Now that the Olympics are over and the athletes and tourists – and their wallets – have packed up and left what does the future hold for host city Sochi, Vlad Putin’s Potemkin Village? The facilities will probably wind up in predictable hands. Many already have. Putin, meanwhile, seems to
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Alberta Diary: Olympic Hockey: It’ll take Grit to overcome Sisu – are Tories patriotic enough to let it happen?
Looks like Finnish hockey to me! Can’t understand what they’re saying, but, Canadians beware, they might have Sisu. Below: A Sisu truck; Lauri Rapala, inventor of the lure of Vaaksy. To heck with politics! Let’s talk hockey, a subject on which our physically unimposing prime minister is nevertheless supposedly an
Continue readingSusan on the Soapbox: “What Makes Canada So Great?”
Michaela Pereira, CNN television personality and news anchor (I use the term loosely) asked a member of the Canadian Olympic skiing team this question: “What makes Canada so great?” My immediate reaction was: What a goofy question. Luckily the Canadian athlete had more tact. He replied: “Teamwork”. He may be
Continue reading350 or bust: Saturday At The Movies
Here’s a tribute to the Sochi Olympics from The Canadian Institute of Diversity and Inclusion: * Not to be outdone, the Norwegians have come out with a response to the anti-gay laws passed in Russia prior to the Olympics: I may be biased, but I prefer the Canadian one.
Continue readingThe Political Road Map: Why Sochi 2014 is My Generations 1972 Summit Series
I was not around in 1972 to experience the dramatic and intense summit series between Canada and the Soviet Union, however I have read a lot about the event and heard many stories from hockey fanatics who had the pleasure of experiencing it live. The Summit Series was an immensely
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