A tweet from the Regina Police Service: “A female on the phone while driving looked at me and gave me the finger. When I pulled her over, I told her it is not wise to give people the finger like that, and she told me I shouldn’t have been staring. I told her she shouldn’t have been on her phone. $280.”
• We are a year from a civic election. Things can change, but here are current members of council I would definitely vote for: Darren Hill, Ann Iwanchuk, Troy Davies, Randy Donauer, Mairin Loewen and Bev Dubois.
• Here’s a theory: If Andrew Scheer becomes prime minister, John Gormley will be named to the Senate. Dave Tkachuk and Lillian Eva Dyck will be retiring in 2020, opening two spots in Saskatchewan for good soldiers. If Justin Trudeau wins, he will struggle to find two Liberals in our province.
• We should have an elected Senate or no Senate.
• I found it hard to stomach listening to middle-aged, Trumpesque commentators going all in on their criticism of teenaged environmentalist Greta Thunberg. Give the kid a break, dudes.
• While watching the City of Mississauga honour Bianca Andreescu, I wondered if she had won the U.S. Open or if Justin Trudeau had.
• A tweet from @justme41767, on the death of the person who invented lozenges: “There was no coffin at the funeral.”
• From Sid Seixerio of Sportsnet: “The only thing that could ruin this Bianca Andreescu story is if she one day left Canada and signed with the Clippers.”
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• Journalist Patti Dawn Swansson, on a crowd of 9,819 watching an Argos home game against Calgary: “Apparently the guy who won the 50-50 doesn’t know what to do with the $8.40 windfall.”
• Is it just me, or have Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir retired as many times as Cher?
• From 1969 Hockey Tweets: “Flyers GM Bud Poile says that secondround draft pick Bob Clarke has a very good chance of making the Flyers right out of junior hockey. Poile likens Clarke to Bobby Orr in being able to leap from junior directly to the big league.”
• Bet 365 is predicting a Tampa Bay Las Vegas NHL final. In straight up ratings, the Leafs are ranked No. 2 in the NHL. I can see the Leafs winning the Cup this year. I will be eating a lot of crow if they do. I suppose I have earned it. At the bottom of the proverbial barrel, by a considerable margin, is Ottawa.
• From author Jeff Pearlman: “With Nick Foles out for a prolonged stretch, I’m sure it is only a matter hours before Colin Kaepernick gets the call. Oh, wait. No, an NFL team wouldn’t do that. He raped someone? No. Punched a woman? No. Did crack? No. Beat a kid? No. Led a team to the Super Bowl and knelt? Um.”
• Another from 1969 Hockey Tweets: “Interesting development with Bruins players: they have voted to demand a minimum of $100 for each TV interview and $50 for radio. Gifts of equivalent value will be accepted. The fee is the same the CBC pays for between-period interviews on Hockey Night in Canada.”
• John Cleese to the stage manager before a recent performance in Innsbruck: “Will this audience know me better from Monty Python or Fawlty Towers? He replied, ‘I don’t know. I’ve never heard of you.’”
• From Edmonton radio announcer Ryder: “If I could fight anyone in the world, it would probably be Young Sheldon.”
• When is TSN going to start showing more replays during Canadian Football League games? Viewers have been denied great plays, controversial plays and skirmishes over and over again.
• From Montreal columnist Jack Todd: “The one thing I really hope for in this hockey season is that we finally can get some news about the Toronto Maple Leafs and Auston Matthews. They’re so neglected, especially by our sports networks.”
• I wonder if Matthews was wearing boxers or briefs.
• Another from Swansson: “Why don’t I hear the name Craig Dickenson included in the chatter about the top sideline steward this season? Is it because, unlike his brother Dave, the Gang Green rookie head coach doesn’t have a non-stop, 24/7 squawk box? Seems to me that the Quiet Dickenson deserves to be in the discussion.”
• The Riders’ Dickenson or Khari Jones will be named the top coach. And Corey Chamblin will go down in CFL history as the worst coach ever with a Grey Cup championship.
• Another from Todd: “I figured New Zealand would beat Canada 70-0 at the Rugby World Cup, but Canada held the All-Blacks to 63-0. Good going, Canada! Fancy a spot of hockey, Kiwis?
-Cam Hutchinson