Found a great list of UFC happenings around the town. This includes many opportunities to meet UFC stars and get some photos and autographs. Many of these events are free!

Friday June 11:

11am-1pm: Tapout autograph signing at Sport Chek Pacific Centre, with fighters Anthony Pettis and Mike Guymon, and Tapout founders Punkass and Scrape.

2-3pm: UFC Fight Club Q&A at GM Place, with Chael Sonnen (members only)

3-5pm: UFC 115 weigh-ins at GM Place (free and open to the public)

5:30-7:30pm: UFC Undisputed 2010 tournament and Anchor Bay DVD release, with Chael Sonnen and Jon Fitch (no charge – tourney sign-up from 1pm)

6-8pm: Visions Electronics Port Coquitlam, appearance by Dan Hardy (no charge)

6-8pm: Athlete’s World autograph signing with Nate Diaz and Patrick Cote (free of charge)

9pm-2am: American Fighter pre-party at Mint Nightclub, with Rich Franklin (tickets $20-$75)

11p.m.: Silver Star Casting party at the Canvas Lounge, with Clay Guida, Diego Sanchez and Patrick Cote (tickets $25+, ladies free before 11p.m.)

Late: Official Tapout pre-fight party and fashion show at Gossip nightclub with Dan Hardy, Tapout’s Punkass and Scrape, and the UFC Octagon girls (tickets from $45 to $500)

Saturday June 12:

11am-1pm: Reflex Sports Nutrition Surrey, with Dan Hardy (no charge)

11am-2pm: Reflex Sports nutrition East Vancouver, with Ryan Bader (no charge)

Pre-fight: Atlantic Trap and Gill with Jon Fitch (ticket prices and times unavailable )

6pm-3am: Hitman after party at The Cellar, with Martin Kampmann and David Louiseau (tickets $20 to $25)

Late: Official Tapout UFC after-party at Gossip nightclub with Chuck Liddell, Dan Hardy and Tapout’s Punkass and Scrape (tickets from $45 to $500)

Late: American Fighter after-party at the Edgewater Casino, with Rich Franklin and Dana White (tickets $55 to $1200, includes PPV)

Late: UFC 115 after-party at Forum Sports Bar, with UFC Octagon Girls (tickets $20-$25, includes PPV)

Sunday June 13:

12-4pm: Reflex Sports Nutrition White Rock, with Ryan Bader (no charge)

But after Evgeni Plushenko lost to American skater Evan Lysacek and awarded himself a “Platinum Medal“, you have to wonder how long a sore loser can keep playing games like that.

Then the Russian Maxim Shabalin got a Bronze medal for a routine that was definately a league below both the performances of Canada and the US, who received Gold and Silver respectively, complains that the Canadian team was “too technical” and not really dancing. Then what about their ‘dance’ mocking the First Nations people?

Now after watching the entire series, I felt that the two true standout performers were Canada and the US, and they were really the only two contenders for Gold. I think the Russians were lucky to get bronze, to be quite honest.

At any rate.. Its always the Brits that come out with their scathing comments in any situation, I guess since their own reputation preceeds them. Everyone knows the British reputation, so now they’re trying to hard to make themselves feel better. Understood.

Maybe they just don’t want Canadians visiting their country anymore? Good way to do it.

Tarnished Canadian Image
Britain’s Guardian says that we’re too self-absorbed and tries to make us sound like a terrible country. I can understand, given their own stereotypical international image, that they would want to make others seem less.

At any rate, yes, the death of Nodar Kumaritashvili, the Georgian Slider, is a tragedy. Yes, there are many protesters here, and yes, Canada does want to win some medals. Maybe most of the other Countries criticizing would have preferred it if the Canadians just intentionally lost to keep our image of being polite?

Hopefully we can get a few more medals in! I’m not sure how we are expected to do, and many of the medals don’t start rolling in until the end of the games.

I’m a 100% Canucks fan, but while this kind of politics probably happens all the time in hockey, I’m surprised that it has come out this way. It makes the Canucks seem like sore losers, and while its agreeable that most people that watched the game would agree that some of those calls were questionable, this is not the first time this has happened.

I wouldn’t be surprised if that kind of thing happened all the time, and I just accept it as part of the game. You get a free power play in one game, and you lose it in another.. its just luck that determines which one hurts or helps you more. However, I do agree that openly telling players that you are getting back at them is not a good thing. It makes them and fans lose faith in the officiating system.

Even made it on ESPN:
http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=4818137

Original Article

They jumped the queue, they used their star power to get preferential treatment, essentially robbing that right from their own fans. If someone dies because they were not able to get vaccine in time, some of that weight should rest on their shoulders.

Original Article

Update: Nov 6th

A second Health Service staff member was fired, and the Calgary Flames were “following a process they believed to be approved”. Yeah, it was approved, but I seriously doubt that all 150 of the Flamers and their families didn’t realize that there was a queue and they were NOT between 6 months and 5years of age, and likely none of the Flamers themselves were pregnant women.

What a load of Shit, Flamers. Take responsibility for your actions. In the grand scheme of things, you guys may or may not have hurt anyone, but c’mon, Jarome Iginla, you are the Captain of your team, lead the by making a public apology instead of putting this all on Alberta Health Services and playing dumb, you monkey.

Source

Reference:
Vancouver Sun Calgary Flamers Queue Jumping