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Hamilton Spectator
3 days ago
- Sport
- Hamilton Spectator
Oilers fans find a home in Calgary bars as Edmonton takes another shot at the Cup
CALGARY - About an hour before every Edmonton Oilers game for the next few weeks, Ernie Tsu plans to stroll down the street in Calgary for a cup of sake. Wearing his Oilers jersey, he'll then walk from the restaurant back to join a raucous crowd of Edmonton fans at his bar in the heart of Calgary's Red Mile, the name given to the stretch of 17th Avenue during the Flames' 2004 Stanley Cup run. 'I'm pretty superstitious,' Tsu, owner of Trolley 5 Restaurant and Brewery, said in the lead-up to the Stanley Cup final between the Oilers and the Florida Panthers. Edmonton won Game 1 on Wednesday. 'Since I've been having sake there, they haven't lost (a series).' Trolley 5, a not-so-secret hub for Oilers fans in rival Calgary, has flourished in the team's consecutive runs for the Cup. Two large flags — one for the Oilers, another for Alberta — hang from the rafters of the three-storey bar. Aside from a few framed flaming C jerseys plastered to the wall, it's evident oil country has found a home while the local franchise remains excluded from the playoffs for the third straight year. As the Flames continue to rebuild, the Oilers have provided another springtime boom for Calgary sports bars. The Oilers surged past the Los Angeles Kings, Vegas Golden Knights and Dallas Stars in the first three rounds. Tsu said Calgary's community of Oilers fans has grown organically since he opened the bar nine years ago. He now likens it to a family. Earlier in the week, he took 30 diehard followers out for dim sum as a thank you. This year, he said, more Oilers fans have seemed engaged in light of surging patriotism. 'I'd say there's more people, and I think with the U.S. tariffs, you've got more people supporting a Canadian team,' he said. Not all Calgary bar owners are as thrilled by another successful Oilers run. 'I'm a Matthew Tkachuk-Florida fan for the rest of the season,' said Mike Shupenia, referring to the Panthers' captain and former Flames player. 'I will never be an Oilers fan.' But he'll take the business. The owner and manager of Side Street Pub and Eatery in Calgary's Kensington neighbourhood suspects his restaurant would be just as busy if the Flames were gunning for the Cup. During last year's finals, people were lining up for tables as early as 3 p.m. The Calgary-raised Shupenia is begrudgingly offering service to Oilers faithful this year. A handful of red goal lights around the bar go off every time Edmonton scores. And the bar gives a boxing championship belt decorated in Oilers blue and orange to the winner of a raffle, with five-dollar entries given to a children's food charity. For now, Shupenia is bracing for perhaps the busiest few weeks of the year. But he'll keep his fingers crossed behind the bar for the Panthers to claim their second straight Cup. If not, he said, 'I don't think we'll ever be able to live it down.' This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 5, 2025.
Global News
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Global News
Sara Quin of Tegan and Sara calls for kindness and civility to end political division
Pop musician Sara Quin says social media has 'tragically torn the world to shreds' in recent years, and it's time people consider ways to re-establish a more positive sense of community. The Calgary-raised performer, who's part of the duo Tegan and Sara, says while she's certain some have found 'beautiful connection online,' she fears it's done more to 'ruin the world' and stoke political divisions. Quin was joined by her twin sister Tegan at Toronto's Departure Festival for a conversation about the Tegan and Sara Foundation, which they created in 2016 after the election of U.S. President Donald Trump. The foundation offers financial support to grassroots and community-based organizations such as youth summer camps, and helped create an LGBTQ2 health-care directory. 1:52 Tegan and Sara use Junos speech to call out policies affecting trans youth The sisters say they want to back initiatives that help build stronger communities, something that's become even more important to them in their mid-40s. Story continues below advertisement Sara Quin says she used to subscribe to the mindset that it was better to 'silence, shun or push out' people who didn't agree with her views, but she found it only left her feeling isolated. Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. Sign up for daily National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy 'We have got to be willing to listen to each other, make space for ideas and opinions that don't line up with ours, and figure out if there's a consensus,' she said Wednesday. 'I just want to see people be civil with each other,' she added. 'I don't want to see politicians dismissing, chastising and brutalizing each other for fun, likes (or) bits on the internet. I just want to see people be kinder.'
Hamilton Spectator
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Hamilton Spectator
Sara Quin of Tegan and Sara urges kindness, civility to end political division
TORONTO - Pop musician Sara Quin says social media has 'tragically torn the world to shreds' in recent years, and it's time people consider ways to reestablish a more positive sense of community. The Calgary-raised performer, who's part of the duo Tegan and Sara, says while she's certain some have found 'beautiful connection online,' she fears it's done more to 'ruin the world' and stoke political divisions. Quin was joined by her twin sister Tegan at Toronto's Departure Festival for a conversation about the Tegan and Sara Foundation, which they created in 2016 after the election of U.S. President Donald Trump. The foundation offers financial support to grassroots and community-based organizations such as youth summer camps, and helped create an LGBTQ+ health care directory. The sisters say they want to back initiatives that help build stronger communities, something that's become even more important to them in their mid-40s. Sara Quin says she used to subscribe to the mindset that it was better to 'silence, shun or push out' people who didn't agree with her views, but she found it only left her feeling isolated. 'We have got to be willing to listen to each other, make space for ideas and opinions that don't line up with ours, and figure out if there's a consensus,' she said Wednesday. 'I just want to see people be civil with each other,' she added. 'I don't want to see politicians dismissing, chastising and brutalizing each other for fun, likes (or) bits on the internet. I just want to see people be kinder.' This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 7, 2025.
Winnipeg Free Press
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Winnipeg Free Press
Sara Quin of Tegan and Sara urges kindness, civility to end political division
TORONTO – Pop musician Sara Quin says social media has 'tragically torn the world to shreds' in recent years, and it's time people consider ways to reestablish a more positive sense of community. The Calgary-raised performer, who's part of the duo Tegan and Sara, says while she's certain some have found 'beautiful connection online,' she fears it's done more to 'ruin the world' and stoke political divisions. Quin was joined by her twin sister Tegan at Toronto's Departure Festival for a conversation about the Tegan and Sara Foundation, which they created in 2016 after the election of U.S. President Donald Trump. Sara, left, and Tegan Quin from Tegan and Sara pose for a photograph in Toronto, on Friday, September 9, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov The foundation offers financial support to grassroots and community-based organizations such as youth summer camps, and helped create an LGBTQ+ health care directory. The sisters say they want to back initiatives that help build stronger communities, something that's become even more important to them in their mid-40s. Sara Quin says she used to subscribe to the mindset that it was better to 'silence, shun or push out' people who didn't agree with her views, but she found it only left her feeling isolated. 'We have got to be willing to listen to each other, make space for ideas and opinions that don't line up with ours, and figure out if there's a consensus,' she said Wednesday. 'I just want to see people be civil with each other,' she added. Winnipeg Free Press | Newsletter Winnipeg Jets Game Days On Winnipeg Jets game days, hockey writers Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe send news, notes and quotes from the morning skate, as well as injury updates and lineup decisions. Arrives a few hours prior to puck drop. Sign up for The Warm-Up 'I don't want to see politicians dismissing, chastising and brutalizing each other for fun, likes (or) bits on the internet. I just want to see people be kinder.' This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 7, 2025.
CBC
12-02-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
Burlington, Ont.'s, Josh Ross and Calgary's Tate McRae lead Juno nominations with 5 each
The Junos will air on CBC live from Vancouver's Rogers Arena on March 30 Country performer Josh Ross reached a personal Juno Awards milestone on Tuesday and he did it in good company with breakout pop singer Tate McRae. Both rising Canadian stars led the contenders at this year's Junos with five nominations each, and Ross says he's delighted to have done it alongside McRae. "I'm a huge Tate fan," Ross said while en route to a Nashville songwriting session. "She's just killing it internationally, so it's really amazing having as many nominations as her." The Burlington, Ont. country singer landed several nods in the same marquee categories as the Calgary-raised dancer-turned-pop singer. They're both up for single and artist of the year, as well as for the viewer-voted fan choice award. The pair will also go head-to-head for album of the year — McRae is nominated for her sophomore record "Think Later," and Ross for "Complicated." They're trailed by fellow fan choice contenders Shawn Mendes and the Weeknd who hold four noms each. Michael Buble will host the Junos for the third time The Junos will air on CBC live from Vancouver's Rogers Arena on March 30. Pop crooner Michael Buble marks his third time as host. McRae has been a favourite of the Junos since she picked up her first nomination in 2021. She won two awards last year — artist of the year and single of the year for her hit "Greedy." Ross is newer on the Junos scene, having only previously been nominated for the fan choice prize. Other big nominees this year are Karan Aujla and AP Dhillon, two breakout stars of the burgeoning Punjabi music world. They're both nominated three times, including in the newly minted South Asian music recording of the year category. Fellow South Asian category nominee Jonita Gandhi, who performs under her first name, said seeing her song "Love Like That" listed beside some of the genre's biggest stars is meaningful. "It's been a long time coming, but I feel really happy that there are so many big strides being made to have South Asian representation on the global platform like the Junos," she said. "This is something I grew up watching, you know, watching Avril Lavigne, Celine Dion, all of my favourites get up on that stage. And now, to be nominated for an award, that's crazy to me. I feel so empowered." This year's nominees were announced without the usual splashy Toronto press conference. Organizers opted to trickle out details of some categories on morning radio shows before they fired out details on all of the contenders through social media. Some nominees then participated in a virtual press conference ahead of a planned evening soiree in Toronto. "We're trying something different," Junos head Allan Reid explained to kick off the virtual conference. "We've been doing our standard press conference for a number of years, and one of the things is that so few artists can even attend that, especially some of the key artists who are major nominees." The album of the year contenders represent an array of languages, with Elisapie's "Inuktitut" recorded in the Inuk singer's native tongue, Quebec singer Roxane Bruneau's "Submerge" in French and Sukha's "Undisputed" in Punjabi. McRae's "Think Later" and Ross's "Complicated" are both in English. For single of the year, the nominees are Ross for "Single Again," Aujla's "Winning Speech," "Mendes for "Why Why Why," McRae with "Exes" and "Timeless," a collaboration between the Weeknd and Atlanta rapper Playboi Carti. Rock band Sum 41, which recently wrapped a farewell tour, was previously announced as the Canadian Music Hall of Fame inductee. Matthew Samuels, better known as Toronto producer Boi-1da, will receive the international achievement award for a career that includes working on Drake's first mixtape. Burlington, Ont.-native Sarah Harmer is this year's humanitarian award recipient for her support of environmental and human rights issues.
