Bruce Forsyth

November 29, 2020

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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Nov 26 2020

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

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November 26, 2020

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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Nov 25 2020

The abandoned ruins of Sun Valley Gardens – One of Canada’s first nudist resorts

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November 25, 2020

November 2020 Opened in 1954 by Karl Ruehle and his wife Marlies, on a secluded 25-acre property near Pelham, Sun Valley Gardens was founded with the purpose of promoting nudism as a lifestyle. Initially, Sun Valley Gardens had 18 members, but within a few years, there were 300 members. Guests stayed either in tents, trailers, …

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Nov 23 2020

Unique monument to soldiers of the Great War in Hamilton’s Memorial Park

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November 23, 2020

November 2020 In Peace Memorial Park on Hamilton Mountain, in southern Ontario, is a large, 40 foot high brick structure, with limestone columns and an arch in the centre. Atop the structure is a carved limestone block that says, “Peace Memorial School.” While this may simply look like an ordinary monument, it’s actually the main …

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Nov 18 2020

The Rupert Octagonal House – One of the oldest homes in Maple has a unique design

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November 18, 2020

November 2020 While most homes throughout the centuries have been box shaped, perhaps with a turret at one or two ends on homes of the wealthy, a design that was popular in the mid to late-19th century was octagonal-shaped homes. The octagonal design was believed to promote good health, as advocated by Orson Squire Fowler, …

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Nov 14 2020

Black Lives Matter, don’t they?!

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November 14, 2020

November 2020 With the recent shooting of a a 12 year-old boy in the Jane-Finch area of Toronto, by two thugs Rashawn Chambers and Jahwayne Smart (allegedly), the silence from the usual voices like Black Lives Matter has been deafening. Doesn’t his young boy’s life matter, or does it only matter if he’s shot and …

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Nov 14 2020

Is Nova Scotia school bowing to the “woke” mob?

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November 14, 2020

November 2020 For the past several years, the “woke” crowd have been calling for the Stalinesque erasure of people from Canada’s past. Our first prime minister and father of confederation, Sir John A. Macdonald, has been a favourite target for his support of Indian Residential Schools. Now Sir John A. Macdonald High School in Upper Tantallon, …

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Nov 11 2020

America has spoken, but the nation is more divided than ever

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November 11, 2020

November 2020 Congratulations to President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice-President-Elect Kamala Harris on your electoral success. As a Canadian, I obviously couldn’t legally vote for either of you, although I wouldn’t have even if I could. Some might argue that it doesn’t matter if I’m an American citizen or not, but that’s another story. Your assentation …

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Nov 11 2020

Trudeau is “deeply disappointed”

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November 11, 2020

November 2020 So, Justin Trudeau says he’s “…deeply disappointed…” at Don Valley East Member of Parliament Yasmin Ratansi’s ethical violation, in that she hired her sister to work in her constituency office, and then going to great lengths to conceal the nature of their relationship? Justin is disappointed in her?! Justin?! In a further display …

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Nov 10 2020

The Dyer Monument – A monument to a man’s love for his wife

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