Nov 10 2016
November 2016 Well, I’m really enjoying seeing all the heads of the left-wing progressive voters exploding in the wake of the election of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States. It’s also deliciously ironic to see all the protesters out there protesting Trump’s victory, stating he’s “Not my president,” when Trump was …
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Nov 06 2016
November 2016 While there are many different police services patrolling the streets of cities, towns and waterways across the country, some have faded into history as budgets are cut and policing duties are taken over by larger police services. The Hamilton Harbour Police was a police force providing policing services for the Hamilton Harbour Commission …
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Nov 03 2016
Published in the Barrie Examiner, 9 December 2016 The issue of a “living wage”, especially for minimum-wage workers, is in the fore-front once again. This isn’t an easy issue to resolve as it’s very much a question of balance. If the minimum-wage is too low, workers have difficulty affording even the basic needs, let alone having …
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Oct 30 2016
October 2016 A ghost town is a once flourishing town that is wholly or mostly abandoned, usually as a result of the economic activity that supported it has failed, usually due to resource exhaustion, natural disasters or government actions that make the area economically non-viable. One such ghost town in the Parry Sound District in Ontario is Depot …
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Oct 17 2016
October 2016 I think it’s disgraceful how intolerant most progressives can be regarding anyone who doesn’t share their opinions. Conservative leadership candidate Kellie Leitch has been taking a lot of heat for stance on immigration and refugee applicants be screened for what she referred to as anti-Canadian values. For example, anyone who doesn’t support Trudeau’s Syrian migrant, …
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Oct 10 2016
October 2016 In the late 1950s, a shocking murder took place near a Royal Canadian Air Force base in south-western Ontario: the murder of 12 year-old Cheryl Lynne Harper. Lynne, as she was known, was the daughter of Flying Officer Leslie Harper, a supply officer posted to RCAF Station Clinton, and Shirley Harper. On 9 …
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Oct 06 2016
October 2016 Well, I just got my hydro bill. I may not be able to afford to shop at the dollar store this month. Looks like I’ll have to switch to the 33 cent store. I hear they just got a new shipment of plankton, which is good news since I can’t afford canned …
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Sep 28 2016
September 2016 On 24 September 2016, 60 volunteers from a wide age-range gathered in Centralia, Pennsylvania, a borough in the heart of Pennsylvania’s anthracite coal region, for a community clean-up. Although the borough is virtually abandoned, with only 6 residents remaining, two busy state roads run through it, so Centralia is far from deserted. Some of …
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Sep 18 2016
September 2016 On 27 August 2016, retired United States Ar Force Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Brown, a former member of the famous Tuskegee Airman, spoke to a crowd of 200 people about his days with the Red Tail Squadron. LCol Brown completed ground and combat missions, strafing enemy targets and protecting bomber aircraft on bombing missions. LCol Brown …
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Sep 15 2016
September 2016 Throughout the history of the Royal Canadian Navy, many thousands of men and women have worn the uniform and served with pride and distinction. Few fought harder for the survival of the Royal Canadian Navy than Rear-Admiral William Landymore, OBE, CD, a fight that would ultimately cost the decorated war hero his job, but not his integrity …
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