Apr 27 2017
April 2017 On 20 April 2017, the family of the late Staff-Sergeant Eddie Adamson received some long-overdue good news: Eddie will be honoured on the Toronto Police Honour Roll, something he was denied in 2005. Adamson’s widow Linda and daughter Julie had to fight for the recognition bestowed on Toronto Police officers who die in the …
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Apr 21 2017
April 2017 The Dieppe Raid, also known by its final official code-name Operation Jubilee, was a Canadian-led raid on the German-occupied port of Dieppe, on the northern coast of France, on 19 August 1942. For decades afterwards, many viewed the Dieppe Raid as a colossal failure that didn’t achieve any of its objectives and had …
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Apr 18 2017
April 2017 The population in Centralia, Pennsylvania, in the heart of anthracite coal region, dropped to only six people in the fall of 2016 when Kathi Wormer, daughter of the Borough’s last official Mayor, Carl Womer, moved out of the house once occupied by her parents. The home at 102 East Wood Street, originally occupied by Carl …
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Apr 14 2017
April 2017 On 9 April 2017, officially dedicated as Vimy Ridge Day in 2003, Canadians across the country and in France attended services to mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge, an infamous battle fought by the Canadian Corps from 9 to 12 April 1917, a part of the Battle of Arras in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais …
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Apr 07 2017
Published in the Alliston Herald, 17 April 2017 The inscription of the tombstone of Royal Flying Corps Cadet James Talbot reads: “A noble young life given in service”. The weather on 7 April 2017 was cold and windy, with a thin layer of snow on the ground, as a crowd gathered at Union Cemetery in …
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Mar 28 2017
Published in the Toronto Sun, 30 March 2017 Re TDSB ban on new trips to U.S. political correctness gone mad (Sue-Anne Levy, March 27): Do the TDSB play political games? Let me count the ways. Generally if you have ALL your required documents and no criminal convictions, you will have no problems crossing the border. If …
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Mar 24 2017
March 2017 London Mayor Sadiq Khan said in the wake of the London terror attacks that he believes such attacks are “part and parcel of living in a big city”. Now Mayor Khan did add that he strongly advocates vigilance and the work of security services to prevent attacks, along with ordering a review of London’s …
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Mar 08 2017
March 2017 This is my personal tribute to Able Seaman Thomas J. Simpson, DSM, a WWII veteran of the Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve: Windsor, Ontario resident Thomas Simpson died on 28 January 2017 at the age of 95 and Canada lost another true hero. At the time of his death, Simpson was Canada’s last living Distinguished Service …
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Mar 07 2017
February 2017 I’m not going to criticize Justin Trudeau for backing down on election reform, which I believe was the right thing to do. He apparently listened to those telling him there was no general desire for changing a system which has served us well for 150 years, which is how democracy works. What I …
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Mar 01 2017
March 2017 The Hamilton Parks Police Force was a special constable force that patrolled parks within the City of Hamilton, Ontario, from 1943 until 1963. In reaction to a rise of vandalism and other criminal offences in the early 1940s, Hamilton Parks superintendent Fred Marshal hired George James in 1943 to patrol Gage Park, making him …
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