Bruce Forsyth

January 2022 The historic Fryfogel’s Tavern in Perth East, Ontario, is one of a declining number of pre-Confederation buildings remaining in Canada, and is the only structure of its kind within the former Huron Tract. Built in 1844-45, it’s an example of an Upper Canadian building in the Neoclassic-style. Fryfogel’s Tavern was a stagecoach stop …

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Lather, rinse, repeat – I’m tired of being lied to

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January 2022 Way back in March 2020, we were told that we just needed “two weeks to flatten the curve.” That “two weeks” is now approaching its third year. I’ll give our governments a bit of a break on that one, as at the time it was said, we really didn’t know what we were …

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Fantasy Fair Amusement Park has one of only two Looff Carousels still in operation in Ontario

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December 2021 Carousels have been a popular amusement ride since the early 1800s, when John Joseph Merlin created a carousel in his Mechanical Museum in London in 1803. Originally serving as entertainment for London gentry and nobility, by the mid-1800s, they were a popular feature at fairs and carnivals. The inspiration for Merlin’s creation was …

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The Barracks Inn just one of the many historic buildings found in Ancaster

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December 2021 Ancaster, Ontario, is a historic town in the Golden Horseshoe area of southern Ontario; a town that dates back to the early years of British North America. Founded in 1793, just two years after the establishment of the Province of Upper Canada, now the Province of Ontario, Ancaster was given its name by …

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The ruins of the notorious Atherley Arms Hotel

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December 2021 Anyone from the Ontario cottage-country town of Orillia will know the notorious Atherley Arms Hotel. Also known as The First, it has the Tudor-style building has served many functions in the century it has stood at the corner of Highway 12 and Creighton Street. From a hotel for weary travelers and workers in …

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The official end of an era for the OPP in Barrie

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December 2021 Although the Barrie Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) closed in November 2020, when it moved into a new building in Orillia, the demolition of the old building a year later really punctuates the end of an era. The OPP came to Barrie in 1946, when the Town of Barrie found the …

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Over to you, Charlie Brown

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December 2021 As we rapidly approach year three of two weeks to flatten the curve, I’m seriously thinking of changing my name to Charlie Brown. Maybe all of us should change our names to Charlie Brown, because of the pronouncements of the impending doom we are facing as we head into the Christmas holiday, I’m …

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Unassuming building once served as a bus terminal

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December 2021 All older towns and cities have buildings that have changed uses over the years, sometimes multiple times, particularly in the older parts of town. An unassuming, two-story building on Collier Street in Barrie, Ontario, one that currently houses a dental clinic and a bistro, looks like any other retail/residential building common to any …

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Trudeau is a coward and our allies have noticed

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December 2021 How hard can it be? There has been much debate as to whether Canada should boycott the upcoming Olympic Games in Beijing, either diplomatically or by refusing to send out athletes. U.S. President Joe Biden recently announced that America will diplomatically boycott the games, something that the Chinese Communist Party has already condemned, …

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The harsh reality of the Rittenhouse decision

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December 2021 Regarding the letter from Albert Sanders (4 December, Toronto Sun, Letters to the Editor): Does Mr. Sanders condemn the actions of Gaige Grosskreutz, who also went to the “protest” armed, in his case with a handgun? This is the same one that he pointed at Kyle Rittenhouse, just before he was shot in …

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