Bruce Forsyth

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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

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Sep 27 2022

The end of the COVID-19 Pandemic

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September 27, 2022

September 2022 For the first time, I agree with something the President Joe Biden has said, that being that the COVID-19 pandemic is over. This is some long overdue common sense, something that our own Prime Minister Blackface could emulate. Of course, this doesn’t mean that the COVID-19 virus is gone. There are many viruses …

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Sep 26 2022

Funeral for Toronto Police officer shot in brazen ambush shooting attracts thousands

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September 26, 2022

September 2022 On 21 September, over 10, 000 police officers, including officers from Quebec, Halifax and the United States, attended the funeral of Toronto Police Constable Andrew Hong. The 22-year police veteran was murdered in an ambush-style attack while getting coffee at a Tim Hortons in Mississauga. Hong leaves behind a wife Jenny and two …

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Sep 22 2022

City will review controversial video campaign to encourage vaccination of kids

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September 22, 2022

Published in the Toronto Sun, 30 September 2022 Re:  “City hall quickly yanks vax campaign,” (Joe Warmington, Toronto Sun, 22 Sept):  As Brad Ross puts it, it’s always a good idea to ensure that your communications are “…effectively reaching the right audience with the right message.”    That’s great, but how about doing exactly that, …

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Sep 22 2022

Honouring police and peace officers who die from suicide – A conversation we need to have

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September 22, 2022

September 2022 Now that Toronto Police Constable Andrew Hong, viciously murdered in the line of duty, has been laid to rest after a full regimental police funeral, it’s a more appropriate time to address a very touchy and controversial subject: recognizing and honouring police and peace officers who die by suicide related to their service. …

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Sep 18 2022

Historic Central Park Carousel just one of the attractions in New York City’s celebrated urban park

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September 18, 2022

September 2022 The Central Park Carousel, known officially the Michael Friedsam Memorial Carousel, is a vintage carousel built by Solomon Stein and Harry Goldstein in 1908. It’s one of the largest merry-go-rounds in the United States, with 57 hand-carved horses (52 jumpers and 5 standers) and two chariots. Originally inside the trolley terminal at Coney Island, the …

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Sep 17 2022

The Battle of Ridgeway & the Battle of Chippawa remembered in Niagara Region

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September 17, 2022

September 2022 The Battle of Chippawa The Battle of Chippawa National Historic Site, along the Niagara River in Niagara Falls, Ontario, pays tribute to the British Forces, their American opponents and Aboriginal allies on both sides, who fought and died in the battle that would be part of the last major American invasion of Upper …

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Sep 17 2022

You are not alone

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September 17, 2022

September 2022 With the recent deaths of Constable Andrew Hong of Toronto Police and Constable Travis Gillespie of York Regional Police, it’s important to remember that there may be people, both police officers and civilians, who may be having a hard time dealing with their deaths. Friends and family need to watch for this and …

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Sep 09 2022

More Than This – Roxy Music celebrate the 50th Anniversary of their debut album in style

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September 9, 2022

September 2022 British art rock legends Roxy Music have returned to the live music scene, after an eleven-year absence, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the release of their self-titled debut album. Their month-long North American tour commenced in Toronto on 7 September, with a performance at the Scotia Bank Arena. The 10-date North American …

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Sep 09 2022

It’s you that I Adore – The Smashing Pumpkins misunderstood masterpiece

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September 9, 2022

September 2022 Coming off their 10 million selling 1995 album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, expectations were high for Billy Corgan and The Smashing Pumpkins for a follow-up album. Combined with a statement from guitarist James Iha in late 1996 that “The future is in electronic music. It really seems boring just to play rock …

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Sep 05 2022

Historic Vaughan Town Hall still serving the community that grew up around it

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September 5, 2022

September 2022 Within the growing and busy City of Vaughan is the former unincorporated Hamlet of Vellore. In the years after what was then known as Vaughan Township was surveyed in 1792, small communities were established throughout the 105 square miles of land within its borders. Five years before Vaughan Township was formally incorporated in …

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