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Entries by Bill Mann from 06/2011

Will Polar Warming Close Canada's Famed Ice Roads?

| Posted 06.02.2011 | Canada
Read More: Ice Road Truckers, Baffin Island, Ucla, University-of-Manitoba, Northwest Passage, Canada News

The famed "Ice Road Truckers" might become the Muddy Road Muckers if a new climate-prediction study that looks at the future of Canada's melting permafrost is right.

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NHL's "Southern Strategy" of Moving Canadian Teams Is a Failure

| Posted 06.08.2011 | Canada
Read More: Nhl, Gary Bettman, Atlanta, Columbus, Phoenix, Winnipeg, Vancouver Canucks, Stanley Cup, Canada News

Canada is where NHL hockey belongs, not in the football-centric U.S. South, for crying out loud. A poll this week showed that Canucks-crazed Vancouverites are more excited about this Cup final series than they were about the 2010 Winter Olympics there.

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Vancouver Ashamed After Rioting, But Damage Is Superficial

| Posted 06.17.2011 | Canada
Read More: Canucks, Gregor Robertson, Vancouver Riot Video, Vancouver Canucks, Vancouver Riot 2011, Cbc News, Vancouver Riot Deaths, Vancouver Shame, Vancouver Riot, Canada Riot, Vancouver Riot Pictures, Playoff Riot, NHL Playoffs, Canada News

"Go home! Go home! Go home! Stop looting our beautiful city!" That Tweet sent to the @CBCNews twitter feed summed up the feelings of an overwhelming ...

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