Bruce Forsyth

August 23, 2023

August 2023 Fort Henry National Historic Site, located in Kingston, Ontario, is a historic fort that once played a big role in the defence of British North America, one of many that can still be found on the shore of Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. The original Fort Henry, named after Henry Hamilton, …

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Aug 21 2023

Borscht Belt Historical Marker Project formally commemorates the Borscht Belt’s vibrant history

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August 21, 2023

August 2023 An enthusiastic crowd gathered in a parkette across from the Post Office in the Hamlet of Mountain Dale, New York, on 13 August, for the dedication of a historical marker commemorating the Borscht Belt. This was the second of several historical marker dedications scheduled to take place this year and in 2024, in …

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Aug 21 2023

Remembering Colleen Lantz – A wife and mother’s final act likely saved her infant son

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August 21, 2023

August 2023 Police officers frequently become desensitized to the tragedies that we see in the course of our duties. We can’t get too emotionally involved in the calls we attend, otherwise we wouldn’t be able to do our jobs for long. We compartmentalize, develop dark senses of humour and sometimes crack jokes that could be …

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Aug 20 2023

The day we went dark 20 years ago – The Northeast Blackout of 2003

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August 20, 2023

14 August 2023 Well, not exactly the world, but it was still big. It was 14 August 2003, when a widespread power outage hit the Northeastern and Midwestern parts of America, and a big part of the Canadian province of Ontario, beginning just after 4:10 p.m. EDST. Now known as the Northeast Blackout of 2003, it …

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Aug 18 2023

There never was an Arrow – Canada’s legendary jet fighter lives on at Edenvale Aerodrome

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August 18, 2023

Published in Springwater News, 21 August 2023 “As a fighting instrument of war, which must include an aircraft, an engine and a sophisticated fire-control system, then of course there never was an Arrow.” – David Golden, LLB, LLD (Honours), OC, former Deputy Minister of Defense Production, Deputy Minister of Industry and the first president of …

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Aug 15 2023

Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow needs to drop the Dundas Street issue

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August 15, 2023

August 2023 Re: “Hit the road, Chow” (Brian Lilley, Toronto Sun, 15 August): Mayor Chow, I would like to administer a little self-awareness test to you. I would agree with your proposal to re-name Dundas Street, if you and any of the other councilors who support this idiotic idea to re-name Dundas Street, all agree …

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Aug 06 2023

The end of the road for Kingston Family FunWorld

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August 6, 2023

August 2023 What started as a rural drive-in theatre in 1966, north of Kingston on McAdoo’s Lane, would later be transformed into a small outdoor entertainment centre in the mid 1990s. Now, it’s all gone, with the property awaiting re-development. The Drive-In opened in 1966, as The 66, with the Mustang Drive-In chain buying the …

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Aug 04 2023

The Princes’ Gates – The iconic Toronto gateway that was dedicated to two future Kings

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August 4, 2023

August 2023 Triumphal Arches are decorative free-standing monumental structures that can be found around the world. One of the best known is the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France. Designed in the shape of an archway, with one or more arched passageways, often designed to span a road, are usually decorated with carvings, sculpted reliefs, …

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Jul 27 2023

Trudeau government sticks it to Toronto

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July 27, 2023

Published in the Toronto Sun, 30 July 2023 Re: “Trudeau Liberals fail city again, refuse to pay their bill,” Brian Lilley (27 July, Toronto Sun): the sheer chutzpah of Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland to claim she can’t reimburse Toronto for the cost of housing and support for refugees, the very same ones that her boss …

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Jul 14 2023

The Historic Village of Limehouse and the ghosts of its industrial past

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