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Wednesday, August 21, 2013

The language of hits

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Ichiro acknowledges cheers at Yankee Stadium after hitting his 4,000th hit as a professional on Aug. 21, 2013. On the occasion of his 4...
Thursday, August 1, 2013

All right Mr. Hansard, I'm ready for my close-up

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This handout photograph produced by B.C. Liberal government caucus flaks was published in B.C. newspapers, sometimes without attribution...
Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Former drug addict gets 18 months for robbery with a rock

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Here are two Times Colonist stories from 2003 and 1996 about one of the suspects in the attempted bombing in Victoria on Canada Day.  ...
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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Bloody Sunday, 75 years later

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Police beat men as they left the post office in downtown Vancouver. June 19, 2013 Today marks the 75th anniversary of the police r...
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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Debut no picnic for Wakamatsu

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Don Wakamatsu throws batting practice for Toronto. He now scouts for the New York Yankees. Former Blue Jays coach Don Wakamats...
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Didn't you used to be … Doug Ault?

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Doug Ault's Opening Day home runs led the Blue Jays to victory in the franchise's first game in 1977. By Tom Hawthorn Specia...
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Tom Hawthorn is a senior writer for the Government of B.C. He spent more than 40 years writing for newspapers and magazines in Canada and the United States. His most recent books are "Play Ball!," an anecdotal history of baseball in Vancouver, and "The Year Canadians Lost Their Minds and Found Their Country: The Centennial of 1967."
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