Jul 07 2016
July 2016 On 21 June 2016, National Aboriginal Day, a long-overdue honour was bestowed on Canada’s most highly decorated aboriginal soldier. A life-sized bronze monument statue of World War I hero Corporal Francis Pegahmagabow, MM and 2 Bars, was unveiled in Parry Sound, Ontario, almost 100 years after he earned his first medal for courage …
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Jun 19 2016
June 2016 As a part of the 100th anniversary of CFB Borden, the base unveiled the Borden Legacy Monument, built as a lasting monument to the sacrifices of Canadian soldiers who trained at Camp Borden and died in the European battlefields. The monument features two black granite walls, one that contains an urn filled with …
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May 27 2016
May 2016 On 22 May 2016, I visited Kent State University, the site of the Kent State shootings where, on 4 May 1970, members of the Ohio National Guard fired upon unarmed students protesting President Nixon and the bombing campaign of Cambodia. The campus has the May 4 Museum, a monument to the students who died …
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May 27 2016
May 2016 Re: Captain Canada (Toronto Sun, May 27): First it was former House of Commons page and “Stop Harper” protester Brigette DePape, then terrorist Michael Zehaf Bibeau and now the obnoxious jerk, Brian Murphy, who interrupted the 1916 Easter Uprising commemoration. The message to any miscreants out there is pretty simple: …
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May 25 2016
May 2016 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. Serving officers line up in parade formation and march in honour of their fallen comrades in a solemn ceremony. It’s …
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May 22 2016
May 2016 With the recent news that convicted serial killer Karla Homolka is now living in Chateauguay, outside of Montreal, newspapers and web sites are again filled with stories about her. Some may wonder if we should just leave her alone; let sleeping dogs lie. Are we just re-opening old wounds and rehashing things that …
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Feb 20 2016
February 2016 Re: ” Ontario upping incentive to drive electric vehicle,” Antonella Artuso (Toronto Sun, Feb 10, 2016): I personally don’t care what kind of incentives there are to buy an electric car, whether it be from the government or the company itself. Until car manufacturers develop an electric car that has BOTH the driving …
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Feb 13 2016
February 2016 Re: “Poor idea to scrap tuition fees,” (Matthew Lau, Toronto Sun, Feb 12), I would like to add one thing: there is no such thing as a free education; free anything for at matter (think of our “free” health-care). Any “free” post-secondary education would in fact be paid for by taxpayers like you …
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Feb 05 2016
Published in the Toronto Sun, 17 February 2016 Re: Toronto cop pulled from lake had PTSD from on-job shooting (Joe Warmington, Feb 4): In the wake of the conviction of Constable James Forcillo, it’s pretty easy for some to believe cops are trigger happy thugs who feel no remorse for taking a life in the line …
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Feb 03 2016
Published in the Toronto Sun, 2 February 2016 Re: “The electoral treachery of Justin Trudeau, ” (Mark Bonokoski, Toronto Sun, Jan. 7): So let me get this straight; Justin had a problem with Harper using his majority government to ram the Fair Elections Act through Parliament, so in response it looks like he is going …
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