Bruce Forsyth

November 10, 2020

November 2020 Near the abandoned pioneer hamlet of Williamsport, seven miles north-east of the Town of Huntsville, Ontario, is a 42-foot high granite monument, sitting in a small clearing, on top of a secluded hill at the end of a deteriorating dirt road that is slowly falling to the Big East River a considerable drop …

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Nov 10 2020

Ghosts of Cache Lake – The long-vanished Highland Inn and the Grand Trunk Railway

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November 10, 2020

November 2020 Algonquin Provincial Park in the Nipissing District of Ontario is the oldest provincial park in Canada, having been established in 1893. The almost 3,000 square mile park is one of the best places in Canada for canoeing, with hundreds of navigable lakes and rivers forming a 1,200 mile long interconnected system of canoe routes. …

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Nov 05 2020

Our very own Satan

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November 5, 2020

November 2020 With the surprise announcement that General Motors will be re-opening their assembly plant in Oshawa in 2021, a big round of applause must go to Unifor president Jerry Dias. It appears he pulled off a miracle. When the plant closed in December 2019, it appeared that GM was leaving Oshawa for good, after …

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Nov 02 2020

The Listowel Clock Tower

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November 2, 2020

November 2020 While clock towers are usually architecturally pleasing, whether as stand-alone structures or as an accent to a building, their original purpose was more of a practical one. In a time before watches (pocket or wrist) and wall clocks in homes and work places, clock towers were the most common way to tell time. …

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Oct 31 2020

Over the Rainbow Bridge

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October 31, 2020

October 2020 On 14 October 2020, you went to the Rainbow Bridge. I knew you were fighting to stay, and I did all I could to help you, but we both came to the realization that it was your time to go. You lived a long life; longer than any other cat companion I’ve had …

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Oct 31 2020

The Foundry Chimney – A monument to the long-gone Paisley Agricultural Works

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October 31, 2020

October 2020 In the north end of the Village of Paisley, Ontario, in a small park called Willow Creek Park, stands a tall brick chimney. While seemingly out of place, this lonely chimney is a monument to a long vanished foundry known as the Paisley Agricultural Works. Originally opened around 1860 as Laidlaw’s Foundry, it …

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Oct 31 2020

Michigan Central Station rises from neglect and ruin to become an important part of Detroit again

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October 31, 2020

October 2020 Since 1913, the towering Michigan Central Station been a landmark in the Corktown area of Detroit, Michigan. Built for the Michigan Central Railway, the station was an architecturally stunning structure, built in the Beaux-Arts style. Consisting of a train depot and a thirteen story office tower, two mezzanine levels, and a roof height …

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Oct 28 2020

The rules of Fight Club…

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October 28, 2020

Published in the Toronto Sun 31 October 2020 While I certainly don’t condone what Sam Oosterhoff did, why don’t we wait to see if anyone from that gathering comes down with the Chinese Communist Party Virus before we go all “Salem Witch Trial” and burn Sam at the stake? If there are no positive tests, …

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Oct 27 2020

Gun bans won’t stop the gun violence – Thoughts and prayers

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October 27, 2020

October 2020 Thoughts and prayers. We all hear that from our politicians when yet another innocent citizen dies at the hands of gun-toting gang-bangers, followed by the usual calls for banning guns. Gun bans, and declarations of gun-free zones, are all that our politicians really seem interested in doing to help solve the gun violence …

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Oct 24 2020

Climate Hustle – A movie that presents the other side of the story, whether you want to hear it or not

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October 24, 2020

October 2020 This film and its sequel Climate Hustle 2, certainly won’t change everyone’s mind. Whether you agree with Mark Marano or not, some take-always after watching this film: We can’t say the science is settled and that all scientists agree on climate change, because the film shows that plenty of reputable scientists disagree with …

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