Some notable Calgary news in the last week, U of C brain research gets record $39M gift – Philanthropist adds to earlier $10m donation – Thanks a million (really, $39 million) to Harley Hotchkiss (see Canadian Business profile) Second person fired in Calgary Flames queue-jumping H1N1 vaccination controversy – a sad story in many ways Calgary Hawkwood neighbourhood [...]
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November 8, 2009 Updated H1N1 posts/symptoms/vaccine Who knew H1N1 could get between Canadians and hockey? An unidentified health care worker evidently gave the Calgary Flames players and their families the H1N1 vaccine and was fired because of it. It didn’t help that they received the vaccine the day before the province closed the clinics due to shortage of [...]
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by Bruce Ciskie Filed under: Blues , Stars , Red Wings , NHL Hall of Fame , College Hockey In 1984, a kid with a famous name and loads of potential in his game showed up on the campus of the University of Minnesota Duluth. The Calgary Flames had drafted the kid, but they knew he wasn't ready to play. After two years at UMD, Brett Hull -- son of the great Bobby Hull -- was ready to tear up the NHL....
Wins? Who needs them, not when you're getting those sweet, sweet charity points. Blues news In case you didn't know, the Blues blew it Sunday afternoon. [St. Louis Post-Dispatch] Here's the Canadian Press writeup of the Blues game. [TSN] John Davidson will be going into the Hall of Fame today as a broadcaster. [St. Louis Post-Dispatch] Brett Hull will be joining JD in Toronto, but he'll be going as...
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CALGARY, Alberta (AP) -- Jarome Iginla scored the go-ahead goal and Miikka Kiprusoff made 32 saves as the Calgary Flames beat the New York Rangers 3-1 Saturday night for their third win in a row.
Jarome Iginla scored the go-ahead goal and Miikka Kiprusoff made 32 saves as the Calgary Flames beat the New York Rangers 3-1 Saturday night for their third win in a row.
Jarome Iginla scored the go-ahead goal and Miikka Kiprusoff made 32 saves as the Calgary Flames beat the New York Rangers 3-1 Saturday night for their third win in a row.
CALGARY, Alberta (AP) -Jarome Iginla scored the go-ahead goal and Miikka Kiprusoff made 32 saves as the Calgary Flames beat the New York Rangers 3-1 Saturday night for their third win in a row.
So far, it has been a mediocre trip through Western Canada for the New York Rangers. They were beaten by the Vancouver Canucks 4-1 on Tuesday night and beat a struggling Edmonton Oilers team 4-2 on Thursday night. Tonight, the Blueshirts look to beat the Calgary Flames at the Pengrowth Saddledone, an area in which the team has struggled over the last decade or so. If the Rangers can win tonight, they’ll...
If Premier Ed Stelmach, facing a test of his party leadership this weekend, had hoped for something, finally, to knock from Alberta’s front-pages and call-in shows the relentless cascade of flu vaccine debacles in his province, he got his wish Thursday. Unlucky for him, the news that elbowed out more than a week of unpleasant headlines about six-hour flu-shot waits, vaccine shortages and clinic...
The Great Hockey Flu Scandal continues. Via CBCnews.ca: 2nd health worker fired for Flames H1N1 vaccination. A second person has been fired for allowing members of the Calgary Flames to receive the swine flu shot while Albertans had to line...
Alberta's health board said Friday a second person has been fired for helping set up a private clinic for Calgary Flames players and their families to get the H1N1 flu vaccine.
from Eric Duhatschek of the Globe and Mail, • The early-season leader in what may be a crowded Calder Trophy class may be the Philadelphia Flyers’ James vanRiemsdyk, the second player chosen in the Patrick Kane (2007) draft. VanRiemsdyk spent two years at the University of New Hampshire and had a brief seven-game taste of pro last spring with the Flyers’ AHL affiliate. After Mike Knuble...
Detroit Red Wings at Toronto Maple Leafs (+150, 6) The Basics Fresh off the “battle for 29 th place,” the Toronto Maple Leafs host the Detroit Red Wings in the 2009 Hall of Fame Game. ...
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