Bruce Forsyth

October 18, 2021

October 2021 The International Energy Agency (IEA) says that we must stop the exploration and development of new oil and gas fields this year. Further, there can be no new coal-fired power stations constructed anywhere in the world, even using clean-coal technology. Otherwise, we aren’t going to meet the net zero emissions target by 2050. …

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Oct 17 2021

Memories of the Banff National Army Cadet Camp

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October 17, 2021

October 2021 For thousands of teens who were members of the Canadian Army Cadet Corps in the latter half of the 20th Century, the Banff National Army Cadet Camp brings back fond memories of a summer of challenges, accomplishments and friendships. While there were other army cadet summer camps across the county, the Banff National …

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Oct 08 2021

Half-Masting the Canadian flag for our Indigenous people is now meaningless

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October 8, 2021

Published in the Toronto Sun, 9 October 2021 Well it’s official. Our virtue-signalling Prime Minister has now turned the honour of half-masting our national flag into a meaningless gesture. It was proper to lower the flag to honour the Indigenous children found buried in unmarked graves at the former Indian Residential School in Kamloops, British …

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Oct 07 2021

The roar of the engines at Shanty Bay Go-Karts are just a memory now

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October 7, 2021

October 2021 Shanty Bay Go-Karts has been a popular summer tourist attraction for decades. Located on southbound side of Highway 11 in Oro-Medonte Township, just north of Barrie, Ontario, the one kilometre-long track provided hours of entertainment for thousands of go-kart racers, in both single and double rider karts. When done racing, visitors could take …

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Oct 02 2021

Surf’s up! – Justin ditches ceremonies for the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

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October 2, 2021

October 2021 So Justin “Surfin’ Safari” Trudeau decided it to mark the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation by taking his family on another one of Justin & Sophie’s Excellent Adventures, to Canada’s surfing capital in Tofino, B.C. Justin, there is no other way to say this, but what the f–k is wrong with …

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Sep 28 2021

Forgotten OPP detachment in Woodstock

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September 28, 2021

September 2021 The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), formed on 13 October 1909, are one of North America’s largest deployed police services. The service has around 5,500 uniformed officers and 2,500 civilians, deployed to 165 detachments (stations), five regional headquarters, one divisional headquarters and one General Headquarters. Their primary mandate is to patrol provincial highways, waterways, …

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Sep 28 2021

Port Burwell Lighthouse – The oldest wooden Canadian lighthouse on the Great Lakes

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September 28, 2021

September 2021 The Great Lakes are a major shipping route in North America, and as such, thousands of lighthouses were required to provide navigational aids to mariners. The Lake Erie Village of Port Burwell, known as the “Jewel of Erie’s North Shore,” is the home to the oldest wooden Canadian lighthouse on the Great Lakes, …

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Sep 23 2021

Why the double standard?

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September 23, 2021

September 2021 As the calls for newly-elected independent MP Kevin Vuong to resign his seat grow louder and louder, related to a past sexual assault allegation in 2019, I do have to wonder why the double standard? The charges against Vuong were withdrawn, reportedly because his accuser didn’t want to participate in the court process. …

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Sep 17 2021

Why is failure an option, and hypocrisy and incompetence rewarded?

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September 17, 2021

September 2021 So now Conservative leader Erin O’Toole is facing criticism for not denouncing Alberta Premier Jason Kenny’s handling of the pandemic, in light of the rapidly worsening COVID-19 situation in Alberta. The criticism of O’Toole centres on the fact that he has previously praised Kenny back in July for the province’s success in combating …

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Sep 16 2021

Demolition by neglect – The apparent fate of Vaughan Glen Hospital

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September 16, 2021

September 2021 Sitting behind a chain-link fence, and almost completely hidden behind leafy bushes and trees, sits a crumbling Georgian Revival style estate home. It’s the only one of this style remaining in the City of Vaughan, north of Toronto. This historic house on Bathurst Street, south of Rutherford Road in the former Village of …

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