'Heave-Ho': Edward Cornwallis

Back in the day, when I was a cub reporter at the 'Mail-Star,' our page one editor, the legendary Bill McCall, was famous for composing crisp headlines.
One of his favourite banner heads, often placed above the masthead, which appeared at least once per week, read, "(Insert topic name) Stirs Local Scene.'

We reporters would share a lot of chuckles ... privately, mainly because we had so much respect for Bill, who had covered the famous Lindbergh flight back in 1927.
(Bet you didn't know, Dear Reader, that Charles Lindbergh flew over Halifax on that historic solo flight across the Atlantic, and that our local newspapers played a vital role in reporting his progress toward Paris.)
Bill McCall and his headlines would be right in the thick of it today, as the 'politically correct' crowd have another spin at revising history: they want to banish the name of our Halifax founder, Edward Cornwallis, from historical accounts.
This is just their latest salvo.

Bring on TV Sports!

In springtime, it's always a sports fan's dream.
With all the extra TV Sports channels, we can catch events from around the globe, and never have to ask: 'Will that game be in TV?'
A few weeks ago, Canada was enveloped by curling. 'The Brier' featured week-long coverage on TSN.
The Brad Gushue rink from Newfoundland and Labrador, captured the event -- undefeated -- and went on to win the 'The Worlds' -- again, undefeated! TSN provided extensive coverage.
In the U-S, it was all 'March Madness,' when all 66 American college basketball games were on TV, often available from four different venues at the same time.
The championship winner was the University of South Carolina.

Sergio Garcia won the Masters last weekend on the first hole of a playoff, on his 19th attempt.
BTW - We don't watch much golf in this household, but, a few years ago, we started watching the back nine on Sunday in the Masters. Again this year, the golf shots -- and the coverage by CBS -- were both excellent!