Bruce Forsyth

January 2023 On 4 January, thousands of police & peace officers and emergency services workers from across North America gathered, once again, gathered at the Sadlon Arena in south Barrie, Ontario, for the funeral of a fallen police officer. This time, it was for Ontario Provincial Police Constable Grzegorz “Greg” Pierzchala, of the Haldimand County …

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The Memory’s Gate and the ghost town of Laskay

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December 2022 Ontario is littered with thousands of former towns, some of which are completely devoid of people, some that are still occupied, but a shadow of their former selves. Commonly called “ghost towns,” Laskay is one such village in King Township, in southern Ontario, that falls into the latter category. Founded in 1832, along …

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Not ready for prime-time

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December 2022 Re: “Is Carbon Capture Tech The Way To Go?” (Editorial, Barrie Advance, 15 December): Like any new technology, there are good and bad things about them, especially in the early years, before refinements and advances in that technology make it make it more efficient, economical and practical. The same could be said for …

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Lawsuits and the music festival that never was – The legacy of Canada’s failed Roxodus Music Festival

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December 2022 The concert business is a fickle business. Despite the best of planning, no one really knows if things will go off as planned, especially with outdoor concert venues, whose success can sometimes hinge on nothing more than favourable weather conditions. Putting on a one-evening-only concert is one thing, but a multi-day, multi-act festival, …

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Memorial Garden opened at the Midland Pet Cemetery – A final resting place for our furry friends

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December 2022 On 14 June 2022, World Pet Memorial Day, the Midland Branch of the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Midland, Ontario, officially unveiled a memorial garden at the site of a disused, but still maintained pet cemetery on their property. The revitalization of this pet cemetery includes a variety …

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The Alberta Sovereignty Act passed by the Alberta Legislature

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December 2022 With the passage of the Alberta Sovereignty Act by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, critics are pronouncing that it will open the door to a wave of court challenges and is probably unconstitutional. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau likes to prattle-on about how we need to find the “root causes” when it comes to people …

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The cancelling of the School Resource Officer program is proving to be a fatal mistake

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December 2022 Councilor Shelley Carroll and Toronto District School Board (TDSB) Chair Rachel Chernos Lin should be ashamed for comments they made on Newstalk 1010 to host Jerry Agar, regarding the issue of the unprecedented violence in TDSB schools and the cancelling of the School Resource Officer (SRO) program, leading to the most violent year …

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And just like that, it was gone – The decline of America’s Jewish Vacationland

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December 2022 Mention the Catskills to any Jewish person from eastern New York State, 40-years-old or older, you will likely inspire a flood of memories for them; of summers spent in the mountains with family and friends, either at a hotel or a bungalow colony, relaxing by a pool, participating in recreational sports, endless plates …

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Emergencies Act hearings come to an end – Will Teflon Trudeau be held accountable?

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December 2022 OK, so the big take-away from the testimony of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his fellow ministers is that it doesn’t matter what the letter of the law is under the Emergencies Act, we are going to make up our own definition of what constitutes a national emergency. I’m hoping that Justice Paul …

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And the award for tone-deafness goes to….

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November 2022 Published in the Toronto Sun, 5 December 2022 Re: The value of CBC (Toronto Sun, Letters to the Editor, 27 November): Wow! The chutzpah of Leon Mar, Director, Media Relations for CBC/Radio-Canada, is a perfect example of the sense of entitlement one would expect from a government or government-funded entity. While Mr. Mar …

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