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By Noah Miller
McMahon Stadium– the home of the University of Calgary Dinos football team and the Calgary Stampeders– will host Canada’s second ever outdoor National Hockey League game. At a press conference held last Wednesday, the NHL announced that on Sunday Feb. 20, the Calgary Flames will battle the Montreal Canadiens in the 2011 Heritage classic. With… Continue reading McMahon to host NHL Heritage Classic
By Noah Miller
Calgary shoppers continue to express their agitation and anger over recent efforts by retailers of every shape and size to charge for plastic bags in an attempt to curb the 900 million bags dished out to Albertans annually. Few Calgarians have to look further than their local store to witness a cashier informing a customer… Continue reading Plastic baggage carries high costs
By Noah Miller
A new face will join Danielle Goyette behind the bench of the University of Calgary Dinos women’s ice hockey team next season. Along with unveiling next year’s recruiting class last month, Goyette announced the addition of former teammate Kelly Bechard to the Dinos women’s hockey coaching staff. Bechard has strong ties to the U of… Continue reading Another Olympian joins Dinos coaching staff
By Noah Miller
Thanks to a new agreement between Shaw Communications and the Canada West University Athletic Association, Canada West football action will be televised live for the next two seasons. Shaw is slated to broadcast six conference season games, giving each of the six Canada West teams a shot at the spotlight. Shaw will also broadcast a… Continue reading Shaw to broadcast Canada West Football
By Noah Miller
The University of Calgary has scored in two of its three bids to host Canadian Interuniversity Sport nationals. Earlier this month CIS announced the Jack Simpson Gym will host the 2012 CIS women’s basketball championships as well as the 2014 CIS men’s volleyball championships following some tough deliberation in Ottawa last month. A CIS selection… Continue reading CIS announces future championship hosts
By Noah Miller
Miramar, Florida stirs memories of Tom Cruise and fighter jets making high-speed passes, whizzing by control towers to the Top Gun anthem. Now the mention of Miramar will conjure a new image of speed for at least one University of Calgary Dino. U of C sprinter Sam Effah blazed through the 100 metres final at… Continue reading Dino captures NACAC gold with strong personal best
By Noah Miller
The University of Waterloo Warriors football team will be sidelined for the entire 2010-11 season following unprecedented steroid testing of the entire team. The U of W requested all 62 players be tested for banned performance enhancing drugs by the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport after learning that Nathan Zettler, a former player, was… Continue reading Waterloo doping scandal
By Noah Miller
Four Dinos selected for Team Canada men’s volleyball teamFour of the University of Calgary’s own will join the ranks of the Canadian senior men’s national volleyball teams. Seasoned volleyball veteran and Dinos alumnus Jeremy Wilcox, who played for the Dinos from 1996-2000, was named part of the national A team. In addition to Wilcox, Team… Continue reading Junk you’ve missed since Winter term
By Noah Miller
Three University of Calgary Dinos football players were among the top Canadian professional football prospects strutting their stuff at the Canadian Interuniversity Sport East West Bowl at Western University earlier this month. In addition to Dinos head coach Blake Nill serving as head coach of the West team, receiver Nathan Coehoorn, running back Matt Walter… Continue reading Dinos strut their stuff at 2010 CIS East West Bowl
By Noah Miller
Celebrated author Chuck Palahniuk brought his latest novel Tell-All on tour to Calgary (his only Canadian stop) at the John Dutton Theatre in the Central Public Library on May 12.For $33 audience members received a signed copy of the new book while the first 100 people there got to meet Palahniuk up-close and personal as… Continue reading Fight Club author takes part in series