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 day workers from Britan and France broke through to the other side in building the Channel Tunnel.
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Jim Furlong reflects on the origins of the hit song, “The Lion Sleeps Tonight.”
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Jim Furlong reflects on the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
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