Bruce Forsyth

Author's details

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. The Story Garden — July 21, 2026
  2. Trinity Wesleyan Methodist Cemetery the lone remnant of a forgotten hamlet — July 16, 2026
  3. Are you a quitter if you quit? — July 13, 2026
  4. George F. Johnson Recreation Park Carousel has been providing entertainment for over a Century — July 12, 2026
  5. Carney offers to buy unsold condominiums from developer to boost “affordable” housing stock — July 11, 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

Jun 12 2026

It’s not hard to see why antisemitism is at all-time highs in Canada

June 2026 Re: “Antisemitism in Canada more than an awareness problem,” (Simon Wolle, Toronto Sun, 8 June): B’nai Brith is advocating for “the establishment of a commission of inquiry, such as Royal Commission, to investigate the root causes of antisemitism in Canada.” Canada does have a shameful history of antisemitism, so we can’t forget that, …

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Jun 11 2026

Ontario remembers police officers lost “Because Of The Line Of Duty” at the 3rd Annual Ontario Police Suicide Memorial ceremony

June 2026 On 7 June, the third annual Ontario Police Suicide Memorial service was held on the grounds of the Ontario Legislature at Queen’s Park in Toronto. Unlike the existing police memorial, which pays tribute to police officers killed in the line of duty, the Ontario Police Suicide Memorial pays tribute to those who died …

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Jun 09 2026

The Road Hammers headline the June edition of Barrie’s Troubadour Festival

June 2026 It was a great Saturday afternoon and night on the Barrie waterfront on 6 June, as the 2026 edition of the Troubadour Festival kicked off with its line-up for June. Headlining the day-long festival, where it was country music day, were The Road Hammers, Canada’s hardest driving country music band, led by Barrie-born …

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Jun 08 2026

Time to ramp up the pressure on President Donald Trump

June 2026 Okay America, I say enough with all the trade issues and tariffs. Americans need to admit that you need a good trade deal with Canada; maybe not as much as Canada needs one with you, but you still need us more than President Donald Trump is admitting, at least publicly. If President Trump …

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Jun 04 2026

Ghost Towns of Ontario – Cooper’s Falls

June 2026 Ghost towns are “a once flourishing town wholly or nearly deserted usually as a result of the exhaustion of some natural resource,” as defined by Webster’s Dictionary. Cooper’s Falls is one of the many former villages in the Muskoka Region of southern Ontario that faded away after the logging industry declined. Along a …

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May 30 2026

Comfort Motel – Yet another old roadside motel becomes an abandoned relic of the road trip culture

May 2026 Like many provincial highways across Ontario, Highway 11 was once dotted with roadside motels that catered to weary travellers. The highway originally stretched from Lake Ontario in Toronto to the Minnesota-Ontario border at Rainy River in northern Ontario, but the section south of Barrie has been downgraded to a municipal highway. The Comfort …

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May 29 2026

Prime Minister Mark Carney has an opportunity to quell Alberta separation – Will he?

May 2026 – Published in the Toronto Sun, 20 June 2026 QUESTION OF SEPARATIONRe: “Danielle Smith started a fire and Alberta — and Canada — will suffer for it” (Warren Kinsella, May 27): While I do agree with Warren and Karl Belanger that Smith has opened up a messy can of worms by advocating for …

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May 22 2026

Bala Bay Inn – The historic Muskoka Inn enters its second century

May 2026 Generations of families have always enjoyed getting away from the crowded cities and having a leisurely vacation in a relaxed, peaceful and serene environment, perhaps on a lake, with the sound of rustling leaves from tall, mature trees. For generations of Ontarians, the lure of the Muskoka, Algonquin and Haliburton Districts have been …

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May 08 2026

The future of Canada’s iconic Snowbirds air demonstration squadron in doubt

Published in The Hamilton Spectator/Metroland Media, 9 May 2026 Opinion | We need to keep the Snowbirds flying With no replacement aircraft chosen, the future of the air demonstration squadron is in doubt. Mark Carney’s government has been subject to a lot of much deserved criticism for promising a lot and delivering very little other than …

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May 02 2026

Violence from the political left is the real danger

Published in the Toronto Sun, 21 May 2026 SOME HONESTY ON PROGRESSIVE VIOLENCE  Maybe it’s just me (well, no it isn’t, but just go with me), but Progressives seem to really like violence and destruction, especially for political purposes. So much of their rhetoric and talking points includes words like “smash,” “rage,” “rise up,” “resistance,” …

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