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Hot take here but I think it’s likely long-term the Als move West to a somewhat more accessible area of Downtown Montreal to a shared stadium with a Montreal/Concordia CIS teams. Quebec City is also an option. The current situation can’t go on much longer on a money-in, money-out cash flow basis with the lack of available revenue at McGill. They’ve got the right owner now who can align government with his empire to get things done…has a strong history of doing that.

CFL reaches agreement on sale of Montreal Alouettes: report By 3Down Staff -March 9, 2023 The Montreal Alouettes have finally been sold, according to a new report from Richard Dufour of LaPresse. The deal is expected to be announced during a press conference at Olympic Stadium on Friday morning. CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie will be in attendance. The CFL took over interim control of the Alouettes franchise last month in the hopes of finding a new owner. The team’s future was placed in jeopardy after the estate of the late Sid Spiegel elected to stop funding operations. The Alouettes were originally purchased by S and S Sportsco, a corporate entity owned by Spiegel and his son-in-law Gary Stern, in January 2020. However, Spiegel passed away in July of 2021 having never seen his team play, leaving his 75 percent stake in the franchise under the control of two anonymous lawyers. The team had previously endured a year-long period of league ownership after long-time owner Robert Wetenhall surrender the franchise in May of 2019. The league recently entered into exclusive negotiations with Quebecor Inc. about the sale of the team. The Montreal-based media and telecommunications company operates assets such as Videotron, Groupe TVA, Le Journal de Montreal and Le Journal de Quebec. Their sports and entertainment division currently owns and operates the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada and Quebec Remparts of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The company is controlled by president and CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau, a prominent businessman and former politician who briefly served as the leader of the separatist Parti Québécois. The 61-year-old Montreal native has an estimated net worth of $1.9 billion USD. Either Quebecor or Peladeau himself is expected to be announced as the team’s new owner, with clarity around the structure of ownership coming on Friday morning. Interim team president Mario Cecchini, who helped oversee the search for new owners alongside the league’s investment banking partner Park Lane, was announced as the new commissioner of the QMJHL on Tuesday and will not be returning to the franchise.

Uh, what competition? Bon apple tea.

Hopefully this helps stabilize this franchise.

“Defense attorneys have dismissed the “tools” theory as a novel, flawed concept with no legal foundation. They argue that the Justice Department is trying to unfairly hold their clients responsible for the violent actions of others in the crowd of Trump supporters. Tarrio, for example, wasn’t even in Washington on Jan. 6.” Charles Manson wasn’t present when his “family” murdered people. Didn’t stop his conviction. Sounds like a good legal foundation to me.

Oh, I will! No sense in going if I can't.

I wouldn't worry about it go and have a good time

Still never had it. 5 X vaxxed. If you see a white man in an indoor public space with a mask on, that'll probably be me.

Bringing an owner on board with more money than God is a good thing for the league.

There was some commentary that this whole Trudeau/China thing might backfire on the Conservatives:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/vern-white-nsicop-china-poilievre-1.6774671

Tsn is getting nervous about some competition for broadcast rights right now I bet. I would love to see the CFL split airtime between a couple networks. Competition will breed a better product. Tsn takes the CFL for granite

LB a perfect example of how lunacy is very hard to stop. Lunatics raising lunatics raising lunatics raising lunatics . . .

@blue_gold_84 strange, clumsy, crude stuff by China. Read today that Turkey, which has been allowing transit of goods through to Russia, has now stopped allowing it. after this: ISTANBUL, Feb 4 (Reuters) - The United States warned Turkey in recent days about the export to Russia of chemicals, microchips and other products that can be used in Moscow's war effort in Ukraine, and it could move to punish Turkish companies or banks contravening sanctions. Brian Nelson, the U.S. Treasury Department's top sanctions official, visited Turkish government and private sector officials on Thursday and Friday to urge more cooperation in disrupting the flow of such goods.

https://thediplomat.com/2023/03/micronesias-president-writes-bombshell-letter-on-chinas-political-warfare/

It's never as good as the doctor will make it out to be. But it's still a helluva lot better than what you're going through now

Appears to be asking a guy they just signed to take a pay cut. Fits with his M.O. after the Milanovic-Litre situation.

Won’t happen. Jones will quit on them (again), leaving them twisting in the wind, and jump to the next shiny opportunity before they have the chance to fire him.

And who needs taxes anyways...it's not as if almost every aspect of our physical and social infrastructure is suffering, some horribly so. That's not important! Don't be a commie you socialist!

I'd like to see TSN's hold on the CFL Englsh broadcast rights challenged as well, having a monopoly may have made sense in the 1990's but not today. No, I'm saying he could if he wanted to. Even as a member of the Centre of The Universe, Bluto you are loved. That's an extremely hard take.

A couple of acquaintances have had knee and hip replacements,, respectively and have been pleased with the outcomes. One other one had to have a third hip replacement because the first one squeaked (YES!) and the second one bled metals into her bloodstream. And today the Minster of Health announced additional options for out of province procedures- it almost like there's an election looming.

MLSE nods in agreement.

I think that's the tune that sent her on her way up. great tune. this is a hoot, she's in it:

Like MLSE has been?

First time heard that this physical year.

Balls.

Jaysus! Silicon Valley Bank closed in second-biggest bank failure in U.S. history The bank, which caters to tech startups, was taken over by the government after a run on deposits Thursday, sparking concerns about broader economic fallout By Gerrit De Vynck and Rachel Lerman Updated March 10, 2023 at 1:53 p.m. EST|Published March 9, 2023 at 11:52 p.m. EST The second-largest bank failure in U.S. history rocked the tech industry and sent ripples of anxiety throughout the financial system Friday as Silicon Valley Bank went from being a key part of the tech ecosystem to collapsing in a matter of hours. The bank, which largely serves startups and venture capitalists, was shut down by regulators and taken over by the federal government after depositors scrambled to withdraw their money following a surprise filing from the firm on Wednesday night that it had sold $21 billion in assets and was selling more of its own stock to shore up its balance sheet. The stock prices of other banks fell too, and Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen said she was monitoring the situation. Start-up founders and venture capitalists fretted that money needed to pay employees could be lost or frozen by the bank’s collapse. Silicon Valley Bank’s rapid failure has shocked the tech industry, prompting fears that the economic situation for the sector is worse than previously thought. The collapse is also strengthening calls from Wall Street analysts and investors that the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hikes are too aggressive and risk causing serious damage to the economy. At the end of December, Silicon Valley Bank held around $209 billion in total assets, making it the second-largest failure of a federally-insured bank in U.S. history, after Washington Mutual, which collapsed during the financial crisis in 2008. A spokesperson for the bank did not return a request for comment. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, which took over the bank, said depositors would be able to withdraw the $250,000 of government-insured funds on Monday. But because the bank served tech businesses, many of them had much higher amounts of money stored with the bank. On Friday, questions ricocheted around Silicon Valley about whether companies would be able to get their money back, and what to do if they couldn’t. The bank’s failure also leaves a gaping hole in for the tech industry, which had relied on the bank for its expertise in startups and willingness to provide services to fast-growing, risky startups. “No bank understand startups and tech the way they do,” said Antoine Nivard, co-founder and general partner at Blank Ventures. “They have a 40-year reputation earned the hard way built on the most extensive network of insider relationships with Silicon Valley’s most important players.” The FDIC said it created a new bank to manage the firm’s operations, starting on Monday — a rare occurrence in a bank failure and typically means that the process was rushed. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/03/09/silicon-valley-bank-shares/

Take good care of yourself.

This song.... Best thing I've heard in months. Her show looks like a hoot, too. Also - seeing a concert at Red Rocks is definitely on my bucket list.

https://www.cfl.ca/2023/03/10/pierre-karl-peladeau-acquires-the-montreal-alouettes/

As a Flyers fan, this is a fix for a "fix" that never should have happened. Hextall never should have been fired 5 years ago. Now we need another 8 years to rebuild.

GS, LB, MTG, MG, JJ, PG etc etc etc. All the above lunatics (just examples, not the full list) currently represent who a large portion of Americans (and some Canadians for that matter) are as people. But we're the problem because calling them out doesn't account for everyone is bad (yea but whatabout that person who is no where near as bad as the original lunatic being called out) or we're the problem because we're just a WOKE cancel culture of diverse people who live in our echo chambers being divisive by wanting insane words and actions to come along with actual consequences.

"Tactical pause" was just announced by Wagner PMC around Bakhmut. Mild shock Turkey suddenly blocked the shipments of sanctioned goods to and from Russia. Many Russian companies are now forced to find alternative sources or routes.

IDK man. You'd have thought that the AI would've grabbed our Argo with Shield logo from a few years ago and done a rendition of that guy.

That doesn't happen. New stadiums/arenas only happen when they are heavily subsidized (entirely paid for) by the government and there is zero appetite for that kind of spending right now.

I can't see anyone financing a stadium, unless you work it with MLS.

Vive les Alouettes de Montreal.

Let's talk.... CURLING!!!!

They all have their own hands but they come from different moms.

An embarrassment to the league. I hope they lose all their home games until they fire him and clear out the board that hired him.

Looks like Chris Jones is doing Chris Jones things again.

Lauren Boebert trashes sex-ed — then announces teen son is making her a “36-year-old grandmother” “He said, ‘well didn’t you make granny a 36-year-old granny,’” she said. “I said, ‘yes I did'" By IGOR DERYSH Senior News Editor PUBLISHED MARCH 9, 2023 12:30PM (EST) Rep. Lauren Boebert speaks at CPAC at Gaylord National Harbor Resort & Convention on March 4, 2023. (Photo by Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images) Facebook 3.8K Twitter Reddit 305 Email 6 save Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., announced that her 17-year-old son will be making her a "36-year-old grandmother" in April. Boebert, who called to cut funding to schools that teach students comprehensive sex education at last week's CPAC, announced at a Moms for America event that her son Tyler and his girlfriend are expecting a baby boy. Boebert during the announcement took at dig at LGBTQ Americans, saying that she and her husband are raising their four boys "to be men before liberals teach them to be women." Boebert then revealed that "come April, I will be a Gigi to a brand new grandson." "Now, any of you who have young children who are giving life, there's some questions that pop up. There's some fear that arises," Boebert said in a video posted by Patriot Takes. Boebert said that when she approached her son and told him that he is making her a "36-year-old grandmother," he reminded her that she was a teen mother herself.

Opportunity missed to post this

Today I learned Windows key+H brings up voice dictation. And it works half decently.

Jenna Ellis doesn't get disbarred but rather a public censure, woopty do, all this characters knew exactly what they were doing and will never get punished.

Same vibe: 😁

I miss Tanev 😭

When you flush the toilet, everything flows to the centre of the bowl. Same vibes.