Oct 12 2020
October 2020 In May 1942, George McNutt left his family farm in Medonte Township, taking a train from the nearby Canadian Pacific Railway station at Craighurst, and joined the Canadian Army, serving initially with the Lanark and Renfrew Scottish Regiment. He never returned home. On 4 October 1944, Private George McNutt died while fighting in …
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Oct 10 2020
October 2020 In October 2009, 23 year-old Private Kevin McKay deployed to Afghanistan with his regiment, the 1st Battalion of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, based at Steele Barracks in Edmonton, Alberta. On 13 May 2010, Private McKay was on foot patrol near the village of Nakhonay, in the Panjwai district of Afghanistan. The …
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Oct 08 2020
October 2020 Cemeteries frequently contain elaborate and ornate monuments, some incorporated into the tombstones, and some stand-alone. Some monuments are simpler, but still eye-catching. The 6th Line Cemetery in the Town of Innisfil, Ontario, north of Toronto, has a large natural fieldstone cairn topped by an Ionian Cross at the main entrance to the cemetery. …
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Oct 05 2020
October 2020 Police have recently announced numerous arrests and charges related to illegal street-racing and burn-out competitions in places like Wasaga Beach and the GTA. While this is a good thing, I have a better idea. Since the taxpayers are going to have to shoulder the costs for the court process, in addition to the …
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Oct 04 2020
October 2020 Before the motor vehicles and major highway systems, the railway was the fastest and most efficient way to transport people and goods across the country. In addition to the national railways, like Canadian National and Canadian Pacific, there were many smaller regional railways that criss-crossed the provinces and territories, connecting towns and villages …
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Oct 02 2020
Published in the Toronto Sun, 3 October 2020 Masked Affair With the news that President Donald Trump has contracted the Chinese Communist Party coronoavirus, the usual anti-Trump crowd are dancing in the streets with glee, given Trump’s lax and dismissive attitude towards the wearing of masks. Now, I’m certainly not trying to be a Trump …
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Oct 01 2020
October 2020 The danger of judging the past using today’s morals and standards. For the past several years, the “woke” crowd have been calling for the Stalinesque erasure of people from Canada’s past. Our first Prime Minister and Father of Confederation Sir John A. Macdonald has been a favourite target for his support of Indian …
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Sep 22 2020
September 2020 The small Village of Shanty Bay, north of Barrie, Ontario, has a historic church that is one of the few remaining structures in Ontario built of “rammed earth.” The “rammed earth” construction method involves mixing wet clay with chopped straw, compacted into forms and covered, when dry, with plaster or siding for durability …
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Sep 21 2020
September 2020 Re: “Heading the lessons of COVID-19” (Toronto Sun Editorial, 20 Sept): I suppose the good news is that we seem to have learned our lesson that masks are necessary in helping to contain the spread of the Chinese Communist Party Virus, despite what experts like Dr. Theresa Tam were telling us up to …
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Sep 20 2020
September 2020 In the years after World War I ended, cities, towns and villages across Canada erected cenotaphs to honour the men from their communities who died in the war. Most consisted of a carved square granite column listing the names of the dead, topped with a granite statue of a uniformed soldier. Some are …
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