Published in the Vaughan Perspectives 30 August 2008 Today, the City of Vaughan is one of Canada’s fastest-growing municipalities, a vibrant world-class city with several of the GTA’s major tourist attractions. It was not so long ago that Vaughan was a tranquil rural community. For a brief 30-year period, Vaughan Township as the …
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Published in the Barrie Examiner 4 April 2017 This year marks the 93rd anniversary of the founding of the Royal Canadian Air Force and the 100th anniversary of the founding of Canada’s first military airfield. In March 1917, the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) training school at Camp Borden, north of Toronto, Ontario (now known as …
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This is a question that I submitted to Duran Duran’s web site (www.duranduran.com). “Ask Katy” section. It also appears in the book “Would someone please explain?: The best of Duran Duran’s Ask Katy” by Katy Krassner. 26 April 2008 I have a question for the band. Having written so many enduring, classic songs, …
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Published in the Barrie Advance 19 March 2008 If there is one word that describes Jordan Webb, it would be modest. The 24-year-old Beeton resident and corporal with Barrie’s Grey & Simcoe Foresters completed a tour of duty in Afghanistan last year with the 1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment Battle Group. While …
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Barrie Advance 7 March 2008 The Maple Leaf 19 March 2008 16 Wing Royal Canadian Air Force web site 27 March 2012 Esprit de Corps June 2016 Alan Arnett MacLeod was a tenacious 14 year old with a dream. Today, he and his dream are remembered at Canadian Forces …
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Published in the Barrie Advance February 2008 Published in the Canadian Police Insignia Collector’s Association Newsletter September 2008 The Barrie Police Service, in Barrie, Ontario, is the fourth oldest police force still in existence in Ontario, after the Kingston Police Service (1841), the Hamilton Police Service (1833) and the Brockville Police …
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Published in Essa Times 7 December 2008 The Grey & Simcoe Foresters have been a fixture in Barrie since they were formed on 15 December 1936, when The Grey Battalion from Owen Sound and Barrie’s The Simcoe Foresters amalgamated. However, Barrie’s military history goes back much further. Barrie’s first militia units were two small rifle …
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Published in the Essa Times 23 November 2007 During the 1950s, North America was under constant watch for attack by Russian bombers flying over the North Pole. To counter this threat, three lines of early warning radar stations were built across Canada: the arctic Distant Early Warning Line, the short-lived Mid-Canada Line …
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Young V.C. winner was in local regiment Published in the Barrie Advance 23 November 2008 The highest award for bravery in the face of an enemy that can be awarded to members of British and Commonwealth forces is the Victoria Cross. The V.C. was first awarded by Queen Victoria in 1856 and …
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Published in the Barrie Advance 9 November 2007 Published in the Orillia Today 23 November 2007 On Remembrance Day, Canadians honour the sacrifices of Canada’s war veterans. It’s also a time when Canadians most often think about our troops currently serving in harm’s way.
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