Canadians deal with the recession..... by drinking heavily

Tough times send Canadians on booze buying binge

Canadians are buying alcohol and drinking at record levels since the economy took a nose dive. Alcohol purchases in October were up 17%, from last year. Laird T'underin' geezus! T'ank ya fer de Pokey and de welfare!

A Molson Ice commercial with Bob & Doug McKenzie and Guy Lafleur.

The Stanley Cup visits Brussels

The Stanley Cup visited Europe to help mark the 100th anniversary of the International Ice Hockey Federation.
Former NHL greats Peter Stastny, Slava Fetisov, Jyrki Lumme and Arturs Irbe were on hand to present the Cup to lawmakers and fans Tuesday at the European Parliament.
"Hopefully we can start a new tradition, and we might have, maybe not once a year, but once a while, have the Stanley Cup here at the European Parliament," said Stastny, who is now a lawmaker at the EU assembly.
The Cup was swarmed by fans who wanted a picture with the trophy, or with Stastny and Fetisov, who is now Russia's sports minister.
Phil Pritchard, the vice-president of the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, said the Cup will return home Wednesday to await the winner of the NHL playoffs.
"Obviously it's very close to the NHL playoffs, (but) the timing was perfect. We were able to do it," Pritchard said.