Archive | February, 2006

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Sledge Hockey Fun

Eight-year-old Matthew Demy spent a sunny Wednesday afternoon playing shinny with his idols.   Matthew’s been playing sledge hockey since last fall and says he really enjoys it. “Yeah, it’s really fun,” Matthew said. “I just play any position. But I really like centre.”


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New facility would give girls a rink of their own

At 16, Samantha Harman loves hockey. She has been playing since she was 10. She spends her Saturday afternoons helping younger players with their goaltending. She wakes up at 5 a.m. in order to be at practice by six. “I just love the game,” Harman said. “I don’t care what time I have to go [...]


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Critics say Canadian consuls could do more to protect travellers

Getting ready to travel can be hectic, chaotic even, but Canadians are urged to research their destination and become aware of what the government can, and cannot do should they find themselves in trouble abroad. Ambra Dickie, a spokesperson for The Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs encourages Canadians to not only register on their site [...]


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Councillor wants to put the brakes on airport limousines

A trip from the Renaissance Hotel at the Rogers Centre to Pearson International Airport in a licensed Toronto taxi costs approximately $30. Airflight Services – one of many licensed airport limousine companies in Toronto – charges a $46 flat-rate for that same trip in a Lincoln Town Car. However, Airflight Services and other limousine companies [...]


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Skating on a painting at the WinterCity Festival

With a bucket of coloured water in his hand, Gordon Halloran shuffles across Nathan Phillips Square.  He pulls off his gloves and with a paintbrush dabs the water into the cracks of blue and yellow ice slabs. Then Halloran takes a water hose and floods the coloured array of ice.  Twenty-four hours later, he has [...]