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. Violence from the political left is the real danger — May 2, 2026
  2. King Charles shows class at White House dinner during state visit to America — April 29, 2026
  3. The Rock & Roll Machine powers on – Triumph celebrates 50 years of making music — April 29, 2026
  4. Last sunset for Sunset Speedway — April 24, 2026
  5. Ontario government’s Bill 101 strives to fix school attendance issues — 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

Author's posts listings

I’d rather keep the money in my pocket, thank you

March 2024 I wanted to respond to letter writer Annabelle Groves, particularly her statement questioning Canadians “… who parrot the phrase “axe the tax” not regularly receiving rebate cheques from the federal government?” Well, I receive a carbon tax refund, but I still believe in “Axe the Tax.” A carbon tax is a tax and …

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Is a serial arsonist behind the rash of fires at abandoned Borscht Belt hotels?

March 2024 The Borscht Belt was the colloquial name of the Catskills area of eastern New York State that was once populated with resorts and bungalow communities for Jewish clients from New York City. In an era when Jewish people still faced discrimination elsewhere, Borscht Belt resorts were a popular choice for family vacations and for …

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Beechwood National Cemetery – The final resting place of Veterans and notable Canadians

March 2024 On first glance, Beechwood Cemetery looks like any other cemetery. This cemetery in the Ottawa suburb of Vanier is the national cemetery of Canada, the final resting place for over 85, 000 Canadians from a variety of backgrounds. Most notably, Beechwood Cemetery is the national cemetery for the Canadian Armed Forces, the Royal …

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The disgraceful arrest of a Rebel News reporter by Toronto Police

March 2024 Chief Demkiw, What the Hell is going on with your once proud police service?  The arrest of a journalist who was clearly doing his job and not in any way committing an offence that would warrant being arrested, least of which for obstructing a peace officer, is a complete disgrace.  You need to answer …

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Axe The Tax! – Conservative rally their supporters in Toronto

March 2024 Pierre Poilievre certainly can attract a crowd. Around three-thousand Conservative Party of Canada supporters packed the Toronto Congress Centre on 10 March to cheer on the leader of His Majesty’s Loyal Opposition in his fight against the Liberal government’s carbon tax, which is set to increase on 1 April. “Life was not like …

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Bible camp in Grey County was originally a provincial jail

March 2024 When the Government of Ontario was looking for a location for a new super-jail for the central Ontario region, in mid-1990s, the small town of Durham, in Grey County, was on the list of proposed locations. In the end, the provincial government chose another location, but this wouldn’t have been the first time …

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Gossling’s Animal Park – A long forgotten refuge for orphaned and abandoned wild animals

March 2024 Zoos, or animal parks, have been popular tourist attractions for hundreds of years in both big cities and small communities. Simcoe County currently has the Elmvale Jungle Zoo, a seasonal zoo opened in 1967 in Elmvale, Ontario, north of Barrie. Another zoo that operated briefly in Simcoe County in the early part of …

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Bring back mandatory consecutive sentences for multiple murders

Published in the Toronto Sun, 13 March 2024 In light of the murders in Ottawa of the members of the Wickramasinghe family and a family friend, along with the attempted murder of Dhanushka Wickramasinghe, allegedly committed by the accused, Febrio De-Zoysa, can members of the Liberal government and their NDP lackies please explain to me why it …

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Thoughtcrime/Pre-crime – Were “1984” and “Minority Report” works of fiction or a glimpse of Canada’s future?

March 2024 Re: “Don’t call the cops. Call a mind reader” (Toronto Sun Editorial, 4 March): The Liberals On-line Harms Act, Bill C-63, has many objectionable elements, but one that really frightens me is the idea that police and the courts could arrest or otherwise take legal action against someone who “may” commit an on-line …

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Historic Vigo iron truss bridge faces uncertain future

March 2024 It sits silently rusting away, but the bridge crossing the Nottawasaga River on the former Line 4 road alignment in Flos Township, north of Barrie, Ontario, has seen hundreds of thousands, maybe millions, of vehicles travelling across its surface in the over 100 years it has spanned the river. Now this historic bridge …

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