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Hockey needs checking. Not “hitting”. People say it’s semantics. I disagree. Eliminating the term “hitting” from the hockey community and exclusively using the term “checking” would force everyone to accept the true reality of why there’s checking in hockey in the first place.

This goal is just... WOW. 🤯 Matt Duchene takes the No. 3 spot on our top 25 goals countdown!

@burnsieoriginal 😂

@ToughCallPod The old Palace. I miss that place. Dollar drinks and the last chance for romance. 🤣

Fuck you mother fuckers. I’m ripped.

@burnsieoriginal Awesome! I saw him with Matt Mays way back in the early 2000s at the Palace. lol. The Shore Club is an amazing venue.

@ToughCallPod Sam Roberts

The smiles tell the story. Gold and silver. Sheriauna Haase and Chloe Dunbar finish first and second in the 100m T47 A spectacular race by these two Canadian teenagers in their Commonwealth Games debut.

And the crowd goes WILD 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England's Emily Campbell sets a new Commonwealth Games record to win gold in the women's +86kg weightlifting final 🥇

George Quarcoo and guide Oluwasegun Makinde have won Canada’s third Para athletics medal of the afternoon in the men’s 100-metre T12 final 🇨🇦🥉

SILVER FOR CANADA 🇨🇦 Julia Tunks wins women’s discus silver at the Commonwealth Games. And what a spectacular moment for her family. That’s her dad and coach Jason Tunks who won three discus medals at the Commonwealth Games for Canada. Now his daughter has one too.

@duerinll Does it work for you? That’s all that matters. lol. I love asking questions like this to see what people say, but ultimately it’s your vacation so you do whatever it takes to enjoy it. Having said that, personally I’d rather leave earlier than get there late at night.

So I told a couple people that I’m leaving on vacation at 3am as it takes 10-12 hours to get there. People acted like it was crazy to leave at 3am. Does anyone else drive through the night on road trips? Plus there’s like zero traffic at that time.

"Be yourself no matter where you are" 🫶 Etta Love is using her platform after winning bronze to inspire others to trust themselves 🙌🥉

🇨🇦 DAMIAN WARNER IS FLYING 🔥 Good morning sports fans. Olympic champion decathlete Canada’s Damian Warner posts the fastest 100 metre time to begin the decathlon at the Commonwealth Games. It’s a blistering 10.21 to leave his competitors in his wake. Spectacular start.

Mexico is proud to stand with Canada in times of need, just as friends and partners do. 🇲🇽🇨🇦. Our firefighters are highly trained, experienced, and courageous professionals. They have come not only to help combat these wildfires, but also to support the Canadian people. This is what the Canada–Mexico partnership is about: solidarity, cooperation, and standing together when it matters most. @SRE_mx @CONAFOR @r_velascoa @cristinaplanter @GAC_Corporate @fordnation @ONforestfires @EmbaMexCan

BRONZE FOR CANADA 🇨🇦 ETTA LOVE HAS DONE IT Saskatoon’s Etta Love was 4th after the snatch but fought back in the clean and jerk to win bronze with this lift. A great moment for the 18-year-old Canadian.

@JBeercann @deskpilot101 @LifeInThe306 What hairs are split? There is so much more factored in after the CDC sets their recommendations. Is milk the same price coast to coast? Not even close. So it’s wrong to say as a blanket statement “the Federal government sets prices.” Confidently wrong strikes yet again.

@ToughCallPod @deskpilot101 @LifeInThe306 Split hairs and are not self aware. Quite the combination.

The Truth About Milk 🥛🇨🇦🇺🇸 Yes, Canada has high over-quota dairy tariffs on the books. But here’s the part that keeps getting left out: They’ve never been triggered on U.S. milk under USMCA. Not once. The U.S. gets a large tariff-free quota to sell dairy into Canada. Those quotas have never been filled, so the 200–300% over-quota tariffs have never actually been applied to U.S. exports. Even the U.S. dairy industry has acknowledged it has never come close to exceeding the quotas. Canada is a country of just 41 million people. We simply don’t consume enough imported U.S. dairy to hit the quota limits. The “270% tariff on Canadian milk” talking point/ sound bite leaves out the most important fact: it has never actually been charged on U.S. exports.

@JBeercann @deskpilot101 @LifeInThe306 Not at all.

@ToughCallPod @deskpilot101 @LifeInThe306 Split hairs much?

@JBeercann @deskpilot101 @LifeInThe306 The Canadian government does not actually set diary prices. The CDC only sets a target for farmers pay. The price of dairy is somewhat set by province based on regional factors, and ultimately it’s finalized by the free market. European dairy is also subsidized.

@ToughCallPod @deskpilot101 @LifeInThe306 The Canadian government sets prices for dairy which are significantly higher than they would be in an open competitive market. They also limit production. Europe's dairy prices are much lower than Canada so it isn't just US government subsidies that make the difference.

@JBeercann @deskpilot101 @LifeInThe306 My understanding is the only reason American dairy isn’t far more expensive than ours is their government subsidizes it. I could be wrong.

@ToughCallPod @deskpilot101 @LifeInThe306 Supply management makes Canadian dairy products far more costly with less availability than they would be in an open market. 10,000 dairy farms are better of financially with guaranteed markets for milk at the expense of 40 Million consumers.

@deskpilot101 @JBeercann @LifeInThe306 Our dairy products are not only affordable, but held to a higher standard safety and health wise. My kids find American milk undrinkable to be honest.

@JBeercann @ToughCallPod @LifeInThe306 Oh no! More affordable dairy products for Canadians who cant afford to feed their kids to the point they rely on food banks and school lunch programs. Thatd be awful!

Don’t mistake this as a plea for no hitting. The bigger the collision the better, and more of them! I’m talking about not taking runs or jumping OVER the puck to hit someone. Having a hockey purpose. I’m talking about no explosion into contact, and no head hunting. That’s all.

Hockey needs checking. Not “hitting”. People say it’s semantics. I disagree. Eliminating the term “hitting” from the hockey community and exclusively using the term “checking” would force everyone to accept the true reality of why there’s checking in hockey in the first place.