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
Long vanished Royal Flying Corps aerodrome was the destination point for Canada’s first air mail delivery
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
Canada’s first aerodrome – Royal Flying Corps Camp Long Branch
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
I’m royally offended
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
Canadian Air & Space Museum faces eviction from historic de Havilland building
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
Not exactly gold plated careers
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
Police aren’t more important, just different
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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Jun 26 2011
Fallout from the G20 Summit – And justice for all…..
Published in the Toronto Sun 14 June 2011 Now that the officer accused of assaulting Dorian Barton has been identified, does anyone want to come forward and identify the “demonstrator” seen causing damage to a store-front in the photo accompanying the article “T.O. businesses ‘ignored’ – NDP MPs push feds for G20 compensation” (June 11)? …
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Jun 12 2011
Stop the “Stop Harper” signs
June 2011 Recently while driving along Lakeshore Drive, I saw two protesters outside Barrie MP Patrick Brown’s office with a “Stop Harper” sign. While I really do appreciate the fact that we are free to protest ourgovernment without fear of imprisonment or worse, can’t we give the “Stop Harper” rhetoric a break? Sure some people …
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Jun 12 2011
Did he say what I think he just said?
In celebration of the Duke of Edinburgh’s 90th birthday, I present some famous quotes from a man who only has a vague understanding of the meaning of the term “political correctness”: Collected from various sources: “Are you Indian or Pakistani? I can never tell the difference” “How do you keep the natives off the booze …
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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.