Bruce Forsyth

August 12, 2021

August 2021 The King City Airport was a small, private, general aviation airport once served King Township, just north of Toronto, Ontario. Dating back to the 1950s, it was on the east side of Highway 400, along the King-Vaughan Town Line. Although it closed over four decades ago, the subsequent owner, K.J. Beamish Construction, retained …

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Aug 12 2021

Historic railway station preserved at King Township Museum

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August 12, 2021

August 2021 King Township is a township just north of Toronto, Ontario, encompassing part of the rolling hills of the Oak Ridges Moraine, and ecologically important geological landform, and the Holland Marsh, considered to be the vegetable basket of Ontario. Like many municipalities across Canada, King Township grew because of the railway, and the roadways …

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Aug 08 2021

Blackfriars Bridge – A historic bowstring truss bridge in London, Ontario

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August 8, 2021

August 2021 Of all the historic bridges across North America, London, Ontario, has the oldest, and longest, wrought iron, bowstring truss bridge in North America that is still able to accommodate vehicular traffic. The Blackfriars Bridge, with an unsupported length of 216 feet, is a double-lane bridge that has carried wagons, vehicles, bicycles and pedestrians …

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Jul 28 2021

Brampton’s original Fire Hall still serving the community after 167 years

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July 28, 2021

July 2021 The City of Brampton, Ontario, is a municipality that pre-dates the Confederation of Canada. Dating back to 1834, when John Elliott began selling lots near the intersection of Sideroad 5 and Concession 1, in Chinguacousy Township, what is now Main Street and Queen Street in Brampton. Elliott named the new village Brampton. The …

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Jul 21 2021

The fight for the re-introduction of the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal continues

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July 21, 2021

July 2021 An undeniable truth is that there are many, many Canadian veterans, who voluntarily left military service prior to reaching the mandatory 12-year service requirement for the Canadian Forces Decoration (CD). This can be a bit of a sore point for many veterans around Remembrance Day, when veterans proudly display their service medals while …

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Jul 20 2021

PTSD Awareness Day – A genuine show of support or just lip-service?

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July 20, 2021

July 2021 “…when officers die in the line of duty they are treated as heroes, but if they sacrifice their mental health serving their community, we treat them as pariahs.” – David Butt, Barrister. “They say they support you, but they don’t. They have posters and they tweet out on mental health day but when …

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Jul 16 2021

Ghost Towns of Simcoe County – The rise and fall of Ballycroy

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July 16, 2021

July 2021 Near the intersection of Highway 9 and County Road 50, on the border between Wellington and Simcoe Counties is a short road called Ballycroy Road. This road, along with the old General Store, attached house and barn, are all that remains of the former Town of Ballycroy. Established in the 1820s, and geographically …

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Jul 14 2021

Monument to doomed Air Canada Flight 621 at crash site in Brampton

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July 14, 2021

July 2021 Air travel is a very safe way to travel, with thousands of flights taking off and landing safely every day around the world. However, when things go wrong, the results can be catastrophic. On 5 July 1970, Air Canada Flight 621, a Douglas DC-8, took off from Montreal–Dorval International Airport in Montreal, Quebec, …

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Jul 11 2021

Many more tears to be shed

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July 11, 2021

July 2021 With the discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves at former Indian Residential Schools in Kamloops, British Columbia and the Cowessess First Nation in Saskatchewan, fresh in my mind, I visited the remains of the abandoned Spanish Indian Residential School in Spanish, Ontario. What became the Spanish Indian Residential School has its beginnings with …

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Jul 07 2021

From the “No amount of money is too much” file

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July 7, 2021

July 2021 So, Toronto city Council given approval for the re-naming of Dundas Street, an action that is estimated to cost between $5 million and $6.3 million. Of course, we all know this means it will actually cost around $10 million, at minimum, but I digress. Seeing as Toronto Council has so much spare money …

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