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of the nearby Brandywine River.
Across the country, in Iowa, are the Cedar Rapids
Kernels of baseball’s Midwest League. When heard spo-
ken aloud, there seems nothing special about the nick-
name “Kernels”, yet most probably assume the team is
the “Colonels.” If the spelling isn’t a giveaway, the logo
is: a kernel of corn. The name is an obvious and clever
nod to Iowa’s corn industry.
Also in the Midwest League is the magnificently
nanred Lansing Lugnuts. In 1897, a Lansing resident
named Ransom E. Olds drove his first car down a
Lansing street. Olds eventually founded Oldsmobile,
which became a division of General Motors in 1908,
and a major automobile assembly line was erected in the
city. In 1996, when the Midwest League’s Springfield
Sultans relocated to Lansing, the name “Lugnuts” was
chosen to honour its important role in the manufactur-
ing of cars. Lansing’s assembly plant closed its doors in
2005, but the Lugnuts play on in the appropriately
named Oldsmobile Park.
Industry isn’t the only inspiration for name, though.
Local landmarks are also further immortalized when
incorporated into a team’s identity. The Brooklyn
Cyclones play ball in the New York-Penn League, and
are named after the famous Ferris wheel on the Coney
Island boardwalk.
Closer to home, the Tacoma Rainiers of the Pacific
Coast League (baseball) are named after nearby Mount
Rainier, while the Oregon-based Salem-Keizer
Volcanoes pay homage to the Pacific Northwest’s most
famous, active volcano, Mount St. Helen’s. When the
Las Vegas Stars decided it was time for a new identity,
they adopted the “51s” as their new name—a reference
to Area 51, a region in the southwest where aliens are
rumoured to have been discovered, captured, and
detained.
Our own backyard
Here, in British Columbia, Vancouver sports teams
are no different from others across the continent. We
hear these names often, and many have been in use for
decades, so we take them for granted. We don’t stop
and ponder, “Where did they get that name from?” As
an extension, we may not even associate the name with
what it actually is in a literal sense—we simply accept it
as our local sports teams. But there is a fair bit of her-
itage in our local sports teams.
The Vancouver Canucks are, obviously, our best
known sports team. Though the Canucks were founded
as an NHL club in 1970, the club first competed in the
old Pacific Coast Hockey League in 1945. Though the
term “Canuck” is slang for a Canadian the same way
“Yankee” is slang for an American, the name is actually
a reference to “Johnny Canuck,” a 19th century cartoon
lumberjack. The Canucks logo throughout their tenure
in the Pacific Coast and the old Western Hockey League
was a toque-clad lumberjack. So, though the Canucks
now wear an orca logo, the team name is a reference to
British Columbia’s lumber industry.
Also a reference to the lumber industry is the
Vancouver Giants of the current Western Hockey
League. Their logo does feature a toque-clad lumber-
jack, and the name was chosen to honour British
Columbia’s clout in the lumber industry.
‘he Vancouver Whitecaps of the United Soccer
League’s 1st Division were founded in 4 as amem
: .3 : ; :
ber of the now detrunct North Ame rican soccer
League. The name “Whitecaps” was chosen for the
snow-capped mountains and white-capped waves sur-
rounding our City.
When the Canadian Football League came to
Vancouver in 1954, the name “Lions” was chosen as
the winner of a name-the-team contest, but not just
because it was an appropriate name for a football team,
but also for the local geographical and mythological sig-
nificance. The Lions are a twin mountain peak to the
north of Vancouver, named thus because the peaks
resemble two lions overlooking and guarding the city.
opfeatures@gmail.com
The proof is in the pudding—there is a great deal
to learn about a city and its heritage, landmarks, and
industry just by reading the sports section in your local
paper. The next time you find yourself wondering,
“What kind of a name is that?” take a few seconds to
throw the name into a search engine and check it out.
You never know what you might find.
838 Joyce St.
Come listen, watch and disscuss about the «
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“Mission Against Terror:
and Discussion Forum
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f Five Cuban Heroes held in US jails, imprisoned for the sole crime of
preventing Anti-Cuban terrorists in Miami from attacking Cuban people by delivering information they gathered to the
US government and Cuban Government about terrorist activites and organizations in Miami and Florida.
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of the nearby Brandywine River.
Across the country, in Iowa, are the Cedar Rapids
Kernels of baseball’s Midwest League. When heard spo-
ken aloud, there seems nothing special about the nick-
name “Kernels”, yet most probably assume the team is
the “Colonels.” If the spelling isn’t a giveaway, the logo
is: a kernel of corn. The name is an obvious and clever
nod to Iowa’s corn industry.
Also in the Midwest League is the magnificently
nanred Lansing Lugnuts. In 1897, a Lansing resident
named Ransom E. Olds drove his first car down a
Lansing street. Olds eventually founded Oldsmobile,
which became a division of General Motors in 1908,
and a major automobile assembly line was erected in the
city. In 1996, when the Midwest League’s Springfield
Sultans relocated to Lansing, the name “Lugnuts” was
chosen to honour its important role in the manufactur-
ing of cars. Lansing’s assembly plant closed its doors in
2005, but the Lugnuts play on in the appropriately
named Oldsmobile Park.
Industry isn’t the only inspiration for name, though.
Local landmarks are also further immortalized when
incorporated into a team’s identity. The Brooklyn
Cyclones play ball in the New York-Penn League, and
are named after the famous Ferris wheel on the Coney
Island boardwalk.
Closer to home, the Tacoma Rainiers of the Pacific
Coast League (baseball) are named after nearby Mount
Rainier, while the Oregon-based Salem-Keizer
Volcanoes pay homage to the Pacific Northwest’s most
famous, active volcano, Mount St. Helen’s. When the
Las Vegas Stars decided it was time for a new identity,
they adopted the “51s” as their new name—a reference
to Area 51, a region in the southwest where aliens are
rumoured to have been discovered, captured, and
detained.
Our own backyard
Here, in British Columbia, Vancouver sports teams
are no different from others across the continent. We
hear these names often, and many have been in use for
decades, so we take them for granted. We don’t stop
and ponder, “Where did they get that name from?” As
an extension, we may not even associate the name with
what it actually is in a literal sense—we simply accept it
as our local sports teams. But there is a fair bit of her-
itage in our local sports teams.
The Vancouver Canucks are, obviously, our best
known sports team. Though the Canucks were founded
as an NHL club in 1970, the club first competed in the
old Pacific Coast Hockey League in 1945. Though the
term “Canuck” is slang for a Canadian the same way
“Yankee” is slang for an American, the name is actually
a reference to “Johnny Canuck,” a 19th century cartoon
lumberjack. The Canucks logo throughout their tenure
in the Pacific Coast and the old Western Hockey League
was a toque-clad lumberjack. So, though the Canucks
now wear an orca logo, the team name is a reference to
British Columbia’s lumber industry.
Also a reference to the lumber industry is the
Vancouver Giants of the current Western Hockey
League. Their logo does feature a toque-clad lumber-
jack, and the name was chosen to honour British
Columbia’s clout in the lumber industry.
‘he Vancouver Whitecaps of the United Soccer
League’s 1st Division were founded in 4 as amem
: .3 : ; :
ber of the now detrunct North Ame rican soccer
League. The name “Whitecaps” was chosen for the
snow-capped mountains and white-capped waves sur-
rounding our City.
When the Canadian Football League came to
Vancouver in 1954, the name “Lions” was chosen as
the winner of a name-the-team contest, but not just
because it was an appropriate name for a football team,
but also for the local geographical and mythological sig-
nificance. The Lions are a twin mountain peak to the
north of Vancouver, named thus because the peaks
resemble two lions overlooking and guarding the city.
opfeatures@gmail.com
The proof is in the pudding—there is a great deal
to learn about a city and its heritage, landmarks, and
industry just by reading the sports section in your local
paper. The next time you find yourself wondering,
“What kind of a name is that?” take a few seconds to
throw the name into a search engine and check it out.
You never know what you might find.
838 Joyce St.
Come listen, watch and disscuss about the «
wood Neighbourhood House
Free the Cuban
AMGCMT
U.S. Jails!
PCT LOL
“Mission Against Terror:
and Discussion Forum
blocks South of Joyce-Collingwood Skytrain Station
f Five Cuban Heroes held in US jails, imprisoned for the sole crime of
preventing Anti-Cuban terrorists in Miami from attacking Cuban people by delivering information they gathered to the
US government and Cuban Government about terrorist activites and organizations in Miami and Florida.
VancouverCommunitiesjin
Wwith|Cubal(VCSC))
www.vancubasolidarity.com
cubacommunities@yahoo.ca | 778-882-5223
Event endorsed by: The Free the Cuban Five Comittee - Vancouver
This Event is not organized by the Collingwood Neighbourhood House
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of the nearby Brandywine River.
Across the country, in Iowa, are the Cedar Rapids
Kernels of baseball’s Midwest League. When heard spo-
ken aloud, there seems nothing special about the nick-
name “Kernels”, yet most probably assume the team is
the “Colonels.” If the spelling isn’t a giveaway, the logo
is: a kernel of corn. The name is an obvious and clever
nod to Iowa’s corn industry.
Also in the Midwest League is the magnificently
nanred Lansing Lugnuts. In 1897, a Lansing resident
named Ransom E. Olds drove his first car down a
Lansing street. Olds eventually founded Oldsmobile,
which became a division of General Motors in 1908,
and a major automobile assembly line was erected in the
city. In 1996, when the Midwest League’s Springfield
Sultans relocated to Lansing, the name “Lugnuts” was
chosen to honour its important role in the manufactur-
ing of cars. Lansing’s assembly plant closed its doors in
2005, but the Lugnuts play on in the appropriately
named Oldsmobile Park.
Industry isn’t the only inspiration for name, though.
Local landmarks are also further immortalized when
incorporated into a team’s identity. The Brooklyn
Cyclones play ball in the New York-Penn League, and
are named after the famous Ferris wheel on the Coney
Island boardwalk.
Closer to home, the Tacoma Rainiers of the Pacific
Coast League (baseball) are named after nearby Mount
Rainier, while the Oregon-based Salem-Keizer
Volcanoes pay homage to the Pacific Northwest’s most
famous, active volcano, Mount St. Helen’s. When the
Las Vegas Stars decided it was time for a new identity,
they adopted the “51s” as their new name—a reference
to Area 51, a region in the southwest where aliens are
rumoured to have been discovered, captured, and
detained.
Our own backyard
Here, in British Columbia, Vancouver sports teams
are no different from others across the continent. We
hear these names often, and many have been in use for
decades, so we take them for granted. We don’t stop
and ponder, “Where did they get that name from?” As
an extension, we may not even associate the name with
what it actually is in a literal sense—we simply accept it
as our local sports teams. But there is a fair bit of her-
itage in our local sports teams.
The Vancouver Canucks are, obviously, our best
known sports team. Though the Canucks were founded
as an NHL club in 1970, the club first competed in the
old Pacific Coast Hockey League in 1945. Though the
term “Canuck” is slang for a Canadian the same way
“Yankee” is slang for an American, the name is actually
a reference to “Johnny Canuck,” a 19th century cartoon
lumberjack. The Canucks logo throughout their tenure
in the Pacific Coast and the old Western Hockey League
was a toque-clad lumberjack. So, though the Canucks
now wear an orca logo, the team name is a reference to
British Columbia’s lumber industry.
Also a reference to the lumber industry is the
Vancouver Giants of the current Western Hockey
League. Their logo does feature a toque-clad lumber-
jack, and the name was chosen to honour British
Columbia’s clout in the lumber industry.
‘he Vancouver Whitecaps of the United Soccer
League’s 1st Division were founded in 4 as amem
: .3 : ; :
ber of the now detrunct North Ame rican soccer
League. The name “Whitecaps” was chosen for the
snow-capped mountains and white-capped waves sur-
rounding our City.
When the Canadian Football League came to
Vancouver in 1954, the name “Lions” was chosen as
the winner of a name-the-team contest, but not just
because it was an appropriate name for a football team,
but also for the local geographical and mythological sig-
nificance. The Lions are a twin mountain peak to the
north of Vancouver, named thus because the peaks
resemble two lions overlooking and guarding the city.
opfeatures@gmail.com
The proof is in the pudding—there is a great deal
to learn about a city and its heritage, landmarks, and
industry just by reading the sports section in your local
paper. The next time you find yourself wondering,
“What kind of a name is that?” take a few seconds to
throw the name into a search engine and check it out.
You never know what you might find.
838 Joyce St.
Come listen, watch and disscuss about the «
wood Neighbourhood House
Free the Cuban
AMGCMT
U.S. Jails!
PCT LOL
“Mission Against Terror:
and Discussion Forum
blocks South of Joyce-Collingwood Skytrain Station
f Five Cuban Heroes held in US jails, imprisoned for the sole crime of
preventing Anti-Cuban terrorists in Miami from attacking Cuban people by delivering information they gathered to the
US government and Cuban Government about terrorist activites and organizations in Miami and Florida.
VancouverCommunitiesjin
Wwith|Cubal(VCSC))
www.vancubasolidarity.com
cubacommunities@yahoo.ca | 778-882-5223
Event endorsed by: The Free the Cuban Five Comittee - Vancouver
This Event is not organized by the Collingwood Neighbourhood House
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of the nearby Brandywine River.
Across the country, in Iowa, are the Cedar Rapids
Kernels of baseball’s Midwest League. When heard spo-
ken aloud, there seems nothing special about the nick-
name “Kernels”, yet most probably assume the team is
the “Colonels.” If the spelling isn’t a giveaway, the logo
is: a kernel of corn. The name is an obvious and clever
nod to Iowa’s corn industry.
Also in the Midwest League is the magnificently
nanred Lansing Lugnuts. In 1897, a Lansing resident
named Ransom E. Olds drove his first car down a
Lansing street. Olds eventually founded Oldsmobile,
which became a division of General Motors in 1908,
and a major automobile assembly line was erected in the
city. In 1996, when the Midwest League’s Springfield
Sultans relocated to Lansing, the name “Lugnuts” was
chosen to honour its important role in the manufactur-
ing of cars. Lansing’s assembly plant closed its doors in
2005, but the Lugnuts play on in the appropriately
named Oldsmobile Park.
Industry isn’t the only inspiration for name, though.
Local landmarks are also further immortalized when
incorporated into a team’s identity. The Brooklyn
Cyclones play ball in the New York-Penn League, and
are named after the famous Ferris wheel on the Coney
Island boardwalk.
Closer to home, the Tacoma Rainiers of the Pacific
Coast League (baseball) are named after nearby Mount
Rainier, while the Oregon-based Salem-Keizer
Volcanoes pay homage to the Pacific Northwest’s most
famous, active volcano, Mount St. Helen’s. When the
Las Vegas Stars decided it was time for a new identity,
they adopted the “51s” as their new name—a reference
to Area 51, a region in the southwest where aliens are
rumoured to have been discovered, captured, and
detained.
Our own backyard
Here, in British Columbia, Vancouver sports teams
are no different from others across the continent. We
hear these names often, and many have been in use for
decades, so we take them for granted. We don’t stop
and ponder, “Where did they get that name from?” As
an extension, we may not even associate the name with
what it actually is in a literal sense—we simply accept it
as our local sports teams. But there is a fair bit of her-
itage in our local sports teams.
The Vancouver Canucks are, obviously, our best
known sports team. Though the Canucks were founded
as an NHL club in 1970, the club first competed in the
old Pacific Coast Hockey League in 1945. Though the
term “Canuck” is slang for a Canadian the same way
“Yankee” is slang for an American, the name is actually
a reference to “Johnny Canuck,” a 19th century cartoon
lumberjack. The Canucks logo throughout their tenure
in the Pacific Coast and the old Western Hockey League
was a toque-clad lumberjack. So, though the Canucks
now wear an orca logo, the team name is a reference to
British Columbia’s lumber industry.
Also a reference to the lumber industry is the
Vancouver Giants of the current Western Hockey
League. Their logo does feature a toque-clad lumber-
jack, and the name was chosen to honour British
Columbia’s clout in the lumber industry.
‘he Vancouver Whitecaps of the United Soccer
League’s 1st Division were founded in 4 as amem
: .3 : ; :
ber of the now detrunct North Ame rican soccer
League. The name “Whitecaps” was chosen for the
snow-capped mountains and white-capped waves sur-
rounding our City.
When the Canadian Football League came to
Vancouver in 1954, the name “Lions” was chosen as
the winner of a name-the-team contest, but not just
because it was an appropriate name for a football team,
but also for the local geographical and mythological sig-
nificance. The Lions are a twin mountain peak to the
north of Vancouver, named thus because the peaks
resemble two lions overlooking and guarding the city.
opfeatures@gmail.com
The proof is in the pudding—there is a great deal
to learn about a city and its heritage, landmarks, and
industry just by reading the sports section in your local
paper. The next time you find yourself wondering,
“What kind of a name is that?” take a few seconds to
throw the name into a search engine and check it out.
You never know what you might find.
838 Joyce St.
Come listen, watch and disscuss about the «
wood Neighbourhood House
Free the Cuban
AMGCMT
U.S. Jails!
PCT LOL
“Mission Against Terror:
and Discussion Forum
blocks South of Joyce-Collingwood Skytrain Station
f Five Cuban Heroes held in US jails, imprisoned for the sole crime of
preventing Anti-Cuban terrorists in Miami from attacking Cuban people by delivering information they gathered to the
US government and Cuban Government about terrorist activites and organizations in Miami and Florida.
VancouverCommunitiesjin
Wwith|Cubal(VCSC))
www.vancubasolidarity.com
cubacommunities@yahoo.ca | 778-882-5223
Event endorsed by: The Free the Cuban Five Comittee - Vancouver
This Event is not organized by the Collingwood Neighbourhood House