Nov 14 2012
Published in the Esprit de Corps December 2012 Although I agree that the Canadian Forces shouldn’t be handing out medals like Hallowe’en candy, I do believe that something beyond the current CD medal is warranted for in-country service. Not all service members serve the required 12 years to receive the CD medal and thus have …
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Nov 08 2012
November 2012 Regarding the state of Barrie’s downtown core, maybe the Downtown Barrie Business Association needs to use some of the same methods to lure people back as took them away; that being big name stores. Today, most people want the big-box stores that provide us with a one-stop shopping experience. Throw in free-parking and …
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Jul 30 2012
July 2012 I sit outside the fencing erected by a demolition crew demolishing the PMQs (Permanent Married Quarters, or Residential Housing Units as they are now called) that once made up Stanley Green Park at the former CFB Toronto. The officers PMQs, known as William Baker Park at the north end of the former base, …
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Jul 15 2012
July 2012 I hope the Rolling Stones consider a 50th Anniversary Tour. I hope that the band also pays tribute to founding member, pianist Ian Stewart. For those who do not know Ian Stewart, or “Stu” as he was known by the band, he was a founding member of The Rolling Stones, but was dismissed …
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Apr 17 2012
April 2012 Deep in the heart of the Leaside neighbourhood in Toronto lies the Leaside Business Park, a vibrant centre for business and manufacturing. The area also has an almost forgotten military past. During World War I, Canada Wire and Cable opened a munitions production factory, creating the subsidiary company, Leaside Munitions Company, to oversee …
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Apr 17 2012
April 2012 Residents of the Port Credit area of Mississauga will remember Ontario Power Generation’s Lakeview Generating Station on Lakeshore Road, which operated from 1961 until 2005. Many will not know that the property has the distinction of being the first aerodrome in Canada and home to the first flying training school. Camp Long Branch …
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Feb 13 2012
Published in the Toronto Sun 18 February 2012 Re “Jubilee Bloc-ers” (Feb. 8): So Bloc Quebecois MP Louis Plamondon is “irked” that the Harper government did such monarchist things as restoring the “Royal” titles to the Royal Canadian Navy and the Royal Canadian Air Force? Is he bothered by the name “Royal 22e Regiment,” the …
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Sep 23 2011
Published in the Toronto Sun, 30 September 2011 It is absolutely disgraceful that Parc Downsview Park would even consider evicting the Canadian Air & Space Museum so that is can demolish the building and build a four-pad hockey rink in its place. Not only is the museum a great asset to Toronto and to the …
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Aug 11 2011
May 2011 The issue of public sector pension plans is back in the headlines with the recent election. Several defeated MPs are now entitled to their “gold-plated Pension plans”. As a public sector civil-servant, I wish to chime in with my two cents: Many in the private sector complain that they don’t have pension plans, …
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Jul 02 2011
Recently, several callers to Newstalk 1010 angrily complained about the large public funerals and media attention given police funerals. One particular listener, who identified himself as a construction worker, bitterly complained that almost 400 construction workers were killed last year, and none of them received public funerals or attention from the media. This caller also …
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