The other day I turned on the television to find an NHL game in progress. I was shocked. I thought the hockey season ended months ago. It had for me, anyway. Stranger still, the game featured a team identified on the screen only as VGK. VGK? Could it be the
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A BCer in Toronto: Phoenix Coyotes vs. Winnipeg Jets
When I saw that the Coyotes would be playing their home-opener vs. the Winnipeg Jets the day after I was scheduled to leave Phoenix on my work trip, I knew I had to extend my trip to catch the game. Here’s some pics and video from Saturday. Was a tough…
Continue readingHarper Jets snub Harper
Looks like the the new NHL franchise in Winnipeg may not be as friendly to its adoptive ‘owner’ and his political party as one would think. The club, dubbed the Harper Jets because of its modified Conservative logo and the aggressive manner i…
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Viva Manitoba? Much news of latest Orange Wave fails to reach Alberta
Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger in Winnipeg in June. The icon to his left indicates women voters, who were obviously paying attention. Leastways, the people have spoken and he is still premier. Below: Former Manitoba premier Gary Doer with some guy, a F…
Continue readingAre Winnipeg Jets fans happy with Harper usurping their team?
It seems not all Winnipeg hockey fans are happy with the new Harper Jets jersey launch. I don’t think the Conservative appropriation of a city’s hockey team will end well.
Continue readingHarper planning to steal thunder from Winnipeg Jets home opener
There’s much to celebrate in Winnipeg and in Canada with the rebirth of the Jets NHL franchise, beginning with the opening home game October 9. It will be a big night for the NHL in Canada so much so all eyes – newspapers, TV and social media – will be…
Continue readinggay persons of color: RIP Rick Rypien
Winnipeg Jets center Rick Rypien was found dead in his Coleman, Alberta, home Monday afternoon, and reports say that it was a suicide. He was 27-years-old and the second NHL player to die this off-season, as New York Rangers enforcer Derek Boogaard pas…
Continue readingThey Call Me "Mr. Sinister": The Winnipeg Jets
Proudly supporting the flag/troops. I have no doubt this will be a popular choice. The militarization of our national game has been ongoing for years and it also has the blessing of the pope.
Continue readingWise Law Blog: The Winnipeg Air Canadas Unveil Their Logo
How incredibly original. And come to think of it, it’s high time that an NHL team had a maple leaf featured in its logo to celebrate our great nation, don’t you think:Trademark lawyers, care to chime in? – Garry J. Wise, TorontoVisit our Toronto Law F…
Continue readingTrashy's World: WTF…
… Is this new military logo for the Winnipeg Jets? Did the Harperites provide funding only if the owners adopted a warlike symbol for the new team?
Crap. I really don’t like the direction to which this once proud but humble country is head…
Trashy's World: Friday, er, Saturday miscellany
OK. I didn’t get to the Friday Miscellany thing yesterday. My bad.
I was golfing in the afternoon – and dodging lightning – and had to work like the dickens to get some stuff done in the morning and over lunch so I didn’t get the chance to finish my Friday post! Gimme a break, will […]
Regan Wolfrom: The Winnipeg Jets vs. U2: This is why we can’t have nice things
So the Jets are coming back (I refuse to believe they’ll be called anything else), and that is good. I have found memories of the Jets games, from getting hit by a puck (luckily it didn’t strike my beautiful face) to those ice cream treats that I’ve yet to find anywhere else. And let’s not […]