Recent content by Canuck Pappy

We have a regular who calls us about things he sees in town, such as graffiti, broken sidewalks, pot holes etc. Today he calls in about a large pothole on his street. In our town we have 211 service, which connects residents with the city so they can report broken lights and potholes and other...

A hockey coach who I've interacted for a long time asked me to speak to his players during their training camp about how to interact, talk and answer questions from the media. I won't be talking long, about 10-15 minutes. I think it's a great opportunity...but I am not sure where to start, other...

I had a similar situation last week. It involved the SID and the AD. The SID didn't return my calls and the AD said he was too busy and would call right back. The story involved the shutting down of a sport at the local college. So I talked to every player/coach on the team and a lot of the...

Um, yeah, kinda agree. The guy, to his credit probably with a lot of hard work, lucked into a plum position. Imagine getting a $300K job with a lot perks without a college degree and in a dying industry. He won the lottery once. He should realize that he's not going to win the lottery again.

In college the local legal aid had two lawyers. Their last names were Death and Doom. We used Doom when we needed a lawyer to help us with a rental situation. I loved sending out a letter from a lawyer with the last name Doom.

Not a lot of details. Story will probably get more traction when the english main-stream media gets a hold of it. Not hearing a lot about this right now. It's funny how big stories out of Quebec take an extra few hours to get to english-speaking Canada due to the language barrier.

I always wanted to write an Entourage-type show featuring Africian Americans as they follow one of their friends who was drafted to the NBA out of high school. I guess we could now make it a period piece and set it in 1997 or something like that. As a white middle-aged Canadian, it's not really...

And yes, I get the distinction between worker and unpaid athlete, but at the end of the day they're both revenue machines for the university or workplace, even if the NCAA doesn't see it that way

So true, Have seen it at a few of my workplaces. If you're under budget and hit all of your sales targets--managers get bonuses. Land a big account--bosses get a trip to Las Vegas to celebrate. Newspaper wins a number of state/provincial awards, which has nothing or little to do with publishers...

Doubtful they would look at Gibson. I'm hearing Leon Durham, the AAA hitting coach. However, take it with a grain of salt. I heard a year ago that Leyland would do one more year and Toledo AAA manager Phil Nevin would take over. Nevin is no longer with the organization, as he was fired at the...

First off, as a Canadian who has spent a lot of time in Detroit, I love it. Love the vibe, love hanging out there, love the people, love the sports and events, love the architecture, love most of the neighbourhoods, love some of the restaurants, love the bars. It does have its bad parts, but a...

When I talk to a visiting coach after a game I almost always say, "hope you guys have a good ride home." I don't really have anything better to say other than thank you.

Should have been unanimous

I worked as a tax preparer as a side job for many years. I used to do the taxes of the television "celebrities" in my town. I was surprised that the salaries were so low. Almost as bad as print if not worse. Another one that surprised me was lawyers. I thought lawyers made good coin, but a lot...

This was my first year out of college. I worked afternoons six days a week, so I would catch a matinee and then head into work. Probably saw more movies in the summer of 94' than all other years combined. Also it was a hot summer and I didn't have air conditioning, so the movies were awesome.