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John Brattain, Baseball Blogger, RIP (1965-2009)

christopher.taylor — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 01:08:45 -0800

People die and different folk celebrate and mourn in various ways. However, while it does seem as if everyone is blogging about baseball and boxing or UFC during these times that try men's souls'... not everyone can write about it for the CTV network. John will be missed by both Blue Jay and Expo fans and perhaps fight fans as well. Please take a moment of your time to click on some links, thank you.

Au revoir et merci

aclevername — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:32:17 -0800

The Vimy Ridge Memorial is a common destination for Canadian travellers in France. As previous visitors have discovered, however, it is not the easiest place to reach once you get off the train. Thankfully, there's been help in the form of the Welcome Man (Windows Media embedded video --clip starts at 11:30). Over the last 13 years Georges Devloo has met the train at Vimy every day, where he offers free transportation to the memorial to confused and lost Canadians seeking to pay their respects. In this time, it's been estimated that M. Devloo has given rides other assistance to over 1,200 Canadians. Today, we said au-revoir to "le grand-père de Vimy".

R.I.P. Gus Giordano

nax — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:45:06 -0800

Gus Giordano, founder of the renowned dance company and school, died on Sunday.

Geo — Sun, 27 Jan 2002 08:50:18 -0800

Peter Gzowski, Canadian broadcaster, died a couple of days ago. Listen to an old interview with Stuart McLean on CBC Radio RealAudio at noon EST from Toronto, 1pm from Winnipeg, 2pm from Calgary or 3pm from Vancouver. Gzowski and McLean are the voice of the Canadian spirit.

galachef55 — Tue, 03 Jul 2001 09:31:45 -0800

Mordecai Richler dead at 70. Noted Canadian man of letters, political commentator, frequent imbiber and author of "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz," "Solomon Gursky Was Here," "Oh, Canada! Oh, Quebec!," and "Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang." He was undergoing cancer treatment.

bruyneel — Thu, 28 Sep 2000 16:15:48 -0800

Trudeau is dead Perhaps the most important, and certainly the most interesting living Canadian dies in Montreal at 80.