September 2018 “At The Secrets of Radar Museum we ask you to imagine keeping a secret for 50 years. Could you do it?”* During WWII, Canada was involved in numerous “behind-the-scenes” projects that aided greatly in the Allied victories in Europe and the Pacific. One of them was the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP), …
Permanent link to this article: https://militarybruce.com/a-secret-no-more-small-london-museum-tells-the-story-of-the-top-secret-wwii-radar-project-in-canada/
August 2018 In the northern Ontario town of Latchford, the steel arch bridge that allows Provincial Highway 11 to cross over the Montreal River is dedicated to the memory of a long-lost local hero: Sergeant Aubrey Cosens, V.C. Cosens is one of only 16 Canadians to be awarded the Victoria Cross during World War II, …
Permanent link to this article: https://militarybruce.com/world-war-ii-hero-honoured-in-his-hometown/
August 2018 I would like to publicly state that I completely support Toronto Mayor John Torry’s plan to ban guns from Toronto. I know this ban will work because the last time I went to Toronto, the border guard at Highway 400 and Steeles Avenue asked me if I had any firearms with me and …
Permanent link to this article: https://militarybruce.com/a-gun-ban-in-toronto-yeah-good-luck-with-that/
August 2018 Ever since Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced that the government would allow brewers to sell their beer for as low as $1, many have openly mocked this announcement. Some of those critics are likely not Doug Ford fans and will criticize anything Ford says, but some of them do have financial reasons for …
Permanent link to this article: https://militarybruce.com/buck-a-beer-is-about-choice/
Published in the Toronto Sun 31 August 2018 In the wake of the announcement that President Donald Trump has reached a new trade agreement with Mexico to replace the NAFTA agreement, one that Canada has until this Friday (31 August) to join, it’s becoming quite apparent just how badly Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has blown …
Permanent link to this article: https://militarybruce.com/luca-brasi-is-here-to-see-you/
August 2018 Lieutenant Austin Chisholm was just a young private when Boer General Piet Cronjé surrendered with 4, 000 of his soldiers to British and Canadian troops at Paardeberg on 27 February 1900. With Chisholm’s regiment, The Royal Canadian Regiment (RCR), facing down Cronjé’s troops from an elevated position a short 65 yards away, the …
Permanent link to this article: https://militarybruce.com/the-last-surviving-royal-canadian-regiment-veteran-of-the-battle-of-paardeberg-died-47-years-ago/
August 2018 Regarding the dispute with Saudi Arabia, Justin Trudeau has a real opportunity to show some true leadership here. What we should do in response to Saudi Arabia’s actions is immediately start ramping up our own oil industry so we can stop importing Saudi oil. Get the Energy East, Trans Mountain, Northern Gateway and …
Permanent link to this article: https://militarybruce.com/time-to-show-some-leadership-prime-minister-trudeau/
August 2018 The controversy over the revocation of the 2015 sex ed curriculum has made me think back to my own sex education. I’m a member of Generation X, so I went through my teen years in the 1980s. I honestly don’t remember much of the sex education I received in school beyond the Phys …
Permanent link to this article: https://militarybruce.com/forget-more-cowbell-we-need-more-sue/
July 2018 On an elevated piece of land in Saskatchewan, just east of the Alberta border, sits a lonely and neglected radar tower. This is the sole remaining radar tower of what was once Royal Canadian Air Force Station Alsask, an Air Defence radar station on the Pinetree Line. The Pinetree Line stretched across the …
Permanent link to this article: https://militarybruce.com/a-neglected-prairie-sentinel-to-be-restored/
July 2018 General Sir Arthur Currie, GCMG, KCB, has the unique distinction of being the first Canadian soldier to command the Canadian Corps, a post he was elevated to in 1917. Making this accomplishment even more significant is the fact that he rose to this position after beginning his military career in the Canadian militia …
Permanent link to this article: https://militarybruce.com/maligned-hero-general-sir-arthur-currie-the-first-canadian-commander-of-the-canadian-corps/
