SubscribeDear Mr. Harper, I am a Canadian patriot. I understand what a privilege it was for me to be born here, to have been educated here, to be able to present myself as a Canadian. I plan on teaching my daughter about this great nation, it’s history and geography and what Canada has done for [...]
Category: Canadiana
Dear Kansas City Star-Telegram: Suck it.
Earlier tonight I read an article that @KevinGaudet posted on Twitter. Still coming down from the Olympic high, this article made me very, very angry. Canada came out on top this Olympics. After a tragic start, and criticism from all sides, Vancouver came back with a vengeance and most people seem to agree that the [...]
Dear daughter
My dear little girl, Something pretty amazing happened yesterday and it’s going to be one of those ‘where were you when’ moments. Through your life you will see and hear Chris Cuthbert calling the ‘golden goal,’ just like I’ve spent my life hearing about when ‘Henderson scores.’ So here’s the story of Sid the Kid’s [...]
I remember
Today is the day we honour our veterans, particularly those who died fighting for the freedom of those in countries far away. Remembrance Day has always been an emotional one for me, watching the veterans growing older every year, watching grown men with tears in their eyes as they remember those they knew and what [...]
Offside
When I was a teenager and I started watching hockey I was a real home team fan – I wore my jersey every game day, I knew all the players’ stats and I cheered for them and against whoever was against them, including the ref. I was one of those fans that would yell at [...]
I hate Michael Ignatieff with a passion that is rare for me. Generally I understand that people have different viewpoints and politicians have a lot of tapdancing to do, but Iggy just drives me completely up the wall. It’s the arrogance. I get the feeling that he only chose the Liberal Party over the Conservatives [...]
In defence…
We knew coming out of the US election in November that Barack Obama would be making a push for a new healthcare system down south, something akin to Canada’s healthcare system (just don’t call it socialized medicine). As soon as that push started, we in Canada suddenly started hearing all these arguments against our system [...]
It wasn’t just the kids he coached
When I was 14 or 15, I wrote a letter to Brian Kilrea telling him how he had inspired me to work in hockey. When I was 20, I interviewed Brian Kilrea after a game and when the interview was over I told him that, as an aside, I needed him to know that he [...]
Everytime
Every time this happens, two days from my past flash through my mind. The first was a day that didn’t seem like anything when it started. I was in college, it was Friday morning – production day for the paper, and we were putting it all together. Two of my classmates were at the base, [...]
My home and native land
As I mentioned before, I don’t do arts reporting. I read reviews, but I am incapable of writing them. Thus, this is not a review of the movie One Week, it is a telling of what One Week meant to me. I decided that I wanted to see this movie this morning after reading a [...]
