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Canada Jubilant Wins most Gold Medals (14) in 2010 Winter Olympics Canada Wins Gold Medal in Ice Hockey Sidney Crosby scores Overtime Winner – beats USA Updated: Sunday, 28 Feb 2010, 6:33 PM EST Paul Peck http://www.wivb.com/dpp/sports/sabres_and_nhl/Canada-WIns-Gold-Medal VANCOUVER (WIVB) - Sidney Crosby beat Ryan Miller in overtime to give Canada a 3-2 win and the Olympic hocky gold medal. Crosby's goal came 7;40 into the extra session off a pass from Jarome Iginla.

Canada’s Ken Pereira with world elite field hockey players at India Gate Photos forwarded by Rudy Fernandes On February 26, the Captains of the twelve teams participating in the 2010 FIH World Cup were gathered in front of India Gate, an emblematic landmark of Delhi. They posed for an historic picture around the coveted World Cup trophy. For more on the FIH World Cup Click here Click to enlarge The Canadian Team was represented by its Captain Ken PEREIRA. For profile of Ken see: http://www.olympic.ca/en/athletes/ken-pereira/

Vancouver 2010 Debacle - Indo-Canadian, Chinese communities upset http://www.southasianobserver.com/south_asian_canadian_news.php?mid=2&cid=1967 Watch The Colbert Report – interview with Ujjal Dosangh | ( Feb 19 2010 ) http://www.colbertnation.com The Colbert Report : February 22, 2010 | (02/22/10) Clip 2 of 4 http://watch.thecomedynetwork.ca/the-colbert-report/full-episodes/#clip269121   Vancouver: The Indo-Canadian and Chinese communities want representation at the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics as they felt ignored at the opening ceremony. Both communities make up 30 per cent of the Greater Vancouver area. Indo-Canadian activist Sukhi Sandhu told The Associated Press that "it was a slap in the face. You'd expect in an event of this magnitude, diversity would be entrenched in every aspect." "Usually in any Olympic Games, the host city will use the opening ceremony to show the world what that city is all about," said Peter Kwok, a civic leader in the Chinese community. "They did a good job telling the early history of Canada - then they forgot about today's Canada, which is multicultural." VANOC's CEO, John Furlong, addressed the complaints this week, saying it was a "complex challenge" to portray Canada's ethnic mosaic. He indicated it was too late to modify the closing ceremony, but suggested that by the end of the show there would be no doubt "who we are and who is here." Indira Prahst, a sociology instructor at Langara College who serves on Vancouver's multicultural advisory committee, suggested the damage already was irreparable. "In my opinion, it's too late," said Prahst, of mixed German and Indo-Canadian background. "We should have had a chapter on immigrants in the opening ceremony. When we have a stage to showcase our multicultural society to the world, why are we invisible?".

Brother André of Montreal made a saint by Pope http://www.catholicregister.org/content/view/3904/849/ Friday, 19 February 2010 | Written by Catholic Register Staff, VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI will create six new saints Oct. 17, including Blessed Andre Bessette, the first Canadian-born man to become a saint. Brother Andre founded St. Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal in Montreal and was known for his intense piety, famed for miraculous cures and praised for his dedication to building the shrine to honour St. Joseph. At a press conference at St. Joseph's Oratory, Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte called the announcement “the best thing that could have happened this year for the Church of Montreal.” “I have always been impressed by this man, both a humble man and a visionary, a man of deep faith,” Turcotte said. “(He is) an example of determination, still relevant today in 2010." Prime Minister Prime Minister Stephen Harper also praised the news. "Brother Andre's life shows us the power of faith and the importance of concern for the sick and others in need," Harper said in a statement. "In this solemn act, the Roman Catholic Church is honouring a Canadian who achieved greatness through humility, determination and service to others." Br. Andre was declared venerable in 1978 and beatified in 1982. Born Alfred Bessette Aug. 9, 1845, in Saint-Gregoire d'Iberville, southeast of Montreal, he was orphaned at age 10 and suffered from a chronic stomach ailment that kept him out of school and often without work. He worked as a labourer in New England and when he returned to Montreal at 25, Blessed Andre could not read and his health was so fragile the Holy Cross brothers assigned him to be the doorman at Montreal's College of Notre Dame, where the congregation had just opened its novitiate. Ordained a lay brother in 1874, he began to counsel lay people and and prayed with those who were ill. Over time he gained the reputation of a healer and someone who could perform miracles. He is credited with thousands of miraculous healings. He once commented, "When I joined this community, the superiors showed me the door." He founded St. Joseph's Oratory in 1904 where he lived until his death on Jan. 6, 1937, at the age of 91. The then bishop of Montreal, George Gauthier, decided to revive a medieval custom and had Br. Andre's heart removed and preserved in a place of honour at the Oratory. Last December, Br. Andre was attributed with a second miracle by Pope Benedict, which cleared the way for canonization. The Canadian Provincial Superior of the Congregation of Holy Cross, Father Jean-Pierre Aumont, CSC called the canonization a “wonderful gift. “For the religious of Holy Cross, it represents more than ever a source of inspiration, a model of faith and trust in God and in the human condition,” said Aumont. “He shows us how to envision great things and how to look toward the future!".

Canada's aging population to add to budget woes: official (AFP) – http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iEyn OTTAWA - The Canadian government's current fiscal structure is not sustainable, due largely to an aging Canadian population, the parliamentary budget officer warned Thursday in a report. "Under the current fiscal structure, the government's debt relative to GDP (gross domestic product) is projected to increase on a substantial and sustained basis over the long term," the report said. Thus "the government's current fiscal structure is not sustainable over the long term," it said. Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page explained that "a major demographic transition" is starting to strain government finances. As a large portion of the Canadian population nears retirement, spending pressures on health care and elderly benefits are likely to intensify, according to the report. At the same time, slower labor force growth is projected to restrain growth in the economy, which will in turn slow the growth of government revenue, it said. To close the gap, Ottawa must increase taxes or reduce program spending, Page concluded. However, a fix is not required immediately, he added.

Over half of Canadians see no appropriate age to retire and think retirement age is a personal choice: RBC Poll One-third of working Canadians will never retire TORONTO, Feb. 22 /CNW/ - More than half of Canadians (57 per cent) feel there is no appropriate age for retirement and deciding when to retire is a personal choice, according to the 20th Annual RBC RRSP Poll. Nearly one-in-three Canadians (31 per cent) who are still working say they will never retire and one-quarter (26 per cent) think the term 'old' depends on how you feel. According to Statistics Canada, the average life expectancy of Canadians has steadily increased since 1979, with current life expectancy at birth listed at 78 years for men and 83 years for women. By age 65, men's life expectancy increases to 83 years and women's increases to 86 years. "The average Canadian retirement age is about 62 years but boomers are increasingly choosing to stay working or return to the workforce after retirement," said Lee Anne Davies, head, Retirement Strategies, RBC Royal Bank. "The form your retirement takes depends heavily on personal choices, but planning earlier will give you more options down the road." One-third of Canadians (35 per cent) feel that Canada's aging population will be a financial burden and younger Canadians aged 18-34 are more inclined to feel this way (46 per cent). "Boomers are the first generation to be faced with caring for aging parents as they near retirement themselves," said Davies. "Ninety-one per cent are looking forward to 'me time' in retirement, but the needs of family members may make this a challenge. That is why it's important to set your retirement goals from both a financial and a lifestyle perspective." These are some of the findings the RBC 20th Annual RBC Poll conducted by Ipsos Reid between October 21 and November 2, 2009. For this survey, a national sample of 1,457 adults from Ipsos' Canadian online panel was interviewed online. Weighting was then employed to balance demographics and ensure that the sample's composition reflects that of the adult population according to Census data and to provide results intended to approximate the sample universe. A survey with an un weighted probability sample of this size and a 100 per cent response rate would have an estimated margin of error of +/-2.56 percentage points 19 times out of 20 of what the results would have been had the entire population of adults in Canada been polled. All sample surveys and polls may be subject to other sources of error, including, but not limited to coverage error, and measurement error. Your Future by Design (R) is RBC's distinctive approach to help clients identify, plan, and realize their goals for retirement. With the guidance of RBC financial planners and investment and retirement planners, Your Future by Design helps clients create a blueprint for a successful lifestyle and financial plan for retirement based on what is truly important to them in key areas in life, including family, health, home, lifestyle, work/business, mind and spirit, and legacy. To find out more about how RBC can help build a blueprint for the future,   visit www.rbc.com/yourfuture  or call 1-866-335-4055.