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. Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema – One of the few independents still entertaining audiences in Toronto — June 18, 2026
  2. It’s not hard to see why antisemitism is at all-time highs in Canada — June 12, 2026
  3. Ontario remembers police officers lost “Because Of The Line Of Duty” at the 3rd Annual Ontario Police Suicide Memorial ceremony — June 11, 2026
  4. The Road Hammers headline the June edition of Barrie’s Troubadour Festival — June 9, 2026
  5. Time to ramp up the pressure on President Donald Trump — June 8, 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

Author's posts listings

Apr 10 2007

Farmland holds military aviation past

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April 10, 2007

    Published in the Alliston Herald 11 April 2007   Published in the Essa Times 9 November 2007   The intersection of County Road 10 and the Canadian Pacific Railway line, north of the 5th Side Road, and north-east of Alliston, looks like most farms, and it always has been. However, the property was …

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Apr 09 2007

A sense of fair play

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April 9, 2007

Published in the Toronto Sun 18 April 2007 Re “Legal Channels Denied Natives” (Toronto Sun by H. Freddy Sweetgrass, April 5): I can’t deny the First Nations people have been treated poorly in the past.

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Mar 29 2007

Quebec Sucks Canada Dry

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March 29, 2007

March 2007   Although I am a conservative, I don’t support the giving Quebec any more money than any other “have-not” province. No more buying their loyalty.

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Mar 28 2007

Is the global warming hysteria becoming too much?

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March 28, 2007

March 2007 Am I the only one who is getting sick of hearing all the contradictory information about the cause of global warming? I don’t deny that global warming is a reality, but whether it is a result of man-made influences or a natural phenomenon is the real question.

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Mar 06 2007

The unknown Victoria Cross recipient

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March 6, 2007

    February 2007   Author’s note: This article is in response to the article “Give our vets the last word in VC debate”, written by Lorrie Goldstein, which appeared in the Toronto Sun on 7 March 2007.   While I do agree with what Lorrie writes, I do think that the first Canadian V.C. …

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Mar 05 2007

We should honour our veterans

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March 5, 2007

March 2007   There is currently a debate before Toronto City council whether new streets should be named after soldiers who died in Afghanistan. A caller to the John Moore Show on CFRB, who identified himself as a WWII veteran, stated that Afghanistan veterans should not receive such an honour because most of them have …

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Mar 01 2007

Gee, glad we could help!

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March 1, 2007

March 2007 Now that Torontonians have significantly reduced their power consumption through energy efficient & expensive compact fluorescent bulbs, restricting use of air conditioners in the summer and keeping the heat down in the winter, what does Toronto Hydro do to thank everyone? They increase the rates they charge to customers by 6.3% starting May …

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Feb 28 2007

A Fallen Comrade

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February 28, 2007

Published in the Blue Line magazine March 2007 It is with great sadness that the West Grey Police Service announces the death of Auxiliary Constable Brad Campbell, 39, a dedicated 3 year veteran of the West Grey Police Service Auxiliary Unit. Auxiliary Constable Campbell sustained serious injuries as a result of an off-duty traffic collision …

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Jan 14 2007

No one’s safe when bullets fly

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January 14, 2007

January 2008 Re: No one’s safe when bullets fly (January 15, 2007), while I don’t believe there is a perfect solution to this problem, I think the only realistic one is to hand out harsh sentences for those who use guns in the commission of an offence, regardless of whether they harm anyone. The sentence …

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Dec 31 2006

Major Battles of WWI

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December 31, 2006

YPRES – This battle took place in April 1915. Here, the Germans attacked a Canadian Force that was green and inexperienced in the ways of war. This battle marked the first time either side in the war used poison gas in battle, which had been outlawed. The Canadians had no gas masks and attempted to …

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