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Gold Medalists Thrilled With London’s Olympic Celebration
This February the city of London was electrified by the performance of some of our own at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. It was incredible to see how London athletes represented the country and we all looked forward to a huge welcome home ceremony to celebrate their achievements. That ceremony finally took place last Monday as the […]
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David Duncan – Ski Cross
David Duncan was really impressed with the celebration that the city of London threw for our Olympic heroes. He was a guest of honour at the JLC event, which saw hundreds of people cheering and supporting our local athletes. Duncan summed up the whole event perfectly, “Too often we don’t stop and reflect. Myself as […]
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Joe Barker – Paralympic Swimmer
Joe Barker is a swimmer who specializes in the breaststroke. He achieved a Canadian Record at the German Open Swimming Championships in Berlin in 2008 for 50m Breaststroke with a time of 39.96 . He represented Canada at two Paralympic games. He was recently honoured at the John Labatt Centre along with several other Olympic athletes. […]
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Darda Sales – Gold and Silver Medal Swimmer
Darda Sales has competed in the last three Olympic games. She helped to bring home a Gold Medal for Canada in the Sydney 2000 Summer Paralympics. Her relay team also broke a World Record in the 4 x 100m medley at the games. She was back at the 2004 games in Athens and captured a […]
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Joe Bartoch – Olympic Swimmer
Joe Bartoch does what is arguably the most difficult stroke you can do in the pool. “I do the 100-metre butterfly, that’s my specialty and I’m also part of the Canadian relay.” He was just one of the athletes that the city of London honoured last week at the John Labatt Centre. There were a […]
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Happy Canada Day
Happy Canada Day Everyone! We’ve been celebrating Canada here all week with the coverage of our Olympic and Paralympic Athletes. I hope you’ve had the chance to read the articles and listen to the interviews. I celebrate Canada whenever I can. I have interviewed some of the best Canadian musicians and rappers. You can look […]
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An interview with Gold Medal Winner Christine Nesbitt
I’ve been fortunate enough to conduct a lot of interviews over the years. I’ve met and talked with some pretty famous people who I really admire. You’d think, by now, interviewing celebrities would be a piece of cake for me, wouldn’t you? Unfortunately, that is not the case. This interview in particular was a bit […]
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Inspiring a Dream
This February people all over Canada were electrified by the energy and excitement of The Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. It was amazing to see so many of our athletes put in stellar performances and take home some medals in the process. London, Ontario had more than its fair share of medal winners. I especially loved seeing Christine […]
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Undeniable Talent
Every now and then a new artist comes along with so much talent that it simply just can’t be ignored. It happened back in 1997 when a new artist started to garner a lot of attention and rightfully so. I took me a while to actually see that talent though. Like a lot of other […]
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The Freedom of an Open Door
The Freedom of an Open Door – a short story by Chase March Locks only keep honest people out. That’s what his dad used to say and he never understood it. He always locked his door even though he wasn’t afraid of those honest people. There were nights where he’d forgotten to lock it. In […]