We’ve all seen it, and most of us have done it. We put on our Team Canada jerseys, paint our faces, wave Canadian flags and banners with beer in hand and a moose elegantly seated in our laps. A full-size live one, none of those pansy stuffed things. Hockey fever sets in at every world [...]
I am standing in a room full of shadows. The faceless figures stare back at me, begging to tell their stories.
My eyes fixate on their shiny gold badges. The horror of their lives are written on their chests, marking them.
“Bludgeoned to death by her estranged husband in her apartment,” reads one silhouette. She is wearing [...]
Pepsi Canada has unleashed it’s newest campaign to get Olympic spectators to pop out of their seats. Eh, Oh Canada, Go, according to Pepsi, will be the new Olympic chant every Canadian will be screaming at the top of their lungs come February in Vancouver. The chant, making its debut during the World Junior Hockey Tournament [...]
The tone for the Internet has already been set. Free and fast. If your product is not, people will simply find somewhere else to get what they want. So this business model of charging for online news content is going to leave publishers looking like Enron.
Just yesterday, The New York Times told readers that ‘frequent [...]
When Patrice Cormier’s elbow connected with Mikael Tam’s face Sunday night in overtime of a Quebec Major Junior Hockey League game, it appeared both of their seasons were in jeopardy.
The hit left Tam, 18, face down and convulsing. My gut reaction was that the injury would sideline him indefinitely. And for Cormier, he had just committed a violent check in plain [...]
By Maiko Tanabe
My friend from Australia went to Japan this summer for a week and he admitted he didn’t know a word in Japanese and didn’t speak any while he was there.
And he told me about this language called “Engrish” and about his weird “Engrish” experience.
“Engrish” refers to broken English spoken or written by someone [...]
When Ron’s youngest daughter Taffara brought Savannah into the world a great many things changed in our lives. In 2008 we were blessed to have our first Christmas with her. A new baby gave rise to a new tradition in the family, one I brought from my past.
The Murray family share their new Christmas tradition. [...]
Santa Claus, Chris Kringle, Father Christmas are just some of the names used to identify a popular Christmas icon. The idea of Santa Claus comes with a bag full of scrutiny and children usually stop believing in the jolly old man before they reach their teen years, some much earlier. Despite this, Santa will always [...]
To avoid completely abandoning the Beacon over Christmas break, classmate Tammy Murray came up with an awesome idea. To keep the site lively, she suggested the “staff” share our favorite Christmas memories and traditions. After pondering what my favorite traditions are, I decided I want to share something I would like to be able to [...]
The Basement Tapes is a TV news production by the 3rd year broadcast journalism class at St. Thomas University. They ended the semester with a tongue-in-cheek look at the news produced by Adam Wright, Lily Boisson, Colin Hodd and Alex Solak — not for grades. Just for laughs.
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