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Author: Tom Hawthorn
Publication Date: January 19, 2026 - 00:00
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Hall of Famer Bob Pulford won four Stanley Cups with the Maple Leafs
January 19, 2026
Bob Pulford was a tenacious penalty-killer and a relentless forechecker whose pesky forays drove hockey rivals mad. Gordie Howe called him “one of my private headaches.”
Mr. Pulford, who has died at 89, was a hard-working, two-way player for the Toronto Maple Leafs dynasty of the 1960s, winning four Stanley Cups with the club. An opposing coach once called him “the backbone of the Maple Leafs.”
Unpublished Newswire
Before sitting down in my consulting room, Matt A. stepped forward and shook my hand. He was an athletic and handsome forty-seven-year-old man. He wore a white cashmere sweater, black Chelsea boots, and tortoiseshell glasses. His red watchband matched his socks.
Typically, people who come to see me for a consultation begin by describing a problem; Matt began by describing himself. He told me that he worked in Downing Street as a political strategist and consultant for then British prime minister Tony Blair. This was 1999. He had been married for twenty years and had three teenage...
February 14, 2026 - 06:30 | Stephen Grosz | Walrus
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February 14, 2026 - 06:00 | Ketsia Beboua | Walrus
Analysis
The sexual assault trial of auto parts billionaire Frank Stronach started well enough for the prosecution.
Opening its case this week before a judge alone, the Crown sketched a preview of seven women complainants who will tell similar stories with common elements that allegedly reinforce the credibility of each other, and reveal Stronach’s alleged pattern of pressuring women into his lakeview apartment in Toronto, then sexually assaulting them despite their tears and refusals. A second trial with more recent allegations is scheduled for later in York Region. This one deals...
February 14, 2026 - 06:00 | Joseph Brean | National Post
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