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It’s going to take Hockey Night in Canada

December 6, 2004

The Globe and Mail reports Canadian HDTV sales picking up. However, of the 1.2 million HDTV sets in this country, only about 180,000 are actually used to receive HD signals. It’s going to take Hockey Night in Canada to make it happen… hockey in HD is incredible.

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Hot Chocolate

November 23, 2003

From the Seattle Times: Hockey night out in Canada. Marvelous quote from Jose Theodore: "It’s like when we used to go outside as kids and play, then come in for a hot chocolate and go back out," Theodore said. "That’s what we did tonight."

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Hockey Night in HD

November 22, 2003

Saw a great game tonight — Oilers versus the Canadiens in the so-called "Heritage Classic". Played outside in -20C weather, it was fast paced (on very fast ice), and a lot of fun to watch. And, the CBC broadcast in high definition. Hurray!

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Manley Lobbying for Senators

October 4, 2003

Critics blow whistle on Manley call. OTTAWA and TORONTO — Finance Minister John Manley was offside when he lobbied a bank chief on behalf of the Ottawa Senators hockey team, opposition parties said yesterday.”On the surface, it looks at the minimum like very bad judgment, bordering on conflict of interest,” Canadian Alliance MP and finance [...]

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Would you like a little whine with that cheese?

May 4, 2003

The Flyers took quite a drubbing yesterday at the Corel Centre. This morning’s paper had Jeremy Roenick moaning about the quality of the reffing – complaining that not enough penalties got called on Ottawa. Shoot, from where I sit there actually was some reffing going on in this last game, versus the WWF action we [...]

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