Archive for January, 2011
Mayor Ford Wants an NFL Team in Toronto
Freelance Writer | Paul Fitzgerald Thursday Night Magazinegets the exclusive scoop that Toronto, ON may get an NFL team. Jonathan Jenkins from the Toronto Sun reports the story (note some files have been reported by Thursday Night Magazine) The long-fumbled dream of bringing a National Football League franchise to Toronto is alive and well and [...]
Thousands attend service to honour slain Toronto officer
Freelance Writer | Paul Fitzgerald CAROLINE ALPHONSO, TREVOR MELANSON and ARTI PATEL Story provided by the Globe and Mail Newspaper (Jan. 18, 2011) Facing her husband’s casket, Christine Russell allowed the tears to flow as she described the bravery of Sergeant Ryan Russell, killed last week in the line of duty. “Ryan always put others [...]
Bankruptcy chief warns of debt’s ‘harsh realities’
Freelance Writer | Paul Fitzgerald Thursday Night Magazine reports that too many people are spending money they just don’t have From today’s Globe and Mail Newspaper – The superintendent of bankruptcy has added his voice to the growing chorus of warnings that Canadians are gorging on borrowed money. “It’s important for Canadians to be aware [...]
Lifting up his voice
Freelance Writer | Paul Fitzgerald Thursday Night Magazine Reports Homeless man with million-dollar inflection offered job with Cleveland Cavaliers, pursued by NFL Films By Tom Withers (AP)From the streets to the studios. Ted Williams, whose deep, velvety radio voice and touching story prompted an outpouring of sympathy and job offers from across the United States, [...]
Russian hockey team kicked off flight after celebrating World Junior win
Freelance Writer | Paul Fitzgerald Thursday Night Magazine reports Russian team removed from Delta Flight 1266 The Russian junior hockey team was kicked off a Delta Air Lines flight early Thursday for “unruly behaviour,” officials said. The Russian delegation spent much of the night celebrating their 5-3 World Junior victory over Canada in the bar [...]
Gerry Rafferty dies in hospital
By Milton Howe Paisley-born singer and songwriter passed away after battling liver failure Baker Street singer Gerry Rafferty has died in hospital at the age of 63. The songwriter was admitted to the Royal Bournemouth Hospital in November 2010 with suspected liver failure. Rafferty, who was born in Paisley in 1947, had received treatment for [...]
Canada to meet Russia for gold
By David Shoalts – Going into Monday night’s world junior hockey championship semi-final, the Canadians knew the one sure thing that would beat them was a bad early goal. Given the uneven work of their defence and goaltenders and the fact Team USA had the better goaltender leading up to the showdown, the Canadians knew [...]
‘Open Wide!’ exhibit displays toys kids have cut their teeth on
By Alexis Korman If your kids need some help remembering to brush their teeth, maybe you can find inspiration in the classics.We’re talking real classics — like a Barbie Dentist behind glass and a Hopalong Cassidy cowboy toothbrush. An exhibit at the National Museum of Dentistry in Baltimore features these and about 50 other “toothy [...]
The Vanishing Mind
By Elaina Maxwell, from the New York Times Giving Alzheimer’s Patients Their Way, Even Chocolate Margaret Nance was, to put it mildly, a difficult case. Agitated, combative, often reluctant to eat, she would hit staff members and fellow residents at nursing homes, several of which kicked her out. But when Beatitudes nursing home agreed to [...]
Ringining In 2011
From the Canadian Press Nearly a million revelers crowded New York’s Time Square to witness the traditional dazzling ball drop, fireworks lit up Australia’s Sydney Harbor and communist Vietnam held a rare Western-style countdown to the new year as the world ushered in 2011. In Europe, Greeks, Irish and Spaniards partied through the night to [...]
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Yngwie Who?
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New City. New bartending gig. New patrons. Same nightly antics.
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Bombing probe focuses on 2011 warnings, 2012 Chechnya trip
April 20, 2013 23:04 -
Boston in lockdown
April 19, 2013 15:04 -
Bombs dirty and deadly
April 16, 2013 21:04
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