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• More International Flavour for Manitoba Marathon

But there's some who were checking out marathons online and thought this looked like a really great marathon to come to. We're a flat course, we're a qualifier for Boston... [Shirley Lumb] said the event is also drawing interest from marathon organizers in other regions. People from Toronto and Barbados will be on hand to see how this year's marathon is run to get some ideas about what makes it so popular. It's the second-biggest marathon by participants in Canada, behind Ottawa's. "And we're seeing that grow a little bit this year as well. We're up a little bit at this point in time. I'm really excited because the full marathon numbers have grown this year, which is awesome, and the half marathon numbers are growing this year as well.

.... "We're introducing a new flag-raising ceremony at the start line this year so we...

• Winnipeg Free Press
• August 19, 2009

• Once-Forgotten Striker Now a Fixture On National Squad

I felt like for a while I was kind of forgotten about," [ROB Friend] said in an interview yesterday from the Canadian team's Florida training base prior to leaving for Jamaica. While Canada may have been slow to pick up on Friend, others weren't. After a banner season with Norway's Molde, he joined Dutch side Heerenveen in July for a reported $2.84 million. "It's actually pretty amazing," said Friend, who has a four-year contract. "Our town is 28,000 people and we get 27,000 every game (which is a sellout).

... Friend for his first game, against Barbados in January 2004, but then did not call again. "I f...The team jersey displays the flag of the region. "It's actually pretty amazing," sai...

• Winnipeg Free Press
• August 11, 2009