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* The Hawks also re-signed defenceman Duncan Keith, 23, to a $5.9-million, four-year contract and forward Mikael Holmqvist, 27, to a $625,000, one-year deal. In his rookie season, Keith played 81 games with the Hawks while putting up 21 points (9-12) and 79 penalty minutes.
* The Colorado Avalanche re-signed backup goaltender Peter Budaj to a three-year deal and agreed to terms with forward Cody McCormick to a $495,000, one-year deal. The 23-year-old Budaj, who will earn $600,000 next season, went 14-10-6 last season with a 2.86 GAA and .900 save percentage in his rookie year. McCormick, 23, had eight points (4-4) and 29 penalty minutes in 45 games for the Avs.
* The Montreal Canadiens re-signed goalie Yann Danis to a one-year deal. The 25-year-old broke camp with the Habs last fall but...
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In 1954, Elvis Presley, backed by guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, recorded three songs at the Sun Records studio in Memphis. Two of the tunes, That's All Right and Blue Moon of Kentucky, were released as Presley's first record. Both sides were local hits in the Memphis area.
One-hour tour written/directed by Danny Schur, prequel to Strike! -- The Musical. English-language tours at 1:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday and French-language tours at 3:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; $3.90, seniors $3.40 and $1.90 for children or $9.80 for a family at The Explore Manitoba Centre at The Forks. 6,000 Years in 60 Minutes
A costumed Parks Canada Interpreter takes you on a 6,000 year journey through The Forks' past on this historic walking tour, Thursday to Sunday, 2 p.m. in English and 11 a...
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...Kotsos. Under the terms of the Minutes of Settlement, the assets of the Kennedy Symposium...Two years later, in 2002, the Plaintiff applied to register ...
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This is brutal," forward Ryan Getzlaf, a native of Regina, told Minneapolis St. Paul Star Tribune after walking out of the team's hotel. "Minus-10, minus-15? I didn't go outside. I walked through the tunnel to get to the rink. Most of us did. We all got soft living in California.
Teemu Selanne, who skated 90 minutes after signing a one-year deal Monday, said it's "not this cold" in his native Finland.
"He was much better today but he's not going to play this weekend," Thrashers coach and GM Don Waddell told The Canadian Press.
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By 10:33 a.m. Jan 2, 2008, the 100 best-paid CEOs of Canada's public companies had already pocketed the full-time average annual Canadian wage of $38,998. Noted the CCPA: "And they will continue to earn the average Canadian wage every nine hours and 33 minutes for the rest of the year.
While there has always been some degree of income inequality in Canada, inequality this extreme is a recent phenomenon," the CCPA says.
[Peter J. Nicholson] also notes that current inequality is focused at the very top "and these are not the people that most of us compare ourselves with, so it's out of sight, out of mind."
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Today's column in the Free Press about bugs has inspired me to send you the attached pictures. This 'beast' was marching across the bricks on my daughter's patio. Although it's not exactly the right colour, I thought it might be a tomato hornworm. They have tomato plants and lots of pepper plants in pots and plots in their little back yard. She says it was actually longer than it looks in the photo (taken with) a cell phone -- it kind of pulled back into itself when they put the phone down beside it. Any thoughts you might have would be welcome. (And if you can prove me right, I'll be happy!)
Your "beastie" little bug is indeed a hornworm. Actually they are among the largest caterpillars in North America. They are voracious eaters, feeding on the leaves of tomato and pepper plants, ...
... garden that I had worked on for the last 14 years up for sale. It took a tremendous amount of mental... blossoms one year at dusk and, for a few minutes, thought it was a hummingbird. (In fact, hummingbi...
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Director Jeremy Waller deserves kudos for creating some visual stimulus. He has his cast wheel around spotlights to tighten the focus on the lovers and creates a cool moment in which [Ophelia] appears to be dragging Hamlet around the stage on an invisible string. ''''
[Jonno Katz] is really the story as he does it all, playing all the characters, supplying sound effects and dancing up a storm. By the end of the 60-minute drama, he is drenched in sweat and applause. ''''
It is easy to get lost in the convoluted plot during a testing 90 minutes. The plot didn't hold my attention as much as [Darren Boquist], who debuted in Winnipeg last year with The Official Napoleon Dynamite Dance Class. This year he is appearing in three shows, two of which, Virtual Solitaire and The Secret Love Life of...
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Tonight we showed more of our depth -- we've probably got more depth up front than we've ever had -- and we've got more players playing more roles," said Bisons head coach Jon Rempel, whose team held Saskatchewan off the board on their 12 power-play chances.
The Bisons had a prime opportunity to let the game get away on them but instead made it count on the scoreboard after Bisons defenceman Brenna Leary was cross-checked by Huskies' top scorer Theresa Iginla with four minutes left in the second frame. Bisons first-year forward Meghan Ross stepped up and, after some shoving, the pair drew roughing penalties in addition to Iginla's major and game ejection and the Bisons scored their second goal about three minutes later on the ensuing power play.
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A century ago the tradition began with a 318-kilogram ball of wood and iron, lit with 100 25-watt incandescent bulbs. This year's event featured an energy-efficient sphere clad in Waterford crystal, with 9,576 light-emitting diodes that generated a kaleidoscope of colours.
In Brazil, about two million people gathered at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro to celebrate the New Year, witnessing a fireworks display that lasted nearly 20 minutes. In Sao Paulo, South America's biggest city, news media said 2.3 million people celebrated at the Avenida Paulista, Brazil's financial centre.
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BASED on the competitive Japanese cooking show, Iron Chef, where world class chefs battle each other to create five unique dishes using a secret ingredient revealed only moments earlier, Iron Chef America is one of the most popular programs on the Food Network. Although a behind-the-scenes special on Unwrapped let viewers in a few secrets last year -- chefs have 15 minutes to discuss their menu plan, guests chefs select their opponent prior to taping and teams have 45 minutes extra to plate four versions of each of the five dishes to be served to the judges --many dedicated viewers mentally block out the fact the show is about as real as pro wrestling.