Bruce Forsyth

Author's details

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. Captain of the Clouds – Owen Sound celebrates hometown hero Billy Bishop — October 16, 2026
  2. Tiger Dunlop’s Tomb and the Town That Never Was — October 8, 2026
  3. Abandoned railway station in Port Ben a lonely remnant of a long-vanished railway — October 8, 2026
  4. “Hate has no home here.” I say that’s bullshit. — October 8, 2026
  5. There shouldn’t have been ONE, but is there even ONE? – Canada Truth and Reconciliation Day remains contentious — October 4, 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. Lament for the PMQ? — 25 comments
  5. Camp Borden – The birthplace of the RCAF and the historic home of the Canadian Armoured Corps — 25 comments

Author's posts listings

Dec 30 2020

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

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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Dec 30 2020

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

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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Dec 28 2020

Carbon taxes are a fraud

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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Dec 27 2020

The remnants of Hamilton’s once thriving Chedoke Ski Hill

December 2020 The footprints we leave behind For almost 40 years, Hamilton was a popular skiing destination for those in the Hamilton area. The Chedoke Winter Sports Park, once called  “Hamilton’s own Sun Valley,” was a popular choice for skiers, especially those wishing to stick close to their Hamilton-area home. Officially opened on 7 January …

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Dec 27 2020

The girl who never was

27 December 2004 – Never was; never will be; 16 years on.

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Dec 27 2020

W.A. Fisher name should be retained

Published in the Barrie Advance/Metroland Media 27 December 2020 Although Barrie City Council has now decided to demolish the W.A. Fisher Auditorium, that doesn’t mean the name has to die with it. May I suggest that any new performance facility be named after W.A. Fisher. Even if council wants to sell the naming rights, following …

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Dec 26 2020

If Canadians are done with Trump over the Communist Chinese Party Virus, how do they feel about Trudeau?

December 2020 So, letter writer Dave McDaniel is “Done with Trump,” Toronto Sun Letters to the Editor, 26 December), holding him responsible for the current state of America because, “He let people die knowing about a deadly virus…” I too feel that many politicians in many countries have dropped the ball, to one degree or …

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Dec 26 2020

Canadian connection to “the largest ship in the world”

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

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

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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