Calgary News Watch

The Calgary Flames lost their second game in a row, now to the San Jose Sharks 3:4. Calgary is only 3 points ahead of Colorado after the Avalanche beat the Canucks 3:1.

Tonight the officiating was very, very bad. I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw the hooking call on Rhett Warrener in the first period. It seems like the NHL simply doesn’t want the Flames to get into the playoffs. The only chance Calgary has now, is to beat Edmonton on Saturday night. I am very positive that the game with Colorado on Sunday is going to be fixed by the NHL.

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The Calgary Flames had a chance to finish the season and get to the playoff round tonight. Unfortunately the Flames lost to the Colorado Avalanche 3:4. Perhaps the Calgary Flames were tired after six straight wins as they played completely different.

There were too many Calgary penalties, a total of five. Three times Calgary was penalized in the second period. Two out of the four goals scored by Colorado were power play goals. We (Calgary Flames) need more discipline, especially in matches with teams like Colorado.

Jeff Friesen, Roman Hamrlik and Daymond Langkow scored for the Flames and Miikka Kiprusoff stopped 19 of the 23 shots on net. Read the rest of this article »

It has been confirmed that rat poison was found in the pet food that caused the many dog and cat illnesses and deaths in North America. 42 brands of cat food and 53 brands of dog food have been recalled by Menu Foods.

Now also the Nestle Purina PetCare Co. is recalling varieties of its Alpo Prime Cuts in Gravy wet dog food with specific date codes. However, Purina issued that products available in Canada are safe, as none of the recalled products have been sold in Canada.

Different media outlets are reporting conflicting information about the recalled product…

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