Bruce Forsyth

February 2022 While the rights of Canadians to hold a peaceful protest must always be protected, if politicians and the citizens of Ottawa insist that police move in and disburse remove the truckers and their supporters, it may not go smoothly. If I can offer Ottawa Chief Peter Sloly some advice, it would be that …

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The long-vanished Burlington Beach Amusement Park remembered by locals

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January 2022 Published in Burlington Local News, 30 March 2022 The Beach Strip between the cities of Hamilton and Burlington, in southern Ontario, has been a popular summer destination for residents seeking relief from the summer heat for more 100 years. The Beach Strip is a 4-mile long strip that stretches from Spencer Smith Park …

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The rise and fall of Scarborough’s Kingston Road motels

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January 2022 Kingston Road in the Toronto suburb of Scarborough, formerly part of The King’s Highway #2, was once a major east-west travel route in and out of the east end of Toronto. Like many of the provincial highways across Ontario, the section through Scarborough featured an assortment of motels, serving as a haven for …

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Drop the vaccine mandates for truckers

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January 2022 So let me get this straight: back in the beginning of the pandemic, when no one was vaccinated and PPE equipment was in short supply, and we really didn’t know what we were dealing with, truckers were considered essential workers and allowed to freely cross the border, thus ensuring that our store shelves …

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The Bradford Bypass highway is needed due to growth in Simcoe and York

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January 2022 The Ontario Government of Premier Doug Ford recently announced that construction on the long-proposed Bradford Bypass highway will proceed, as they promised after being elected in 2018. The much-needed highway, which has support from Bradford West Gwillimbury Mayor Rob Keffer and other local politicians, will begin construction in early 2022. The Bradford Bypass …

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Correctional Service of Canada Museum showcases two centuries of Canada’s prisons

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January 2022 The historic City of Kingston, Ontario, is known for being the original capital of the United Province of Canada (in 1841) and being the birthplace of Canada’s first Prime Minister, Sir John A. Macdonald. Nicknamed the “Limestone City” because of the many heritage buildings constructed using the plentiful limestone mined in the area, …

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Picton’s historic Crystal Palace is the last one remaining in Canada

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January 2022 The historic southern Ontario town of Picton, dates back to the early days of British North America. First settled in the 1780s by United Empire Loyalists who fled north during the American Revolutionary War, the town was named after Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Picton, second-in-command to the Duke of Wellington at the Battle of …

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Are you happy now, Trudeau supporters?!

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January 2022 The Justin Trudeau government continues to bumble along in its mission to destroy Canada, as we currently know it. On 11 January, the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced a reversal of an order, set to take effect on 15 January, that all truckers crossing the border into Canada from America need to …

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Why are we rewarding failure?

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January 2022 As we enter the third year of pandemic caused by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Virus, why are our hospitals still in danger of being “overwhelmed” and our schools are constantly in danger of being closed due to surges in infections? We’ve had two years to make the appropriate changes to make sure …

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The fate of the defunct Talisman Mountain Resort remains in question a decade later

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January 2022 Talisman Mountain Resort is a name that many in the ski and snowboarding community in Ontario remember fondly. Opened on Christmas Eve in 1963, it quickly became a popular winter destination. Two years later, a golf course and tennis courts were added, with Talisman becoming an all-season resort. Located in the Beaver Valley …

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