This month George Chuvalo heard the Great Referee count to 10. That means, in the strange language of boxing, the former Canadian heavyweight champion died. He was 89. George was the best Canadian heavyweight of all-time. In his last days he suffered from dementia but for most of his life he was “sharp as a […]
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Jim Furlong reflects on the great storm of 1885, which took many lives at sea.
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Jim Furlong reflects on the Brooklyn Dodgers’ only World Series title from 1955.
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Jim Furlong reflects on the polio outbreak of 1953.
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Jim Furlong reflects on the struggles of old Newfoundland.
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