Bruce Forsyth

May 2024 Re: “U of T wants ‘dialogue.’ What it gets is a protester tent city” (Joe Warmington, Toronto Sun, 3 May): Enough of this nonsense. I say get out the fire hoses and get rid of all these paid protesters, anarchists, Marxists, useful idiots and all the dimwitted trained seals chanting the mantras that …

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It’s Cherry Blossom Time Again in Ontario

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May 2024 Every spring, around the middle of April to early May, the cherry blossom trees come to life after their winter dormancy period. Each spring, the tree branches become covered with double petal blossoms, making it look like a flower within a flower. These deep-pink blossoms grow in clusters, making the trees look like …

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The arrogance of health experts blinds them from the obvious dangers of decriminalization

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May 2024 While B.C.’s experiment with decriminalizing of hard drugs has been an utter failure, Dr. Eileen de Villa, Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health, believes that the Toronto version of decriminalization will work. It’s kind of like the current crop of North American socialists, who insist that their version of socialism will work, despite the …

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Union Burial Ground – The final resting place for United Empire Loyalists in Burlington

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April 2024 Cemeteries can serve as a window into the past and can provide a lot of information about the history of a community. This is very true when it comes to old pioneer cemeteries, like the Union Burying Ground on Plains Road East in Burlington. Established in 1848, it’s the final resting place of …

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Museum takes you back in time to the early days of Simcoe County

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April 2024 The southern Ontario County of Simcoe, named after Lieutenant-General John Graves Simcoe, the first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada from 1791 to 1796, has a long, rich history, dating back to the early days of British North America. That history is celebrated at the Simcoe County Museum, an interactive museum that tells the …

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Why was Umar Zameer tried for murder?

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April 2024 Firstly, I would like express my condolences to the family of Detective Constable Jeffrey Northrup. With the acquittal of Umar Zameer in the death of D/C Northrup, we have avoided a gross miscarriage of justice. After hearing the evidence and what the presiding judge thought of the Crown’s case, this was the only …

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The keffiyeh has become a toxic political symbol

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Published in the Toronto Sun, 25 April 2024 While the keffiyeh may be a very practical item in a desert environment, it has become a toxic political symbol in recent months. Since the 7 October terrorist attack on Israel by Hamas, the keffiyeh has become a symbol of antisemitism and support for the destruction of …

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Incentives needed in light of doctor shortages

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April 2024 Re: “Doctor’s orders” (Brian Lilley, Toronto Sun, 4 April): Maybe the solution is encouraging medical students to enter into the primary-care field by offering incentives such as free tuition, backed up by a contractual obligation that they must stay in the field for a specified time period, such as 5 years. Once we …

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Borden dedicates new monument marking the 100th anniversary of the Royal Canadian Air Force

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April 2024 Canadian Forces Base Borden, in the southern Ontario county of Simcoe, has been a training base for Canada’s Armed Forces for over a century. Opened on 11 July 1916 as Camp Borden, named after Sir Frederick Borden, Minister of Militia under Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier, it was originally a training centre for infantry …

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From transportation to recreation – The Caledon Trailway and the relics of a railroading past

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April 2024 Since the early Nineteenth Century, railroads have have been an effective transportation option for goods and passengers. While the railways once dominated transportation, particularly land transportation, the emergence of automobiles, trucks and improved road networks gave the business community and the general public better options, leading to the demise of many railway companies …

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