Bruce Forsyth

May 2018 In the Catskill region of New York State lie the crumbling ruins of Grossinger’s Catskill Resort Hotel. Opened in 1919 by Asher Selig Grossinger and his wife Malka, the resort was once the premier and one of the largest of the Borscht Belt kosher resorts for Jewish clients from New York City. In …

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Western theme park now a crumbling ghost town

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May 2018 In the Adirondack Mountains north of Albany, New York, families once flocked to Frontier Town, a Western theme park in the Town of North Hudsen, where costumed re-enactors would provide an interactive glimpse of American history. Opened on Independence Day in 1952 by owner Arthur Bensen, visitors to the 267-acre park where could …

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Roxham Road – A trip to the Twilight Zone

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May 2018 On a recent road-trip, I made my way to the now infamous Roxham Road, the now-officially-designated unofficial and illegal Point-of-Entry straddling the Canada-American border at Quebec and New York State, where economic migrants come to make their refugee claims in contravention of the Safe Third Country Agreement. As I was already in the …

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Crowd gathers to remember fallen police officers in New York State

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May 2018 Every year, memorial services are held across Canada and the United States honouring police and peace officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty over the past year. On 8 May, a crowd assembled at the State of New York Police Memorial in Empire State Plaza in downtown Albany to honour …

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“I’m afraid of the dark Daddy” – Little Merrit’s Tomb

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May 2018 In a small cemetery west of Oxford, New York, lies the mortal remains of Merrit Beardsley. What makes the grave of “Little Merritt” unique is that this small, above-ground tomb has a window at one end. On a cold, snowy night in December 1865, “Little Merrit” Beardsley, an 8-year-old boy, was dying of …

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Should mentally ill man be branded a terrorist for attacking Canadian soldiers?

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April 2018 Re: “A matter that matters” (Michelle Mandel, Toronto Sun, 21 April), the one aspect of this case of Avanle Hassan Ali that really jumped out at me is the conclusions of the examining psychiatrists, that being, “The doctors concluded his delusions and psychosis left him unable to realize his actions were morally wrong.” …

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Livingston sentenced to 4 months in e-mail deletion scandal

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April 2018 David Livingston got off very lightly being sentenced to only 4 months in jail. Livingston should have been sentenced to 10 years in prison, but I’d be willing to cut it down to a year if he starts talking. Livingston owes it to all Ontarians to tell who else was involved and what …

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“Ungovernables” rampage against capitalism on Hamilton’s trendy Locke Street South

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March 2018 A group of anarchists calling themselves “The Ungovernables” went on a rampage on the trendy Locke Street in Hamilton, an area that has been undergoing gentrification, back on 3 March, causing around $100, 000 damage. In an ironic twist, the headquarters for the Hamilton anarchists on Cannon Street East near Victoria Avenue North, …

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Axe the tax – The insatiable appetite for “revenue tools”

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March 2018 Newly elected Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Doug Ford has stated he will axe the carbon tax currently in the party platform written for former leader Patrick Brown for the upcoming election, along with axing the existing carbon tax that Kathleen Wynne enacted earlier this year once elected as Premier. Some political commentators are …

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Cautious praise, but praise where praise is due

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March 2018 Although I’m a conservative, I have no problem criticizing conservatives and praising liberals when each deserve it, unlike most progressives who seem to have such a hatred for anything or anyone right-of-centre, they are blinded by their own partisan biases. In this case, I would like to praise Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. How …

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