Bruce Forsyth

April 17, 2023

April 2023 Before motor vehicles and paved highways made transportation of people and goods easier, railways were the fastest and most efficient method of land transportation. Every city, town and village along the railway lines had a station where the trains would stop to load and off-load passengers, mail and goods. Some were proper buildings, …

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Apr 15 2023

What is to become of the vacant Kempenfelt Conference Centre?

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April 15, 2023

April 2023 The Kempenfelt Conference Centre, or more importantly, the 20-acre property it occupies on the south shore of Kempenfelt Bay, screams big opportunity for Simcoe County’s tourism sector, either as a vacation resort or a wellness retreat. Right now, the Ontario government-owned facility in the Town of Innifsil is vacant and deteriorating, due to …

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Apr 15 2023

Remnants of a long-demolished Erie and Ontario Railway repair depot found on Niagara-on-the-Lake’s waterfront

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April 15, 2023

April 2023 Like many waterfront towns, the southern Ontario town of Niagara-on-the-Lake was once a shipping port, transporting goods and people across Lake Ontario and back. Railways were a big part of that transportation system, going back to the first half of the 19th Century. The Erie and Ontario Railway (E&ORR), the third railroad in …

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Apr 10 2023

Are Electric Vehicles really wanted by drivers and the auto manufacturers?

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April 10, 2023

April 2023 In speaking about electric vehicles to a young-looking cashier at my local grocery store, I was surprised to learn that she was not at all interested in owning one herself. I thought the younger generation were all on board with “saving the planet,” having been told for years by Al Gore and Greta …

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Apr 06 2023

A missed opportunity for affordable housing

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April 6, 2023

April 2023 I’m frankly confused why jurisdictions like Toronto, and Ontario in general, complain about a lack of affordable housing. In many cities across Ontario, there are numerous empty, or underused, municipal and provincially-owned buildings that could easily be converted into affordable housing. Municipalities and provincial ministries that have inherited housing from closed from closed …

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Apr 03 2023

Electric Vehicles aren’t really emissions-free

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April 3, 2023

April 2023 While I would never accuse Doug Ford of being an environmental zealot like Steven Gilbeault, the insistence that by pulling “…critical minerals out of the ground to put in the EV vehicles and the batteries to make sure we take cars off the road,” doesn’t really make a lot of environmental sense when …

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Apr 02 2023

Century-old lakeshore cottage built by prominent Burlington-Hamilton developer lives on as a luxury fairytale-themed vacation home

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April 2, 2023

April 2023 The waterfront of the southern Ontario cities of Burlington and Hamilton used to be dotted with cottages, built for wealthy area residents to escape the summer heat. While most have been demolished in favour of giant mansions and parkland, especially on the Burlington side, and an assortment of businesses, one century-old cottage remains …

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Mar 29 2023

Annual ceremony in Angus remembers lives lost in long-ago munitions explosion at RCAF 13 “X” Depot

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March 29, 2023

March 2023 At 1pm on Monday, March 20, a small contingent from Canadian Forces Ammunition Depot Angus at Base Borden gathered at the cenotaph in the Village of Angus, just north of the base. Lead by Depot Commanding Officer Major Marvin Lacea, CD, they were there to honour the six civilians and one airman who …

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Mar 23 2023

The CCP election interference scandal deepens – Don Valley North MP Han Dong owes Canadians an explanation

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March 23, 2023

March 2023 As a retired police officer, I understand that a person is innocent until proven guilty, and Don Valley North Member of Parliament (MP) Han Dong may not have done anything contrary to the best interests of Canada, including being a agent for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). That said, I do have a …

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Mar 22 2023

Hamilton’s HMCS STAR Naval Reserve Division holds its Centennial Gala at the historic LiUNA Station

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March 22, 2023

March 2023 On 11 March, over two hundred fifty participants celebrated the Centennial Gala for His Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) STAR, Hamilton’s Naval Reserve Division at LIUNA Station. The architecturally grand former Canadian National Railway station on James Street North, now a banquet facility called LiUNA Station, has been around almost as long as HMCS …

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