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Hey Jer, My uncle is a contractor with 20+ years of experience. His name is Oreste Bruni...416-616-3650 He posted some pictures on a Facebook page a while ago, so you can check them out here: https://www.facebook.com/QuattroRenovations

The Leafs showed games on LeafsTV before Rogers and Bell bought the team. Status quo.

Great result for your efforts!

Good luck finding a sale on them...they don't allow their retailers to sell them at a discount. That is why all stores. whether it is Le Baron or Harry Rosen sell them for more or less the same price. I've heard some stories about Costco and Bass Pro carrying them at one point, but after discounting them, Canada Goose no longer allowed them to place orders for upcoming seasons. Best bet it to buy at Le Baron...buy their membership for $25 and save 10%. So you'll net save $25 on a $500 coat, plus you'll have their membership for a year.

MBNA Mastercard...no annual fee, 5% cash back on gas and groceries for the first 6 months. 2% back thereafter and 1% back on everything else. In the first three months I easily earned $100 for essentially doing nothing. Only catch is 5% cash back is limited to $400 of spending per month.

Great report and pics, Drew. Thanks for showing them off.

What a dark lunge, kudos.

I know this spot well. Cherish it and keep the location under your hat...there aren't many like it left.

Very cool. I'd like to know how they knew to film that 2nd fish underwater before the osprey struck...

Cool story, Mike. Great perseverance. How do you think the brookie fishing will be in the park in a couple weeks?

Ikea has sharp looking stuff, but I'd just be weary of the quality. If you're tough on the doors they will not hold up.

Where do you live roughly? If you're in the GTA, try Len Kitchen Cabinets in Markham. I think you'd be hard pressed to find a better price on custom kitchens. They've got a showroom as well.

Hunter and guide lock horns over moose’s legendary antlers INGRID PERITZ MONTREAL— From Wednesday's Globe and Mail Published Tuesday, Apr. 10, 2012 8:39PM EDT Last updated Tuesday, Apr. 10, 2012 9:21PM EDT It was a moose that had become a myth, an animal so imposing and elusive that it had turned into the Bigfoot of Quebec’s forests. The so-called Monster of Matane – a moose with a set of antlers described as both wondrous and unique – is dead. But the battle over the beast is only beginning. A Quebec hunter has filed a $97,000 lawsuit against his hunting guide and the province’s parks agency, claiming that the guide surreptitiously took the prized, four-legged bounty during a trip in Matane, Que. The suit, filed in Quebec Superior Court, lifts a curtain into the high-stakes world of trophy collecting; according to estimates, the Matane moose’s antlers are so exceptional that they could fetch anywhere from $100,000 to $1-million, probably among trophy collectors in the United States. “No one has ever seen anything like it,” says Georges Landry, a Quebec taxidermist and official measurer for the Boone and Crockett Club, a U.S.-based group founded by Theodore Roosevelt that keeps records for big game. “Getting those antlers is like winning the Stanley Cup.” For a time, the Monster of Matane was considered more legend than real. The world got its first glimpse of the magnificent animal when amateur photographer Langis Paradis ventured into the Matane Wildlife Reserve in the Gaspé Peninsula early one morning in 2009 and couldn’t believe his eyes. The antlers on the animal before him were so expansive, Mr. Paradis thought two moose were standing one in front of the other. A Quebec hunting magazine published Mr. Paradis’s photo and the animal’s reputation spread, along with a sense of skepticism. “For some, that moose was like a flying saucer,” Mr. Paradis said Tuesday from his home in the Gaspé. “Unless people could touch it, they didn’t think it was real.” The skeptics were silenced after another hunter videotaped the beast during a trip to the Matane reserve a few months later, and the images were posted online. Word began to spread to hunting forums around the world. The average adult moose has 16 to 28 points on its antlers; this one had about 60, according to those familiar with it. Any moose antler span over 50 inches is considered a good trophy; this one measured 55 inches. In the competitive world of trophy hunting, every detail of an antler is counted and measured to within a fraction of an inch. Non-typical antlers like the ones on the Matane moose are so rare, the Boone and Crockett Club – the reference for trophy records in North America – doesn’t even keep a category for it. “It is a very unique trophy,” Justin Spring, assistant director for big game records at the Boone and Crockett Club, said from the group’s headquarters in Missoula, Mont., after seeing a photo of the Matane moose. “I’ve never seen anything that looks like that. For a hunter, it would be the trophy of a lifetime.” That could be what pushed Jérémy Boileau, a resident of Quebec’s Laurentians, to seek damages in court. In his statement of claim, Mr. Boileau says that he spotted and fired at the Matane moose during a hunting trip last September; the apparently wounded moose got away. His guide, Claude Lavoie, told Mr. Boileau that his shot was off, and convinced him to abandon his search, the statement says. The lawsuit claims that Mr. Lavoie and three other parks employees then returned to retrieve the moose later that day, thus “illegally appropriating” the antlers of Mr. Boileau’s catch. In the claim, Mr. Boileau says Quebec wildlife protection agents told him in February that they were investigating an attempted sale of a set of antlers, obtained at the date and location of Mr. Boileau’s expedition, for $100,000. The antlers were seized by agents before the sale went through; Mr. Boileau wants them for himself. For Mr. Paradis, who first brought renown to the Matane beast, the wrangling over the bounty is bittersweet. He would have preferred to have the astonishing antlers be celebrated on the living, breathing animal. “For me he was like a king, and those antlers were his crown,” Mr. Paradis said of the moose. “It was a symbol of what makes this area so special.”

Here is an update from the Algonquin Outfitters Blog: "Quick ice update: And while I'm here, here is a little snow and ice update: rain and mild weather has definitely made a BIG dent in the Algonquin Park snowpack. Having said that, I must report that people are still cross-country skiing and snowshoeing this week in very "spring skiing" conditions. All lakes are frozen right up to the shore, small streams are in flood, and the long-range forecast is looking colder by the end of next. So, shall we see a repeat of the record-breaking 2010 ice-out? I doubt it. Early-ish maybe, but not that early."

Langdon Hall in Cambridge. Their continental breakfast is ridiculous and their restaurant has been rated as one of the best in the World. Beautiful property with gardens and trails. Right near the Grand too. Fishing for you, and they have a spa for the wife as well. http://www.langdonhall.ca/index.htm

Does this mean I shouldn't have dropped French after Grade 9?

Glad to see you got into some nice lakers.

Can't go wrong with a surprise 'ski! Were you using heavy tackle for the pike?

I'll be up there for a week in July. Where are you staying?

Sounds like you had good food, good company, and good fishing Cliff.

Cool stuff Mike. Go get 'em!

Good to hear that you caught, Geoff...even if they weren't walleye.

Those trout worms can be deadly for pannies. Glad to see you're getting out Garry and thanks, as always, for the insightful analysis.

That video is very cool!

Find a fishing partner Geoff