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Saturday was the Longest Day for Luongo

April 6, 2008

The fans who bought tickets to the Canucks vs. Calgary this past Saturday night were not offered discounts. In fact, many fans present at the Garage last night paid extra to catch a glimpse of Trevor Linden’s last game as a Canuck — after two years of consistent abuse and neglect by Canucks management and [...]

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We Got It..

July 2, 2003

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID027311 Vancouver is Awarded the 2010 Winter Games Wed July 2, 2003 11:46 AM ET PRAGUE (Reuters) – Vancouver was awarded the 2010 Winter Olympics Wednesday after a secret vote by International Olympic Committee members. The Canadians beat off bids from South Korea’s Pyeongchang and the Austrian city of Salzburg to win the right to [...]

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Harry Connick Thinks Different

March 6, 2002

I saw this the last time Harry Connick, Jr. toured and thought it was scary: he uses flat screens in his orchestra rather than sheet music. During the concert that I went to (in 1999, in fact) he explained that he had re-arranged a bunch of new songs while riding in the bus from Calgary [...]

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Move To Canada!

March 3, 2002

—— Tech companies fleeing San Francisco By Tiffany Kary Special to ZDNet News February 28, 2002, 12:40 PM PT URL: http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1106-848203.html A huge exodus from San Francisco may be under way as high-tech companies pack their bags for cheaper North American cities and regions, according to a study. San Francisco is the most expensive North [...]

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This Guy Makes Me Mad…

April 18, 2001

I honestly have a hard time believing that this guy is for real. He’s just the sort of crass, bigoted, moronic, ugly American that gives citizens of the US a bad name around the world. Anyway, what’s afoot right now is a major hellstorm of flame email targeted at this moron. He made a big [...]

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Onex Wants to Buy Air Canada AND Canadian Airlines..

August 24, 1999

http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560851881-89f 12:31 PM ET 08/24/99 Onex Wants To Buy Canada Airlines Onex Wants To Buy Canada Airlines MONTREAL (AP) _ Onex Corp., a Toronto-based conglomerate, is offering $3.8 billion to buy and combine Air Canada and Canadian Airlines. A single airline, which would retain the Air Canada name, would be more efficient and financially stronger [...]

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