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Heated war debate spills into hockey night in canada

On March 22nd, Don Cherry of CBC's Hockey Night in Canada stood up for America and criticized the Canadian government for its anti-war, anti-American stance. Now the CBC website has yanked the March 22nd Real Video link from its Don Cherry Coach's Corner homepage. I had viewed the entire 7-minute clip just the other night, but now it's the ONLY video clip that is missing from the entire hockey season's archives! This comes after Cherry delivered more harsh criticism of the Canadian government and anti-war "kooks" in a recent U.S. radio interview. The freshly-censored CBC web page is: http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/hnic/coach.html The...

Cherry thought he could be fired Canadian Press Don Cherry thought he might be fired over his pro-American rant on a recent Coach's Corner, but that didn't stop him from going on a U.S. radio show Monday to give a tongue-lashing to Quebecers who booed the American national anthem, Canada for not sending troops to Iraq and "those kooks" protesting the war. Cherry, interviewed on the Jim Rome syndicated program, also took a swing at filmmaker Michael Moore, came to Wayne Gretzky's defence and chided Canada's "left-wing" media. Cherry told Rome the CBC was "awful upset" about his and Ron...

St. Albans, VT – If Don Cherry had been ranting here in the United States instead of Canada, it might well have been the broadcast equivalent of "If a tree falls in the woods …" His pro-America, slam-Canada attack following the crass booing of the Star-Spangled Banner at a recent Montreal hockey game might have been big news in Canada and even the subject of a mini-inquiry at the CBC, but here in the land of talk radio, he might not even make it to air. At the very least, he'd be asked to join a long, long line of...

Canada noticeably absent from the list of U.S. allies thanked George W. Bush delivered a speech yesterday at the U.S. military's central command headquarters in Florida. There was little unusual about it, except perhaps for the clear emotion Mr. Bush showed when he came to that point, as he has done repeatedly in the week since the war in Iraq began, to give thanks for America's allies. The British came first, of course — their ground forces, Royal Air Force, Royal Navy. Then came Australia, for her navy gunfire support and fighter aircraft. The President went on, thanking the Polish...

TORONTO -- Don Cherry's pro-American rant on the war in Iraq wasn't a hit with Hockey Night In Canada viewers nor apparently with the CBC itself. "The CBC does not feel Hockey Night In Canada is the appropriate place for discussion on the war in Iraq," CBC spokeswoman Ruth-Ellen Soles said Monday. ... It started with Cherry commenting on Montreal Canadiens fans booing the American national anthem last Thursday before a game against the New York Islanders. Cherry, wearing a tie emblazoned with U.S. colors, apologized on behalf of Canadians, saying that "years of pride went down the drain" with...

http://www.canoe.ca/TorontoNews/home.html Only shame will remain for our country By PETER WORTHINGTON, TORONTO SUN As the war against Saddam Hussein continues on schedule -- so far, one of history's most effective campaigns -- a wise decision by the Americans was to have journalists with individual units. To some, this is a radical departure -- an issue of controversy inside the military, from those who remember Vietnam and what they viewed as treasonous media. This war is different -- even from the Gulf War, when the media were curtailed to press conferences and escorted into forward areas only after they had been...