Bruce Forsyth

July 2018 The Great Lakes have been a major shipping route across the northern United States and southern Canada since the first fir traders came to North America. The biggest of the lakes is Lake Superior, a lake that can turn violent when the weather turns bad. On 10 November 1975, the American Great Lakes …

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Heads explode as the Ontario government reverts back to the 1998 sex-education curriculum

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Toronto Sun 17 July 2018 Groan. OK, everyone take a deep breath and can we cut back on the hyperbole? Firstly, Doug Ford’s government won’t be using the old curriculum in perpetuity; they will be introducing their own revised curriculum. Now if we’re four years down the road and there still isn’t an updated curriculum, …

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Justin Trudeau is a stunning hypocrite

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July 2018 Justin Trudeau is a stunning hypocrite, as well as being a fake feminist. By now, most in Canada and around the world are familiar with the accusation that Justin Trudeau groped a female reporter at a fundraiser in Cresten, British Columbia in 2000. The reporter, Rose Knight, was so distressed by this assault …

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Entitled to their entitlements – Prime Minister Dress-up fined for violating violating conflict of interest rules AGAIN!

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July 2018 Re: “Entitled to entitlements,” (Mark Bonokoski, Toronto Sun, 24 June): besides Bev Oda’s $16 glass of orange juice, remember when Harper’s Chief of Staff Nigel Wright wrote a personal cheque to the federal treasury to cover Senator Mike Duffy’s $90, 000 worth of disallowed expenses and was forced to resign as a result? …

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Legendary Polish-Canadian pilot honoured in his adopted hometown

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July 2018 In Barry’s Bay, there is a small park dedicated to decorated WWII flying hero and post-war test pilot Janusz (Jan) Zurakowski, appropriately called Zurakowski Park. Many will remember Zurakowski as the first pilot to fly Canada’s legendary jet-fighter, the CF-105 Avro Arrow. Zurakowski received many honours in his lifetime, but the dedication of …

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Cemetery honours the early multi-racial pioneers of Sunnidale Township

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July 2018 In the years surrounding the U.S. Civil War, Simcoe County in southern Ontario was at the end of the Underground Railroad, a network of secret routes and safe houses used by escaped slaves to freedom in in the British Colonies of Upper Canada, Lower Canada, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Some estimates indicate …

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A Teddy Bear goes to war

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July 2018 The Canadian War Museum in Ottawa, Ontario, is the national repository for artifacts, photos and artwork related to Canada’s military past and the wars Canada has fought in, from the Seven Years’ War (1756-1763), up to modern conflicts like the Afghanistan War and Canada’s peacekeeping contributions. In a display case in the World …

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Young airman awarded George Cross during WWII

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June 2018 The George Cross is a bravery award in the British Honours System, second only to the Victoria Cross. It may be awarded to any person, military or civilian, regardless of military rank, for heroism not in the presence of an enemy. One such recipient is Leading Aircraftsman (LAC) Kenneth Spooner, a Royal Canadian …

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Put your money where your mouth is, Prime Minister Trudeau

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Toronto Sun 22 June 2018 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau needs to be challenged to hold a referendum on his forced implementation of a carbon tax on provinces that refuse to implement their own. Support for carbon taxes appears to be falling as people finally realize what these plans will actually cost them in the wallet. …

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Restoration of historic Belle Isle Newsboy Shelter desperately needed

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June 2018 The historic Victorian Newsboy Shelter on Detroit’s Belle Isle is in danger of collapse and desperately needs restoration. Built in 1911, the wooden structure is rotting after years of neglect. The historic and architecturally significant shelter for picnickers on Belle Isle has unique conical turrets around the perimeter with archways supported by handcrafted …

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