Euros 2024 Finals

Posted on July 13, 2024 by Edward Brain

The Euros 2024 Finals are now set and will go down on July 14th, 2024 in Berlin, Germany.

In the Finals, England takes on Spain.

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Euro 2024 Semi-Finals

Posted on July 7, 2024 by Edward Brain

The Semi-Finals for the Euro 2024 are now set.

The Semi-Finals go down on July 9th in Munich and July 10th in Dorlmund.

Both games are set to be played at 21:00 (9:00 p.m.) Central European Summer Time (CEST) or UTC+2.

In the Semi-Finals we see the following match-ups:

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Euro 2024 Quarterfinals

Posted on July 5, 2024 by Edward Brain

The Euro 2024 Quarterfinals are set to start today. We are now down to eight teams from the 24 that qualified for the tournament

In the four match-ups we will see the following teams play:

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Canada Celebrates 157 Years of Confederation

Posted on July 1, 2024 by Edward Brain

Today marks the 157th birthday for the Dominion of Canada since Confederation on July 1st, 1867.

Confederation was created thanks to the hard work of many people, and helped to create the Canada we know today.

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Euro 2024 Round of 16

Posted on June 29, 2024 by Edward Brain

The Round of 16 for Euro 2024 is now set.

Let’s look at the brackets:

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Euro 2024 June 14th to July 14th 2024

Posted on June 14, 2024 by Edward Brain
Euro 2024 Logo

The 2024 UEFA European Football Championship (Euro 2024) opens today with Germany hosting the event. This is the 17th edition of the tournament.

24 countries are represented with Georgia making their debut.

Italy is the defending Champions after beating England in a shootout in the Euro 2020 tournament (held in 2021 due to the pandemic.)

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80th Anniversary of D-Day Landings

Posted on June 6, 2024 by Edward Brain

Today, June 6th, 2024, marks the 80th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings as part of Operation Overlord – the opening of the second front in Europe as part of World War II.

As part of Operation Overlord, the D-Day Landings were officially given the code name of Operation Neptune.

On this day in 1944, troops from Canada, the U.K., and the U.S.A landed at five beaches along the Normandy coast: Gold, Juno, Omaha, Sword, and Utah,

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2024 Stanley Cup Finals

Posted on June 3, 2024 by Edward Brain

The 2024 Stanley Cup Finals is now set.

Starting June 8th, the Edmonton Oilers (Western Conference) take on the Florida Panthers (Eastern Conference.)

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2024 NHL Conference Finals

Posted on May 21, 2024 by Edward Brain

The 2024 NHL Conference Finals are now set.

Let’s look at the match-ups:

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Happy Victoria Day, 2024

Posted on May 20, 2024 by Edward Brain
Queen Victoria. By Henry Pierce Bone/ After George Hayter – Royal Collection RCIN 422373, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=636543

Today, May 20th 2024, is Victoria Day in Canada. I want to wish every Canadian a very happy and safe Victoria Day.

Today marks the celebration of the birthday of Canada’s first monarch, Queen Victoria, who reigned from 1837 to 1901 and was Monarch when four British colonies – Canada West (Ontario), Canada East (Quebec), New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia – were combined together to create the Dominion of Canada.

Queen Victoria would see Canada grow rapidly, with the purchase of Rupert’s Land to form the Northwest Territory, as well Manitoba, British Columbia, and Prince Edward Island all joining Confederation.

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