Toronto Mike

Olympics

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Men's Eight Rowing Team Wins Gold

Canada has earned its seventh medal at the 2008 Beijing Games. Ben Rutledge of Cranbrook, B.C., Kevin Light of Sidney, B.C., Malcolm Howard of Victoria, Andrew Byrnes of Toronto, Jake Wetzel of Saskatoon, Dominic Seiterle of Victoria, Adam Kreek of London, Ont., and Kyle Hamilton of Richmond, B.
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You Have No Right To Protest

As the Olympic Games draw closer, I find myself getting more and more upset.  Back in March I shared my conflicted feelings.  I love the Olympics and I enjoy posting about every medal Canada wins, but I hate to give that kind of attention to this event in China at
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Another Way to Boycott

I was following the news out of Paris closely this morning.  Organizers cancelled the final leg of the Olympic run through Paris after chaotic protests.  They actually put the torch aboard a bus in a humiliating concession to protesters.  That made me smile. The protest, an effort to decry China's
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Canada 0, Russia 2

I remember February 20, 1998 vividly.  On that date I watched Canada play the Czech Republic in the Nagano Olympics semi-final.  I watched the game from Taryn's grandmother's condo in White Rock, British Columbia and I'll never forget that sinking feeling I had when Brenden Shanahan failed to score against
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