Canucks vs. Bruins: The Great Hockey Rivalry that will Never be
by Brady Tighe - The Navigator
Hockey has its fair share of glorious rivalries: the Penguins and the Flyers, the Devils and the Rangers, the Bruins and the Habs, the Oilers and the Flames, and many more. These rivalries may be as old as the NHL itself, or may have flared up and died down over the years, but one thing stays constant—when rivals play each other the hockey is faster,
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University of Alberta Student Set For Second World Ironman Race
by Rebecca Medel - The Gateway (University of Alberta)
EDMONTON (CUP)—Stefan Schreiber tries the same experiment every year and it takes him that entire year to calculate the results. He vigorously trains his body to swim, cycle, and run for miles to see if he has what it takes to be an ironman.
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Why Calling Your Team a Bunch of Losers is a Bad Idea
by Brady Tighe - The Navigator
There's a big difference between saying to the press that your team needs to be better, and saying that your team is a bunch of losers. The first might motivate and inspire, maybe get the juices flowing enough to spark some kind of comeback; the latter will do nothing but make every other person on the team want to key your car for being such an asshole.
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Bowling for Dummies
by Robyn Cross - The Navigator
Almost everyone has bowled at one point in their lives, usually at birthday parties, or maybe rock 'n' bowl. But are any of us doing it properly? Let's take a look at the rules of 10-pin bowling and see what we're doing right and what we can improve upon.
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McGill Researchers Develop Video Game to Improve Genetic Research
by Sarah Deshaies - CUP Quebec Bureau Chief
Imagine if all the hours you spent moving coloured blocks on Tetris or cultivating wheat on FarmVille actually led to something productive—terminal disease research, perhaps?
Two McGill University academics are tapping into our appreciation for casual video games in order to further research into illnesses like cancer, Alzheimer's, and diabetes.
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Canucks
Report
by Michelle McAulay - Contributor
Saturday, Jan. 7, was a day Canucks fans were dreading since the schedule was announced: the team was to face the Boston Bruins.
This would be their first meeting since the loss of Lord Stanley's Cup in Vancouver last June, and the only time they would meet in the regular season. To make matters worse, they were playing in Boston—in a building where they couldn't win during the Stanley Cup final.
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Canadian Freestyle Skier Dies After Accident
by Robyn Cross - The Navigator
The sports world suffered another tragedy on Jan. 19 when Canadian skier Sarah Burke, 29, died after being injured in an accident while training in Utah on Jan. 10.
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Mariners Volleyball Standings
by Robyn Cross - The Navigator
Both the men's and women's volleyball teams are currently sitting in first place in the national standings. In their conference the men's team is ranked first and the women are second. Both teams are working towards the 2012 CCVA Volleyball National Championships, which will take place Mar. 8–12. The men's championship will be in Abbotsford, B.C., hosted by Columbia Bible College. The women's championship will be here in Nanaimo, hosted by Vancouver Island University.
Best of luck to both teams, we look forward to your success in the games to come.
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