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. King Charles shows class at White House dinner during state visit to America — April 29, 2026
  2. The Rock & Roll Machine powers on – Triumph celebrates 50 years of making music — April 29, 2026
  3. Last sunset for Sunset Speedway — April 24, 2026
  4. Ontario government’s Bill 101 strives to fix school attendance issues — April 23, 2026
  5. Fantasy Fair – Ontario’s Largest Indoor Amusement Park — April 23, 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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Toronto Councilors Moise and Carroll are calling opponents of “Sankofa Square” racist

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June 2024 First it was Councilor Chris Moise at a public meeting, now it’s Councilor Shelley Carroll who displayed an appallingly high level of chutzpah in scolding those opposed to renaming Young-Dundas Square to Sankofa Square as racists in off-air discussions with Newstalk 1010 show hosts John Moore Show and Jerry Agar.  At the Toronto Council …

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Because of the line of duty – Honouring Ontario police officers lost to suicide

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June 2024 On Sunday, 23 June, hundreds of police officers and their supporters gathered at the site of the Ontario Police Memorial in Toronto to commemorate the first annual Ontario Police Suicide Memorial ceremony. Unlike the existing police memorial, which pays tribute to police officers killed in the line of duty, this new memorial pays …

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Minesing S.S. #9 – Former rural schoolhouse lives on as a community centre

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June 2024 For rural communities, one-room or small multi-room schoolhouses were the standard before communities grew and educational course offerings necessitated bigger schools, holding anywhere from several hundred to one or two thousand students. Before the invention of the automobile, these one-room or small schools were built close to the towns and farms where the …

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They called him the King – Al Waxman, Canada’s other King

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June 2024 They called him the King; the King of Kenzington. Also known as Albert “Al” Waxman, the versatile Canadian actor and director had a long and distinguished career that included radio, stage, films and television. Albert Samuel Waxman, was born on 2 March 1935 in Toronto, the son of Jewish Polish immigrants. Waxman’s career began …

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Pride has become way too political

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June 2024 Re: “Forcing Pride on Catholic schools isn’t diversity” (Brian Lilley, Toronto Sun, 15 June): Although I’m conservative, I’m socially liberal on many topics, including issues related to the gay community. However, I’ve gone from having no objection to raising the Pride flag for those who wish to do so, to resenting the fact …

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St. James on-the-Lines Church – Historic Penetanguishene church has served worshipers for almost 200 years

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June 2024 The St. James on-the-Lines Church, a small, unassuming, white clapboard-sided church in the lakeside town of Penetanguishene, Ontario, may not seem that significant on first inspection. However, there is a very specific reason why the British Union Jack flies outside the church: the St. James on-the-Lines Church is older than Canada itself. The …

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Go west, young man

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Published in the Toronto Sun, 18 June 2024 Re: “Immigration policy untethered from reality” (Brian Lilley, Toronto Sun, 12 June): The number of immigrants admitted each year and insufficient employment opportunities are just two problems with Trudeau’s immigration policy. Another is that most immigrants, admitted under any federal government, generally congregate in large metropolitan areas …

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Sunset Ceremony honours Barrie war veterans on the 80th anniversary of D-Day

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June 2024 On the evening of 6 June, at Barrie’s Military Heritage Park, along the shore of Kempenfelt Bay, a large crowd gathered for a special Sunset Ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day, the beginning of the end for the Nazis and the Third Reich. Codenamed Operation Neptune, the Normandy landings on 6 …

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Flying Officer Alfred B. Thompson – Simcoe County’s connection to The Great Escape

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June 2024 The history of World War II includes many significant battles and stories of courage and sacrifice. One of the best known stories that took place far from the battlefields of Europe came to be known as The Great Escape. In March 1944, a mass escape of British and Commonwealth airmen took place at …

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Etobicoke football stadium re-named in honour of the late Toronto Mayor Rob Ford

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May 2024 For a man who loved football, the re-naming of Centennial Park football stadium to Rob Ford Stadium on 28 May, the day that would have been Ford’s 55th birthday, is a fitting tribute. The newly-rechristened Rob Ford Stadium is a 2,200-seat stadium, opened in 1975 in the Toronto suburb of Etobicoke, that is primarily …

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