Photo by Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press
Photo by Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press
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The Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team were bound for a playoff game in Nipawin, Saskatchewan on April 6, 2018. The team rode their bus alongside coaches and other staff. With their hockey bags and equipment stowed in the cargo hold, their bus drove down one of Saskatchewan’s flat, rural highways on a clear sunny spring day. (more…)
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Jim Goad has produced a short video to accompany his latest essay, “A Fly in a Pail of Milk,” on what is known so far about the possible murder case in which a white player, Adam Johnson, died after being severely injured by a black player, Matt Petgrave, during a pro hockey game in England last weekend. (more…)
Matt Petgrave
Matt Petgrave
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What would be more shocking to the average person: the fact that a black professional hockey player actually exists, or the fact that he’s currently suspected of murdering a white player during a game? (more…)
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On another exciting episode of The Writers’ Bloc, longtime friend of the show Endeavour joined host Nick Jeelvy to discuss the classic of Canadian nationalism, George Grant’s Lament for a Nation, also touching on current events in Canada and elsewhere, and it is now available for download and online listening.
Topics discussed include:
00:04:00 George Grant, Lament for a Nation
00:07:00 JFK and John Diefenbaker (more…)