Bruce Forsyth

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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. Kutsher’s Hotel and Country Club – The Last Catskills Resort  — July 31, 2026
  2. Wearing a hijab should always be a choice — July 30, 2026
  3. An old log cabin on the edge of a city- The lone remnant of a failed business venture — July 27, 2026
  4. Just say the line, Marit — July 27, 2026
  5. Forgotten Borscht – Where summer memories were once made are now littered with ruins — July 27, 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

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Nov 21 2016

The shortest war in history

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November 21, 2016

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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Nov 16 2016

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

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November 16, 2016

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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Nov 15 2016

Lest we forget

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November 15, 2016

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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Nov 10 2016

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

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November 10, 2016

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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Nov 06 2016

Cops on the water: The rise and fall of the Hamilton Harbour Police

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November 6, 2016

November 2016 While there are many different police services patrolling the streets of cities, towns and waterways across the country, some have faded into history as budgets are cut and policing duties are taken over by larger police services. The Hamilton Harbour Police was a police force providing policing services for the Hamilton Harbour Commission …

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Nov 03 2016

The endless debate of a living wage

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November 3, 2016

Published in the Barrie Examiner, 9 December 2016 The issue of a “living wage”, especially for minimum-wage workers, is in the fore-front once again.  This isn’t an easy issue to resolve as it’s very much a question of balance. If the minimum-wage is too low, workers have difficulty affording even the basic needs, let alone having …

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Oct 30 2016

The train doesn’t stop here anymore: The ghost town of Depot Harbour

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October 30, 2016

October 2016 A ghost town is a once flourishing town that is wholly or mostly abandoned, usually as a result of the economic activity that supported it has failed, usually due to resource exhaustion, natural disasters or government actions that make the area economically non-viable. One such ghost town in the Parry Sound District in Ontario is Depot …

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Oct 17 2016

Why is it racist to have immigration and refugee standards?

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October 17, 2016

October 2016 I think it’s disgraceful how intolerant most progressives can be regarding anyone who doesn’t share their opinions.  Conservative leadership candidate Kellie Leitch has been taking a lot of heat for stance on immigration and refugee applicants be screened for what she referred to as anti-Canadian values. For example, anyone who doesn’t support Trudeau’s Syrian migrant, …

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Oct 10 2016

Case not closed: The enduring tragedy of the Harper – Truscott murder case

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October 10, 2016

October 2016 In the late 1950s, a shocking murder took place near a Royal Canadian Air Force base in south-western Ontario: the murder of 12 year-old Cheryl Lynne Harper.  Lynne, as she was known, was the daughter of Flying Officer Leslie Harper, a supply officer posted to RCAF Station Clinton, and Shirley Harper. On 9 …

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Oct 06 2016

Driving Ontario residents into energy poverty

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October 6, 2016

  October 2016 Well, I just got my hydro bill. I may not be able to afford to shop at the dollar store this month. Looks like I’ll have to switch to the 33 cent store. I hear they just got a new shipment of plankton, which is good news since I can’t afford canned …

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