Bruce Forsyth

April 19, 2024

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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Apr 12 2024

Incentives needed in light of doctor shortages

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April 12, 2024

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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Apr 05 2024

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

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April 5, 2024

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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Apr 04 2024

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

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April 4, 2024

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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Mar 27 2024

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

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March 27, 2024

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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Mar 26 2024

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

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March 26, 2024

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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Mar 22 2024

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

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March 22, 2024

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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Mar 17 2024

The disgraceful arrest of a Rebel News reporter by Toronto Police

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March 17, 2024

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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Mar 16 2024

Axe The Tax! – Conservative rally their supporters in Toronto

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March 16, 2024

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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Mar 14 2024

Bible camp in Grey County was originally a provincial jail

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March 14, 2024

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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