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July 1, 2022: Happy Canada Day to all my Canadian friends! My first Canada Day was in 1989. It wasn’t the Canada Day. It was my Canada Day – the first time I stepped...
July 1, 2022: Happy Canada Day to all my Canadian friends! My first Canada Day was in 1989. It wasn’t the Canada Day. It was my Canada Day – the first time I stepped...
Adele had a dream. A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Adele is no William Shalespeare. In fact, she is my late companion and she is a Jack Russell lady terrier. With all these said, she is...
Our local couple of Canada geese just had their little babies and now proudly walk with them in the neighborhood. It’s their third season in our area and people are slowly getting used to...
History in Color: July 23, 1958, Cardiff, Wales –Light heavyweight Gerry Gratton of Montreal, Quebec, Canada competes in the 82.5kg weight class of the weightlifting tournament at the VI British Empire and Commonwealth Games...
February 20, 2022 – All-time hockey Legend, member of the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, former super star center of the Chicago Black Hawks, Boston Bruins, New York Rangers and, of course, Team...
History in Color: August 1954, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada – Canadian heavyweights Douglas Hepburn and Dave Baillie celebrate their top medal awards after winning in the 90+kg class at the 1954 British Empire and...
History in Color: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, November 1956 – Members of the Canadian Olympic weightlifting team are sharing the training hall with Paul Anderson, legendary U.S. superheavyweght, also known as Miracle of Nature, during...
History in Color: July 26, 1952, Helsinki, Finland –Middleweight Gerry Gratton of Canada goes for the world record in the press lift in the 75kg weight class of the weightlifting tournament at the 1952...
History in Color: July 26, 1952, Helsinki, Finland – Olympic medal winners in the 75kg weight class of the weightlifting tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki (left to right): Gerry Gratton (Canada,...
History in Color: August 1954, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada – Heavyweight Doug Hepburn and middleweight Gerry Gratton of Team Canada at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver. Both Gratton and Hepburn ...