Canada’s women’s hockey team jumped to a 2-0 lead against their US rivals in the gold-medal game at the Beijing Olympics on Thursday. Canada’s Sarah Nurse scored the first goal to make it 1-0, after a previous goal by a different player was called back due to an offsides penalty. Later in the first period … Read more
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Russian figure skating prodigy Kamila Valieva was back on the ice in Beijing Thursday after reports that she tested positive for a banned substance prior to the Winter Olympics. The medal ceremony for the team figure skating, in which the 15-year-old superstar helped the Russian athletes win gold, was delayed earlier this week because of … Read more
a Chicago student was reportedly rescued Friday after walking off the shore of frozen Lake Michigan. “The person on the ice near 5500 S LSD apparently didn’t realize he was walking on ice,” wrote Chicago Fire Media. “This rescue went smoothly but the outcome could have easily been a tragedy.” “Avoid the ice at all … Read more
Brrr… it’s cold out there! Children are flocking to the television in hopes of hearing there will be a snow day; the bread and milk aisles at grocery stores are empty because of an impending snow storm; and utility trucks are out spraying salt or salt water on the roads. We all know why the … Read more
The Hill 70,000 without power in Texas due to massive storm Severe winter weather has left nearly 70,000 Texans without power as of Thursday morning, as freezing temperatures continue to move eastward across the USAccording to poweroutage.us, another 24,000 customers in Arkansas have also lost power. These outages comes roughly one year after massive power … Read more
Police in New Jersey are investigating a snowplow driver who appears on video to intentionally spray two Orthodox Jewish men with snow and ice. The investigation by the Lakewood Police Department was confirmed Tuesday by Township of Lakewood Mayor Raymond G. Coles. Coles said in a statement: “I was appalled and shaken when I saw … Read more
The Finish inventor Janne Käpylehto, joined by Finnish Olympic and Paralympic athletes, builds ice carousels in the shape of the Olympic rings on a frozen lake to encourage their national athletes ahead of the Beijing Olympic games. “We are supporting from here at home and we hope that there is also medals coming”.
Bone-chilling ice figures in the shape of the Grim Reaper appeared outside a Canadian man’s lakefront home earlier this month. The story grew more unsettling when Ben Tucci, 65, of Dunnville, Ontario showed pictures of the ghastly ice formations to his daughter, the Mirror reports. She told her dad they look like two spirits who … Read more
