With the New Year upon us, thoughts often turn to New Year's resolutions. At the top of list of resolutions is generally to improve one's health or fitness level. We start with good intentions, but then life gets in the way...

Hockey players are good guys. Team players, competitors who are down to earth athletes. That's what the folks for the award winning reality show "The Amazing Race" must have been thinking when they wanted a hockey player for their most...



Former NHL'er, Serge Payer is now a Hockey Agent and Starts Guillian-Barre Syndrome Foundation Growing up in Rockland, Ontario, a small town close to Ottawa, Serge Payer had a dream to play in the NHL one day. Like many hockey...

Canadian, Sally Armstrong, is an Amnesty International award winner, a member of the Order of Canada, documentary filmmaker, teacher, author, human rights activist and a contributing editor of MacLean's magazine. For the past 12 years, she has reported on women's...

Paul Ranheim is in a new chapter of his life. The 15 year NHL veteran is now an entrepreneur with a minority interest in a software company called PG Key that produces a parental device to monitor kids' use of...

As Canada Day grows near and another hockey season finishes, one has to look no further than Canadian icon Paul Henderson as a reason to celebrate our heritage and remember a true Canadian moment. Henderson was kind enough to share...

Growing up in Canada, hockey is part of who we are and there's no greater Ambassador to the game than Wayne Gretzky. While many of us grew up watching the Edmonton Oilers dominate and Gretzky setting numerous scoring records, another...

It would be understandable if you were envious of Steve Keogh. The Director of Communications for Canada's Olympic Committee is currently in Beijing preparing for his 4th Olympic Games. He's also experienced a Stanley Cup Final while being employed with the Ottawa...

"Feels different being around so many Canadians, there's not too many at Fort Bragg". That comment was from Brigadier General Nicolas Matern who attended a recent baseball game in Cary, NC to see the Canadian Junior Baseball team play the...

As a small boy growing up in Springfield, Mass., John Forslund had a dream to become an announcer in the NHL. Like many kids with hockey dreams, Forslund cheered for his hometown team, the Boston Bruins, and idolized the legendary...

Imagine stopping to pick up a Starbuck's coffee and everyone in the shop begins passionately singing 'O Canada'. That's exactly what happened to Carolyn McRorie during the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver. McRorie was part of the Cheryl Bernard skipped team that...

PICNIC LOCATION South Mountain Park 10919 South Central Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85042 10:00 AM Saturday, February 6th, 2016 Free Admission Free Parking Bring the whole family! Live music by the Jack Jackson band Classic car display Food trucks: Down Under...

February 7th marks the 35th Anniversary of an NHL record that may never be broken- Darryl Sittler's 10 points in one game. I recently had a chance to talk to Sittler about that special night for this Toronto Maple Leaf...

Unfortunately adversity is something which every single one of us has to go through at some point in our lives. It can hold us back, it can damage our motivation and it can basically feel like we are stuck in...

On September 11th, 2001, Delta flight #15, flying from Frankfurt to Atlanta, was diverted to Gander, NFLD. The pilots that US flight borders had been closed and that the military controlled the airspace. The flight landed in Gander at 12:30...

In 2008 my wife and I came to Nepal for a 2 week vacation that we extended to 4 weeks, then to 3 months and now 5 years later we are still here and loving every minute of it. A...