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[Old Canada Series @oldcanadaseries]

Today is Tom Longboat Day in Canada. Thomas Charles Longboat, Iroquois name Cogwagee, was an Onondaga distance runner from the Six Nations Reserve near Brantford, Ontario. Longboat, born in 1887, would go on to become the most globally known Canadian athlete of the first half of the 20th century. His dominant victory at the Boston marathon in 1907, with a lead of 5 minutes over the 2nd place finisher, was reported and celebrated around the world. Marathon racing at the time holding global cache.

In February 1916 Longboat enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Forces running messages between military posts, earning the nickname the “Bulldog of Brittania”.

After a tumultuous adulthood back in Canada, Longboat would pass away in 1949 at 61 on the Six Nations Reserve of his birth.

June 4th in Canada is Tom Longboat day.

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“I know where I’m going and I know the truth, and I don’t have to be what you want me to be. I’m free to be what I want”.

10 years since the passing of the Greatest. Muhammad Ali.

Rumble, young man, rumble.

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@DrMayaAngelou @TupacShakurLC when legends meet

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When Tupac Shakur met Maya Angelou.

And she had some very powerful words for him.

She passed on this day May 28 in 2014. This was one of her last interviews.

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The Canadiens' organization is shocked and saddened to learn of the sudden passing of Claude Lemieux at the age of 60. Our hearts go out to Claude's family and friends during this difficult time.

News release ↓
https://t.co/mSXSKWwx0F

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Undersung hero.

When classical music met the club floor with cello, electronics and that ghostly, fragile voice.

Arthur Russell’s music was from another timeline.

Another devastating loss from AIDS. He would have turned 75 today.

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More than reasonable.

#GHG

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This is the song for today.

“Everybody Loves the Sunshine”
Roy Ayers.

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Le Capitaine

#GHG

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MONTRÉAL, ÊTES-VOUS LÀ?

MONTREAL, ARE YOU READY?

#GoHabsGo

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@EdInTheBush Yes! Here’s the link with that animation https://t.co/oXcvbqIdrT

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We used to do a thing on the red chair show called Best Story Ever and Robert Pattinson served up this one.

Happy 40th Robert !

[Devin Heroux @Devin_Heroux]

Classy move by the Toronto Tempo ahead of tonight’s WNBA game.

A moment of silence here for Jason Collins, the first openly gay NBA player, and Canadian NBA player Brandon Clarke.

Gone far too soon.

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He changed the job description of what a comedian could be.
He was a cultural diagnostician disguised as a stand-up comic.

This a George Carlin appreciation post on what would have been his 89th birthday.

Happy Birthday to the OG Carlin.

[The Hill Times @TheHillTimes]

UNLOCKED | Rose LeMay: Stand with Indigenous women on May 5

https://t.co/OXGEbBuK1t

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Situated in the eastern part of the Nile delta, lies the city of Zagazig, Egypt.

And there you can find this trio of teens making punk rock (and maybe the only band in that town).

Loving Vemto’s rooftop performances.

[Made In Canada @MadelnCanada]

Only in Montreal do they make a Stanley Cup replica out of city construction cones 😂🔥

[Vernon Reid @vurnt22]

Baldwin becomes more incisive with time. Novelist. Short story writer. Playwright. Essayist. Unrecognized American Philosopher.

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Le calme avant la tempête

The calm before the storm

#GoHabsGo

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Love this band.

Flashback to 2010 performance of the haunting beauty of “Islands” from the xx.

#flashbackfriday