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Chris Larsen hits the top of the charts with a bullet. Ottawa Redblacks suspend Chris Larsen amid investigation into possibly hate-motivated beating Investigators say 24-year-old man was beaten and left with 'significant injuries' CBC News · Posted: Jun 09, 2021 3:49 PM ET | Last Updated: June 9 The Ottawa Redblacks say they have suspended defensive lineman Chris Larsen amid an investigation into an alleged beating at the ferry docks on Toronto Island over the weekend. "Late last night, we were made aware of social media allegations of an assault by a group of individuals that included Chris Larsen and immediately commenced an investigation, which is ongoing. Today we were advised that an investigation by the Toronto Police is underway," Mark Goudie, CEO of the Redblacks' parent company, Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group, said in a statement. Larsen was drafted in 2019 but hasn't appeared in a game with the team. Toronto police, including the force's hate crime unit, are investigating after a man was reportedly beaten at the ferry docks on Toronto Island near Hanlan's Point on Saturday night. According to a police news release, a 24-year-old man and a 27-year-old woman were walking to the ferry docks when they "became involved in a disagreement with a group of people." That's when, police say, a man from that second group of people made homophobic comments toward the victims. A woman from the second group grabbed one of the pair, police say. Then, two men from the group punched and kicked the 24-year-old man, leaving him with "significant injuries." https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/hanlans-point-toronto-beating-1.6059091

My son lost 2 years of High School field lacrosse after winning Provincials in Grade 10. It's the only sport he was ever passionate about.

And again:

Your vaccination history is already part of your medical record. I don't think we want to give the ticket takers at IGF access to PHIMS, plus your medical record is private.

Does anyone have a problem with vaccine passports? I don't see how they can hurt an accelerated return to "normal" if they are implemented and enforced where appropriate. And yes, they should have space for booster shot stamps as well.

It has been a real struggle for both of my kids and one is graduating this year. Should have been the best year of his life.

Except that the Jets scored 40 seconds prior and still had a minute on the timeclock. He was certainly frustrated, but he frequently looks upset and frustrated. Agree no intent to injure, although only he truly knows what his intent was. Not sure about the lapse in judgement part. He was trying to prevent a goal by getting to the necessary point on the ice first. He'll definitely get suspended. Parros has to cover up for the Wilson fiasco. The Jets are in tough if Stastny and Scheifele are both out on Friday. Fortunately, they are centre-rich.

I totally disagree that this is a case of "blatant charging". It was a race to a specific point on the ice. Scheifele's only other option was to let Evans score.

As bad as this hit looked, it was a hockey play and it was unavoidable given what each player was trying to do. You have to watch this play at full speed. The freeze frames and slow-mo's don't reflect on how little time Scheifele had to finish this play. The skating paths these 2 players had to take to arrive at the point of collision were a recipe for disaster. Anyone saying Scheifele skated 200 feet to take Evan's head off is full of it - he was in a puck race. Friedman posting the charging rules without any nuance suggests that a player should not get into a puck race if there is a chance the player he is pursuing will need to perform a wraparound. Scheifele was trying to prevent an empty net goal. He was probably skating between 30 and 40 km/hr. He needed as straight a line as possible in order to do this. If he arrives 3/10's of a second earlier, he prevents the goal and it becomes a great hockey play with an unfortunate result. His stick blade was on the ice right before he had to raise it in order to brace for impact. With less than half a second before impact and still going at considerable speed (in his necessarily straight line), he realizes he is too late to prevent the goal. All he can do at this point is brace himself for impact. Evans has head down (because wraparound) and is totally unprepared for the collision. I am not blaming Evans at all - he was just trying to score. On the other hand, I don't blame Scheifele either as he was just trying to stop him.

Scheifele pretty much always has the crazy eyes, though.

If we're going to teach history using statues and plaques, we're doing it wrong.

I find it interesting that like authoritarian countries, North American culture seems to celebrate individuals more than ideas.

Statues of historical figures have next to zero value in educating people about actual history. Therefore, there is little history erased when one is torn down. We should be spending more on books and less on statues and even less on fighting to keep them up in public spaces.

It needs real antlers.

Agreed. This award (like many others) is based on stats. That GAA and a .916 Sv% doesn't get you a Vezina anymore. If anyone should have a beef, it's Varlamov. Stats aside, he's probably the best of the bunch, if that makes sense. Good thing Helley probably couldn't care less about this now.

It's like you could put it on the front of a tractor. CBC would have been happy to spend the money on hockey as revenue helped fund other programming. Harper and his minions on the board made it politically unpalatable to compete with their friends in private industry.

If an elk fumbles a football in the forest, does it make a sound?

I don't believe that is an actual organization of elk, though.

There's really no way to know until we know.

I might be overly optimistic about this, but Dubois has finally been able to practise regularly with the Jets over the last 9 days. I've got a feeling that he could have a more obvious impact in this series.

94 recommendations right here: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/truth-and-reconciliation-94-calls-to-action-1.3362258

It all depends if you value the results of the UK study over the results of the Spanish study that they are using to inform this decision. I get a little bit of a "yeah, that's good enough" vibe from it myself.

The Manitoba government was still owed over $600 million in flood costs from the Feds when Pallister first came into power. Federal transfers increased dramatically since then. If the finances were such a mess, the deficit wouldn't have been so easy to crawl out of. I don't consider the provincial NDP or Federal Liberals beacons in the night, but I at least know that their governing style isn't governed by thinking "the cruelty is the point".