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Snow, cold weather - great day for the Classic. Love watching this game because it brings back the old days of outdoor games. GO LEAFS, GO! :canada:

3 to 2 Rock on Canada Fucale star of the game for Canada

BOISBRIAND, Que. -- Hayley Wickenheiser and Rebecca Johnston each scored twice to give Canada's women's hockey team a 6-3 victory over the United States in pre-Olympic action on Thursday night. Caroline Ouellette and Jayna Hefford also scored for Canada, while Charline Labonte allowed three...

I never thought I would ever question my love of football but after watching this program last night, I am now. The instances of CTE - Concussive Traumatic Encephalopathy in the brains of former football players as young as 18 years of age, is not to be taken lightly considering the appalling...

After watching a documentary on CBC's The Passionate Eye last night, I am wondering how this schnozzle ever got off the ground in the first place. I am also left wondering if some of the athletes will be put in danger due to the choice of certain sites for venues. The giant ski jump is a good...

I just signed up to help collect signatures for the campaign. If anyone else is interested in volunteering they can go to the website below. The site also has info on the campaign for those interested in seeing what is involved. SensibleBC | Campaign for a Marijuana Referendum

The Montreal Alouettes are no doubt hoping quarterback Troy Smith has more success in the CFL than the last three Heisman Trophy winners who ventured north of the border. The Alouettes signed Smith, who won the Heisman with Ohio State University in 2006, to a two-year contract Wednesday. "We...

Want to know one quick way to tell how different Canada is from the U.S.? It won't take long. Just watch a few TV commercials. They speak volumes. These days, it seems impossible to sell anything on U.S. TV networks without the use of explosions, interpersonal violence, gratuitous sex...

Duo wants Vancouver island to be declared its own province By Robert Barron, Daily News July 5, 2013 Laurie Gourlay wants Vancouver Island to be its own province by 2021, the 150th anniversary of British Columbia's confederation with Canada. Gourlay, president of the Mid Island...

I know.......it's summer who cares about hockey, eh? LOL! Just wanted to add my congrats to our Canadian Juniors who won the Ivan Hlinka tournament. The only loss suffered by the Canadians was to Sweden a 4 - 3 final. They won all their other games including the one with the Russians. They...

Jason Dufner Eagled the second hole at the 2nd Round of the championship today - it was a beaut! Canada's own David Hearne is holding his own so far with a -4 sitting 3 back of the leader - David's first round saw him with a 66 for the day. Rain delays have plagued both the players and the...

This weekend could be the best time to watch the Perseid meteor shower, one of the biggest annual meteor showers visible in the northern hemisphere. "The times between Aug. 11 to the 13 is the peak period. That's when you had seen perhaps 50, 60 meteors per hour under clear dark skies -- if...

“I think the community will be happy to find a place to meet and to gather at night,” Mayor Collette Roy-Laroche said, a feeling shared by many who say the town has lost its heart. The municipal government is helping connect the sewers and electrical system to the new bar, both heavy costs...

......in this case, Canada, Mexico, Central America, and from what I can see possibly Greenland and Iceland too. U.S. 'Homeland' Includes Canada And Mexico On NSA Map (PHOTO)

It is the Final Round of golf at the Open and Phil Mickelson just birdie the 18th to finish with a -3 to sit top of the leader-board. Lee Westwood, his nearest competitor is even and Adam Scott sits at +1. I know Phil isn't popular here.........but it was a masterful round of golf. He came...

Favourite Jack Gotta story No. 14: Jocko, as he was known, was holding another mid-afternoon media session with a Calgary reporter, outlining pass plays and defensive coverages, drawing great squiggles on a white marker board. It was a week day, 15 minutes or so before the Calgary Stampeders...

A married couple killed in a horrific mid-air collision near Pemberton Saturday were on their way to visit relatives when tragedy struck, family members tell CTV News. Terry Gale, 43, and Rita Gale, 51, were travelling from their home in 100 Mile House to Vancouver Island to visit...

We are into the Quarter finals today. The US roundly trounced the Russians in their game. The Swiss handily beat the Czechs in theirs. Finland in the 2nd P is ahead of Slovakia 3 to 1. Canada plays Sweden following the Fin/Slovak game. GO CANADA, GO! ROCK THE ICE, GUYS! :canada...

For millions in this country, spring is the season of false promise. The stirrings of hope followed by a few weeks of joy, then, almost inevitably, heartbreak and mourning. In the 20 seasons since a Canadian NHL club captured the Stanley Cup, hockey fans have become accustomed to the...

Apparently Chinese officials are cracking down on jokes about the new People's Daily HQ.................gee, I can't imagine why. :lol: The new headquarters for the Chinese state-run newspaper People’s Daily has an image problem: it really looks like a *****. The platforms atop the...