Here is how many gold medals Canada won:

1. Ice Hockey Men

2. Curling Men

3. Snowboard – Men’s Parallel Giant Slalom – Jay Anderson

4. Speed Skating – Men’s Team Pursuit

• Mathiew Giroux
• Lucas Makowsky
• Denny Morrison

5. Short Track Speed Skating – Men’s 5000m Relay

6. Short Track Speed Skating – Men’s 500m

• Charles Hamelin

7. Ice Hockey Women

8. Bobsleigh – Women’s – Kaillie Humphries & Heather Moyse

9. Freestyle Skiing – Ladies’ Ski Cross

• Ashleigh McIvor

10. Figure Skating – Ice Dance

• Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir

11. Skeleton – Men’s

• Jon Montgomery

12. Speed Skating – Ladies’ 1000m

• Christina Nesbitt

13. Snowboard – Ladies’ Snowboard Cross

• Maelie Ricker

14. Freestyle Skiing – Men’s Moguls

• Alexandre Bilodeau

Congratulations on a job well done Canada in setting the record for the most gold medals ever!

Team Canada Wins Gold Medal Game vs USA in Men's Hockey Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics

Sidney Crosby’s golden overtime goal was a sweet one after having a gold medal within reach during regulation time. Team Canada allowed team USA to score with only 24 seconds left by Zach Parise to tie it up makes this victory that much better. Sidney managed to get the winning goal past star goalie Ryan Miller during OT. What a great hockey game! How Ironic is is that Sidney Crosby won the game for Canada after going the last 3 games without a point. When it all mattered Sid The Kid scores the golden goal that means the most. Now Sidney Crosby has a Stanley Cup and now an Olympic Gold Medal in Men’s Hockey at only 22 years old.

Goals for Team Canada were Corey Perry and Johnathan Toews during regulation time and for US it was Ryan Kesler and Zach Parise with only 24 seconds left in regulation time to score for Team USA to force overtime.

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The winning goal by Sidney Crosby of Canada to win the game in OT!

Sidney Crosby Seconds After Scoring Winning Goal Against The USA To Win Gold Medal In Men's Hockey

We’re all proud of all our Olympians and what we’ve achieved during this years Olympics in Vancouver. We all look forward to the Winter Olympics 2014 to win more and make our nation proud.

Congratulations Canada Men’s Hockey Team after winning gold medals against the USA during Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics!

Find out at 3pm Eastern Time to see Canada take on the USA!

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Canada vs. USA Today at 3:00pm Eastern Standard Time

It should be a good hockey game and hopefully Team Canada can slide a few pucks by USA’s star goalie Ryan Miller whose only given up 5 goals in the whole tournament, 3 of which were from Team Canada vs. USA previous encounter.

Who will win gold medal, we’ll find out soon which of the two teams Canada or USA are going to be Olympic Champions in Vancouver 2010 in men’s hockey.

Canada beats Slovakia with 3-2 win

Now on Sunday Team Canada will face off against the US to see who will win the gold medal game. This rematch game between Canada and the US  is one that many people have waited for and we’re all glad to see these two hockey teams square off once again at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver 2010. Many people didn’t think the US would make it to the gold medal game in hockey but they are the only undefeated team in the tournament. They’ve already beat Canada once so I’m sure the rematch will be different as Canada looks to take gold!

Team Canada Mens Hockey Fans - Fans Celebrate After 3-2 Win Over Slovakia To Advance To Gold Medal Game Rematch Against The US

Find out who wins gold medal game between Canada and the US on Sunday! Should be a great game that many people will remember forever.

Lets take home gold Team Canada! The Women’s Hockey Team has won gold medals and now it’s time for the men to win gold medal game in hockey at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Sidney Crosby will try and lead Team Canada tonight as they face off against Slovakia. It should be an interesting game and hopefully our men’s ice hockey team will capture a spot in the gold medal game. If they can beat Slovakia tonight, they will most likely have a re-match game against the US in which there previous encounter Canada lost. Canada would love to ave a rematch against the US! We’ll have to wait and see what happens as we all watch on.

Go Team Canada and good luck tonight!

Team Canada Womens Hockey Team - Vancouver 2010 Olympics Gold Medallists

Star players for Team Canada was Marie-Philip Poulin who scored both goals for Canada. Canada’s goalie  Shannon Szabados was amazing in the net stopping the US from scoring to get a shutout stopping 28 shots.

Marie-Philip Poulin Team Canada - Scores Two Goals Against US To Win Gold Medal Game

Shannon Szabados Team Canada Goalie – Stopped 28 Shots Against US To Win Gold

Congratulations to Team Canada’s Women Hockey Team! They’ve now won 3 straight gold medals in the Olympics in 2002, 2006 and now in 2010. Now the men need to win gold medal for Canada. So far for the mens hockey team it looks like it will be a re-match against the USA. The women have won gold, now it’s time for the men to take gold as well and take home another gold medal in hockey for Canada.

Winter Olympics 2010 Tragic Luge Accident Video

PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A GRAPHIC VIDEO OF THE ACCIDENT

 Canada has waited a long time to see the Winter Olympics in Vancouver and sad to see this terrible luge accident take place. Everyone sends their deepest condolences to Nodar’s family in this very difficult time. This was going to be Nodar Kumaritashvili’s first time in the Winter Olympics in 2010.

Nodar Kumaritashvili 1989-2010
Tragic Luge Accident 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver

James Delorey was rushed to the IWK Hospital in Halifax in a helicopter suffering from severe hypothermia. He was in critical condition when he arrived. Despite all the efforts of doctors, the young autistic boy James Delorey died in hospital.

Today is a very sad day not only for the family of the young autistic boy James Delorey but for everyone who was following this story or who has helped try to find the young boy. From a day of happiness and optimism once the young boy was rescued ended up in tragedy a few hours later.

Our hearts goes out to the parents and family of James Delorey at this difficult time. I speak for many as they have our deepest sympathy.

Mandatory

• Required or commanded by authority; obligatory

Gratuity

• (Business / Commerce) a gift or reward, usually of money, for services rendered; tip
•  something given without claim or obligation
• a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter)

Now that we have that cleared up this Mandatory Gratuity or Tip that the Lehigh Pub in Bethlehem PA wants is just wrong. A tip is a tip and not required by anyone to do so especially after getting such poor service. To pay a tip of 18% for not getting exceptional service is not ethical. John Wagner and Leslie Pope paid for what they were suppose to and correct me if I am wrong but isn’t it their choice to leave a tip or not? This story is ridiculous! They paid their $73 bill and the restaurant manager should have intervened and made this go away. Instead the waiter took their money and called the police and charged them for theft.

Watch this YouTube Video of Couple Arrested For Not Leaving a Tip!

I’ve wrote a few articles about tipping restaurants lately and this one just blows me away. The consumer is yet again being used to pay for the businesses employees wages. I say eliminate the tips all together now, pay your employee an appropriate wage or why not just charge the 18% gratuity in the price of the food already. This pub is demanding it anyways! I think after hearing of this story of John Wagner and Leslie Pope being being arrested for not leaving a tip is going to send strong messages to consumers looking to dine out. I for one have a bad taste in my mouth over this unfortunate incident and will not look at tipping the same way anymore at all. We are being taken for granted. I think John Wagner and Leslie Pope did the right thing as I think restaurants, pubs and other establishments need to go look up the definition for gratuity or tip. No one and I repeat no one should be forced to leave a tip!

Way to go John and Leslie and I commend you for standing up for yourselves even though it resulted in this long drawn out escapade and being handcuffed and put in the back of the police car. You may be going to court in December but no judge will give jail time for this. The police officer in this video even said nothing will come from it in court. This was a total waste of police time that should have been handled at the pub. No one is required to leave a tip, period.

Here is a quote that I pulled off YouTube concerning this couple being arrested for not leaving a tip:

“Sorry but as a Lawyer, no where is a tip mandatory. You pay for the food, & pay the taxes for it & that’s it.  Nothing else. If you choose to give a tip or not that’s your business weather the service was good or not. Mandatory Gratuity or forcing someone to give or take more money out of their pockets would be considered ‘being hustled’. People should know that no one but no one is obligated to pay any tips if they don’t want to.”

There you have it! Next time you go to a restaurant, pub or anywheres in fact, you do not have to leave a tip as it is not mandatory. John Wagner and Leslie Pope you have nothing to worry about. The only one that should be worrying about anything is the Lehigh Pub – Irish Pub & Grille as I would expect their business to drop. I would not go to any restaurant that expected and demanded me to leave a tip. A tip is out of generosity and is ethical but no where is is required or mandatory. For something that could have been easily resolved, instead Lehigh Pub just hurt their bottom line. A couple being arrested for not leaving a tip, what next?

What do you think of this couple being arrested for not leaving a tip? Should John Wagner and Leslie Pope have paid for the tip regardless? Isn’t a tip a goodwill gesture of appreciation towards the service someone receives? What would you have done and do you think tipping has got out of control? How do you feel going into a restaurant knowing that you are expected to leave a tip regardless and that the business owners are paying their staff minimum wage because you the customers are expected to be paying their wages too? I know if I went somewhere and this happened to me I would be calling the police myself and get arrested too for not leaving a tip as no one will force me into paying a tip as it’s not required to do so. No one needs to leave a tip if they don’t want to and I hope that you all know that and don’t be pressured into doing so. If you want to then go ahead but don’t be forced if the service was not there. What do you think and would you have refused too knowing that you may be arrested for not leaving a tip?

Cell phone use while driving is becoming one of the most talked about concerns among many people nowadays. Now I just learned yesterday while driving home and listening to the radio News 91.9 that teenagers are now pasting or taping their cell phones to the steering wheel while driving. Crazy! Now they are able to text people while driving a lot more now. This concerns me as well as a lot of people I’m sure. If this trend is starting now, this endangers not only the young teenagers life but the lives of innocent people as well. Texting while driving needs to stop and perhaps ban cell phone use all together.

 Here in New Brunswick we don’t have a cell phone ban in place as of yet but I feel it’s just a matter of time before it comes into effect. Several provinces in Canada have already taken action and a domino effect will surely come to the rest as well. I’ve never heard of “pasting” until yesterday and I’m sure a lot of you haven’t either. The only reason why I learned of it is because someone had called in from The Coalition For Cellphone-Free Driving and talked about many different things being a doctor and what he’s seen. He’s seen many tragedies as a result of cellphone use while driving and kids are telling him what happened but when it comes to the police they lie and say they weren’t on their cell phones to try and get out of trouble. It was very interesting hearing the statistics and facts on accidents and how cellphones are increasing deaths and injuries as a result of them. After hearing him speak it definitely is something that needs to be done. Cellphone use while driving is killing our children and perhaps someone else’s loved one. Something needs to be done.

What do you think of teenagers pasting their cellphones to the steering wheel? Pretty nuts isn’t it! How would you feel if your child was injured or even killed as a result of some teenager texting while driving with their cellphone pasted to the steering wheel? Something needs to be done and I think more education should be brought into schools about proper and safe cellphone use. We need to sink the message into our teenagers and even adults that use cellphones while driving especially texting can kill. Education and strict laws concerning cell phone use need to be set into place. What do you think about this issue? Pasting cell phones to steering wheels, what next?