Monthly Archives: May 2013

NHL Conference Finals

We are now down to the final four teams vying to be the 2013 Stanley Cup Champions. In the Eastern Conference, the #4 Boston Bruins look to leap frog over the #1 Pittsburgh Penguins.  Boston looked much better against the … Continue reading

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Alain Vigneault Dismissed as Canucks Coach

Alain Vigneault, the head coach of the Vancouver Canucks since the start of the 2006-2007 season has been dismissed by the team after the Canucks were swept in four games in the first round of the 2013 playoffs by the … Continue reading

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Bugs Bunny at the Symphony

Last night I attended a performance of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony at the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts.  The performance was entitled “Bugs Bunny at the Symphony.”  Many Looney Tunes episodes deal with music, and as such an idea was … Continue reading

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Unruly Directors

Gerry Hyman has another column in the Saturday May 18th 2013 edition of the Toronto Star.  Here are some of my thoughts from questions raised in his article: Q. One of our directors made derogatory comments about other directors at … Continue reading

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NHL Round 2

We are now set for the Conference Semi-finals of the NHL playoffs (the second of four rounds required to win the Stanley Cup.) Of the 16 teams who competed in first roung, the following teams have advanced Eastern Conference #1 … Continue reading

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NHL’s New Alignment

The National Hockey League (NHL) has adjusted its conferences for the 2013-2014 Season.  The Conferences will now have two divisons each instead of the current three.  However, due to how the alignment has been made, the ‘new’ Eastern Conference will … Continue reading

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Condominium Social Committees

Gerry Hyman has a new article for the Toronto Star.  I would like to discuss some of the questions he responded to.  Firstly, this one: Q: Our board has been funding a social committee to the tune of $200 a … Continue reading

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Toronto Wagner Society Celebrates 200 years of Richard Wagner

The Toronto Wagner Society will be celebrating the 200th birth of composer Richard Wagner on Saturday May 25th, 2013. The event takes place at the Arts and Letters Club (14 Elm Street) starting at 9:00 am.  There will be two … Continue reading

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The Blues Jays after One Month

Now that April has come to an end, I’d like to examine how the Blue Jays are performing compared to the 2012 Season.  This season was taunted as being a breakout year for the Toronto Blue Jays after the acquisition … Continue reading

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