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The disgraceful arrest of a Rebel News reporter by Toronto Police

March 2024 Chief Demkiw, What the Hell is going on with your once proud police service?  The arrest of a journalist who was clearly doing his job and not in any way committing an offence that would warrant being arrested, least of which for obstructing a peace officer, is a complete disgrace.  You need to answer …

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Bible camp in Grey County was originally a provincial jail

March 2024 When the Government of Ontario was looking for a location for a new super-jail for the central Ontario region, in mid-1990s, the small town of Durham, in Grey County, was on the list of proposed locations. In the end, the provincial government chose another location, but this wouldn’t have been the first time …

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Gossling’s Animal Park – A long forgotten refuge for orphaned and abandoned wild animals

March 2024 Zoos, or animal parks, have been popular tourist attractions for hundreds of years in both big cities and small communities. Simcoe County currently has the Elmvale Jungle Zoo, a seasonal zoo opened in 1967 in Elmvale, Ontario, north of Barrie. Another zoo that operated briefly in Simcoe County in the early part of …

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Bring back mandatory consecutive sentences for multiple murders

Published in the Toronto Sun, 13 March 2024 In light of the murders in Ottawa of the members of the Wickramasinghe family and a family friend, along with the attempted murder of Dhanushka Wickramasinghe, allegedly committed by the accused, Febrio De-Zoysa, can members of the Liberal government and their NDP lackies please explain to me why it …

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Thoughtcrime/Pre-crime – Were “1984” and “Minority Report” works of fiction or a glimpse of Canada’s future?

March 2024 Re: “Don’t call the cops. Call a mind reader” (Toronto Sun Editorial, 4 March): The Liberals On-line Harms Act, Bill C-63, has many objectionable elements, but one that really frightens me is the idea that police and the courts could arrest or otherwise take legal action against someone who “may” commit an on-line …

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Historic Vigo iron truss bridge faces uncertain future

March 2024 It sits silently rusting away, but the bridge crossing the Nottawasaga River on the former Line 4 road alignment in Flos Township, north of Barrie, Ontario, has seen hundreds of thousands, maybe millions, of vehicles travelling across its surface in the over 100 years it has spanned the river. Now this historic bridge …

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From The Roxy to Maverick’s Music Hall – Historic venue has entertained for almost a century

29 February 2024 Mention “The Roxx” or “The Roxy” to anyone in the southern Ontario city of Barrie, who has lived there for more than a decade, they will likely know of the art deco influenced building in downtown Barrie that has been a centre for entertainment for almost a century. Starting out as a …

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Bradford West Gwillimbury shows their support for Ukraine on the 2nd anniversary of the Russian invasion

February 2024 An enthusiastic crowd gathered at the Bradford Leisure Centre to commemorate the 2nd anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and to express their continued support for the Ukrainian people. Hosted by the Ukrainian Community of Bradford, dignitaries included Member of Parliament for York-Simcoe Scot Davidson, Bradford West Gwillimbury Mayor Mayor James Leduc …

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I’ll take corruption for $60 million, Alex!

February 2024 As we enter the annual tax filing season, it’s kind of awkward for the federal government that Auditor General Karen Hogan concluded in her report on the ArriveSCAM App that the Canada Boarder Services Agency (CBSA), Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) showed a “…glaring disregard …

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The Pink Building is now gone, but its demolition revealed a glimpse of Barrie’s past

February 2024 Another part of Barrie’s past has fallen to the wrecking ball. The southern Ontario city of Barrie is like many cities and towns across Canada, with many historic buildings in their downtown core. What became known as the “Pink Building” in recent years, due to the pink paint that covered its exterior, had …

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