Today is November 11th, a day that will live on in our memories as a people, as a nation, as a planet for those who have fallen in wartime to protect those from tyranny, so that all people can enjoy freedoms.
Last night, the Conservative party in Canada retained power with a strengthened minority government. Not sure if a stronger minority is any different from a weaker minority but it does give the Conservatives a much better mandate which to govern. This is partly due that the Liberals lost seats last night, the only party to [...]
Even though there is one day of competition yet for the Beijing Olympic Games, Canada’s involvement has ended on Saturday with one more medal, silver for Adam Van Koeverden in the men’s 500m kayak race. That brings Canada’s medal total to 18 overall, its third best showing ever after the 44 medals won at the [...]
So here it is after one week of competition.
So far it has been a pretty good olympics. Many of the compeititions have been exciting to watch to be sure especially on the swimming though from the coverage on NBC, it was more like the Michael Phelps show. Question is what NBC is going to [...]
I am a Olympics junkie. For the past twenty years or so, I have been an interested devotee of the games and for most of the events no obscure it may be.
It has been quite a change from how I track the games events and results from 1988 to 2008. Back then, I was [...]
Not a great day for Canada on Monday’s actions at the Beijing Olympics. Another day without any medals along with some performances that were less than sub par in some cases, others better than expected but still short.
Many sports had medal events which Canada was not expected to do well like the lightweight weightlifting events. [...]
Sport: Fencing
Age: 50
Hometown: Edmonton Alberta
Medal Potential: Unlikely- Women’s Foil
Luan Jujie is a renown fencer though not so in Canada. In 1984 at the Los Angeles Olympic Games, she won Gold for China, its first fencing medal ever. For that feat, she is considered to be one of the top 50 athlete of the past [...]
Sport: Tennis
Age: 36
Hometown: Toronto Ontario
Medal Potential: Good- Men’s Doubles
Daniel Nestor is a rarity among the Canadian contingent at the Beijing Olympics. He has actually won an Olympic medal, Gold at the 2000 Sydney Games where he was doubled with Sebastien Lebrun. For several years, he has been among the top doubles player in the [...]