As we would say in NZ, maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate
:D

See the Onion's editorial on a trip to Canada.

Toronto does good
 

Well, the Winter Olympics are over, and I'm just recovering from the celebrations.

It's been a zoo here in Toronto. Yonge Street was closed to traffic as it filled up with fans and flags.

Understandably, we are delighted with the Gold Medals in both the men's and women's hockey.

It's a Canadian game, eh?

All the medals won by Toronto area natives were Gold.

Eric Lindros - Men's Ice Hockey
Brendan Shanahan - Men's Ice Hockey
Adam Foote - Men's Ice Hockey
Joe Nieuwendyk - Men's Ice Hockey
Michael Peca - Men's Ice Hockey
Cassie Campbell - Women's Ice Hockey
Cherie Piper - Women's Ice Hockey
Vicky Sunohara - Women's Ice Hockey

Congratulations to these hometown favourites and to all the Canadian athletes who did us proud.

Royal Ontario Museum ... the ROM
 

http://www.thestar.com/images/cci/LI...HVACT0H.1a.jpg Torontonians will have to wait for another time and place for their Frank Ghery moment, as that world-famous Canadian architect has yet to make his mark on Toronto.

Toronto is moose country
 

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See all the Moose in the City here. This successful promotion
of the past few years boosted tourism and raised money for charities.

Happy St. Patrick's Day
 

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In 1920-1921 the NHL had only four teams:

Toronto St. Patricks
Montreal Canadiens
Hamilton Tigers
Ottawa Senators

and the Senators won the Stanley Cup, playing Toronto in a two game "total goals" playoff series.

The Toronto St. Patricks became the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Today in Maple Leafs History:

March 17, 1934 - A St. Patrick's Day crowd of 11,000 turns out for 'King Clancy Night.' Clancy is pushed to centre ice while seated in a sleigh shaped like a throne. The Irishman unveils his robe to show a green uniform with a large shamrock on the back and he proceeds to wear the uniform for the game. Lester Patrick, coach of the Rangers, complains that his uniform is a distraction and Clancy changes into his regular Maple Leafs uniform.

Play Money
 

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A new Canadian $5 bill, Children at Play, celebrates winter sports.

The grumpy guy is Sir Wilfred Laurier, Canada's seventh Prime Minister.

Don't you think Canadian currency has the best graphic designs?

Andersen strikes deal with Deloitte in Canada, which saves 1,400 jobs here and makes Deloitte & Touche the largest accounting firm in this country.

Toronto Rockettes
 

Cpl. Ainsworth Dyer of Toronto, among those killed.
 

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Police cruisers escort the bodies of Canadian soldiers
in four hearses on Toronto's Don Valley Parkway Saturday.
Photo: Aaron Harris/CP

Bruce Kirkby
 

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Born and raised in Toronto, Canada, Bruce was introduced to the wilderness at an early age by his parents. Weekend canoeing, camping and hiking trips instilled a love for nature that would forever draw him further away from a 'normal' life.

After graduating from University with a degree in Engineering Physics, Bruce remained at his first office job for less than six months before leaving to pursue an uncertain future in outdoor adventure.

Click on the pic, if you want to see more pics and read about his latest adventure ocean kayaking off the west coast of Canada.

Or, visit his website at: http://www.brucekirkby.com/

Ontario College of Art & Design
 

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GO BIG: The Ontario College of Art & Design's $41-million campus expansion will boast an enormous 165-meter-long rectangular building over the college's existing structures. It will be held 10-storeys aloft by a series of thin columns.

Make sure to update when that thing collapses.

It's actually a project for the nearby Ontario College of Demolition Engineering -- the object is to design a demolition plan which collapses the structure evenly and uses the least explosives. All student's projects will be simulated, and the best will be carried out, most likely in the middle of the night.