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4 Sep 2006Canadian soldier killed, others wounded in ‘friendly fire’
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — U.S. warplanes mistakenly strafed Canadian troops fighting Taliban forces in southern Afghanistan, killing one soldier and seriously wounding five on Monday in an operation that NATO claims has also left 200 insurgents dead.
This is not the first “friendly-fire” incident involving US pilots and Canadian [...]
In: Life
3 Jul 2006For those of you in the US who are not blessed with a way to tap into the Canadian feeds from the World Cup, you are missing a real treat. And you know what the treat is?
Silence.
It seems that the announcers that Rogers SportsNet and TSN have recruited to cover the games know how to [...]
Canada is a great country because…the trophies that have been handed out to the professional teams in our leagues where granted us by members of the English peerage.
LORD Stanley’s Cup.
LORD Grey’s Cup.
The US pro sports leagues just don’t have that level of je ne sais quoi.
Technorati Tags: Stanley Cup, Grey Cup, peerage
In: Life
10 Feb 2006If you are wondering about the picture at the top of this page (sorry for you folks in RSS readers, gotta head to the blog to see it), I can tell you one thing.
It is real.
[PS: Photo provided by Chris Magnusson.]
I grew up in the shadow if this mountain called, oddly enough, Mount Seven. The [...]
In: RANTING
29 Dec 2004One of the themes I keep reading about in the stories from the Southeast Asia Disaster Zone is that Americans are all reporting how ineffective and/or invisible members of the US Foreign Service are in dealing with citizens trying to get replace documents, find loved ones or simply get home.
I hope that the Canadian Foreign [...]
In: smp
21 Nov 2004After reading the statement of claim for the "Hockey Night in Canada" theme (available here), it is clear that it is as much about the history of HNIC itself, as it is about the composition. The constant to-ing and fro-ing (Molson/Molstar, CBC) of ownership of the broadcasts, the growth of product placement marketing, and the [...]
Olympic Broadcasting: One Feed Does Not Serve Them All
In: Canada| Commentary
12 Aug 2008In the community of voices I follow online, one of the continuing themes is the narrowness and antiquated coverage provided by NBC(I launched into a screed on the topic this weekend).
I have also heard that many people are using the tools at their disposal (open proxy servers being the most notable) to circumvent the geo-location [...]