Friday, August 28, 2009
Friday, August 21, 2009
Yeeehhh! They Found Ernie!!!
CALGARY (CBC) - Renowned B.C. amateur hockey coach Ernie (Punch) McLean is recovering well following a good night's sleep, after cheating death again, this time in the backcountry of B.C.
"Well, today I'm pretty good," the legendary tough guy said Friday morning after finishing a breakfast of bacon and eggs at the home of Jim Reed, the helicopter pilot who spotted McLean walking out of the bush Thursday afternoon.
McLean, 77, told CBC Radio that after spending five nights and four days lost in the mountains in northern B.C. without food or supplies, he was not sure he could survive another night in the rain.
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"Well, today I'm pretty good," the legendary tough guy said Friday morning after finishing a breakfast of bacon and eggs at the home of Jim Reed, the helicopter pilot who spotted McLean walking out of the bush Thursday afternoon.
McLean, 77, told CBC Radio that after spending five nights and four days lost in the mountains in northern B.C. without food or supplies, he was not sure he could survive another night in the rain.
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Monday, August 17, 2009
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Obama's beer summit a silent film
And despite U.S. President Barack Obama's vow to salvage a "teachable moment" from a White House session designed to dampen racial tensions with ice-cold beer, last night's lesson left the rest of America little the wise Read more here...
WASHINGTON - The black scholar and the white police sergeant who arrested him agreed to disagree and promised to talk again, a gracious conclusion to the first round of an eye-opening dialogue on race that allows President Barack Obama to get back to selling his health care plan to skeptical Americans.
After accepting Obama's invitation to discuss the July 16 incident over a beer Thursday evening at the White House,
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WASHINGTON - The black scholar and the white police sergeant who arrested him agreed to disagree and promised to talk again, a gracious conclusion to the first round of an eye-opening dialogue on race that allows President Barack Obama to get back to selling his health care plan to skeptical Americans.
After accepting Obama's invitation to discuss the July 16 incident over a beer Thursday evening at the White House,
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Tuesday, August 4, 2009
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