Ben Charlebois

[Ben Charlebois @brcharlebois]

We could all use a little Sam Seaborn right now @RobLowe #WomensMarchtoronto #WomensMarchOnWashington @TerryFallis

[Ben Charlebois @brcharlebois]

@JeffVeillette $90M is awesome but to some I’d have to think $70M and significantly less risk that your fans think you’re selfish/overpaid/structurally handicapping your team/underperforming your contract is a better outcome.

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@mcavoyfornorris @CBCOlympics The two guys at the back don’t matter much but you really cannot change that early. The new D can’t be nearing the faceoff circle while your old D are still twenty feet from the bench.

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@strauss_matt Competent world leaders have communications teams. The leader sets the agenda and message, and staffers execute.

Not to mention — em dashes are not the tell everyone says they are — they’re quite common in professional and academic writing.

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@Ir0nEyes @walsha A Leafs player would have been summarily executed for this.

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@walsha @NHLPlayerSafety safety credibility must be at an all-time low. It’s bewildering that Parros still has a job.

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@MarilynGladuSL @GarnettGenuis What part of the Charter requires a private party to allow somebody into their space or provide them with a platform?

Does that SOS refer to the fact that a sitting MP of ten years doesn’t understand the first thing about our own constitution?

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@CarterLundy10 @m_bultman Rossi is 24 and has more points than Kasper and Danielson combined in only 17 games, and Buium is likely better than any D in the Wings system not named Seider. The other pieces are a first and Minnesota’s ‘24 first round pick. Detroit could not match this.

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@RyanHanaWWP @wedrings A 24-year old 60 point winger didn’t hurt either. It’s a gutsy trade by Minny. Detroit couldn’t have matched that.

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@mclean_rya5205 @thatkidkali89 Pro hockey players make fraction-of-a-second reactions every game, and in pretty much every collision. And the vast majority of them don’t have two extremely dangerous hits in the span of a week.

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@bdub119 @tddt_5115 Marner didn’t help his case by holding out for top money and then being invisible when needed.

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@TD_Canada this new app needs some work. No reason it should penalize you for scanning the @TimHortons app in a drive thru, pulling off the road to text or having a passenger change the music.

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@_Grunky_ @2luved @AdamWylde Having a healthy goalie who doesn’t get run all season wins games as well.

Early in the year, they should be showing teams that if you run the goalie, it’s going to hurt. At the very least so your goalie can stand a little taller but hopefully so that he can stay healthy.

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@vstathop @Steve_Dangle 100%. You need to have your goalie’s back - that’s non-negotiable. I hope Carlo heard it from Berube when he got to the room.

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@jrshortt @MikePMoffatt Because the money is from the Housing Accelerator Fund. The *only* purpose of this funding was to have a positive impact on housing.

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@40_eltron @rwesthead The Crown and the Defense can always cross-examine the others’ witnesses.

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@MaryDon55894508 @EmiliaCharles17 @MarkJCarney @CBC I’d guess that most Canadians outside of Twitter were either ambivalent, or thought it was cool (or don’t know or care what the Throne speech is). As long as we’re a constitutional monarchy, we’ll pay for the odd royal visit. Canadians don’t seem too rushed to change that.

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@MaryDon55894508 @EmiliaCharles17 @MarkJCarney @CBC Who cares?

If the King wants to act in the GG’s place that’s his prerogative. It’s mostly ceremony anyway.

[Ben Charlebois @brcharlebois]

@EmiliaCharles17 @MarkJCarney @CBC It’s called the ‘Throne’ speech. It’s read by a representative of the Throne.

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@Banx_Leaf @Matthewsfan_ @curtism19671 Cowan’s play style reminds me a lot of Marner. Pass first, perimeter, not that physical. Even plays basically the same role on the Knights PP.

Nothing like Bennett.