Tuesday's With Dave

Lest We Forget  Remembrance Day gives us pause to think about those who came before us and those who fought and died so that we could enjoy the freedoms that we do.  Truth be told that most of our thoughts go to Canadians whose sacrifice in world wars and peacekeeping forces around the world keep us safe, maybe a grandparent or a relative. Maybe someone involved in the many skirmishes taking place now. We honour their memory for our own sake. As an Olympian who has walked the grounds of Interlaken, though, one tends to think about the brave men and women who trained at Little Norway. It started at the Billy Bishop Airport in Toronto before relocating to the Gravenhurst Airport and to the land that they called "Vesle Skaugum." The land that we now call Olympia Sports Camp was used for rehab and training purposes. When you go upstairs in the main dining hall and see the grainy pictures you get a sense of the use of the property by the Royal Norwegian Air Force as they trained a

 Some sports fans may have seen the commercial that involves several  young NHL players making comment on a characteristic of  Gen Z.  Such as "They don't work hard" and then a clip of Connor Bedard showing how insanely hard they work out, or " they feel  entitled" and then Connor McDavid shows the intensity with which he plays the game and how he earns everything he has accomplished. Then 'old man' Sidney Crosby ends the ad by saying " Kids these days" So well done. Sid should meet Sofia Nguyen  For generations, Olympia Sports Camp has run a three-week leadership camp that has often been called ' a three week interview' as the Hero's Journey plays itself out over those three weeks.  The leader finds out real quick if this leadership stuff is for them, and they learn a lot about themselves. In my time with Olympia I have seen what that three week course is like. My daughter Nicole did it and that eventually led her to want to travel