The Winter Games ARE HERE!!!

Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir lead Team Canada into the Opening Ceremony tonight in Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium in South Korea. The pair will skate the ice dance portion of the team event on Sunday.

Sending healing vibes to our own snowboarder Laurie Blouin who was carried off by a stretcher today after a “nasty training fall”. Find out more HERE.

The day started with Men’s Skate, and Free-Style skiing. The figure skating meet began a few hours before the Opening Ceremony. Also, this is the first year for mixed doubles in Curling.

Tomorrow, watch for Alpine Skiing, Biatholon, Cross Country, Curling and Figure Skating. Find out more about the Olympics and the schedules HERE.

This year, Canada sent 225 athletes to the Olympics. Our PM, Justin Trudeau, tweeted the following:

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Last I checked, Australia was definitely a country. Right?

One Idaho Mom is embroiled in a battle of the wits with her professor because they insist that Australia is not a country. (?) The prof gave the student an ‘F’ for incorrectly completing the assignment, in which case, the student had to repeatedly provide research to prove that Australia is both a country and a continent. Eventually the prof relented to say they would do their own independent research, but … wowza.

Read the full story HERE.

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It’s National Pizza Day. Need I say more?

Fast facts from Pizza.com:

  • The average pizzeria uses roughly 55 pizza boxes per day.
  • We consume around 251,770,000 pounds of pepperonis every year
  • Some popular pizza toppings in Japan are squid and Mayo Jaga (mayonaise, potato and bacon)
  • The highest-grossing single-unit independent pizzeria in the nation, Moose’s Tooth Pub and Pizzeria, is in Anchorage , Alaska. Its annual sales are approximately $6 million

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And congratulations, Garth Brooks!

He’s the inaugural inductee to the Live Hall of Fame. Based on his record ticket sales, it’s no wonder he’d be the first artist to get the award!

~ Care :)

 

 

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