Air Canada breaks silence on nearly $20 million loss
By Matthew Hillier, Staff Writer This April, an Air Canada plane dropped off a shipping container weighing 880 pounds. Inside was a massive amount of gold and cash adding up to a total of...
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Focused on nationals
By Blaine Meller Sports Editor Two of Mount Royal’s top badminton players are in the mix to become national champions. Matt Chan and Greg Buckley captured a silver medal in men’s doubles at the...
Cougars soccer mines double bronze
by Blaine Meller The pursuit of gold came up a little short. The Mount Royal Cougars men’s and women’s soccer teams, after tough losses in the ACAC semi-finals, both rebounded to capture provincial bronze...
The class of 2010
By Blaine Meller Jacques Villeneuve: A two-time winner of the Lou Marsh Award as Canada’s top athlete, Villeneuve is only the third driver to win the IndyCar Championships, Indianapolis 500 and Formula One World...
Cougars golden on greens
by Blaine Meller It isn’t rare to see cougars prowling the foothills of Southern Alberta. However, the Cougars stalking the fairways at Wintergreen Golf Course had a different prey in mind: ACAC gold. The Cougars’ men’s...
Working on women’s hockey
by Joe McFarland Almost as soon as the Vancouver 2010 competition began, the questions started swirling about whether or not women’s hockey belonged in the Olympics. Was the field competitive enough or would it...
Team Canada part deux
by Joe McFarland Guest Columnist You have to feel for Steve Yzerman and Co. He’s assembled what he thinks is the best 23-man roster that Canada has to offer. Win gold and he’ll be...
Soccer champs
It was lucky number 13 in championship wins for the Cougars men’s soccer team as they won the ACACs on their home-turf in a come-from-behind gold medal nail-biter. With the 2-1 win over the...
Cougars, Calamities and Classics: Gold medal scenes and Flames vaccines
Cougars- Howdy sports fans! A big congratulations to the Cougars men’s and women’s soccer teams for bringing home gold and silver from ACAC Championship. The men’s team left for Ontario Monday to start their...
Off to Ontario
The Mount Royal men’s golf team took their 19th gold in the teams’ history during the ACAC Championships Sept. 27 and 28 at the Wintergreen Golf and Country Club in Bragg Creek. The team...
