[BCMA] CMA Clip Serv: Tories to help buy hockey sweater?

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.]

Yipee!
Another kudo for Canadian culture, only topped by the fact that our Minister
of Culture is a fan of Extreme Fighting and wants it to expand to all
provinces.
Where will our cultural sophistication end?

On 1 June 2010 10:04, Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv. <
bcma at lists.vvv.com> wrote:

>  *Tories willing to help buy hockey sweater*
> Canwest News Service, Tuesday, June 1, 2010
>
> The federal government could become the key player in the repatriation of
> Paul Henderson's Team Canada jersey during an auction this month, Canwest
> News Service has learned.
>
> The Department of Canadian Heritage says it's open to assisting a museum
> buy the sweater Henderson wore when he notched the winning goal in the final
> minute of the 1972 Summit Series between Canada and the Soviet Union.
>
> The No. 19 jersey was quietly shipped out of the country in 2006 when it
> was privately purchased by an unidentified U.S. collector. With the
> auction's closing set for June 22, Internet bidding hit $140,000 Monday.
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