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Three time Olympic medalist in trampoline and Silver Medalist the 2008 games Karen Cockburn of Toronto wrapped herself in the honor of being chosen our flag bearer for the closing ceremonies.

Canada followed her lead in a celebration of nations

If you've been following the Olymics you may have heard about my friend Chris Dornan who made me a solemn promise - he would find me a Chinese Fortune Cookie in Beijing.

The search began at the Opening Ceremonies

That's the international sign for "can't find one"

His journey took him to the Great Wall of China.

Glen Campbell is back and like his fellow "country-man" Johnny Cash - he's dipped into the world of pop/rock and come out with a contemporary approach to songs from U2, Tom Petty, The Foo Fighters and Green Day? I'm not a big fan of cover-songs but you might want to check out a couple of samples from the disc

We couldn't have done it without the army of volunteers - 200 plus that helped raise awareness for the Rondald McDonald House of Southern Alberta.

Congratulations to all 800 - that walked or ran in the 1k, 5k or 10k.      It was my second year as the MC / participant and I'm thrilled to have played my part in making it happen.

The route was full of local musicans and music was definately a focus as we ran around the Universtiy of Calgary.

Thanks to our street team that was there handing out 97.7 Calgary FM mugs.

August 16th may be the day some remember as the anniversary of the passing of the King of rock - but more Canadians were all about celebrating at the Summer games in Beijing. In the span of an hour we collected three medals - a Bronze, Silver and Gold Medal.

Funny how an old song like What a Wonderful Time of the year used to mean Christmas. But before we start dragging out our knotted up bundle of lights let's remember the song took on a whole new meaning 12 years ago.