The big game, the 100th Grey Cup, is now in the books as the Toronto Argonauts outshone the Calgary Stampeders 35-22, and it wasn’t nearly as close as the scoreboard showed. Calgary’s offence, with Kevin Glenn at the helm, couldn’t put together any kind of attack, passes fell short, there was no pressure and too [...]

For those of you in other countries, today, Sunday, is a big day in Canada. Grey Cup Day. The 100th Grey Cup. When Canadians from coast to coast gather to eat meatballs, dips and chili. They also drink a lot of beer on this day, which is never a good idea because most have to [...]

The things you find in a January 6, 1940 Toronto Daily Star. There’s an ad for a game at 8.30 between the Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs at Maple Leaf Gardens, with good tickets available at 75 cents, $1.50, $2.00, and $2.50. There’s a nice photo of star left winger for the Canadiens, Toe Blake, and [...]

A friend in Edmonton told me there’s a guy there who’s dating her sister and he’s been in Canada for 10 years. (although I don’t know which country he came from.) He’s been in the country for ten years and he’s never heard of the Stanley Cup and Grey Cup.

I’m going to the annual Grey Cup party which is held at different people’s houses every year, where I’ll have a couple of beer and lose my usual 30 bucks because for some reason, God doesn’t think I should have money. Anyway, because this is the west coast, everyone at the annual party always hopes [...]

  Some things never change, I suppose. Especially when it comes to hockey and the Toronto Maple Leafs.   And now that I’m on a bit of a roll with neat old ads and stuff from old newspapers, I think you’ll find this very interesting. Because even though these Letters to the Editor of the [...]