Olympics Archives - The Temiskaming Speaker /tag/olympics/ Temiskaming Shores Community Newspaper Wed, 22 Jul 2015 17:50:40 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 /wp-content/uploads/2019/04/cropped-TS-32x32.jpg Olympics Archives - The Temiskaming Speaker /tag/olympics/ 32 32 Sport Shorts /sport-shorts-2015-07-22/ Wed, 22 Jul 2015 17:50:40 +0000 http://speaker.northernontario.ca/?p=8953 Owning the PodiumThe upcoming 2016 Rio de Janiero summer Olympic games could prove the best for Canadian athletes, judging by our outstanding performance at the 2015 Pan Am Games.This is how Canada’s Chef de Mission, cyclist Curt Harnett views the games as he sees medals won at the

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]]> Sport Shorts /sport-shorts-3/ Wed, 30 Apr 2014 15:36:00 +0000 http://speaker.northernontario.ca/?p=2593 I Had a DreamWhen Pierre de Coubertin said, “I had a dream” he created the International Olympic Committee (1894).He dreamt of changing the world of sport through the ideals of peace and brotherhood.For the most part his dream has been successful in bringing people

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]]> Straight from the hip /straight-from-the-hip-2-14-03-05/ Wed, 05 Mar 2014 16:07:34 +0000 http://speaker.northernontario.ca/?p=1817 The last time I checked I didn’t see any South Korean hockey players in the NHL, so with the Olympics heading over there in four years you would think that now is the best time for National Hockey League owners and its players to end any and all speculation that

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]]> Straight from the hip /straight-from-the-hip-2014-02-26/ Wed, 26 Feb 2014 16:55:50 +0000 http://speaker.northernontario.ca/?p=1713 Once again the Russian men’s hockey team disappeared faster then an ice cube in a drink at yet another Olympic event. This time, however, is even worse since it was in their home country!Once again it was all about individual performances from their greatest players who play much the same

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]]> From The Hack /from-the-hack-2014-02-26/ Wed, 26 Feb 2014 16:51:55 +0000 http://speaker.northernontario.ca/?p=1705 What a week!It was a golden week for Canada at the Sochi Games. Jennifer Jones’ and Brad Jacobs’ rinks defeated Sweden and Great Britain respectively to claim gold medals for Canada in Olympic curling. Jones ran the table over the course of the Games, going undefeated. Jacobs was off to

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]]> Olympic Vacation /olympic-vacation/ Wed, 26 Feb 2014 16:21:14 +0000 http://speaker.northernontario.ca/?p=1673 Sometimes the best vacations are the ones where you stay right at home.Yours truly returned to work this week after a two-week vacation spent, with the exception of two days in Toronto, right at home. There was no

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