Howie meeker grave

When I recently heard that Hockey Night in Canada (HNIC) on CBC was coming to an end, it felt like a death in the family. Saturday nights gathered around the television with family and friends will never be quite the same. Hockey Night in Canada began as a Saturday-night radio broadcast in 1931 and made […]

On my recent walk through Riverside Cemetery in New Hamburg, Ontario—deep in the heart of Waterloo Region—I came upon a uniquely shaped grave marker: a hockey puck. It belongs to none other than hometown legend,Howie Meeker. Born in Kitchener but raised in New Hamburg, Howie Meeker’s name would soon echo across the country. In 1946, […]