Bruce Forsyth

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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. Toronto Blue Jays fans outraged at excessively high ticket re-sale prices — October 23, 2025
  2. Rebel News celebrates 10 years of telling “The Other Side of The Story” — October 20, 2025
  3. It appears Peace Through Strength is a better tactic than appeasement – Trump gets peace in Gaza — October 14, 2025
  4. The cold, hard truth about the $10 a day daycare — October 9, 2025
  5. Barrie Allandale Transit Terminal opens in a historic transportation location — October 5, 2025

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. Camp Borden – The birthplace of the RCAF and the historic home of the Canadian Armoured Corps — 25 comments
  5. Claresholm Industrial Airport has rich military past — 23 comments

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When being racist and xenophobic, isn’t being racist and xenophobic

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March 2020 I’m confused. A few weeks ago it was considered racist and xenophobic to close the borders. Now it’s OK?! In closing down the border, this also means the now-officially-designated unofficial and illegal Point-of-Entry at Roxham Road, the one where RCMP officers act as bellhops instead of police officers, is finally being shut down. …

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You can still support Indie bands during the pandemic

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March 2020 As we all try to survive in this era of the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic, where many are seeing their income cut or eliminated due to being laid-off or because you’re an independent contractor, don’t forget about the hard-working musicians who play the music we all love to hear. It’s a great misconception that …

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Valley Inn – A popular spot for nature lovers once had its own popular hotel

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March 2020 Known to the locals as Valley Inn, this picturesque cove on the western edge of Burlington Bay/Hamilton Harbour at the end of Burlington Heights, was once along the main land route between Hamilton and the East Flamborough Township village of Aldershot, now a part of the City of Burlington, in southern Ontario. This …

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Ruins of The Hermitage a popular attraction in the Hamilton area

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March 2020 Just west of Ancaster, Ontario, in the Dundas Valley, sits the burnt-out shell of an abandoned stone mansion on a former estate property known as The Hermitage. The 165-year old ruins and the property are now a tourist attraction for hikers and those interested in the paranormal, maintained by the Hamilton Conservation Authority. …

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Old station is one of the few remnants of the Hamilton Radial Electric Railway

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March 2020 In the downtown core of Oakville, Ontario, sits a small three-storey, century-old building with a link to the early era of modern public transportation in southern Ontario. Built in 1906, this building was the eastern terminus station for the Hamilton Radial Electric Railway (HRER). The HRER began business when they received their charter …

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Stupid is, as stupid does – The downside of a free-market economy

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Published in the Toronto Sun 19 March 2020 Re: “A warning to not be irresponsible hoarders” (Jerry Agar, Toronto Sun, 17 March): While I agree with what Jerry says, especially the idea of price gouging, the other side of the coin is that this is simply the good and bad of a free-market economy. People …

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The Kedge Anchor – A relic of the War of 1812 in Holland Landing

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March 2020 The small community of Holland Landing, Ontario, played an important part in the early history of Upper Canada, now known as the Canadian province of Ontario.  Today, it has a monument in a community park that has an interesting history. Holland Landing was the northernmost point of the original alignment of Yonge Street, …

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Buried bridges of Toronto

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March 2020 Like most cities, Toronto has a spotted history of preserving buildings and structures from the past. Most times, old buildings and structures are torn down to make room for new ones, all in the name of progress. In some cases, it’s simply too expensive to repair them, but especially in the case of …

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QEW Monument commemorates Ontario’s first “super-highway”

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March 2020 When the Ontario government of George Stewart Henry began the process of expanding and converting the Middle Road into a new Toronto to Hamilton highway in 1931, it was originally conceived as a work relief project during the Great Depression. Originally a dusty, rural concession road, the Middle Road, which ran parallel to …

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Shining a light on the past – Queen’s Wharf Lighthouse

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March 2020 For centuries, going back to the days of ancient Rome, lighthouses have lined shorelines around the world to serve as a navigational aid and to warn boats of dangerous areas; like a traffic sign on the sea. The Queen’s Wharf Lighthouse is a wooden, 36-foot octagonal lighthouse, sitting on a small plot of …

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