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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 2009-06-17, Page 6Page 6 - Goderich Signal -Star, Wednesday, June 17 2009 Editorial www.goderichsignalstar.corn Proprietor and published bs limit-) Publishers, rs, P.O. Box 220, /20 Huckins .street. Guth -rich, Onturto ,\ ;'.4 436 EDITORIAL Playoffs proved hockey is the most exciting sport It was every kid's driveway dream. Surely there isn't a Canadian kid worth his or her road hockey scars that hasn't fantasized about scoring the cup -winning goal while emulating the slick on -ice maneuvers of their favourite hockey star on the driveway surface. Of course, the entire orchestrated play is accompanied by the descriptive and superlative play-by-play of the game's announcers, as if the driveway final was being broadcast into the living rooms of millions of excited fans. It's Canada's game and as it careened into the ultimate winner -take -all contest, it raised the playful dreams of kids of all ages to unfathomable heights. When 21 -year-old Sidney Crosby triumphantly raised the Stanley Cup over his shoulders Friday evening after a gutsy Game Seven victory in Detroit over the favoured Red Wings, he became the youngest player in hockey history to captain a cup -winning team. The Pittsburgh Penguins, rode the youthful talent of players like Crosby, Jordan Staal, Marc -Andre Fleury and Evgeni Malkin, to an unlikely Stanley Cup victory over a cast of steady and seasoned veterans on the Detroit Red Wings, who were looking to repeat as the league's top team. Barely old enough to grow playoff beards of any consequence or consis- tency, the young kids of the NHL proved that the league, in many hockey cities, and certainly in this country, is in great shape and that talent and an indomitable love for .the game, is elevating the style and pace of play to new levels. This spring, as Canadian hockey fans eagerly contemplated the addition of a seventh professional team to the world's top league, the level of skill, speed and artistry on display in this year's playoffs was exciting and unpar- alleled. The NHL playoffs were actually worth watching even as the cool spring months stretched into June, a time when most Canadians are fretting about the ice in their drinks and participating in summer recreational sporting events. But our game, this playoff proved, is in the hands of young, talented and skilled players who thrilled fans with a speedy game, devoid of the usual trappings of the clutch -and -grab style of play that had characterized our professional league for so many years. While Jim Balsillie of Research in Motion tackles the NHL on the legal issues surrounding the relocation of a professional team to the southern Ontario market, hockey fans have been energized by the new skillful brand of hockey. Boring and plodding hockey has been sidelined by rule changes that allow skill to dominate one of sports fastest and most exciting games. Canada's game is in good hands and it is time it was dragged out of the dustbowl desert of indifferent America and back to the fans who have a love and reverence for the game of hockey. This Stanley Cup playoff demonstrated that the game, when played by skilled players at the highest level, is the most exciting game in sport. D.S. NNN•• The Goderich Signal -Star published every Wednesday at Goderich. Ontario is one of The Signal -Star Publishing Croup 4Community Newspapers, a division 4 Bones Publishers. The Godlerich.Signal Star shall not be liable for failure to publish an ad for typographical errors in publicaticm except to the extent elate cost of that portion of the ad in which the errr,r occurred. The Goderich Signal -Star reserves the right in reject or edit any advertisement. The Gaderich Signal -Star is a proud member of the Canadian Community Newspapers Association ((:CNA) and 1he Ontario Community Newspapers Association (OCNA). MANN Editorial Deadlines... Advertising Deadlines Eritertainment, Births, In Me,noriams... Classifieds... Display Advertising... Telephone Fax.... Publisher... Reporters... • O dD 6 conOoN3tw Writer addresses taxes on eco fees To the Editor; In 2007 an electronics industry recycling pro- gram was initiated by the Ministry of the Environment at the request of Premier Dalton McG uinty. This program is called the Ontario Electronic Stewardship (OES) Program. The OES and Stewardship Ontario are two separately funded organizations but operate from the same address in Toronto. - While the editor's letter from Dan Butt dated June 03, 2009 questioned the taxes being charged on Eco fees relating to Waste Division Ontario, I question many components of the new Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Program. The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) progrhm began on- April 01, 2009. The methodology in calculating the dollar amounts charged on electronic materials can only be Monday at 10 am Deaths, Friday at 3 pm Monday at noon Monday at noon 519-524-2614 519-524-5145 Dave Sykes Dominique Milburn Gerard Creces Denny Scott Letters opinion described as mind-boggling. These are the dollar amounts that appear on store receipts. One local retail store stated that the taxes being charged (not only on the product sold, but on the added eco fee) were a directive from their head office. On contacting the head office I was direct- ed to the Ontario Electronic Stewardship (OES) program. The reply from the OES as it related to taxes was that I should contact the Ministry of the Environment. Evidently, how the industry choos- es to pass on the Eco fees to the customer is beyond the scope of the Ontario Electronic Stewardship. 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