Böcker av Frank Cosentino

For the nation and its supporters, it signalled a new era of events. The years from 2015 to 2022 were punctuated by a world-wide pandemic. The league was tested, suffered the loss of a season, yet still managed to carry on. The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation was also celebrated in Canada that year. It was declared following an Edmonton Elks game against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. The game was broadcast that day in Edmonton in both English and Cree for the first time. Later, in September, the National anthem was sung in three languages, English, French and Cree. The legalisation of sports betting in Ontario was another "first"; the door was now open. The Grey Cup has a history of being an entertaining tournament where anything can happen-and usually did, after electrifying play-offs and plays by the likes of Zach Collaros, Andrew Harris, Nathan Rourke, Henoc Muamba, A.J. Ouellette, Michael Reilly, Henry Burris, Greg Ellingson, Jeremiah Masoli, Adam Bighill, Bo Levi Mitchell, Ricky Ray, Cody Fajardo, Trevor Harris, Chad Kelly ...

The little eastern Ontario town of Almonte has produced two giants in the field of athletics. Neither was a world champion, neither was an Olympic medallist, but each in his own way transformed the sports world.Both were pioneers in the development of physical education as a serious academic discipline.James Naismith contributed his own invention, basketball, to the modern world.R. Tait McKenzie left a timeless legacy in his considerable body of work in bronze sculpture, especially of athletic subjects.