Bruce Forsyth

September 4, 2007

September 2007 The letter by former SCDSB Chair Lynda Murtha (Public cash, public schools, August 17) presents a very slanted view of the Ontario Conservatives’ proposal to fund private religious schools. Nowhere in her letter does she mention that this funding will be subject to private schools accepting the Ontario school curriculum, adhering to the …

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Sep 03 2007

“No” to the Highway of Heroes

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September 3, 2007

April 2007 After much thought, I must object to the re-naming of the Trenton-Toronto section of Highway 401 as the Highway of Heroes. I am a former member of the Canadian Navy, so this is not an anti-military stance, but I do think we are throwing around the word “heroïc” a little too much …

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Aug 21 2007

The army “invades” Alliston’s Potato Festival, but for fun only

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August 21, 2007

August 2007 I wish to comment on Bradley Campaigne’s letter (Festival no place for military propaganda, 17 August, Alliston Herald). While you are certainly entitled to your opinion, I don’t know what world you are living in. What makes you think that a kiddy commando course will ‘help promote a faction of our society that …

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Jul 31 2007

Live earth full of hot air

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July 31, 2007

August 2007 Who thought it was a good idea to have a concert, requiring tons of electricity and musicians to travel via fossil-fuel burning buses and planes, and say that it is to promote awareness of global warming. Oh yeah, a pompous blow-hard who has probably done more to promote awareness of his future ambitions …

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Jul 23 2007

Mahar is truly a victim

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July 23, 2007

July 2007 Mahar Arar is truly a victim. Both of Canadian incompetence, but of the fundamentalist Islamic terrorists. What happened to him should not have happened and it’s a shame that it did. However, would it have happened if the “enemy” in the war on terror was more clearly identifiable?

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Jul 22 2007

Abandoned military installations in Simcoe County

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July 22, 2007

Published in the Essa Times Novermber 2007 Simcoe County has always had a proud military heritage. Canadian Forces Base Borden has been a fixture in the area since it opened as Camp Borden on July 11, 1916. Originally an infantry training centre for the Canadian Expeditionary Force of World War I, The Royal …

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Jul 09 2007

Toronto needs to get it’s own fiscal house in order before creating new taxes

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July 9, 2007

July 2007 To Mayor David Miller: It’s great that you have decided to cut all unnecessary spending, including the renovations to your office, and are telling all departments to trim their budgets. This is what you should have in the first place rather than try to ram a new tax down the throats of Toronto …

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Jul 08 2007

We could all do more to support the troops

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July 8, 2007

Barrie Advance Collingwood Connection Innisfil Journal July 9, 2007 CFRB Radio talk show host John Moore recently stated that he thought the “Support Our Troops” magnets are simply an empty gesture. I’m of the opinion that even the smallest gestures are meaningful.

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Jul 03 2007

Military Museum holds Regiment’s history

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July 3, 2007

Published in the Collingwood Connection29 June 2007 Published in the Barrie Advance3 August 2007 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 is The Grey & Simcoe Foresters …

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Jul 02 2007

William Elliott deserves to wear the RCMP uniform

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July 2, 2007

July 2007 The appointment of William Elliott is definitely a contentious issue. Even more contentious is the idea of whether he should wear the RCMP uniform. Critics say that Elliott has not ‘earned’ the right to wear the uniform, but I would argue that his position ‘entitles’ him to do so and he is hardly …

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