WOUNDED WARRIORS by BARNEY MOORHOUSE Cpl C.J. Wilneff is 26; and retired. Christopher Joseph Wilneff, born and raised in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, joined the military in 2006 at the age of 16. At age 20 CJ, as he is commonly known, volunteered to deploy to Afghanistan with 2RCR (Royal Canadian Regiment). He was medically […]
COE HILL’S WARRIORS’ DAY by BARNEY MOORHOUSE It has been a tradition since 1989 when Dan McCaw answered the call and said “Let’s do it!” In 1989 Frank Van Rosenteil, then President of the Ontario Military Vehicle Association, wanted to escape the confines of Toronto to show off the old military vehicles, not unlike classic […]
THE BATAWA LIONS’ NATURAL PLAYGROUND by BARNEY MOORHOUSE We’ve come a long way from the days when we were out the door to play with our friends at first light and home by dark. As kids we had vast acres of wildlands to explore. A length of rope tied through a car tire made a […]
BEECH BARK DISEASE by BARNEY MOORHOUSE For Reproduction Rights Call Access 1.800.893.5777 Recently I spent some time with Doug Thain of Lakeside Forestry wandering through a beech grove examining trees suffering from Beech Bark Disease. Landowners may not be up to speed on this most destructive beech ailment. When all is said and done the […]
I.W.T.’s W.W.1 STORIES by BARNEY MOORHOUSE Researching the Bancroft Times’ archives, seeking material for my TIMES TRAVELLER column, I came upon a series of articles penned in 1962 by an author going by the moniker I.W.T. Unlike to-day, at that time, very few newspaper articles were accompanied by the writer’s name. Presumeably employees of the […]
SOME SILVER LINING by BARNEY MOORHOUSE Master Corporal (MCpl) Chris Downey and Petty Officer 2nd Class (PO2) Douglas Craig Blake were both best buds and teammates of an explosives ordinance disposal (EOD) unit in Afghanistan. On May 3, 2010, “It was Craig’s turn to be ‘number one,’ the main guy diffusing the IED (improvised explosive […]
TRENTON’S THANKSGIVING DISASTER by BARNEY MOORHOUSE Sitting in the blazing afternoon sun, watching a couple of CC- 130J model “Super” Hercules climbing from take-off in the background, I couldn’t help but reflect upon that Thanksgiving night in 1918 when the term thanksgiving took on an entirely new meaning as the Trenton area skies were ablaze […]
THE LIFE OF ARMIN QUICKERT by BARNEY MOORHOUSE I first met Armin Quickert at the CFB Trenton Pond Hockey Classic in 2013. He was observing the official “puck drop” by then Minister of National Defense Peter MacKay. The tournament is a fund raiser for The Military Families Fund which helps support military members and […]
BEACHWOOD RESORT by BARNEY MOORHOUSE Writing, for the most part, is a solitary life style compensated often by the people one meets and the places one goes in quest of a story. And so when an opportunity arises to join other writers for a professional development retreat it doesn’t usually require a lot of reflection. […]
FRANK MEYERS – A Tale of Irony? by BARNEY MOORHOUSE Frank Meyers was born on April 10, 1928 in the 150 year old house across the highway from the comfortable brick bungalow that he and his wife Marjorie call home. He built the bungalow himself in 1964. “I built all of the buildings on my […]
