once occupied by her parents. The home at 102 East Wood Street, originally occupied by Carl …

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Apr 14 2017

The pride of Canada’s military – Vimy Ridge 100 years later

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April 14, 2017

April 2017 On 9 April 2017, officially dedicated as Vimy Ridge Day in 2003, Canadians across the country and in France attended services to mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge, an infamous battle fought by the Canadian Corps from 9 to 12 April 1917, a part of the Battle of Arras in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais …

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Apr 07 2017

WWI pilot trainee remembered in his hometown

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April 7, 2017

Published in the Alliston Herald, 17 April 2017 The inscription of the tombstone of Royal Flying Corps Cadet James Talbot reads: “A noble young life given in service”. The weather on 7 April 2017 was cold and windy, with a thin layer of snow on the ground, as a crowd gathered at Union Cemetery in …

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