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. Kutsher’s Hotel and Country Club – The Last Catskills Resort  — July 31, 2026
  2. Wearing a hijab should always be a choice — July 30, 2026
  3. An old log cabin on the edge of a city- The lone remnant of a failed business venture — July 27, 2026
  4. Just say the line, Marit — July 27, 2026
  5. Forgotten Borscht – Where summer memories were once made are now littered with ruins — July 27, 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

Author's posts listings

May 31 2018

A forgotten war hero receives long overdue recognition

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May 31, 2018

May 2018 On 25 May 1918, Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Sharpe stood at the window of his second-floor hospital room at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal and leapt to his death.  Sharpe was a war hero, having won the Distinguished Service Order (DSO), and was a sitting Member of Parliament, having most recently won his seat in …

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May 27 2018

The Big Apple – A unique roadside attraction

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May 27, 2018

May 2018 Of all the roadside attractions, The Big Apple restaurant and bakery is one of the more unique ones you can find. Found beside Highway 401 in Colborne, Ontario, The Big Apple opened in 1984 and has evolved into a mini amusement park.  It’s easily spotted due to the large 35 foot high, 38 …

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May 17 2018

The sole reminder of a long-vanished town – Abandoned Ontario jail a favourite among urban explorers

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May 17, 2018

May 2018 The crumbling ruins of Camp Bison stand as the sole reminder of a long-vanished town and jail complex. Ontario has many ghost towns; towns that once bustled with people and activity but now are silent. The former Town of Burwash, south of Sudbury, is a favourite among Urban Explorers. Burwash was originally founded …

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May 17 2018

As support for carbon taxes falls, have Canadians finally reached their tax limit?

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May 17, 2018

May 2018 So a recent Abacus Data poll shows the Ontario NDP virtually tied with the PCs in the upcoming election.  In one sense, this should be taken with a huge grain of salt, given how American polls showed Hillary with a 90% rating just days before the election. However, I’m not going to take for …

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May 13 2018

Crumbling resort hotel a relic of a bygone era

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May 13, 2018

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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May 13 2018

Western theme park now a crumbling ghost town

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May 13, 2018

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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May 11 2018

Roxham Road – A trip to the Twilight Zone

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May 11, 2018

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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May 09 2018

Crowd gathers to remember fallen police officers in New York State

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May 9, 2018

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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May 08 2018

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

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May 8, 2018

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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Apr 23 2018

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

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April 23, 2018

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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