It starts with this theft found in The Star:

GTA man’s home stolen. Really. His entire house.

Then on to Edmonton for another odd crime:

Did you hear the one about the stolen front lawn?

Can Vancouver Canucks Win Game 7?

Vancouver has been thrashed by Boston… but the Bruins, despite being a team that can look like it is in another league,  can’t seem to find a way to win here in Vancouver.

The crime starts with tickets around $1700 for nosebleeds… averages cost of seats in the 100 level from the three outlets at a hefty $4658.

If the Canucks win, they’ve pulled off the theft of the year.

Win or lose, it’s been good for Vancouver.

Mark me as a skeptic… I still don’t believe the Sedin twins have the “Canadian heart” when it comes to emotional hockey.

Just like last year, we’ll watch them wilt when faced with a player like Byfuglien. Faced with Chara, who is tasked with shutting them down, we’ll see if they have the heart to win.

I am not sure if I am the only Vancouverite that finds watching the twins exceptionally boring, even if they do score a lot. The problem is that you’ll never remember any of their goals.

This year is their chance to prove themselves as leaders… and prove me wrong. And finally lose the nickname of the Sedin Sisters.

You can follow the sisters on their twitter here, as well as the facebook page here:

As a life-long Flames fan… Go Boston.

photo credit: Lava

They caused a bit of a ruckus, but you can’t fault them for showing how Canadians party.

IOC to investigate Canadian women’s celebration.

After being told of the celebrations by a reporter, Gilbert Felli, the IOC’s executive director of Olympic Games, said, “I don’t think it’s a good promotion of sport values. If they celebrate in the changing room, that’s one thing, but not in public.” Of course, no one would ever see footage or pictures of the women celebrating in the same matter inside the locker room. No, definitely not. It isn’t like it was a huge event for Canada whatsoever. We’d just have to rely on second-hand stories and Zapruder-like footage in years to come when remembering the vivid Canadian celebration in front of their country.

The one sticking point with the IOC was the fact that Marie-Philip Poulin, who’s 18 years old, was part of the celebration and not legally old enough to drink in British Columbia.  She doesn’t turn 19, legal age, until next month. OK, fair enough for that. But what sort of punishment would the IOC give to Canada, one its two world powers in the sport? Or is this just a PR case for them to continue to be ahead of the National Football League in keeping the fun out?

To calm down the IOC, Hockey Canada released a statement apologizing for display:

“The members of Team Canada apologize if their on-ice celebrations, after fans had left the building, have offended anyone,” the statement read.

“In the excitement of the moment, the celebration left the confines of our dressing room and shouldn’t have. The team regrets that its gold medal celebration may have caused the IOC or COC any embarrassment.

“Our players and team vow to uphold the values of the Olympics moving forward and view this situation as a learning experience.”

This will blow over like the Miller mask issue once the IOC actually looks at what they’re “investigating” here and understands how ridiculousness they look yet again.

If you’re currently not employed by the IOC and can handle it, the Canadian press has a small gallery of photos of the celebration.

The complete photo collection is here.

With the historic medal tally comes another historic feat:

Rowdy curling crowds; spontaneous street parties; public drunkeness. You don’t have to look far for evidence that the crowds at Winter Games in Vancouver know how to have a good time.

And, as if anymore proof is needed that a wild Olympic atmosphere permeates B.C.’s largest city, now there’s an apparent condom shortage.

That’s right. As you read this, an emergency shipment of condoms is desperately making its way across Canada to the West Coast city.

Health officials in Vancouver have already provided 100,000 free condoms to the roughly 7,000 ahtletes and officials at the Games. That’s about 14 condoms per person. But as of Wednesday, those supplies started running dangerously low.

So naturally, the Canadian Foundation for AIDS research decided to step and make sure there were no hitches in Olympic action.

“When we heard about the condom shortage in Vancouver, we felt it important to respond immediately,” said Kerry Whiteside, CANFAR’s Executive Director. The organization assembled three large boxes of about 8,500 condoms, much to the relief of libidos at the Olympic Village. They’re expected to arrive on Thursday.

Free condoms first started to be distributed at the Olympics in Barcelona at the 1992 Games. This appears to be the first time that a shortage has struck the Games.

photo credit: George Eastman House

To you from Toronto… which, they tell me, is Canada.

FREE TO BE

(THE LEAFS’ SONG)

VERSE 1

From the Isle of Vancouver
To the Labrador Sea
One nation, glorious and free
Where I’m free to be me.

VERSE 2

From the song of the Prairies
To the call of the pond
Heroes of times come and gone
Where the memories go on and on and on
Oh! Oh! Oh! This is Canada’s song
Oh! Oh! Oh! Where my heart belongs

VERSE 3

Free to be a dreamer
Free to be who you are
Free to believe in your star
Free to go far
Oh! Oh! Oh! That’s Canada’s dream (Go Leafs Go)
Oh! Oh! Oh! This is Canada’s team (Go Leafs Go)

BRIDGE

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