Bruce Forsyth

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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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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