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. It’s not hard to see why antisemitism is at all-time highs in Canada — June 12, 2026
  2. Ontario remembers police officers lost “Because Of The Line Of Duty” at the 3rd Annual Ontario Police Suicide Memorial ceremony — June 11, 2026
  3. The Road Hammers headline the June edition of Barrie’s Troubadour Festival — June 9, 2026
  4. Time to ramp up the pressure on President Donald Trump — June 8, 2026
  5. Ghost Towns of Ontario – Cooper’s Falls — June 4, 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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Jun 18 2017

The adventures of Teddy

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June 18, 2017

Teddy visits the abandoned railway town of Depot Harbour, Ontario Located on Parry Island, Ontario, Depot Harbour was founded in 1892 as a railway company town by John Rudolphus Booth, the owner of the Ottawa, Arnprior and Canadian Atlantic Railway. Depot Harbour, which served as the western terminus for the railway, featured many of the …

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Jun 16 2017

Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary – Was the notorious prison truly escape-proof?

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June 16, 2017

June 2017 In San Francisco Bay is a small island, 1.25 miles off shore from San Francisco.  Discovered by Spanish explorers in 1769, the island was named La Isla de los Alcatraces – Island of the Pelicans, because of the large number of birds nesting on the island. Alcatraz Island became the property of the United States …

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Jun 06 2017

A post-apocalyptic future – The lost neighbourhood of Lincoln Way

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June 6, 2017

June 2017 Many of us have visions of what a post-apocalyptic world might look like. In western Pennsylvania is the City of Clairton, a city that was the setting for the 1978 movie, “The Deer Hunter”, although none of the movie was actually filmed there. One residential street in Clairton is Lincoln Way, gives us a …

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Jun 05 2017

Pennsylvania’s Lost Town: Documentary film has its debut

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June 5, 2017

June 2017 On 6 May 2017, a long-awaited documentary film had its premiere at the Majestic Theater in Pottsville, Pennsylvania:  CENTRALIA, Pennsylvania’s Lost Town.  Directed by Joe Sapienza II, the film documents the rise and fall of a once thriving mining town, a fall that many will argue didn’t have to happen. Deep in Pennsylvania’s anthracite coal region …

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May 28 2017

“Let’s Roll”: In memory of the passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 93

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May 28, 2017

May 2017 In a lonely field in Stoneycreek Township, north of Shanksville, Pensylvania, travelers will find the Flight 93 National Memorial, on the site where United Airlines Flight 93 crashed on 11 September 2001, killing all 40 passengers and crew, along with the four terrorists who hijacked the airplane. Flight 93 was one of the …

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May 23 2017

Deep underground – Coal mining in Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Region

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May 23, 2017

May 2017 Deep in the heart of Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Region, in Schuykill County, is the Borough of Ashland.  Surrounded by forests and steep hills, the borough’s southern border follows the top of Ashland Mountain, which rises 400 to 600 feet above the center of town.  Mahony Creek, a tributary of the Susquehanna River passes through a water …

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May 13 2017

The truth, the whole truth and The Damn Truth

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May 13, 2017

May 2017 Canada is home to many of the music industy’s greatest artists and Montreal based band The Damn Truth, who played the Casbah Lounge in Hamilton, Ontario, on 11 May 2017, is destined to be among that crowd. Featuring Lee-la Baum (vocals & rhythm guitar), Tom Shemer (guitars), and Dave Traina (drums), the band …

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Apr 30 2017

Watching over the children for eternity

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April 30, 2017

April 2017 One of the saddest, but comforting thing I’ve ever seen is a stone Teddy Bear watching over the graves of infants in Pardes Shalom Cemetery in Maple, north of Toronto. It’s obviously very sad when a child dies, but I also find it heartbreaking to think of the child lying in their grave alone, without …

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Apr 28 2017

So much for Trump being a fascist dictator

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April 28, 2017

29 April 2017 Re:  “When all else fails, blame Canada” (Lorne Gunter, April 25): Thanks to those suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome, the mainstream liberal media has been full of hyperbolic rhetoric calling Trump a fascist and comparing him to Hitler. As Gunter points out, Trump has failed so far in his efforts to replace Obamacare, …

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Apr 27 2017

Overdue honour: Staff-Sergeant Eddie Adamson to be honoured on the Toronto Police Honour Roll

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April 27, 2017

April 2017 On 20 April 2017, the family of the late Staff-Sergeant Eddie Adamson received some long-overdue good news:  Eddie will be honoured on the Toronto Police Honour Roll, something he was denied in 2005. Adamson’s widow Linda and daughter Julie had to fight for the recognition bestowed on Toronto Police officers who die in the …

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