Bruce Forsyth

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Name: Bruce Forsyth
Date registered: April 23, 2014
URL: https://militarybruce.com

Biography

Bruce Forsyth served in the Royal Canadian Navy Reserve for 13 years (1987-2000). He served with units in Toronto, Hamilton & Windsor and worked or trained at CFB Esquimalt, CFB Halifax, CFB Petawawa, CFB Kingston, CFB Toronto, Camp Borden, The Burwash Training Area and LFCA Training Centre Meaford.

Latest posts

  1. The future of Canada’s iconic Snowbirds air demonstration squadron in doubt — May 8, 2026
  2. Violence from the political left is the real danger — May 2, 2026
  3. King Charles shows class at White House dinner during state visit to America — April 29, 2026
  4. The Rock & Roll Machine powers on – Triumph celebrates 50 years of making music — April 29, 2026
  5. Last sunset for Sunset Speedway — April 24, 2026

Most commented posts

  1. Canadian Army Training Centres of WWII — 76 comments
  2. Canada should issue a Cold War Victory Medal to its military — 45 comments
  3. Watching the Skies – The RCAF Ground Observer Corps — 35 comments
  4. Camp Borden – The birthplace of the RCAF and the historic home of the Canadian Armoured Corps — 25 comments
  5. Lament for the PMQ? — 23 comments

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Paisley’s Stark Mill faces an uncertain future

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December 2020 All across the county, in small towns and the corners of bigger ones, many former mills still stand, and many of them have been restored and re-purposed into new commercial and residential buildings. The early settlers of North America built mills in their towns, usually beside rivers that would provide power by use …

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Governments blew their chance to contain the CCP Virus

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December 2020 With the approaching Christmas holiday, we are receiving doom and gloom lectures and scolding from public health officials and our political leaders. All are predicting a rise in infections of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Virus, which is very likely to happen. The CCP Virus is a term preferred by The Epoch Times, …

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Abandoned pet cemetery was Canada’s first such resting place for animal companions

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December 2020 In 1983, horror author Stephen King published a book called Pet Sematary, which was turned into a movie six years later. While the cemetery in this story has supernatural powers that results in a horrific outcome, there actually are some pet cemeteries out there. Of the few that do exist, the first one …

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The Peninsular Park Hotel – Innisfil’s long-vanished luxury resort

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December 2020 Muskoka has traditionally been the summer vacation destination for Ontarians looking to escape the city for decades. Some headed to luxury resorts, while many more of lesser means headed to more “affordable” destinations. This was a time period when summer vacations were a luxury that many who worked 10 or more hours a …

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So, what’s with the “big” square houses?

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December 2020 When the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) opened their brand-new District 7 Headquarters on Rose Street, beside the newly-built Highway 400 in Barrie, Ontario, in 1958, it replaced the office in the basement of the Barrie Municipal building on Collier Street that OPP officers used during the decade they policed the town. Starting on …

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Buddy the Seagull

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December 2020 This is the story of Buddy the Seagull. One day in early fall, Anastasia and her Daddy were at their favourite waterfront park. Anastasia saw some seagulls on the beach, and played one of her favourite games of running after them. All the seagulls scattered and flew away; all except for Buddy. Buddy …

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It’s all about choice

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December 2020 With the recent announcement that Justin Trudeau plans to hike carbon taxes to $130 a tonne by 2030, resulting in around a $0.37 per litre increase in gasoline, maybe it’s time to get honest about some things. Trudeau, like his environmental activist buddies, believes that paying carbon taxes is the best way to …

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Abandoned Welland Canal locks can be found in Port Dalhousie

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November 2020 The St. Catharines community of Port Dalhousie is a historic waterfront community, on the shore of Lake Ontario, near the American border. It’s the home of the Royal Canadian Henley Regatta, and it’s Lakeside Park, which features one of only nine antique hand carved carousels still operating in Canada, was the inspiration behind …

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The taxpayer-funded Skydome facing the spector of demolition

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November 2020 Toronto’s Roger’s Centre/The Sky Dome, has been a part of the skyline since 1989, joining other iconic skyline buildings as the CN Tower and the Royal York Hotel. With its fully retractable roof, it was the first such stadium when it was officially opened to great fanfare on 3 June 1989. In modern …

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Emma’s Back Porch – A historic waterfront restaurant building shuts its doors

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November 2020 Legendary Burlington eatery Emma’s Back Porch and the Water Street Cooker shut its doors in May, after a 28 year run at its Old Lakeshore Road location in downtown Burlington, Ontario. While Emma’s only operated for three decades, it was just the most recent business to occupy the building, which has stood over …

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