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For 23 years, Canada’s pre-eminent hockey broadcaster donned the stripes and took all the heat the fans could give him. It was, in the truest sense, a calling.

Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside gets a new restaurant and Service Canada cracks down on bogus EI claims

There is concern that inconsistent officiating will play a role in deciding which hockey teams reach the podium

What if it rains the whole time? Is figure skating still rigged? Will the refs trip us up?

The Alex Burrows affair brings up a controversial question

Reader Sandy von Kaldenberg raises an intriguing idea in response to my rant on even-up reffing: since improvements in TV technology have made such officiating shortcomings obvious, why not creat a position for an off-ice official?