March 2008 In light of the recent shooting at the Spadina subway station (Witness to a shooting, March 29), it’s high time the Toronto Transit Commission Special Constables were given full police status and armed. Currently, as unarmed Special Constables, they are Peace Officers and as such have the authority of a Police Officer …
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Mar 10 2008
Give me a March break
March 2008 In the aftermath of a massive snowsttorm dumping over a foot of snow on Barrie, I felt compelled to write this letter to personally thank my Toronto Sun carrier for waiting until the Monday, March 10, after the storm to deliver my paper (no I’m not being sarcastic, I really mean it).
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Feb 04 2008
Sacrifice goes unrecognized
Published in the Toronto Sun 30 January 2008 Published in the Blue Line Magazine February 2008 With the recent victory in the campaign to get Cobourg Police Constable Chris Garrett nominated for the Police Cross of Valour, we must not overlook another battle to honour a deserving police officer for his service to his country …
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Jan 07 2008
Canadian soldier kills Taliban fighter
January 2009 Regarding, Joe Warmington’s column, Canadian Soldier Kills Taliban (3 January 2009), I would like to add that although we don’t know exactly what happened, this could be a case of history repeating itself. Anyone not familiar with the story of Lt. Harry “Breaker” Morant, a veteran of the South Africa (Boer) War, should …
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Nov 07 2007
Use of Tasers in question
November 2007 I will open by stating the obvious: the death of Robert Dziekanski after being tasered by the 4 RCMP officers should not have happened. I don’t know anyone who would agree with that more that the RCMP officers themselves. Although none of us “arm-chair quarterbacks” really know what was going through the minds …
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Oct 27 2007
Action on the Hill?
Published in the Toronto Sun 28 October 2007 Re “Harper: Bully or shrewd political strategist” (Oct 21): Angelo Persichilli has hit the nail right on the head with this one.
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Oct 20 2007
Dion the Saviour
October 2007 Angelo Persichilli (Harper: Bully or shrewd political strategist, Toronto Sun, Oct 21) has hit the nail right on the head with this one.
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Oct 11 2007
Thankful for Canada’s military
October 2007 Re: Peter Worthington’s Young Canadians Respond (October 12), it’s good to see that young Canadians are upholding this country’s proud military history, despite what the “peace-at-any-price proponents” would like. Historically, Canadians have fielded the biggest non-conscript military. It just seems to be an inherent trait that Canadians are willing to serve their country …
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Oct 09 2007
An election is no time for serious issues
October 2007 What a pathetic lot we will be if Ontarians reject John Torry’s Conservatives just because of the political land-mine he laid with private school funding. Are you, my fellow Ontarians, telling me that you’d rather keep the Fiberals in power; the ones who foisted up on us the biggest tax increase in …
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Sep 06 2007
Justice for Steven Truscott
Published in the Barrie Advance 7 September 2007 Steven Truscott is no longer a convicted murderer, but has justice been done given that he was acquitted and not exonerated?
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About the Author
Bruce Forsyth served in the Royal Canadian Navy Reserve for 13 years (1987-2000). He served with units in Toronto, Hamilton & Windsor and worked or trained at CFB Esquimalt, CFB Halifax, CFB Petawawa, CFB Kingston, CFB Toronto, Camp Borden, The Burwash Training Area and LFCA Training Centre Meaford.