DIEPPE, France–Ten things I’ve learned from five days in Dieppe: A McDonald’s quarter pounder with cheese in France really is called a Royal with Cheese The French like to crack eggs over everything Three words: pain au chocolat You can apparently never have enough prawns Fraise is not something you coin Air conditioning is for
Paul McGrath landed at Dieppe with the Royal Marine Commandos–andwent on to Normandy and Algiers. He’s featured in Dieppe Uncovered DIEPPE, France–O Canada, Dieppe stands on guard for thee.On the 70th anniversary of the raid on this French coastal town, thousands came to pay homage to the valour of Canadian and other Allied soldiers who
Wayne Abbott and Sly: where was Rambo in Dieppe? DIEPPE, France–The Karma gods have a sense of humour. How else to explain that Wayne Abbott’s documentary, Dieppe Uncovered, is having its premiere today in Dieppe at a local theatre that’s soon to be playing The Expendables 2?There are many who still think the Allied commanders
DIEPPE, France–Went to the beach today and met seven heroes: Russ Burrows, Fred Englebrecht, Ray Gilbert, David Hart, Arthur Rossell, Donatian Vaillantcourt and Roman Wozniak.These seven surviving members of the Canadian armed forces who fought the Battle of Dieppe were brought back to France this weekend as guests of the Canadian government. Minister of Veteran
DIEPPE–Been in France a whole day now and still haven’t seen that dog from The Artist.Seen plenty of other cool things however, including more Canadian flags here in Dieppe than you see at home in Brampton. I’m here to cover Dieppe Uncovered, a documentary premiering Sunday at 9 p.m. ET/PT on History Television. The production, from
Sweathogs (l-r) Robert Hegyes, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, John Travolta, Ron Palillo and teacher Gabe Kaplan Hate to keep dipping into this same well, but news of Ron Palillo’s death brought back more memories of the Hollywood Show out in Burbank, California.Palillo, who played goofy Arnold Horshack on the ’70s sitcom, died Tuesday at age 63 of an
Wrote another take on the Hollywood Show for Saturday’s Entertainment Section in The Toronto Star. Can’t find a link to it yet on-line, so you know what? Buy a newspaper! The Hollywood Show is usually held four or five times a year. The next one is in Chicago Sept. 7-9. Then back at the Burbank
Perry surrounded by his new friends on Go On Matthew Perry’s new comedy Go On starts tonight–the first network series debut of the 2012-’13 season. The episode will get a sneak peak in late night after NBC’s Olympic coverage. My Rogers’ Cable on-screen info says it will air around 11:05 P.M. ET, but that time