Bruce Forsyth

August 23, 2016

August 2016 On 19 August 2016, a ceremony was held to commemorate the re-opening of the historic Oro African Methodist Episcopal Church at the intersection of Line 3 North and Old Barrie Rod in Oro-Medonte Township. Several dignitaries attended he public ceremony including Ontario Lieutenant-Governor The Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell, MPs Alex Nuttall and Bruce Stanton, …

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Aug 13 2016

The man who built a castle

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August 13, 2016

August 2016 When you mention the name Sir Henry Pellatt, most people don’t recognize the name. Well, Major-General Sir Henry Mill Pellatt, CVO, was a Canadian financier and soldier, notable for bringing hydro-electricity to Toronto, Ontario. Still doesn’t ring a bell? Well, he was also the man who build a large château on a hill in Toronto …

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Aug 12 2016

Military museum holds regiment’s history

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August 12, 2016

Note: this is an update of an article written in 2007. August 2016 Simcoe County is fortunate to have numerous museums, telling the story of the county’s military, railroading, frontier and aboriginal past. One small and little known museum that exists right in the heart of Barrie’s downtown is The Grey & Simcoe Foresters Regimental Museum. …

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Aug 10 2016

Will McDonald’s start selling a McMarijuana burger?

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August 10, 2016

August 2016 In the run-up to the legalization of marijuana, there are issues that I hope will be covered in the legislation. Some SHOULD be obvious. How are police and the courts going to deal with the rise in cases of impaired by drug while operating a motor vehicle that we will surely see? Of …

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Aug 06 2016

Broken Arrow: The rise and fall of Crawford Gordon and A.V. Roe Canada

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August 6, 2016

August 2016 Canada has a proud history of leadership and innovation in industry and technology. Perhaps one of the greatest industrialists and business minds in Canadian history was Crawford Gordon, Jr. He was comptroller of finance at Canadian General Electric by the age of 21; he was “Minister of Everything” C.D. Howe’s “Boy wonder” at the …

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Aug 04 2016

Roy Brown and the “Flying Circus”

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August 4, 2016

August 2016 Canada has a proud military heritage and many notable Canadians have distinguished themselves in the service of their country. One such Canadian is WWI flying ace Captain A. Roy Brown, a pilot who twice earned the Distinguished Service Cross. Brown would achieve fame for being the pilot officially credited with shooting down the …

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Jul 25 2016

Everything about Anne

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July 25, 2016

On 23 July 2016, Bala’s Museum held their annual “Everything About Anne Day,” where they re-create the day in 1922 when Anne of Green Gables author Lucy Maud Montgomery came to Bala, Ontario, for a 2 week vacation. Starting off with the arrival of “Lucy Maud Montgomery” (played by Donna Hillyard) herself by carriage, the …

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Jul 14 2016

Vanished Airfields – Barker Field and the war hero behind the name

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July 14, 2016

July 2016 Toronto was once a beehive of aviation activity, with numerous small public and private airfields in the area, most of which have vanished from the landscape with little to remind people today of the property’s aviation past. Barker Field is one of those vanished airfields. Originally named Century Airport, the privately owned aerodrome …

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Jul 07 2016

Unsung hero – WWI aboriginal sniper honoured

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July 7, 2016

July 2016 On 21 June 2016, National Aboriginal Day, a long-overdue honour was bestowed on Canada’s most highly decorated aboriginal soldier. A life-sized bronze monument statue of World War I hero Corporal Francis Pegahmagabow, MM and 2 Bars, was unveiled in Parry Sound, Ontario, almost 100 years after he earned his first medal for courage …

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Jun 19 2016

Borden Legacy Monument officially dedicated

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June 19, 2016

June 2016 As a part of the 100th anniversary of CFB Borden, the base unveiled the Borden Legacy Monument, built as a lasting monument to the sacrifices of Canadian soldiers who trained at Camp Borden and died in the European battlefields. The monument features two black granite walls, one that contains an urn filled with …

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