Originally posted as part of my Canadian culture newsletter/ ezine.

Hockey Night in Canada music played by an orchestra.

This has been called Canada's second national anthem. Due to legal issues it is no longer played by the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) at hockey games. But, it is missed, a lot!

Canadian People

Foster Hewitt was born into a sports family. His father and two of his uncles were sports journalists. At the age of 13 he started working for a newspaper called Toronto News, and by 20 became its sports editor.

On March 22, 1923, Hewitt called his first hockey game (with Radio station CFCA started in 1922), an intermediate hockey playoff game between a team from Kitchener and one from Toronto.

But it was at that game that his famous phrase "he shoots, he scores!" was born.

At his peak, Foster Hewitt was probably the most recognized voice in Canada. His audiences numbered six million _{one third of the population of Canada at the time} and he received 90,000 fan letters each year.

Hewitt is reputed to have never missed a game, calling over 5,000 sporting events in his career. Foster Hewitt received many accolades over his life. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1965, named to the Order of Canada in 1972 and was also a member of the Canada Sports Hall of Fame.

Foster Hewitt died April 21, 1985 at 83 years of age. In 1989, he was inducted into the CAB Broadcast Hall of Fame.

Sources:

• CBC - Foster Hewitt: The Birth of Hockey
• History of Canadian Broadcasting - Foster Hewitt (1902 - 1985)

Foster Hewitt at GoodReads

Amazon.ca - Foster Hewitt: His Own Story (1967)

### Canadian Places

Uncovering the Lost Town of Shulie, Nova Scotia: Nothing Left but Memories-

• YouTube video - Must Visit Places in Nova Scotia (Canada's most beautiful place?) - Aly Smalls

• Epic Nova Scotia Roadtrip | Peggy's Cove, Lunenburg, Bay of Fundy + Luckett Vineyards - Alina Mcleod

Canadian Things

Why is it such a battle to buy "Made in Canada" or "Product of Canada"  goods?

This Hour Has 22 Minutes

• Facebook link - Where's it Packaged?

• YouTube link - There's only one winner in a trade war...

Canadian Links

Omegadoc - Desktop publishing software (free to use). - Made in Canada.

Canadian History Ehx

Dictionary of Canadian Biography

History of Canadian Broadcasting

The Alliance of Canadian Land Trusts

Ontario Farmland Trust

Government of Canada - Campaigns and Promotions

Canadian Network of Community Land Trusts

GoodReads - Calling All Canadians

GoodReads - Canadian Content

The website I found this on is gone years ago. But, the idea is not. I have wondered why Canada doesn't have its own hocky league, not including teams in the US. Why is the NHL, not really the National Hockey League, for Canada instead of North America (not including Mexico, so far).

Here is what had been posted as the 'About' page on the old site:

The Campaign for Canadian Hockey Independence

WE - THE HOCKEY PEOPLE OF CANADA - are tired of waiting, paying and being ignored.... and, after much debate and discussion, on July 4th, 2009, the People came together to form a Revolutionary organization.

This organization - The Canadian Revolution - is a Campaign for Canadian Hockey Independence ... and we have a goal in mind. A cross-Canada, world-class professional hockey league that serves the interests of all involved: Owners/Cities, Players and Fans.

Our organization – at once both grassroots as well as connected – is comprised of a broad spectrum of Canadian hockey patriots. By agitating for our common purpose – and planning to deliver upon that promise – we are laying the foundation for Canadian hockey success stories written across this great land and for many years to come.

WE know that no task is easy. But once we have unveiled the plan – and we have all had a chance to debate and discuss the open and honest facts (for a change), the Revolutionary committee is confident that we will ‘fill the rink' with ease in terms of attracting interested cities (more than 25 cities in Canada have populations in excess of 100,000.... or almost 1,000,000 by American standards based upon a new statistical model, the Hockey Avidity Quotient/HAQ).

WE have heard the Players' Association lament the League's refusal to ‘pass the puck to Canada ' and we also know that the players, specifically the Canadian players, have been seeking a more equitable model of operation. The Plan will unveil a true partnership for all involved.

WE have heard the protests, the anguished pleas of the fine citizens of Winnipeg and Quebec City and we, the Canadian Revolution, avow to protect the rights of all Canadian hockey fans against the impartial removal of franchises (and, amazingly, the refusal to allow for their re-absorption back into the Canadian hockey hotbed).

WE are you – and YOU are WE. WE are all Canadian Hockey Patriots.

And, on August 1st, 2009, the Revolution will intensify as the Plan is revealed and, for the first time in our collective sporting history, Canadians will have the opportunity of controlling their own hockey destiny, clear of any undue or unwanted foreign influence.

WE THE HOCKEY PEOPLE OF CANADA STAND READY TO FIGHT THE CANADIAN REVOLUTION AND INVITE ONE AND ALL TO JOIN US IN THE CAMPAIGN FOR CANADIAN HOCKEY INDEPENDENCE !

The Communications Committee The Canadian Revolution July 8, 2009