Dirk Meissner
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recently retired reporter, The Canadian Press
Victoria, B.C.
Joined October 2013
On this day in 1956, the Toronto Star reported that the Toronto Hockey League's nine-year-old all-star Ab Hoffman was actually Abigail Hoffman. Abigail proved that girls could play hockey and keep up with the boys #Hockey365 #IWD
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The good news is Netflix now has enough money to bring back the Expos
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A song here for every dog that ever graced our planet. Peace, Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays all. Nils & Amy Lofgren ( @azsweetheart013 ) For a clickable list of rescues: https://t.co/WvVivaJ75d
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Thousands cheer as the sun rises on winter solstice at Stonehenge
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Thousands of people have gathered at Stonehenge to celebrate the winter solstice. On Sunday, they cheered and danced as the sun rose over the prehistoric stone circle.
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Peter Arnett, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who covered wars from Vietnam to Iraq, has died at 91. Arnett, who won the 1966 Pulitzer Prize for international reporting for his Vietnam War coverage for The Associated Press.
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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Peter Arnett, who traveled the world covering wars from Vietnam to Iraq, has died.
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Researchers have captured video footage of wild wolves in British Columbia pulling crab traps out of the sea by their lines to eat the bait inside, in the first evidence of possible tool use by the animals.
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Researchers have captured video footage of wild wolves in British Columbia pulling crab traps out of the sea by their lines to eat the bait inside, in the first evidence of possible tool use by the...
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A top 10!
Repo Man (1984) is criminally underseen. Alex Cox fused punk energy, deadpan sci-fi, and Reagan-era paranoia into a cult classic that still feels like nothing else ever made. Total weirdo brilliance.
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Vladimir Guerrero Jr. arrives for Game 7 in a Marie-Philip Poulin Team Canada jersey 🇨🇦
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When Dodgers fans were relentlessly razzing Trey Yesavage in the bullpen before Game 5, he turned to his pitching coach and said: "This is fun. I love this." Then he went out and threw the game of his life. Column, free at ESPN, on the Blue Jays' rookie:
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Six months after making his pro debut, Toronto's unflappable rookie shut down L.A.'s lineup and quieted a sold-out Dodger Stadium in a World Series start for the ages.
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A cavernous sinkhole that appeared in Nanaimo on Thursday night could be an old entrance to the East Wellington Colliery mine, city officials say. https://t.co/urPyXkEs3U
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A cavernous sinkhole that appeared in Nanaimo on Thursday night could be an old entrance to the East Wellington Colliery mine, city officials say.
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Public Enemy brings it last night at Rifflandia, Victoria, BC.
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Sometimes I draw cartoons for my own pleasure, not even bothering to submit them to The Gazette, knowing full-well that my newspaper couldn't print these (even if they wanted to). Here's a good example of that, one I thought up this morning. Please share if you are so inclined! T
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Tent camping is an adjustment, but there are benefits. Long Beach, B.C.
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On this day in 1983, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five released “The Message”
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