February 2025 There’s a bit more tourist activity in the Catskills area of eastern New York State these days. Helping to draw visitors are two new tourist attractions meant to celebrate the area once known as the “Jewish Alps” and “The Borscht Belt”: the Borscht Belt Museum and the Borscht Belt Historical Marker Project. For …
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February 2025 I’m normally a “glass half-full” kind of guy, but I think there might be a bright spot in all of this for Bombardier, the manufacturer of the CRJ900 jet that crashed at Toronto Airport. I see potential for a new advertising campaign. Picture this: You’re watching a video of the still-mostly-intact aircraft laying …
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February 2025 The former Parliament Oak Public School in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, has found itself in the way of progress, falling to the development of a new 129-room boutique hotel in this historic and picturesque town. While there is no conclusive proof, it has been long believed that the school property was the site of the …
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February 2025 Re: “Polievere states reality, stated there are just 2 genders” (Brian Lilley, Toronto Sun, 23 January): I absolutely agree with both Polievere and President Trump’s declaration that there are only two genders. Biology doesn’t lie. Apparently, there are now officially 73 genders, which makes me wonder at what point will this nonsense end? …
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February 2025 You know what really grinds my gears? How some people really seem to enjoy living in a constant state of hysteria and anxiety. We’ve gone from being told that we’re all going to die because of the “climate emergency,” to Donald Trump wanting to make Canada the 51st state. Relax, my fellow Canadians; it’s …
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February 2025 Sometimes, it’s worth the wait. English band Tears For Fears has been having a busy couple of years recently, with a new album, The Tipping Point, a world tour, a live album, and a concert film. Not bad for two guys in their mid-sixties. Tears For Fears were one of the biggest bands …
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February 2025 Singer and actress Selena Gomez recently posted a cringeworthy video of herself crying over the fact that the Trump administration is now deporting illegal migrants back to their home countries. In the video, that she quickly deleted after receiving massive backlash, features a medium shot of her sobbing and blubbering that Trump is …
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January 2025 It seemed like a good idea at the time. Last summer, Barrie Transit decided to implement a Transit on Demand service for their lower volume routes. The regularly scheduled routes were eliminated, with passengers booking a ride when they need one, either by using an App or calling a phone number. You will …
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January 2025 Palermo Within the boundaries of the busy Town of Oakville, Ontario, are the remains of several former villages and hamlets. In the years after what was then known as Trafalgar Township was surveyed in 1806, one of three townships that were created after the purchase of land from the Mississauga Nations the previous …
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January 2024 On Remembrance Day in 2020, an addition was made to the Ontario Veterans’ Memorial, on the south lawn of the Ontario Legislature, to commemorate the Afghanistan War. The Afghanistan Memorial recognizes the participation of Canadians who served during the mission to free Afghanistan from control of the Taliban. Designed by landscape architectural firm …
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