Bruce Forsyth

July 24, 2024

July 2024 Amongst military units, it’s been a tradition going back centuries for them to have a mascot. The Canadian Forces Ammunition Depot Angus (CFAD Angus), their mascot was Turtle Ted. CFAD Angus was originally established by Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) in 1940 as 13 “X” Depot. It’s function was to supply munitions to …

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Jul 23 2024

An unceremonious end for a formerly high-end Niagara resort – Inn On The Niagara Parkway Motel

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July 23, 2024

July 2024 The Inn On The Niagara Parkway opened as a high-end resort in June 1959 in Niagara Falls, Ontario. This Hitchcock-ian relic was billed at the time as a “modern” resort motel that also boasted both a restaurant and a dairy bar. Amenities included an outdoor swimming pool, mini golf, a games area and a souvenir …

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Jul 21 2024

Aldershot Catholic cemetery is the final resting place of a long-forgotten Victoria Cross winner

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July 21, 2024

July 2024 The highest award for bravery in the face of an enemy that can be awarded to members of British and Commonwealth forces is the Victoria Cross. The V.C. was first awarded by Queen Victoria in 1856 and since then 1,356 medals have been awarded, with three people being awarded the medal twice. A …

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Jul 20 2024

Once abandoned Canadian Northern Railway Locomotive Shop sees new life as a grocery store

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July 20, 2024

July 2024 Railways have always been an important part of Canada. Besides the transportation of people and goods, they helped settle western Canada and unite the country from coast to coast. Just as important as the rails that carried the trains, maintenance buildings, like roundhouses and locomotive shops were essential to keeping the trains running. …

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Jul 19 2024

Time to go all Ronald Reagan on them!

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July 19, 2024

July 2024 Re: “LCBO workers in line for 8% wage hike before tentative deal collapsed” (Brian Lilley, Toronto Sun, 19 July): In light of recent developments, I believe that it’s time for the Ford government to make the LCBO union the same offer that President Ronald Reagan made to the air traffic controllers in 1981: …

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Jul 17 2024

Lost pioneer cemeteries – Scarborough Township’s Chalmers Presbyterian Cemetery

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July 17, 2024

July 2024 In many European, it’s common for cemetery graves to be re-used after as little as three to five years, long enough for the body of the deceased to decompose to a skeleton. After the “lease” on the grave expires, the bones are exhumed and either placed in a common ossuary, or cremated and …

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Jul 12 2024

Champlain-Wendat Rotary Park pays tribute to early French explorers and the Huron-Wendat Peoples of Penetanguishene

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July 12, 2024

July 2024 Community parks are an important part of life in our cities and towns. Some are passive parks for relaxation, a place for sports activities, for special events, for children to play on play structures or part of a waterfront beach area, they play a role in the quality of life for residents and …

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Jul 12 2024

Did you know that Stoney Creek has a warlock gravesite?

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July 12, 2024

July 2024 The southern Ontario City of Stoney Creek is known for many things, but one of their lesser-known having their own warlock. Coming from the Old English word “waerloga,” one who lies or breaks faith and is also a word for the Devil. They are a person, usually a man, who uses magic against …

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Jul 12 2024

The ghost of Cedarena – Memories of skating under the stars

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July 12, 2024

July 2024 The buildings are boarded up; the boards that make up the oval enclosure are weathered and deteriorating, containing an overgrown space that once was a popular place to skate away the afternoon or evening. The chatter and excitement of crowds skating in circles under the overhead lighting have been replaced by silence, only …

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Jul 11 2024

When was the last time you visited the Ontario Science Centre?

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July 11, 2024

July 2024 When the Ontario government announced on 21 June that the Ontario Science Centre’s Don Mills building was to be closed effective immediately, due to serious structural issues with the roof, there have been no shortage of protests and screeching voices declaring that the building must be saved and not demolished. People are acting …

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