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Wayne Gretzky’s false Canadiana
March 27, 2025Wayne Gretzky’s name is synonymous with the sport of hockey. His number “99” is retired across the National Hockey League — the only number retired for all 32 teams — and even wearing the two digits in a beer league game gets you chirped (I’ve seen it). In his 1,487 career NHL games, Gretzky scored 2,857 points, and still leads the league in all-time points. For reference, the second-place on that list is Czech legend Jaromir Jagr, who scored 936 less points in 246 more games than “The Great One.” Gretzky has been in recent headlines for reasons far removed…
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To boo, or not to boo?
March 11, 2025Politics have become a huge topic in sports communities recently, particularly hockey, as the NHL’s 4 Nations Face-Off was littered with dialogue around the annexation of Canada. This stemmed from Canadian hockey fans booing the American national anthem as a…
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Here’s why you need to care about the US election
November 6, 2024Every time I hear a Canadian bring up the upcoming US presidential election in conversation, another person will retort with “Ugh, can we not talk about that?” or “Why should I care about what happens?” Well, you should care. A…
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Political Corner: Trudeau’s stubbornness in the Wanzhou extradition case is an incredible failure of duty
July 28, 2020Our prime minister, Justin Trudeau, has shown clear negligence in his responsibilities as our leader in the mishandling of Huawei’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Meng Wanzhou’s extradition case. Despite a clear pattern of behaviour in Chinese retaliation to Canadian criminal…
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Political Corner: Trump’s inaction on the Russian bounties should not be allowed to fall out of the news cycle
July 19, 2020On June 26, 2020, the New York Times released a report that claimed American intelligence had determined that a Russian military intelligence unit had offered bounties to militants to kill Afghanistan coalition forces. The disturbing part of the report was…
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Canadians, overseas wars are too heavy for your jokes
January 19, 2020Don’t get me wrong. I like memes just as much as the next Gen Z/Millennial youngling. Two identical Spider-Men pointing to each other? That’s my shit. Joking about SFU’s lack of adequate response to snow? Chef’s kiss. But when I…
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Political Corner: The recent peace talks between the U.S. and Taliban could be putting Afghanistan at serious risk
February 11, 2019The war in Afghanistan began on October 7, 2001, codenamed Operation Enduring Freedom. Ironically, the operation did not bring freedom, but instead endured for 17 years. But there’s potentially an end in sight as the first week of peace talks…
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Political Corner: By leaving the INF Treaty, the US is abandoning peace
November 3, 20181987 Cold-War era Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty. The announcement came after multiple accusations by US officials that Russia has repeatedly violated the treaty since its conception. The INF was established in the 1970s when Russia began to replace their…
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World News Beat
July 28, 2017EAST JERUSALEM – Metal detectors removed at Jerusalem worshipping site Metal detectors at a famous holy site in Jerusalem were removed, soon to be replaced by another security measure, as per the order of Israeli security bodies. Israel installed the…
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HUMOUR: American lawmakers cut out middleman, introduce guns directioly to mental wards
October 26, 2015After roughly 300 mass shootings in 2015 alone, the United States government believe they have found a solution: arm patients in mental wards. “Stay with me here,” began Jr. Senator Pistol Pete III, while polishing a Colt M16 assault rifle.…
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