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MILLS OUTLOOK AngmtlT 1M Panel Entertainment Outlook The rise and the fall of the Canadian empire View be I hud nude a solemn vow not to unit a single word let alone an entire about the Great Gretiky Trade Gentle Reader told myself has spent the past and a half reading about nothing else Genile Header bless him deserves a break But this was before I realized the truth And the truth as countless other have made clear is the transfer of Wayne to the A Kings is the most terrible thing thai has ever happened to Canada trade has shattered our sense of identity as a country stripped us of our stature abroad and just centrally reduced 120 years of lion building lo rubbk And if your job is fruolous newspaper col umns these are issues you simply hate to address To begin with of course il appeared only consequence of the trade was to convince hundred of thousands of thai Ihey want to lynch And lynching Peter quite constitute the col lapse of Canada although It would dismay Mrs Or on the other hand perhaps After all Mrs is an Oiler fan loo And per husbands who trade Wayne Grelky spend an awful lot nights sleeping on couch But the media soon opened our eyes Ihc wide ranging and ghastly ram ill cations Newspaper editors were among the first Trade might drive us all into psychotherapy Two days after Ihe event I came across an article in which a psycholo gist was asked assess the impact on the national psyche Apparently the loss of GrewJty to LA will reinforce our subconscious belief thai we are poor country cousins whose few Irea arc bound to be snatched away by Ihe greedy and all powerful Americans As such we are now bitterly lament mg the fact we let them find out about Wayne only we had safeguarded him wisely by keeping Inm in a sock under the mattress This led lo the theory thai the deal may lurn Canadians a gainst free trade pcru ihoscwhownlenewspaper columns we rum shocked into realizing ankn traders arc bent on buying our souls with their filthy lars lie C woulda Way And then came the biggest blow of all The Globe and Mall Moscow cor respondent has revealed the loss of means Ihe loss of Canada credibility in Russian eyes Russian doormen the correspondent wrote would invariably beam with light when confronted with a Canadian exclaiming ana da But lhats all down the tubes now Presumably Russia doormen are now looking with stony contempt upon The Globe Moscow correspondent Worse yet Ihey may even be greeting him with the exclamation Howie Meeker It a wonder Pock Itngton can steep all Well At a lime of such national sis only a fool could try lobe sunny and optimistic Still before weal have nothing left to live for there are a couple of thoughts we might try lo keep But I will point out thai the Bible in mind stresses the meek shall Inherit the To begin wilh much of the earth which comes pretty close lo a lary about the Trade centred on Divine injunction to root for Maple devastating Impact on poor Edmonton Leafs Instead That we are told is shattered Which raises the simple question does this really you Consider further Ihe act ihe effect of the Trade is to guarantee the Oilers may never win another Stan ley Cup Which raises a second lion I don want lo sound too puritanical here I is vile and sinful for a team to win Ihe Cup Fine Dining With A Touch of Class At The New of Restaurant Drop into the New Duke of York and enjoy our Seafood Platter Special at this terrific price But only until Sept SEAFOOD PLATTER FOR TWO WEEKS ONLY Salmon Scallops Shrimp Sole Lobster Thermadorl Includes Choice Rice or Potato and Vegetable 14 RESERVATIONS PLAZA 118 Guelph SI Georgetown Ontario FUNNIEST VICT THIS YEAR Evenings at 915 pm Sat Sun at 2 00 m wan CINEMA 2 Totally entertaining A li Until Ion fe ore to lout it TOM CRUISE 9 Only CINEMA 2 Hi FA Matinee Saturday Sunday at 200 pm CINEMA 3 Matinee Sat Sun at