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 22 2007

Private Tommy Holmes – The youngest Canadian soldier to win the Victoria Cross

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November 22, 2007

Young V.C. winner was in local regiment   Published in the Barrie Advance   23 November 2008   The highest award for bravery in the face of an enemy that can be awarded to members of British and Commonwealth forces is the Victoria Cross. The V.C. was first awarded by Queen Victoria in 1856 and …

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Nov 22 2007

Watching the Skies – The RCAF Ground Observer Corps

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November 22, 2007

  Published in the Essa Times   23 November 2007   During the 1950s, North America was under constant watch for attack by Russian bombers flying over the North Pole. To counter this threat, three lines of early warning radar stations were built across Canada: the arctic Distant Early Warning Line, the short-lived Mid-Canada Line …

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Nov 08 2007

Answering the call – Afghanistan veteran would do it all over again

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November 8, 2007

Published in the Barrie Advance 9 November 2007 Published in the Orillia Today 23 November 2007 On Remembrance Day, Canadians honour the sacrifices of Canada’s war veterans. It’s also a time when Canadians most often think about our troops currently serving in harm’s way.

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Nov 07 2007

Use of Tasers in question

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November 7, 2007

November 2007 I will open by stating the obvious: the death of Robert Dziekanski after being tasered by the 4 RCMP officers should not have happened. I don’t know anyone who would agree with that more that the RCMP officers themselves. Although none of us “arm-chair quarterbacks” really know what was going through the minds …

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Oct 27 2007

Action on the Hill?

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October 27, 2007

Published in the Toronto Sun 28 October 2007 Re “Harper: Bully or shrewd political strategist” (Oct 21): Angelo Persichilli has hit the nail right on the head with this one.

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Oct 20 2007

Dion the Saviour

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October 20, 2007

October 2007   Angelo Persichilli (Harper: Bully or shrewd political strategist, Toronto Sun, Oct 21) has hit the nail right on the head with this one.

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Oct 11 2007

Thankful for Canada’s military

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October 11, 2007

October 2007 Re: Peter Worthington’s Young Canadians Respond (October 12), it’s good to see that young Canadians are upholding this country’s proud military history, despite what the “peace-at-any-price proponents” would like. Historically, Canadians have fielded the biggest non-conscript military. It just seems to be an inherent trait that Canadians are willing to serve their country …

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Oct 09 2007

An election is no time for serious issues

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October 9, 2007

October 2007   What a pathetic lot we will be if Ontarians reject John Torry’s Conservatives just because of the political land-mine he laid with private school funding. Are you, my fellow Ontarians, telling me that you’d rather keep the Fiberals in power; the ones who foisted up on us the biggest tax increase in …

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Oct 03 2007

The Cause of World War I – The shot that started a war – The assassination of the Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary

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October 3, 2007

  October 2007   This year we celebrate the 89th anniversary of the end of the Great War; “The War To End All Wars”; The First World War.   Despite all the major reasons why the war might have started, the actual incident which started WWI, took place in a small corner of Europe called …

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Sep 06 2007

Justice for Steven Truscott

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September 6, 2007

Published in the Barrie Advance 7 September 2007 Steven Truscott is no longer a convicted murderer, but has justice been done given that he was acquitted and not exonerated?

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