Bruce Forsyth

May 7, 2020

May 2020 Re: “Sharpen those scissors,” (Ben Eisen, Toronto Sun, 5 May 2020): The lefties are going to lose their minds, but cuts will have to be made to government spending when the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic ends. This means that not only will the (hopefully) temporary assistance programs have to end, but some of our …

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May 04 2020

A small part of a historic WWII aircraft factory saved for use as a museum

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May 4, 2020

May 2020 Willow Run Bomber Plant The campaign to save a small part of the historic Willow Run Bomber Plant near Detroit, Michigan, has succeeded and now the restoration project is underway. While the majority of the 3.5 million square foot World War II bomber plant has been demolished, the 144, 000 square foot roll-out …

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Apr 30 2020

The inconvenient truth about “Green” Energy

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April 30, 2020

April 2020 Re: “COVID19 brought the oil business to its knees. Is it time for investors to turn to clean energy?” (Jacob Lornic, Toronto Star, 27 April): I think investors, and anyone else for that matter, should watch Michael Moore’s recent documentary film “Planet of the Humans” before you pronounce fossil fuels dead and “green” …

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Apr 28 2020

Parole for drunk driver who caused the death of four

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April 28, 2020

April 2020 Convicted drunk driver Marco Muzzo, convicted of four counts of impaired driving causing death and two counts of impaired driving causing bodily harm for causing a horrifying collision in Vaughan, has been released on day parole, just 4.5 years into his 10-year sentence. While it’s not surprising, given how our legal system works, …

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Apr 28 2020

Forget globalism – It’s time to put Canada first

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April 28, 2020

April 2020 Good on 3M (Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing) CEO Mike Roman for criticising President Donald Trump’s demand that 3M stop selling respirators that they manufacture to Canada, calling the demand “absurd,” and that it would “…pose a humanitarian risk,” in light of the current Wuhan coronavirus pandemic. However, this should also serve as a …

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Apr 27 2020

We need to loosen restrictions sooner than later

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April 27, 2020

April 2020 Re: “Feds try to stop provincial plans to come back to life,” (Anthony Furey, Toronto Sun, 25 April): While any return to a semblance of normality is absolutely going to have to proceed with great caution, I find it a bit rich hearing that Trudeau wants to establish the ground rules. Trudeau is …

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Apr 24 2020

Cleveland monument honours Civil War veterans from Cuyahoga County

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April 24, 2020

April 2020 The Cuyahoga County Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument is a unique war monument. Situated in Public Square in downtown Cleveland, the monument consists of a 125-foot-tall black Quincy granite shaft on a large square base of rough-hewn granite blocks, trimmed in sandstone, that houses a memorial hall inside it. Designed by Levi Scofield, a …

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Apr 23 2020

Nothing like hijacking a tragedy

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April 23, 2020

April 2020 In the wake of the unbelievable tragedy inflicted by gunman Gabriel Wortman (whose name I will mention only once for historical value) in Nova Scotia, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hasn’t even waited until the bodies of the dead are cold before advising he will continue with his campaign to ban “assault rifles” and …

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Apr 16 2020

Cleveland Grays Armory – An iconic building that goes back to the days of private militia companies

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April 16, 2020

April 2020 The Grays Armory is an iconic and historic building; one of the oldest buildings in downtown Cleveland that dates back to the days of volunteer private military companies. The Cleveland Grays were formed in August 1837 to provide assistance to civil authorities and for the defence of the city, in light of the …

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Apr 09 2020

CNR Park – Maintaining Palmerston’s railway heritage

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April 9, 2020

April 2020 Like many towns in southern Ontario, the railways were once a vital transportation link for the movement of people and goods in the days before the automobile and paved roads. The Township of Minto entered the railway age in the fall of 1871, when the Wellington Grey and Bruce Railway Company (WG&BR) constructed …

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