Bruce Forsyth

January 2021 The political establishment needs to take a good look in the mirror. As the experiment that was the Trump presidency comes to an end, the political establishment would be well-served if they subjected themselves to an honest assessment of why Trump was elected in the first place, why there is so much distrust …

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Let’s stop pretending we’re all in this together

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January 2021 Despite the constant pleas from our elected officials and health unit leaders that we refrain from non-essential traveling, especially out of the country, and remain in our homes as much as possible, many prominent political and health officials have been outed as having ignored such recommendations. The latest to be outed is Halton …

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A sad end for the historic Preston Springs Hotel

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January 2021 On the last day of 2020, demolition began on the historic Preston Springs Hotel, an iconic landmark, in Cambridge, Ontario. The abandoned hotel stood at the corner of Fountain Street and King Street, in what was formerly the Village of Preston, for 137 years. It’s now just a memory. Empty since 1990, when …

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Chinese Communist Party Virus will cause many of us all re-evaluate our lives

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January 2021 The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Virus has definitely changed our world and will no doubt cause many of us to re-evaluate the way we live our lives. Most things will eventually go back to normal, but some may never. How many of us who weren’t already die-hard “cruisers” would want to go on …

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There’s blame to go around as Washington burns

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January 2021 First, it was the Red Coats who burned Washington. Now two hundred years later, it’s the Red Hats. Firstly, I condemn the violence and anarchy that took place on Capital Hill on 6 January. That should not have happened! People have a right to express their displeasure with the results of the election, …

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Many reminders of Washago’s railway history remain

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December 2020 The small, white clapboard Canadian National Railway station in Hamlet of Washago, Ontario, is just one of the remnants of the long-defunct Canadian Northern Railway (CNoR), a historic railway dating back to the end of the 19th Century. The station building was built in 1906, along Centennial Park Drive, but was moved from …

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You have three seconds to determine if this is a real gun. Time’s up

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December 2020 Regarding the seven young Black men arrested at gunpoint by Ottawa Police while attempting to film a video, let’s point the blame where it belongs. Ottawa Police reportedly were responding to a “person with a gun” call. I personally don’t care that Chris Simba claims the guns were in the cars by the time police …

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One law for me; another law for the rest of you chumps

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December 2020 So, Ontario Finance Minister Rod Phillips has now officially joined the long list of political hypocrites. I’m a member of the PC Party of Ontario, so I don’t say this easily, but Minister Phillips should submit his immediate resignation as a minister. This is yet another example of why Ontarians are getting frustrated …

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Carbon taxes are a fraud

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December 2020 “…we’ve learned in the House of Commons, if you repeat it, if you say it louder, if that is your talking point, people will totally believe it.” Then-Environment Minister and noted “intellectual” Catherine McKenna, in May 2019. Re: “Doug Ford woke up to COVID-19, so why is he still playing dumb about climate …

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The remnants of Hamilton’s once thriving Chedoke Ski Hill

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