Jul 30 2015
Published in the Navy League Newsletter September 2015 On 27 July 2015, a special presentation of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) was made at the Barrie Navy League’s boathouse on Barrie’s waterfront by the Dave Mounsey Memorial Fund, an organization that donates defibrillators in the name of emergency services workers and military members who have …
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Jun 09 2015
Published in the Toronto Sun 14 June 2015 Re ” Liberal Senate damage grows,” (Anthony Furey, Toronto Sun, June 9): All those on the political left who think this is a Conservative scandal that will see a left-wing government come to power in October need to get off their smug high-horses. Liberal senators are up …
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Jun 04 2015
June 2015 Re: “MNR cuts to blame for bear shooting” (Toronto Sun, June 2): Once again the police are placed in an impossible position because a more appropriate agency, for whatever reason, is unable to respond fast enough. Police aren’t supposed to be wildlife management officers, mental health workers or social service workers, yet time and …
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Jan 03 2015
May 2003 Although a small private airstrip sits just east of Alliston today, serving the needs of local pilots, there was once a more significant but sadly forgotten airfield in Tecumseth Township: Royal Canadian Air Force Detachment Alliston. With the outbreak of WWII in 1939 the Canadian Government conceived a plan to train pilots, navigators, …
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Dec 10 2014
Published in the Toronto Sun, 9 April 2014 Re “Wynne files libel notice” (Antonella Artuso, April 5): Premier Kathleen Wynne wants an apology and a retraction from Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak, and we want our money back and her resignation. Maybe we can work something out. Bruce Forsyth Barrie (How about Hudak apologizes to …
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Dec 10 2014
Published in the Toronto Sun, 21 January 2014 Re “Widower’s kind act goes viral” (Jan. 16): I am not surprised Lee Ballantyne did something like this for complete strangers. I know him to be a kind and generous man. Lee was once the editor of the Barrie Advance, one of Barrie’s community newspapers, until he retired …
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Dec 10 2014
8 January 2014 It’s unbelievable that some people lost hundreds of dollars worth of food in the middle of a deep freeze. Unless you live in a condo that doesn’t have a balcony, or you don’t have a car where they could store food (the trunk makes a great fridge/freezer too), or you …
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Nov 28 2014
October 2008 For most people who join the Canadian Forces Reserves, it is something they do for a four or five year period to help pay for school, to learn a skill or just to have some fun and adventure. When Tony Keene joined the Canadian Army reserve in 1964, little did he realize it …
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Nov 24 2014
August 2014 During this summer, the cadets with Barrie’s own Navy League #24 Chambly won’t be making the annual complaint that there’s nothing to do. For them, the fun is just beginning. Established in 1895, the Navy League of Canada currently has a presence in over 260 communities across Canada. The Navy League Cadets is an organization for …
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Aug 13 2014
Published in the Toronto Sun 25 August 2014 Re “The prince of pot returns” (QMI Agency, Aug. 13): Get ready for the debate on the legalization of marijuana to kick into high gear. Maybe someone will finally be able to give me an unbiased explanation of why in an age when we are so actively discouraging …
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