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. Wearing a hijab should always be a choice — July 30, 2026
  2. An old log cabin on the edge of a city- The lone remnant of a failed business venture — July 27, 2026
  3. Just say the line, Marit — July 27, 2026
  4. Forgotten Borscht – Where summer memories were once made are now littered with ruins — July 27, 2026
  5. Kleinburg Railway Station a remnant of a long-vanished railway — July 25, 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. Camp Borden – The birthplace of the RCAF and the historic home of the Canadian Armoured Corps — 25 comments
  5. Lament for the PMQ? — 23 comments

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Aug 19 2019

Re-dedication of Kandahar Memorial Cenotaph does nothing to mend insult

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August 19, 2019

August 2019 On 17 August, the Department of National Defence (DND) held a re-dedication ceremony of the Kandahar Memorial Cenotaph in the Afghanistan Memorial Hall at National Defence Headquarters (NDHQ) – Carling Campus, a private ceremony for family members of those lost in the Afghanistan War and other invited guests. This was an attempt to …

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Aug 19 2019

Memorial cairn at Wegner Point in memory of paratroopers killed in tragic accident

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August 19, 2019

August 2019 On 8 May 1968 at around 8:30 pm, the worst peacetime Canadian military training accident occurred at Camp Petawawa, 100 miles north-west of Canada’s capital city, Ottawa, Ontario. It was a cold and windy day that 26 paratroopers from the 1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment from Wollseley Barracks in London, Ontario, and …

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Aug 17 2019

Lieutenant William Cooke – Canada’s connection to Custer’s Last Stand at Little Big Horn

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August 17, 2019

August 2019 Most with even a basic knowledge of American history know about “Custer’s Last Stand”, battle between the 7th Cavalry Regiment, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel George Custer, suffered a humiliating defeat against the combined forces of Lakota, Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho Indian tribes during the Great Sioux War of 1876. LCol Custer …

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Aug 14 2019

Ghosts of the past – Abandoned shipping canals in Ontario and Quebec

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August 14, 2019

August 2019 Shipping canals have been an important part of water transportation networks for personal and commercial usage across the world from the early days of shipping to the modern day. Most of the early canals have by larger canals to handle bigger modern ships or other forms of transportation have made them unnecessary or …

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Aug 12 2019

And the conspiracy theories begin…….

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August 12, 2019

August 2019 In the wake of the suicide (or “suicide”) of disgraced billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, the conspiracy theories are already flying around the internet. I’m a fan of a good conspiracy theory too, but for me to buy into it, it has to be plausible; which also means supported by some facts that make it …

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Aug 11 2019

A schoolhouse on rails

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August 11, 2019

August 2019 Today, it’s quite common to see portable classrooms at schools across the country. They provide a cost-effective method for adding classroom space without having to build an addition to the existing school. From 1926 to 1965, Clinton, Ontario, natives Fred and Cela Sloman were part of a unique program that provided classroom space …

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Aug 10 2019

Ode to Joy – The last Joy Gas Station restored to its former glory

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August 10, 2019

August 2019 On Toronto’s waterfront, at Sir Casimir Gzowski Park on Lakeshore Blvd West, sits a small red-roofed building, done in a French château-style of architecture. This building was once one of the iconic buildings that made up the Joy Gas Station chain of service centres in the Greater Toronto Area of southern Ontario. Designed …

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Aug 06 2019

Kingston’s Martello Towers – Monuments to the early defences of British North America

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August 6, 2019

August 2019 Martello Towers, are small, round defensive forts, usually costal forts, that were built in the early 19th century across the British Empire. The two story forts stood up to 40 feet high and usually had a garrison of 15 to 25 men and an officer. Their round design with thick, solid masonry walls …

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Aug 03 2019

Who has the smallest jail in North America?

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August 3, 2019

August 2019 There is great debate as to which town holds the distinction of having the smallest jail in Canada, or even in North America. Several towns have been bold enough to declare themselves the winner of the smallest jail, with mere inches difference between all of them. Small tourist towns such as Tweed, Creemore, …

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Aug 01 2019

The historic ruins of St. Raphael’s Roman Catholic Church

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August 1, 2019

August 2019 St. Raphael’s Roman Catholic Church, a castle-like limestone church, has stood tall in rolling hills of Glengarry, Ontario, for 200 years. Built by Scottish immigrants between 1815 and 1821, the massive stone walls were once capped by a large timber roof that allowed it to be without interior columns, providing an unobstructed view …

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