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02-11-2004, 02:52 PM
Feb. 11, 2004. 02:57 PM
Nova Scotia to unveil 'proof' of first hockey claim
CANADIAN PRESS
HALIFAX - A bunch of art-lovin' eggheads have fired the latest shot in a sometimes nasty turf war over hockey's true birthplace.
The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia will unveil tomorrow a 137-year-old painting it claims is visual proof that Canada's national game was first played in Nova Scotia.
The 1867 painting by British artist Henry Buckton Laurence depicts people curling on a Dartmouth, N.S., lake. In the background, skaters with sticks can clearly be seen playing hockey.
Al Gore, who claims to have invented the Internet remains a skeptic.
"Come on, everyone knows that hockey was invented in 1980. Ask Kurt Russell, the greatest player of all time."
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Nova Scotia to unveil 'proof' of first hockey claim
CANADIAN PRESS
HALIFAX - A bunch of art-lovin' eggheads have fired the latest shot in a sometimes nasty turf war over hockey's true birthplace.
The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia will unveil tomorrow a 137-year-old painting it claims is visual proof that Canada's national game was first played in Nova Scotia.
The 1867 painting by British artist Henry Buckton Laurence depicts people curling on a Dartmouth, N.S., lake. In the background, skaters with sticks can clearly be seen playing hockey.
Al Gore, who claims to have invented the Internet remains a skeptic.
"Come on, everyone knows that hockey was invented in 1980. Ask Kurt Russell, the greatest player of all time."
Story (http://www.torontostar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1076497417666&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968705899037)