Footnote: Poutine was invented in Montreal, lovely stuff, it’ll harden the arteries a treat!

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I used to be an avid F1 fan, not so much nowadays due to several reasons, including the ever increasing gap between the ‘have teams’ and the ‘have less teams’…….sound familiar? However I do enjoy watching the Canadian GP from Montreal. It’s always very well attended, the drivers appear to enjoy the ...

exile, it really shouldn't surprise you whatever Trump does, considering what his political base is. "America First" says it all. That Trump's greatest political allies are Putin and Kim Jung-un really says it all, isolationist xenophobes. Go to any southern small town in the States and see what th...

A brave generation for sure, God bless each and every person who served, no matter what role they served.

Jazz FM 91.1, out of Toronto. 24 hour jazz station.

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Niagara Falls, New York is an industrial city (minus most of the old industry), home of Nabisco and Carborundum. Even the American Falls are inferior to the Horseshoe Falls on the Canadian side. Niagara Falls, Ontario home to Oneida Electroplating, but mostly relies on tourists. Niagara-on-the-Lake...

Niagara. not the falls which are simply breathtaking but Niagara the town on the Canadian side. It makes Southend and Blackpool look like 5 star resorts. I can’t disagree, however they’re doing a decent job cleaning it up. Conversely, Niagara-on-the Lake just up the road from Niagara is a lovely vi...

It’s really beyond my comprehension as to why Trump has chosen to alienate his major allies (Mexico not withstanding) with such tariffs. I’m sure many of you guys have relatives, friends, acquaintances….dead or alive…….who fought, died or maimed, shoulder to shoulder with Yanks in conflicts around t...

No question in my mind, ‘Old Quebec City’. Just like someone picked up a European walled city and placed in Quebec. Beautiful place, great food. Old Montreal’s not too shabby either.

Canadian Warplane Museum’s airworthy Lancaster.

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The North American B-25 Mitchell and the Avro Lancaster are very similar. The name Avro probably leaves a bitter taste in the mouth of some older Canadians. Before I arrived on these shores , A.V. Roe developed the Avro Arrow, a high altitude, high speed fighter jet to match, if not exceed anything...

I’m a bit of an airplane buff myself, not on your levels though. We have a Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum not far from me in Hamilton, Ontario. Many planes are complete, some under restoration. There’s a link below. http://www.warplane.com/aircraft/collection.aspx" onclick="window.open(this.href)...

I was following the game at work via the BBC Sport text version. Needless to say, during the duration of the game work responsibilities tended to take a back seat. After the game I thought to myself ‘what the hell just happened, we’re back in the promised land!’ We could have stayed up too, had a ce...

The Premier League prohibits and will fine players or managers making political messages. The NFL and US Govt are two separate things. The NFL is a business and a brand, and so can make its own rules, move on. While I agree with the above, apparently ‘Frump’ has stuck his oar in saying……to paraphra...

I gave up even trying to watch it on TV, not because I think there is anything wrong with it, it's that I could never see the bloody puck. Funny you should say that. Many years ago a TV network, Fox, if memory serves, devised technology so a red arrow followed the puck around the ice, probably to a...

Shame about Winnipeg going out, as the city would have gone wild with a win - probably more so than Vegas will after they beat the Caps. :) Yes, a “Winterpeg” win would have excited the city no end, and rightly so! Conversely, I would guess the vast majority of Vegas residents have no clue Vegas HA...

And how do you spend the long, cold winters without you TV tuned in to HNIC? (OK, so maybe you don't like Don Cherry. I can understand that part.) Well, it is also footy season, and, as you are well aware, we do get quite a number of televised games. In my book Don Cherry’s an arrogant buffoon, muc...

They loosened up the rules in order to make the team "competitive". Also, there was only one team drafting, where, in the past, there's always been at least two. Vegas has the biggest defence in the league, and the best goalie. Hard to believe that Fleury was on the bench while Pittsburgh won the l...

OC, at least the Vegas Golden Knights are a well established NHL team not a first year franchise?, oh wait a minute!!! I’m not a hockey fan, gave up on watching the sport years ago, too much stick swinging and fighting for my liking. Yes, I understand what you’re saying, there’s something wrong wit...

Kitchener/Waterloo are adjoining municipalities. Waterloo is where the 2 universities are, while Kitchener has a manufacturing base for it's economy. All of those hard-working, highly-skilled people of mostly German descent. Kitchener and Waterloo are more or less joined at the hip, no real border ...

A lot of sneering/jokes going on here about our American friends. There will be some devastated families as we hit our keyboards. While I agree it’s not to be sneered or joked about, the real crux of the matter is when will such atrocities stop being headline news and just another day in the self p...

Being a staunch Royalist myself, I have to agree with post #6….”Britain at its best”. No one else is capable of pulling off an event with such pomp and ceremony with military precision. “Stand by me” happens to be one of my all time favourite songs and the Gospel choir nailed it! No question Bishop ...

Blackrod wrote: There are some serious gun control issues in the US.

Now there's an understatement if I ever saw one. The 2nd amendment rules, and will for the foreseeable future.The 'Useless State of 'Murica" has been ruled by the gun since day one, that won't change.

Move along, nothing to see here. Just another example of NRA’s master plan to have every man, woman and child armed with a fully automatic weapon…….just in case!

Exile, thanks for the info. Sounds like you've been over here for a while. If you can survive Scarberia, you can survive anything. At least it wasn't Asiancourt or Bramadesh. Winchester was actually the original name of Brooklin, before they discovered there was already a Winchester in eastern Onta...

exilecanada!!! You're new. Welcome aboard. What part of Canada are you living in? Well, if your profile location is correct, in Canadian distances we’re not too far apart, I’m in Kitchener. In Brit distances it’s probably the proverbial ‘fortnights camel ride’. :D Matter of fact I used to play a li...

The Lake District brings back memories from my younger days. A bunch of us spent quite a few “lost weekends’ in Troutbeck, partying in the “Queens Head” pub and camping a few minutes’ walk (stagger) down a lane to the campground. Last time I was back ‘ome a couple years ago a friend drove me to revi...

BabylonClaret wrote:Kitchener!!! Fairview mall

Yup, you from around these parts, too?

starting_11 wrote:Scott Stevens land!

That's correct , many NHL players came from the Kitchener Rangers. I'm not a hockey fan, was at one time, got sick of all the fighting and stick work. I'm a baseball fan.

ClaretTony wrote:David Edgar Land

That's correct.

bfcjg wrote:Welcome, what do you think of Brexit ?

Bit of a mess, isn’t it? The outcome of the vote was totally misread.

I’m more worried about the outcome of NAFTA talks, if Trump gets his way, it could devastate Canada’s economy, particularly the auto sector.

Kitchener, Ontario. 100 km west of Toronto.

Burnley lad born and bred, I figured it’s about time I created an account.