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. Just say the line, Marit — July 27, 2026
  2. Forgotten Borscht – Where summer memories were once made are now littered with ruins — July 27, 2026
  3. Kleinburg Railway Station a remnant of a long-vanished railway — July 25, 2026
  4. The Story Garden – An interactive, educational playground for children — July 21, 2026
  5. Trinity Wesleyan Methodist Cemetery the lone remnant of a forgotten hamlet — July 16, 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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Jan 17 2024

A true gentleman and a life well lived

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January 17, 2024

January 2024 It is with great sadness that the Forsyth family announces the passing of Colonel (Ret’d) James Charles Forsyth, CStJ, CD, CA, on 11 January 2024, at the age of 85. Born in Hamilton on 1 June 1938, the son of the late Maurice & Lillian (Denver) Forsyth. James was a graduate of Central Secondary …

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Jan 09 2024

Rebel News reporter arrested for asking questions of Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister

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January 9, 2024

January 2024 The arrest of Rebel News reporter David Menzies by the RCMP security detail for Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland for scrumming her outside the Richmond Hill Performing Arts Centre on 8 January, should be very alarming to all Canadians.  Freeland was attending a memorial vigil for the victims of the shooting down of …

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Jan 07 2024

Mind the pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves

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January 7, 2024

January 2024 Most Canadians understand the necessity to pay taxes in order to fund government operations and our social services. They may not like the fact that taxes have a negative effect it has on their bank balance, but they can at least understand. However, when you come across government waste, it can be a …

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Dec 20 2023

Stories and Hymns – Joseph Scriven memorialized in Port Hope

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December 20, 2023

December 2023 Memorial Park, in downtown Port Hope, Ontario, is a popular gathering place. Complete with a playground for the children, a bandshell, the town’s cenotaph and plenty of open space for leisure, it also has something that looks quite out of place. What looks like a tombstone found in a typical cemetery, is actually …

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Dec 19 2023

It’s about freedom of choice

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December 19, 2023

December 2023 So, now that the Trudeau Government has officially decreed that they will be going forward with the elimination of sales of gas-powered vehicles, I’m publicly challenging the major auto manufacturers to decide whether they’re going to follow this order, or sell products that the buying public actually want to buy.  Bottom line, no …

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Dec 15 2023

Are we being trolled with the re-naming of Yonge-Dundas Square?

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December 15, 2023

December 2023 Re: “Sneaky renaming of Dundas Square to Sankofa Square is revisionist madness” (Joe Warmington, Toronto Sun, 15 Dec.): Oy Vey!! In a decision that could have been ripped from a headline from satirical news outlets like The Onion or The Babylon Bee, Toronto City Council voted to change the name of Yonge-Dundas Square …

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Dec 15 2023

Innisfil celebrates the sixth day of Hanukkah

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December 15, 2023

December 2023 Innisfil Town Hall played host to the lighting of the sixth candle on the Menorah, lit by Rabbi Zevi Kaplan of Chabad Innisfil. With the horrors of the 7 October terrorist attack on Israel still fresh in everyone’s mind, the assembled crowd of Innisfil Jewish families and non-Jewish supporters celebrated the sixth day of …

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Dec 10 2023

The First Night of Hanukkah – Larger than usual crowd attends Menorah lighting in Barrie

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December 10, 2023

December 2023 A large, enthusiastic and festive crowd, attended Barrie City Hall on 7 December, for the annual Chanukah Fest and Grand Menorah Lighting, making a strong statement of Jewish pride and resilience. With the horrors of the 7 October terrorist attack on Israel still fresh in everyone’s mind, the assembled crowd of Jewish families and non-Jewish …

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Nov 27 2023

Just Can’t Get Enough of Depeche Mode

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November 27, 2023

November 2023 On 5 November, I took my daughter to her first “official” concert: Depeche Mode. The band were on their Memento Mori Tour, in support of the album of the same name. I say first “official” because we had twice been to concerts before, once when she was eight, but we had to leave …

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Nov 25 2023

Roadside Attractions – Replica steam-powered locomotive a reminder of the early days of railroading

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November 25, 2023

November 2023 Since the mid-nineteenth century, the railways were once a vital transportation link for the movement of people and goods in the days before the automobile and paved roads. Alma, Ontario, a former unincorporated village in Mapletown Township, Ontario, has an interesting roadside attraction that acknowledges this link to the past. Sitting beside a …

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