Published in the Toronto Sun, 7 July 2024 Is it just me, or do others see the irony in the fact for the second time in recent years, the Pride Parade was literally stopped in its tracks by a competing protest movement? Pride began as a protest movement advocating for the rights of the gay …
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July 2024 The Auld Kirk Scotch Settlement is long-gone, leaving only the Presbyterian Church, which sat abandoned for over half a century. This small church is one of many that can still be found across the rural landscape. When driving along the rural sideroads across Canada and America, you will still see the occasional old, …
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July 2024 Despite what some believe Henry Ford and the Ford motor company weren’t the ones who created the gas powered automobile. That distinction goes to Carl Benz, who created the first gas powered automobile in 1885, fifteen years after a small gas powered motor was placed on a car, proving it could be used …
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June 2024 First it was Councilor Chris Moise at a public meeting, now it’s Councilor Shelley Carroll who displayed an appallingly high level of chutzpah in scolding those opposed to renaming Young-Dundas Square to Sankofa Square as racists in off-air discussions with Newstalk 1010 show hosts John Moore Show and Jerry Agar. At the Toronto Council …
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June 2024 On Sunday, 23 June, hundreds of police officers and their supporters gathered at the site of the Ontario Police Memorial in Toronto to commemorate the first annual Ontario Police Suicide Memorial ceremony. Unlike the existing police memorial, which pays tribute to police officers killed in the line of duty, this new memorial pays …
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June 2024 For rural communities, one-room or small multi-room schoolhouses were the standard before communities grew and educational course offerings necessitated bigger schools, holding anywhere from several hundred to one or two thousand students. Before the invention of the automobile, these one-room or small schools were built close to the towns and farms where the …
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June 2024 They called him the King; the King of Kenzington. Also known as Albert “Al” Waxman, the versatile Canadian actor and director had a long and distinguished career that included radio, stage, films and television. Albert Samuel Waxman, was born on 2 March 1935 in Toronto, the son of Jewish Polish immigrants. Waxman’s career began …
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June 2024 Re: “Forcing Pride on Catholic schools isn’t diversity” (Brian Lilley, Toronto Sun, 15 June): Although I’m conservative, I’m socially liberal on many topics, including issues related to the gay community. However, I’ve gone from having no objection to raising the Pride flag for those who wish to do so, to resenting the fact …
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June 2024 The St. James on-the-Lines Church, a small, unassuming, white clapboard-sided church in the lakeside town of Penetanguishene, Ontario, may not seem that significant on first inspection. However, there is a very specific reason why the British Union Jack flies outside the church: the St. James on-the-Lines Church is older than Canada itself. The …
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Published in the Toronto Sun, 18 June 2024 Re: “Immigration policy untethered from reality” (Brian Lilley, Toronto Sun, 12 June): The number of immigrants admitted each year and insufficient employment opportunities are just two problems with Trudeau’s immigration policy. Another is that most immigrants, admitted under any federal government, generally congregate in large metropolitan areas …
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