Frederick • March 3rd, 2010 • Hockey
After the NHL trade deadline had come and gone, the Vancouver Canucks had not made any major player transactions.
Canucks GM, Mike Gillis, only made three acquisitions – Sean Zimmerman from Phoenix, and Yan Stastny from St. Louis for Pierre-Cedric Labrie and Mathieu Schneider respectively. Gillis also traded a third-round draft pick for defenseman Andrew Alberts of the Carolina Hurricanes.
Source: Vancouver Canucks
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Frederick • March 3rd, 2010 • Trains
The Evergreen Line is a planned extension to the SkyTrain system in Metro Vancouver. Rather than using another technology, like the Canada Line, the Evergreen Line will make use of Bombardier’s Advanced Rapid Transit technology, which already is in place on the Expo and Millennium Lines. This method was chosen over a light rail system to provide passengers with a smooth ride from Coquitlam City Centre through Port Moody, into Burnaby, a total of 11 km. A trip between Douglas College Station and Lougheed Town Centre Station is expected to take about 13 minutes, or 40 minutes if going all the way to Waterfront Station in Vancouver.
Lougheed Town Centre Station
The proposed line will branch off from the Millennium Line at Lougheed Town Centre Station and run north along North Road. After the Burquitlam Station, the tracks descend into a tunnel along the west side of Clarke Road and exit just east of the Barnet Highway in Port Moody. The Port Moody Station will allow passengers to transfer over to the existing platforms for the West Coast Express. The Ioco Station will be the last at ground level before the tracks return to the elevated guideway and enter the Coquitlam Central Station, which will be another transfer point to local buses and the West Coast Express. The guideway then turns north again to follow Pinetree Way before terminating at the Douglas College Station which is slated to be built on the south side of the campus.
Construction is expected to start in 2010 and finish by 2014. The Provincial and Federal governments have already committed to funding, however TransLink, the regional transportation authority, needs to come up with an additional $400 million required for the project.
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Frederick • March 3rd, 2010 • Winter Olympics
The Olympic Cauldron
Two and a half weeks sure go by pretty quickly. The world had their eyes on the west coast of Canada as athletes from all walks of life competed in their respective winter sports. The streets of Vancouver were jam-packed with hundreds of thousands of fans cheering on their countries and taking in the sights and sounds of the various events throughout the city. So much happened in the 17 days the Winter Olympics that it’s almost impossible to go through it all, but here’s a portion of what made the list.
Highs
- Joannie Rochette and her courage to overcome a tragic loss and capture the hearts of her home and the world
- Sidney Crosby scoring the winning goal in overtime between Canada and the United States to take the gold medal
- Ryan Miller helping his team beat all odds and prove they are a medal contender
- Alexandre Bilodeau for ending the drought and his brother Frédéric for giving him the power to get there
- Kim Yu-Na for delivering one hell of a performance
- The Canadian women’s hockey team for their unstoppable play
- The obnoxiously awesome pants worn by the Norwegian curlers
- Lindsey Vonn for being the first American woman to win gold in downhill skiing (and with a bruised shin)
- Having the mime electrician give Catriona Le May Doan the chance to light her portion of the Olympic Cauldron
- Petra Majdič for continuing on despite painful injuries caused by an unfortunate fall
- The awesome opening and closing ceremonies showcasing the real Canada (minus a small glitch)
- The 14 gold medals Canada earned — our best ever and a record for the Winter Olympics
- The hundreds of volunteers to help out and assist the many out of town guests
- And the hundreds of thousands of supporters, visitors and fans who crammed downtown Vancouver and Whistler to deliver the best party this country has ever seen
Lows
- The shocking loss of Nodar Kumaritashvili in an accident while training
- El Niño for bringing unseasonable warmth and impacting a number of events on Cypress Mountain
- The hooligans who had nothing better to do than showcase their idiocy for the world (fortunately for one day only)
- The British media with their scathing criticisms on anything and everything
- NBC for cutting short broadcasts of events, or skipping them entirely
As a resident of Metro Vancouver, I want to say a huge thank you to everyone for making this possible. We hope you enjoyed the games and our city, and would love to see you all back here again soon!
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Frederick • February 28th, 2010 • Winter Olympics
A heated rivalry, Canada versus the United States, saw a very close and tight game with a nation’s bragging rights on the line. Canada overcame a strong American team to win 3 – 2 in overtime and claim the gold medal. The United States takes home the silver and Finland takes the bronze.
Jonathan Toews beat Ryan Miller to get Canada up by one and the country on it’s feet with the first goal in the game.
In the second, Corey Perry made it 2 – 0 for Canada. However, Ryan Kesler briefly touched a shot from Patrick Kane that beat Roberto Luongo to bring the United States within one.
Luongo came up big stopping some key shots and prompting his trademark “Luuuuuuuu” chant echo throughout the building. The Canadian penalty kill proved exceptional in holding the Americans after two of them sat in the box.
The third period saw Dany Heatley denied on two close chances on putting the puck in for Canada. Zach Parise scored with 25 seconds left in the third to tie the game and send it into overtime.
Canada came back and 7:40 into extra time, Sidney Crosby, on a pass from Jarome Iginla, beat Miller to win the gold medal and send the country into an uproarious cheer.
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Frederick • February 28th, 2010 • Gaming
Legend of Zelda Promo
Wired magazine sat down with Cammie Dunaway, an executive vice president with Nintendo, to discuss game releases, localization and the upcoming DSi XL.
Dunaway was asked if the Japanese company would release a new Mario, Metroid and Zelda in the same year. It seems that Dunaway had dropped a hint that Nintendo would likely push all three games sometime in 2010.
In the past, Nintendo has been known to provide release dates and then push them back continually in order to complete quality testing and fine tune the finished product. We’ll just have to wait and see.
Source: Wired.com
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Frederick • February 27th, 2010 • Anime/Manga
Naruto volume 48
Naruto finally confronts Pain and learns the horrible back story about his rival. Meanwhile, in Konohagakure, a political war wages with a new ninja coming to power who carries some very convoluted ideals. This new ninja passes some very drastic measures which affect Naruto and his team mates in the worst way possible.
The fight continues on store shelves June 1st, 2010 at $9.99 USD/$12.99 CAD.
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Frederick • February 26th, 2010 • Winter Olympics
Slovakia was expected to give Canada its greatest test before the gold medal game and hopes were riding high on the Canadians. With the entire nation being carried on the backs of the Canadian players, it was up to them to take out the Slovakian team after they upset the 2006 champions, Sweden in the previous game. Canada earned a close 3 – 2 win over Slovakia.
Patrick Marleau and Brendan Morrow gave Team Canada the advantage in the first period with them up by two over the Slovakians.
In the second period, Ryan Getzlaf padded Canada’s lead with a goal making it 3 – 0 for the home team.
However, the Slovakians were not ready to give up, scoring two goals in the third period, from Lubomir Visnovsky and Michal Handzus. Handzus’ goal came within the last five minutes making for an exciting end to the game.
Canada will face the United States on Sunday, February 28th at 12:00 PM PST.
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Frederick • February 26th, 2010 • Winter Olympics
Congratulations to the Canadian Women’s hockey team on their hard earned gold medal. Marie-Philip Poulin scored the only two goals in the game, while goaltender Shannon Szabados stopped 29 shots for the shutout. Canada defeated the United States with a score of 2 – 0.
The Canadian Men’s team take on Slovakia tonight at 6:30 PM PST in the semifinals.
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Frederick • February 24th, 2010 • Anime/Manga
Comic book artist Nick Simmons, who is the son of famed Kiss bassist, Gene Simmons, has found himself in hot water after scathing complaints of plagiarism. Simmons’ comic book Incarnate is believed to have taken artwork, ideas, and dialogue from manga such as Bleach, Hellsing, Vampire Hunter D, and NANA.
Viz Media is apparently aware of the situation, as is Bleach mangaka Tite Kubo, who has already commented via Twitter. Simmons has not responded to the accusations.
Comparisons of the artwork can be found on the LiveJournal community, Bleachness.
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