Bruce Forsyth

Author's details

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. Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema – One of the few independents still entertaining audiences in Toronto — June 18, 2026
  2. It’s not hard to see why antisemitism is at all-time highs in Canada — June 12, 2026
  3. Ontario remembers police officers lost “Because Of The Line Of Duty” at the 3rd Annual Ontario Police Suicide Memorial ceremony — June 11, 2026
  4. The Road Hammers headline the June edition of Barrie’s Troubadour Festival — June 9, 2026
  5. Time to ramp up the pressure on President Donald Trump — June 8, 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

Author's posts listings

Mar 05 2023

South Humber Park Oculus Pavilion – A space-age vision of the future from the past

March 2023 The Oculus Pavilion in Etobicoke, Ontario, also known as the South Humber Park Pavilion, is a one-of-a-kind pavilion that almost seems out of place in a public park. With its fantastical space-age modernist design, the pavilion looks like something you would see at a science or space museum. Built in 1959 in the …

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Mar 01 2023

Today’s conspiracy theory is tomorrow’s government press release

March 2023 Remember back three years ago when we were told that closing the border due to Covid-19 was racist and ineffective; that vaccines would prevent us from getting Covid-19; that masks were unnecessary, until they were; that Covid-19 originated from infected bats at a Wuhan wet market? Oh, and don’t forget the declaration that …

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Permanent link to this article: https://militarybruce.com/todays-conspiracy-theory-is-tomorrows-government-press-release/

Feb 28 2023

Port Credit’s Iconic Lighthouse – Part tourist attraction, part functional lighthouse

February 2023 The former Village of Port Credit, now part of Mississauga, Ontario, is a historic port community along the north shore of Lake Ontario. Dating back to 1834, when Port Credit was created from land bought from the Mississauga Ojibwe band, at the mouth of the Credit River, the harbour was a busy port …

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Feb 24 2023

Frozen in Time – Marianne Schuett’s memory kept alive in Kilbride

February 2023 The unincorporated Village of Kilbride, is now a tranquil residential community, found in the rural north end of Burlington, Ontario. Founded in 1854, it was named after a town in County Wicklow Ireland. Like most small towns, where everyone felt safe and knew everyone else, little of any consequence happened in Kilbride. All …

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Feb 18 2023

Did he actually say that?! – CNN’s Don Lemon proves he is a colossal idiot!

February 2023 Don Lemon comments about “Women in their Prime.” Wow!! Just when you thought you’d heard all the offensive comments that a man could possibly make about women, Don Lemon gives us his own “Hold my Beer” moment. During a discussion on the 16 February edition of “CNN This Morning,” Lemon made comments regarding …

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Permanent link to this article: https://militarybruce.com/did-he-actually-say-that-cnns-don-lemon-proves-he-is-a-colossal-idiot/

Feb 17 2023

Emergencies Act Inquiry report released and it’s not a resoundingly positive endorsement for Trudeau

February 2023 On 17 February, Justice Paul Rouleau released his Public Order Emergency Commission report, related to the invocation of the Emergencies Act in February 2022, and it’s a mixed bag. While I disagree with Justice Rouleau’s finding that invoking the Emergencies Act was justified, I’m pleased to hear that, amongst other points, that he …

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Feb 16 2023

A question of morals

Published in the Toronto Sun/Postmedia, 15 February 2023 The sudden resignation of Toronto Mayor John Tory, in the wake of his admission of an affair with a staffer, is a sign that there are still one in public office who have a sense of decency.  One could certainly argue that, as it currently appears, Tory’s …

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Feb 01 2023

Doing politics differently? – Liberals court Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner

February 2023 Claiming he wants to do politics differently, Ontario Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner is apparently prepared to engage in the age-old game of political opportunism, as he “consults” his colleagues, friends and constituents as to whether he should abandon the Green Party and run for the leadership of the Ontario Liberal party. Regardless …

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Jan 28 2023

Toronto needs the Guardian Angels

January 2023 Re: “Spread their wings again”(Joe Warmington, Toronto Sun, 28 January): Seeing as the current solutions to violence in the city, not just on the TTC, aren’t adequate, what do we have to lose by bringing in the Guardian Angels. Their past success in New York and other cities demonstrate that they are not …

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Jan 27 2023

Historic Fort Willow – Just one of Simcoe County’s connections to the War of 1812

January 2023 A little-known British Army Fort dating back to the War of 1812 can be found a little west of Barrie, Ontario, in Springwater Township. Situated along a historic trading route, the Nine Mile Portage, which was used for centuries by Indigenous Peoples, fur traders, explorers and missionaries, and located halfway between Kempenfelt Bay …

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