Bruce Forsyth

October 23, 2020

October 2020 On the west shore of Bond Lake, north of Richmond Hill, Ontario, is a small boarded-up building resembling an old farmhouse. Between the house and Yonge Street, a little to the west, are several small, parallel, cut-stone walls. This was once a generating station for the defunct Metropolitan Street Railway Company, a privately-owned …

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Oct 23 2020

Restored train station the lone reminder of the forgotten hamlet of Vine

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October 23, 2020

October 2020 Dating back to the early 1800s, when railways came into being across the world, train stations were constructed along the rail lines to accommodate the flow of passengers and cargo in the villages, towns and cities through which the rail lines traveled. Sometimes towns sprang up around these stations where no town existed …

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Oct 22 2020

Park dedicated to the memory of York Regional Police officer

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October 22, 2020

October 2020 A community park in the Town of Keswick in southern Ontario is dedicated to the memory of a York Regional Police officer killed in the line of duty back in 2011. Constable Garrett Styles was on patrol at 5am on the morning of 28 June 2011, when he made a “routine” traffic stop …

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Oct 21 2020

Her soul can finally rest

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October 21, 2020

October 2020 On 15 October, Toronto Police made a stunning announcement in the decades-old murder case of 9 year-old Christine Jessop: they had positively identified her killer. Unfortunately her killer would never face justice, as he had committed suicide in 2015. Family friend and neighbour Calvin Hoover was identified through DNA evidence as the one …

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Oct 19 2020

Hamilton’s historic TH&B Railway Station given a fitting new life

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October 19, 2020

October 2020 Hamilton, Ontario, is like many older cities around the world that have lost historic buildings to neglect and re-development. Happily, many still stand and some have even been restored to their former glory after years of neglect. Back when the railways were king, Hamilton had one of its own railway companies, the Toronto, …

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Oct 18 2020

Hamilton’s grand Canadian National Railway Station now a banquet centre

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October 18, 2020

October 2020 The former Canadian National (CN) Railway Station on James Street North in Hamilton, dates back to a grand era when the railways were king and their passenger stations were often grand and architecturally stunning buildings. When CN needed a new station along the former Grand Trunk Railway line in North Hamilton, which they …

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Oct 12 2020

Oro-Medonte honors long-lost soldier by naming road past family farm in his memory

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October 12, 2020

October 2020 In May 1942, George McNutt left his family farm in Medonte Township, taking a train from the nearby Canadian Pacific Railway station at Craighurst, and joined the Canadian Army, serving initially with the Lanark and Renfrew Scottish Regiment. He never returned home. On 4 October 1944, Private George McNutt died while fighting in …

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Oct 10 2020

Horseshoe Valley honours soldier killed in Afghanistan War

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October 10, 2020

October 2020 In October 2009, 23 year-old Private Kevin McKay deployed to Afghanistan with his regiment, the 1st Battalion of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, based at Steele Barracks in Edmonton, Alberta. On 13 May 2010, Private McKay was on foot patrol near the village of Nakhonay, in the Panjwai district of Afghanistan. The …

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Oct 08 2020

Ionian Cross-topped fieldstone cairn a monument to early Scottish settlers in Innisfil Township

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October 8, 2020

October 2020 Cemeteries frequently contain elaborate and ornate monuments, some incorporated into the tombstones, and some stand-alone. Some monuments are simpler, but still eye-catching. The 6th Line Cemetery in the Town of Innisfil, Ontario, north of Toronto, has a large natural fieldstone cairn topped by an Ionian Cross at the main entrance to the cemetery. …

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Oct 05 2020

Hit them where it really hurts

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October 5, 2020

October 2020 Police have recently announced numerous arrests and charges related to illegal street-racing and burn-out competitions in places like Wasaga Beach and the GTA. While this is a good thing, I have a better idea. Since the taxpayers are going to have to shoulder the costs for the court process, in addition to the …

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