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Christopher Plummer

“To be or not to be.” Such were Chief of Staff General Chang’s last words onboard Kronos One, as a photon torpedo from the Enterprise zeroed in on his ship for the kill. That famous quote, and many other memorable lines, were spoken by Canadian actor Christopher Plummer in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. [...]

| January 25th, 2012 | Continued

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Kim Cattrall

This is our third piece in the Star Trek Canadian ‘collection’. While we only got to see her in one of the movies—Star Trek VI—she made an impact as the scheming Vulcan Starfleet Officer named Valeris. Not as large an impact as she made on Sex and the City, but still, her role was a [...]

| January 18th, 2012 | Continued

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William Shatner

The celebrity who recently handed country music star Brad Paisley the CMT Artist of the Year award, whose mug appears in Bioware’s role playing game Mass Effect, and who turned 80 in 2011 — William Alan Shatner — has been acting, and a whole lot of other things, for over 60 years. Shatner was born [...]

| December 19th, 2011 | Continued

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James Doohan

In 2005, the world lost an actor who made an indelible imprint on fans worldwide: the original and lasting character of Montgomery Scott—Scotty, as most called the character—died with James Montgomery Doohan. While there is a Scotty in the reboot, no one can play him as Doohan did. Doohan was born on March 3, 1920, [...]

| December 8th, 2011 | Continued

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The Toronto Maple Leafs

A 1917 meeting at the Windsor Hotel in Montréal, resulted in the formation of the National Hockey League. The original five charter members of the NHL included the Montréal Canadiens, Montréal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs and a Toronto franchise (originally called the Arenas). Way, way back in the day, Toronto’s first home game attracted [...]

| November 30th, 2011 | Continued

About this Site

The idea of this site was born in 1999, when I was teaching myself how to build web pages as a way to keep my mind stimulated while I waited for a United States work permit. Earlier that year, my husband’s company had transferred our family to the USA, and we arrived, starry eyed and [...]

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Life After Death

A couple made a deal that whoever died first would come back and inform the other if there is sex after death. Their biggest fear was that there was no after life at all. After a long life together, the husband was the first to die. True to his word, he made the first contact: [...]

3Feb2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Video: The Canada Party – Running for President

The Canada Party officially declares their Canadacy for President of the United States of America. Written and Directed by Chris Cannon. Performed & Edited by Brian M Calvert. You can also catch up with The Canada Party on twitter.

30Jan2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Trivia EH? Christopher Plummer

Despite taking training to become a classical pianist, Plummer took two different, but related directions and became famous on both stage and screen. Plummer’s maternal great-grandfather was Canadian Prime Minister Sir John Abbott. Born in Toronto, Plummer soon moved to Quebec to be raised at the Abbott family home. Plummer is bilingual. He so disliked [...]

27Jan2012 | | 2 comments | Continued
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Canuck Quotes: Christopher Plummer

In his film Beginners, as the character Hal in response to a question from his ‘son’ Oliver: “The chair is not gay, obviously.” On aging and getting to play recurring roles (whether on stage or in film): “And Hamlet you can never do well enough until you are my age.” Plummer enjoys playing evil characters [...]

26Jan2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Christopher Plummer

“To be or not to be.” Such were Chief of Staff General Chang’s last words onboard Kronos One, as a photon torpedo from the Enterprise zeroed in on his ship for the kill. That famous quote, and many other memorable lines, were spoken by Canadian actor Christopher Plummer in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. [...]

25Jan2012 | | 1 comment | Continued
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Trivia Eh? Kim Cattrall

Despite winning several prestigious awards and nominations, Cattrall, along with Sex and the City 2 co-stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristen Davis won a Razzie award in 2011 for worst actress! Not a good thing, but it’s something Kim apparently wasn’t perturbed about. In very recent WHOtv.com story, she said she’d like to [...]

20Jan2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Canuck Quotes: Kim Cattrall

“If you look closely, you know a lot about someone by what they wear.” “I’m scared of surgery because I don’t want to look in the mirror and not recognise who’s looking back.” “I tend to look somewhere other than the media for my definition of what is beautiful.” “I am built for men who [...]

19Jan2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Kim Cattrall

This is our third piece in the Star Trek Canadian ‘collection’. While we only got to see her in one of the movies—Star Trek VI—she made an impact as the scheming Vulcan Starfleet Officer named Valeris. Not as large an impact as she made on Sex and the City, but still, her role was a [...]

18Jan2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Type Books Makes an Ink Splash

An independant bookstore in Toronto, Ontario has captured the imagination of the world with the following video titled The Joy of Books. Can’t see the video? Click here From YouTube: After organizing our bookshelf almost a year ago (http://youtu.be/zhRT-PM7vpA), my wife and I (Sean Ohlenkamp) decided to take it to the next level. We spent [...]

12Jan2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Santa’s a Canadian

Wishing all my Canadian friends a wonderful holiday! Enjoy the many blessings of the season. Can’t see the video? Click here. Written by William Hardie with Patrick Ronahan and Terry Banks.

24Dec2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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