Thursday, July 2, 2015

Coley Hall (1906-2002), brought pugnacious presence to West Coast hockey and baseball

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CVA 1184-377 Coley Hall managed the St. Regis Hotel team in Vancouver's senior baseball league. By Tom Hawthorn The Globe and Mail ...
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Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Stoneman's second no-hitter a bright ending to a dismal season

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This article was originally written for a Society for American Baseball Research book on significant games in Montreal Expos history....
Saturday, April 25, 2015

Ben Meisner (1938-2015): B.C. radio's Voice of the North had a dark secret in his past

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By Tom Hawthorn The Globe and Mail April 20, 2015 Ben Meisner, a gruff radio talk-show host based in Prince George, B.C., w...
Friday, March 20, 2015

Fred Latremouille (1945-2015): His voice provided a soundtrack for a generation

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Fred Latremouille (left) and Red Robinson on the set of CBC's "Let's Go" c. 1964. By Tom Hawthorn The Globe and M...
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Sunday, March 8, 2015

Ordinary games, extraordinary athletes

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To mark International Women's Day, here's a selection of past articles and columns on Canadian women: Barbara Howard , the fi...
Friday, January 23, 2015

Witness to Auschwitz

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The Soviet Red Army captured the Auschwitz death camp in southern Poland on Jan. 27, 1945. As the 70 the anniversary nears, a look back a...
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Wednesday, December 31, 2014

A farewell to NHL players in 2014

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By Tom Hawthorn From the brightest star in Jean Béliveau to a one-game goalie like Joe Junkin, several former Canadian-born NHL players we...