Bruce Forsyth

January 13, 2022

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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Jan 13 2022

Why are we rewarding failure?

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January 13, 2022

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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Jan 10 2022

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

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January 10, 2022

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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Jan 09 2022

Last of its kind – Fryfogel’s Tavern dates back to the early days of Perth County

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January 9, 2022

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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Jan 04 2022

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

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January 4, 2022

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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Dec 31 2021

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

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December 31, 2021

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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Dec 30 2021

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

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December 30, 2021

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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Dec 25 2021

The ruins of the notorious Atherley Arms Hotel

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December 25, 2021

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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Dec 16 2021

The official end of an era for the OPP in Barrie

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December 16, 2021

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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Dec 15 2021

Over to you, Charlie Brown

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December 15, 2021

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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