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Another once-great daily newspaper
decimated by chain ownership
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By Frostback Funnyman Graham Harrop
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Continental Divide
By Craig Taylor
Colin Angus and Tim Harvey appeared
to be an inseparable team as they
attempted to circle the globe by human-
powered means. So what split them up in
the far reaches of Siberia, turning a
classic adventure into a bitter race for the
finish line?
Winter, 2005
| Quote: | | In the double-truck collage of photos of these two imbeciles from - big surprise! - British Columbia, one guy is featured in shorts in front of the Casino Bingo, a wood-frame building draped in Old Glory, probably in Alaska. (-- p. 74.) |
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The Penelopiad
The Myth of Penolope and Odysseus
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By Margaret Atwood
| Quote: | | At the court of King Icarius, my father, they still retained the ancient custom of having contests to see who would marry a nobly born woman who was - so to speak - on the block. The man who won the contest got the woman and the wedding, and was then expected to stay at the bride's father's palace and contribute his share of male offspring. He obtained wealth through the marriage - gold cups, silver bowls, horses, robes, weapons, all that trash they used to value so much back when I was alive. His family was expected to hand over a lot of this trash as well. (From the chapter entitled, My Marriage, at pgs. 26-27) |
The usual Atwood chorus of female disappointment, outrage and betrayal by a novelist with excellent poetry fevering her blood. Definitely not prime time.
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Diamond Grill
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By Fred Wah
| Quote: | Grampa Wah's marriage to Florence Trimble is a surprise to most of the other Chinamen in the cafes around southern Saskatchewan, but not to his wife back in China. Kwan Chung-keong comes to Canada in 1892, returns to his small village in Hoiping County in 1900, and stays just long enough to marry a girl from his village and father two daughters and a son. When he returns to Canada in 1904 he has to leave his family behind because the head tax has, in his absence, been raised to five hundred dollars (two years' Canadian wages.) He realizes he'll never be able to get his family over here so, against the grain for Chinamen, he marries a white woman (Scots-Irish from Trafalgar, Ontario), the cashier in his cafe. They have three boys and four girls and he never goes back to China again.
I don't know how Grampa Wah talks her into it (maybe he doesn't) but somehow Florence lets two of her children be sent off to China as recompense in some patriarchal deal her husband has with his Chinese wife. He rationalizes to her the Confucian idea that a tree may grow as tall as it likes but it's leaves will always return to the ground. Harumph, she thinks, but to no avail.Fred and his older sister Ethel are suddenly one day in July 1916 taken to the train station in Swift Current, their train and boat tickets and identities pinned to their coats in an envelope. My grandfather had intended to send number one son but when departure day arrives Uncle Buster goes into hiding. Grampa grabs the next male in line, four-year-old Fred, and, because he is so young, nine-year-old Ethel as well, to look after him. He has the word of the conductor that the children will be delivered safely to the boat in Vancouver and from there the connections all the way to Canton have been arranged. Fred, Kwan Foo-lee, and Ethel, Kwan An-wa, spend the next eighteen years, before returning to Canada, being raised by their Chinese step-mother alongside two half-sisters and a half-brother.
Yet, in the face of this patrimonial horse-trading it is the women who turn it around for my father and Aunty Ethel. Back in Canada my grandmother, a deeply religious lady, applies years of Salvation Army morality to her heathen husband to bring her children home. But he is a gambler and, despite his wife's sadness and Christian outrage, he keeps gambling away the money that she scrapes asise the kids' return passage. (From Yet languageless. Mouth always a gauze, words locked at pgs. 5-6). |
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Seabiscuit
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| Quote: | (Images of a racetrack, Tijuana, Mexico, 1933)
Narrator: At a time when the world really needed a drink, you couldn't get one in the United States of America. Liquor was illegal. Diversions were scarce and there's just so much a human being can do without. Soon, the border town was born, providing everything to the south that their neighbor of the north would not. You could find anything: food, companionship, decent gin, and with gambling outlawed as well, the chance to turn bad luck into good. |
An unexpectedly good Hollywood B movie that includes just the right amount of unromantically authentic images of the desperate Dirty Thirties. Happily, there are enough story omissions in the movie to make the excellent text worthwhile.
Seabiscuit
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By Laura Hillenbrand
Jockey Red Pollard, who rode the 'biscuit to victory in the famous 1938 match with War Admiral, was a homey, born in Edmonton, Alberta.
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| Quote: | | 'If you are wondering what happened to us all, you might consult the poems of Irving Layton.' - Leonard Cohen (From the front page of Globe Review in the Globe and Mail Jan. 5/06) |
Selected Poems
Paperback
By Irving Layton
Preface by Wynne Francis
| Quote: | Sagebrush Classic
And letting fall, "All life's a gamble,"
I assailed the desert's lush casinos
With craps, blackjack, and even keno.
Swift slung it: civilization is faecal.
So take a flyer. Which I did. Fickle
Or foolish one's luck; though I'd poems to show,
Was tanned-handsome, my movement deft and slow,
Some bunko artist raked my dimes and nickels.
All's shit. Luther protesting from a can,
Down-to-earth dealer dealing twenty-one,
Who clued me into a richer idiom;
Result? I can curse better. Caliban,
Roll those bones. At the end comes fuckface death
- Shows a pair of goose eyes on a green cloth.
(-- p. 86) |
Ol' fuckface came finally with its goose eyes for Montreal Canlit staple Layton on Jan. 4/06 when he was 93, and even that Toronto worshipper, The Globe & Mail, saw fit to pay him a worthy tribute. Three days later, on the front page of the Weekend Review, there was a sad little sketch of Irving by his old Montreal pal, Leonard Cohen (to whom the selections above are dedicated), from his next volume of poetry, The Book of Longing, whose wisdom is to be loosed upon us at long last in May, 2006. * There was even a good poem by Canada's poet laureate George Bowering. Cohen towers mightily above the others, of course, but Layton had three or four good ones in a hip flask he kept for special occasions. Here are two favorites:
| Quote: | On Being Bitten by a Dog
A doctor for mere lucre
performed an unnecessary operation
making my nose nearly
as crooked as himself
Another for a similar reason
almost blinded me
A poet famous
for his lyrics of love
and renunciation
toils at the seduction of my wife
And the humans who would like to kill me
are legion
Only once have I been bitten by a dog.
(--p. 54) |
| Quote: | The Birth of Tragedy
And me happiest when I compose poems.
Love, power, the huzza of battle
are something, are much;
yet a poem includes them like a pool
water and reflection.
In me, nature's divided things -
tree, mould on tree -
have their fruition;
I am their core. Let them swap,
bandy, like a flame swerve
I am their mouth; as a mouth I serve.
And I observe how the sensual moths
big with odour and sunshine
dart into the perilous shrubbery;
or drop their visiting shadows
upon the garden I one year made
of flowering stone to be a footstool
for the perfect gods:
who, friends to the ascending orders,
sustain all passionate meditations
and call down pardons
for the insurgent blood.
A quiet madman, never far from tears,
I lie like a slain thing
under the green air the trees
inhabit, or rest upon a chair
towards which the inflammable air
tumbles on many robins' wings;
noting how seasonably
leaf and blossom uncurl
and living things arrange their death,
while someone from afar off
blows birthday candles for the world.
(-- p. 24) |
* And here it is:
Vermeer's Light
Poems from 1996 - 2000
Hardcover
By Poet Laureate 2002 George Bowering
| Quote: | Long Night Blaze
When he wore that hat we called him Irving the Greek, a
present participle in the Mediterranean.
They named gas stations after him all over the Maritimes,
high octane poetry at the pump, free air.
He was a short guy with a broken nose, some muse hit him
with her knee early in life.
A good thing - poems came pouring out, songs of himself,
quotations from some Solomon heaven.
He arrived just in time, shouted down law-dee-daw petit
point afternoon verse, faint sighs in clean Westmount.
When he wasn't Irving he was teaching, instructing his
charges to shut up and listen, grab every trout that swims by.
"Brain, heart, valour, lust, / Thought itself fall into dust," he
said, perched on a rooster's back.
But dust is earth we grow from, dirt under the fingernails,
fingers grasping ballpoint pens, Irving living again.
He came naked and circumcised into this world; now he's
naked and hairy in a new one, looking for an editor.
Tomorrow he'll be wrestling an agel, winner gets top
billing and all etermity to read his words from the flame.
(-- p. 136) |
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The Globe and Mail
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Obituaries Dec. 28/05
Kerry Packer, Media Baron and Gambler 1937-2005
Australia's richest man owned newspapers, television stations, casinos, enormous cattle farms and vast amounts of real estate. A legendary betting man, he was also a cricket fanatic and polo player
| Quote: | | In September of 1997, Mr. Packer made a move to get involved in gambling in Canada when he was among bidders slelected by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario. In partnership with Canadian entrepreneur Michael Mandel, he won permission to operate six charity casinos. He was also part of an effort to bring slot machines and a casino to Woodbine racetrack in Toronto. (-- p. S8) |
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The Globe and Mail
Another once-great Canadian Daily Newspaper
As Martin departs, McKenna considers his options
By Jane Taber and Campbell Clark
Jan. 25/06
| Quote: | OTTAWA -- Canada's ambassador to the United States, Frank McKenna, was contemplating yesterday whether to offer his resignation to prime-minister-designate Stephen Harper, resign to seek the Liberal Party leadership or wait to be recalled. Human Resources Minister Belinda Stronach, meanwhile, refused to rule out her candidacy as the jockeying to replace Paul Martin began the day after he announced he would step down. Anticipating they would lose the election, many Liberals had expected to be grappling with how to push Mr. Martin out. Instead, after his surprise announcement Monday night, they will be dealing with a full-blown leadership race and all of the costs to the party's psyche and pocketbook that go along with one.
...Liberal strategist John Duffy said Mr. Martin made the decision to resign Monday night, as he watched the results come in. "Mr. Martin has always waited for the cards to get dealt before figuring out how to play them." (Front page) |
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BC Business
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The $200 Stake
Betting: art or science?
BCBusiness writer Alison Northey partners
with betting legend Scotty Douglas to parlay $200
into thousands at Fraser Downs racetrack. She
hopes...
June, 2004
| Quote: | | Like everyone else, we're here tonight to make money - plain and simple. Scotty needs to pay his rent and I'm thinking there's a new spring suit somewhere with my name on it. Partnering up with Scotty Douglas (right), I've been told, is like having a licence to print money. It's an odd partnership. Having grown up as a barn brat, I know of Scotty more as legend than in person and I'm more used to making a living by grooming the horses than by betting on them. Yet an opportunity to watch the races through his eyes - and a chance to make some easy money - is too good to pass up. (Opening paragraph at p. 66) |
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What's wrong with B.C.?
(Maybe it's you)
By Paul Willcocks
June, 2004
| Quote: | If British Columbians were smart, we'd be lobbying for economic excuse-making as an Olympic sport in 2010. We're gold-medal calibre there, with a hundred explanations for our lacklustre economic performance - the unions, the NDP, the Liberals, the tax structure, the dollar, Asian markets, First Nations, Ottawa, Americans, red tape. There may be lots of legit reasons B.C. has been economic weakling for most of the last two decades. But there's one big problem that stands out if you look closely: As the Beatles sand four decades ago, 'Baby, it's you.'
We are a people who have decided that other things are more important than being the very best at our jobs. That's not to say we're bad people - maybe we're better human beings - or even that we're slackers. But we aren't driven to be the best in our chosen fields. If we were, we almost certainly wouldn't be here.
...That doesn't mean those who stay behind are failures. But they are a little less committed to being the best and a little more committed to enjoying themselves outside of work. (Hey, I'm not being judgmental here. If I were driven to be the best in my chosen field I suppose I'd be in Manhattan, trying to convince the New Yorker to run a 20,000-word piece on gambling and one small town, or pitching a book. I am, as we shall see, a poster boy for B.C.'s economic woes.) (Excerpt from p. 45) |
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Janet Jones and hockey legend Wayne Gretzky:
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Cover photo, March, 1987
See the story, Wayne Gretzky denies placing bets with illegal gambling ring, posted Feb. 10/06 at Yahoo! News. Here is a brief excerpt:
| Quote: | TRENTON, N.J. (CP) - Wayne Gretzky was recorded on a wiretap talking to the alleged financier of a gambling ring, discussing how the hockey great's wife could avoid being connected to the operation, a person with knowledge of the investigation told Associated Press on Thursday.
Gretzky, coach and part-owner of the Phoenix Coyotes, can be heard on wiretaps made within the past month talking about his wife with assistant coach Rick Tocchet, the person said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because the investigation was ongoing.
After Phoenix's game on Thursday night, Gretzky did not take questions or talk about the wire taps during a brief news conference. He reiterated that he had never bet and said he planned to stay with the Coyotes and attend the Turin Olympics as Team Canada's executive director.
...Gretzky's comments were backed up by his wife, actress Janet Jones, who allegedly bet at least $100,000 US on football games over the course of the investigation by state authorities, the AP source said.
"At no time did I ever place a wager on my husband's behalf, period," Jones said in a statement provided by the Coyotes on Thursday night. "Other than the occasional horse race, my husband does not bet on any sports." |
See the top two paragraphs of the Feb. 16/06 update, More charges unlikely in gambling ring that sparked Gretzky scrutiny:
| Quote: | LOS ANGELES (AFP) - It is unlikely that additional people will be charged in the alleged gambling ring that has put ice hockey icon Wayne Gretzky and his wife in the spotlight.
The website of ESPN quoted John Hagerty, a spokesman for the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice, as saying that Gretzky's wife Janet Jones, who allegedly bet through the ring, could be called as a witness along with others, but that she had done nothing illegal and would not be charged. |
View a video clip of Hockey's royal wedding from CBC Archives July 16/88.
More Famous Women Gamblers.
| Quote: | TSN.ca
Tocchet sentenced on gambling charges
Former National Hockey League player and Phoenix Coyotes associate coach Rick Tocchet received his sentence on Friday morning, as he was convicted on third-degree conspiracy to promote gambling and third-degree promoting gambling.
Aug. 17/07
Former National Hockey League player and Phoenix Coyotes associate coach Rick Tocchet received his sentence on Friday morning, as he was convicted on third-degree conspiracy to promote gambling and third-degree promoting gambling. Tocchet, who appeared in Superior Court on Friday morning in New Jersey as a first-time offender, received two years probation concurrently on each count and will not likely serve jail time.
Tocchet has been on indefinite leave from his job as Wayne Gretzky's top assistant coach with the Coyotes since he was charged in February of 2006.
Under New Jersey law, third-degree crimes carry a maximum sentence of five years in state prison, while third-degree gambling offenses also carry a criminal fine of up to $25,000. Neither Coyotes nor NHL officials have decided whether to allow him to return. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman hired lawyer Robert Cleary to conduct an internal investigation.
Tocchet, 43, is the second person sentenced in the case state authorities dubbed "Operation Slap Shot." New Jersey state trooper James Harney was sentenced to five years in state prison earlier this month after he pled guilty to conspiracy, promoting gambling and official misconduct. A third man, James Ulmer, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy and promoting gambling, is scheduled to be sentenced later this month.
According to police, in the month leading up to the charges, more than 1,000 wagers were taken at an estimated worth of $1.7 million. Bets were placed on college football and the NFL but not on hockey, authorities and NHL officials said. Tocchet played in 1,144 regular-season games with the Coyotes, Los Angeles Kings, Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers, scoring 440 goals and 952 points and 52 goals and 112 points in in 145 playoff games. |
Guess where 'Rockin' Rick' Tocchet was while awaiting sentencing?
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Ernestine Shuswap Gets Her Trout
Paperback
(A Play)
By Tomson Highway
| Quote: | DELILAH ROSE
Leaving the Johnson family -- as I'm sitting here with their child sound asleep deep inside the folds of my flesh, my veins, my spirit, Ernestine Shuswap -- leaving them, white as pillowcases as every single one of them may be, Protestant as banks as they may be, or leaving you and my sisters and my family and my friends, my community, everything I know, everything I love, well, that would be like me asking you to neigh, Ernestine Shuswap, that would be like me asking you to act like a horse. It just wouldn't happen, would it now?
But ERNESTINE, too, is caught in a Catch-22 -- her religion or her sense of family, of community, which is she to choose? She turns away from DELILAH ROSE and to the "window." Long silence. The loon cries again. DELILAH ROSE resumes her sewing.
DELILAH ROSE
And your husband? What's he think? Of all this...this...
ERNESTINE
Don't know. Haven't seen him since...since before six o'clock this morning. Out fishing, even though he's not supposed to. But I'll bet you a dollar, Delilah Rose Johnson, I'll bet you a dollar what he'd say is, what he'd say is: they'll kill him, they'll lynch him, they'll hang him by the neck from the tallest, most beautiful Douglas fir they can find between here and Victoria. (From pgs. 65-66) |
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Coming to Canada
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By Carol Shields
| Quote: | FORTUNE
Our bad cousin could do
card tricks and headstands
He flunked St. Vincent's or got
thrown out we never knew
and married badly a girl
with crossed eyes who
died leaving him a dirty house
and four little kids,
the oldest who grew up to be
a doctor of divinity
and the second, a nurse
with the International Red Cross
and the next oldest, the mayor
of a medium-sized city
and the youngest, a tarot card reader
well known in the vicinity
and patronized by middle and upper-income clients
who swear by her astounding acuity
her starry predictions, her lucky guess
work, her steady gaze
her bare white arm stretched forward
fortune burning on every finger
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Dreaming Backwards 1954-1981
Selected poetry of Eli Mandel
Paperback
By Eli Mandel
| Quote: | Secret Flower
Sometimes you are a house
sometimes you unfold
ages and ages old
you are sometimes
a house with four rooms
and four kings
and four queens
secret flower
of my own design.
Deeper and more secret
darker and older
you unfold.
I have watched lovers
drop from your petals
into the room of kings
before the table of judges.
How can this be? It is Sunday.
My children are making paper men
no one has been poisoned
no one has been hung
there is even laughter in the room.
Darker and still more secret
older and unfolded
beyond my designing heart
beyond even my crying out
through your four rooms
past the hanging tree
beyond the swaying lovers
beyond the judges
who is that lying on the green carpet?
who is being carried on the stone tablet?
why do these gesture and posture before me?
I kneel before the four-armed god
gather up the shredded paper heads
and turn toward the suddenly open door.
(-- p. 30) |
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Book of Longing
Hardcover
By Leonard Cohen
| Quote: | Wish Me Luck
A fresh spiderweb
billowing
like a spinnaker
across the open window
and here he is
the little master
sailing by
on a thread of milk
wish me luck
admiral
I haven't finished anything in a long time
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The latest from sailor Cohen, still putting out to sea, facing the rough weather with humor and style.
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