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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Jun 19 2007

Camp X – Canada’s secret spy school

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June 19, 2007

Published in the Essa Times April 2007   Published in The Maple Leaf June 2007   Despite the current mission in Afghanistan, many Canadian still think of Canada as a “peacekeeper nation”.  Our military personnel have served, or are currently serving on numerous missions worldwide as members of United Nations and NATO peacekeeping forces. However, …

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Jun 11 2007

True heroes

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June 11, 2007

June 2007   Recently some Toronto Police officers were honoured as heroes for rescuing some people from a burning building. There were no serious injuries, but all parties, including the police officers, were treated for smoke inhalation. I not surprised they were treated for smoke inhalation. Now this brings me to my point that although …

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Jun 05 2007

Police must be able to pursue

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June 5, 2007

Published in the Toronto Sun 6 June 2007 Regarding police pursuits — we can make this really simple: When you see flashing red lights on a police car, pull to the right and stop as soon as you can safely do so. Period! The idea of banning police from pursuing people suspected of committing an …

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Jun 04 2007

Do they deserve to be born

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June 4, 2007

June 2007   Re: Do they deserve to be born? (Toronto Sun, May 31, 2007, regarding the birth of conjoined twins Krista and Tatiana), at the risk of being a fence-sitter, I must say this is difficult one. I do agree that life is sacred and abortion should not be used as birth control. Thus …

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May 31 2007

Canada should issue a Cold War Victory Medal to its military

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May 31, 2007

    Published in Legion Magazine, June 2007 There are numerous medals that make up the Canadian Honours, Awards and Medals system. People are awarded medals for a variety of reasons. It could be for participation in an event or action (United Nations peacekeeping tour); it could be or performing a duty of a specified …

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May 24 2007

Calling it a day – Barrie reservist serves nearly 50 years

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May 24, 2007

Published in the Barrie Advance   25 May 2007   In September 2006, Lieutenant-Colonel Lorne Williams relinquished his appointment as the Honourary Lieutenant-Colonel for the Grey & Simcoe Foresters (G & SF), capping off a military career that spanned 7 different decades. With a combined total of 47 years of service, Lorne is one of …

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May 22 2007

Brown the MP for me

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May 22, 2007

Published in the Barrie Advance 23 May 2007 Last Friday, I had an unexpected visitor at my house: Barrie MP Patrick Brown. Patrick was going door to door in my neighbourhood to hand out information flyers and ask if there were any concerns that I as one of his constituents wanted to address with him. …

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May 22 2007

The Dangerous Book for Boys

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May 22, 2007

I like the idea of this book. Kids today live too much in a bubble-wrapped world. I have fond memories about playing at the train tracks (still razz my parents about the safety nightmare of that), riding our bikes down really steep hills and sometimes hitting the fence that was right at the bottom of …

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May 15 2007

Toronto’s Cold War Sentinel

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May 15, 2007

May 2007   Toronto’s Downsview Park has been in the forefront recently as the premier place in Toronto for hosting large outdoor events. World Youth Day and the Rolling Stones mega-concert to benefit SARS relief are two major events held at Downsview Park, Canada’s first urban Federal Park. Perhaps it is important to remind people …

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May 08 2007

From cadet to colonel during 55 years of service

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May 8, 2007

Published in the Burlington Post 9 May 2007 Hamilton Reservist Calls It A Day After 50 Years Service Recently, Colonel James Forsyth, CStJ, CD, CA, relinquished the appointment of Honorary Colonel for The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, bringing to a close over 50 years of continuous service in the Canadian Army Militia, in addition to …

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