Bruce Forsyth

October 2023 Like many towns in Ontario, the railways were once a vital transportation link for the movement of people and goods in the days before the automobile and paved roads. Numerous railway line crisscrossed the country until motor vehicles and improved highways made the transportation of people and goods easier. Smaller railway companies went …

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MPP censured for anti-Semitic comments and kicked out of the New Democratic Party after backlash

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October 2023 Re: “MPPs should support Jama” ( Hamilton Spectator, Letters to the Editor, 21 Oct.): What part of Hamas has no interest in negotiating do Sara Jama and letter writer D. Scott McNie not seem to understand? This is not to disparage the average Palestinian Gaza residents who simply want to go about their day, go to …

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Olde Erie Canal Heritage Park preserves a part of New York State’s transportation history

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October 2023 Shipping canals have been an important part of water-based transportation of people and goods for centuries. The Erie Canal is a 351-mile long historic canal in upstate New York, running east-west from the Hudson River at Waterford, north of Albany, to Lake Erie at Tonawanda. As with most canals, a series of locks were constructed …

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Watson’s Mill – The historic landmark of Manotick

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October 2023 Since the early days of British North America, many towns and villages sprung up around rivers, where water-powered mills were built so that local farmers could easily transport their grain there to be milled. These communities were dependent on their local mill as bread was a staple part of the diet. Watson’s Mill is …

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Trudeau and his Liberal government embarrasses Canada once again

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October 2023 During a historic visit to Canada’s Parliament by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on 24 September, now-former Speaker Anthony Rota stood up in the House of Commons to introduce Yaroslav Hunka, a resident of his North Bay riding sitting in the visitor’s gallery who is a “…Ukrainian war veteran from the Second World War …

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A little bit Country, a little bit Rock and Roll – Another great year for Burlington’s Sound of Music Festival

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October 2023 The Sound of Music Festival is an annual music festival in Burlington, Ontario, held in mid-June over the Father’s Day weekend. The free-admission festival, with paid VIP upgrades, is held in Spencer Smith Park along the city’s waterfront and throughout the downtown core, billing itself as “Canada’s Largest Free Music Festival.” Just two of the …

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Were we lied to about the finding of “unmarked graves” of Indigenous children?

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October 2023 Back in 2021, the country was rocked by the shocking news, presented as “fact,” that the graves of 215 children buried at a former Indian residential school in Kamloops, BC, had been discovered. We were told that ground penetrating radar had located unmarked graves at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, but this …

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The 15-Minute City might be good in theory….

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October 2023 The 15-Minute City might be a good idea in theory. The concept is a city design that enables residents to access most daily amenities within a 15 to 20-minute walk, bike or other mode of transportation from any point in a city, town or village regardless of size. However, the concept comes with …

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Park re-named in honour of fallen police officer

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September 2023 A large crowd gathered on 18 September in a small park in Bradford, Ontario, for the official re-naming of Middleton Park to Constable Devon Northrup Memorial Park, in honor of the fallen 33-year-old South Simcoe Police officer killed in the line of duty almost exactly a year prior. On 11 October 2022, South …

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No space for hate – As long as you agree with our opinions

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