Bruce Forsyth

December 26, 2020

December 2020 The name of the Steam Ship (S.S.) Great Eastern may not mean a lot to those with no interest in maritime history, but when it was launched on 31 January 1858, it was the largest ship ever built at the time. It was also the first ship to be powered by both sail …

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Dec 23 2020

When Armouries were like castles

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December 23, 2020

November 2020 Today, many institutional buildings today are little more than boxes with smooth surfaces, usually with exterior cladding of metal sheets or panels, and interiors of drywall and cinder blocks. There are rarely any ornate carvings and designs on the exterior walls, or hand-carved woodworking on the interior, as seen in many of the …

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Dec 21 2020

Paisley’s Stark Mill faces an uncertain future

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December 21, 2020

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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Dec 18 2020

Governments blew their chance to contain the CCP Virus

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December 18, 2020

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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Dec 18 2020

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

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December 18, 2020

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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Dec 15 2020

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

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December 15, 2020

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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Dec 14 2020

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

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December 14, 2020

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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Dec 14 2020

Buddy the Seagull

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December 14, 2020

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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Dec 12 2020

It’s all about choice

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December 12, 2020

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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Nov 30 2020

Abandoned Welland Canal locks can be found in Port Dalhousie

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November 30, 2020

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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