Hockey is back today with the first games of the NHL regular season. Meanwhile, the federal election is over the halfway mark, and pollsters are working tirelessly to provide insights on how the race is going.
Fun Fact of the day:
With the quest for Lord Stanley beginning today, which NHL player has won the most Stanley Cups?
Dec 25/65 Henri Richard sets up 3 goals for @CanadiensMTL before scoring gamewinner in 4-3 win vs visiting @DetroitRedWings. Richard assists in each period before scoring winning goal with 2:11 remaining in 3rd. It's the last Christmas Day game played at the Forum @v_couture pic.twitter.com/SfpuErO0kK
— Team Canada 1972 (@TeamCanada1972) December 25, 2018
Henri Richard played for the Montreal Canadiens from 1955 to 1975, and his full 19-season career couldn’t have taken place on a more dominant team. The Younger brother of Maurice “The Rocket” Richard won 11 Stanley Cup championships with the Habs, including five in a row from 1956 -1960.
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In case you missed it (ICYMI):
It’s day 21 of the federal election in Canada, and according to a 338Canada poll updated Tuesday the Conservatives are leading in the North-Okanagan Shuswap.
MP Mel Arnold was projected to have 41.3 per cent support if the vote was held yesterday. Cindy Derkas and the Liberals trail with a projected 21.4 per cent, while the Green Party’s Marc Reinarz and New Democratic Party’s Harwinder Sandhu are neck and neck at 17.4 and 16.3 per cent. Kyle Delfing of the People’s Party of Canada is projected to win 3.2 per cent of the popular vote.
The 338Canada project is run by Philippe J. Fournier, a political contributor to L’actualité and Maclean’s.
By day, Philippe J. Fournier teaches astrophysics at a Montreal Cegep. By night, he runs @Qc_125, producing some of Canada's most successful electoral projections.
Go behind the polls with @catkat_odonnell and @evelynegoulet https://t.co/gbD5KOLhdy
— McGill Journal of Political Studies – Online (@MJPSonline) August 9, 2019
Video of the day:
You don’t need to understand the science behind this to appreciate it – but if you do, even better!
WATCH: American chases Elton John through B.C., Canada to celebrate 57
