Type history blogs into your search engine and you are likely to be swamped by “This Day in History” offerings with the only alternative being long dry offerings of univeristy professors often with their own...
A few thoughts on the 2010 World Junior Hockey Championships. A tip of the toque to the young men of the United States' team and their classy coach Dean Blais for their gold medal win at this years World Junior Hockey Championships. The Americans have brought more talented...
Canada will attempt to win its 6th straight gold medal when it faces off against the United States in the final of the World Junior Hockey Championships at Saskatoon, Tuesday night. It will be a re-match of the...
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Canada defeated the United States 5 to 4 in a shoot out at the World Junior Hockey Championships in a classic game before a raucous New Year's Eve crowd at Saskatoon. Both teams have moved through the preliminary...
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Steve Yzerman's Olympic hockey team represents a changing of the guard for Canada. A dozen of the chosen are under 26 years of age, and only 7 were at the 2006 games in Turin. Veterans are still major part this...
Taylor Hall was expected to provide much of the offensive punch for this year's version of Team Canada at the World Junior Hockey Championships, but he had not scored a goal in the tournament. That all...
Brandon McMillan scored the hat trick, and Jordan Eberle had a goal and 4 assists to lead Canada to a 6 to 0 win over Switzerland at the World Junior Hockey Championships in Saskatoon today. MacMillan scored 23...
Yeah, it's great on fries, but white vinegar has many more uses. "One of the best bargains in your local grocery store is plain old white vinegar. You can get a 32 ounce jug of it (half a gallon) for about $1.50 and it has a multitude of uses beyond the edible ones (like...
To mark the 65th anniversary of the Italian campaign Canadian veterans recently returned to Ortona. In December of 1943 the ancient Adriatic port city was the scene of some of the most bitter fighting of World War...
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Canada announced its roster for the IIHF 2010 World Junior Hockey Championships in Saskatchewan. The team will have six returning players from last year's team as Canada tries to win its sixth consecutive gold...
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The woman accused of murdering 8 year old Tori Stafford of Woodstock, Ontario has waved her right to a preliminary hearing and will move directly to trial. Terri Lynne McClintic, 19, of Woodstock is scheduled to...
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Over 375,000 drivers are currently plying Ontario highways while unlicensed or under suspension according to the province's Ministry of Transportation. A report by Synectics Transportation Consultants Inc. for MADD Canada says unlicensed and suspended drivers are involved...
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