Author: Matthew.marcone
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Marcone’s Mind: Free Trade trumps protectionism
“It’s an interesting thing, in times of war, we blockade our enemies from getting goods from us. In times of peace, we do to ourselves by tariffs what we do to our enemy in times of war.” By: Matthew Marcone The Trump Administration’s decision to slap a 20 per cent tariff on Canadian Lumber has…
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Bellator 186 Preliminary Fights
Bellator 186 has a stacked main card but the undercard more than matches up. The preliminary bouts feature the pro debut of hot shot prospect Tywan Claxton, unbeaten welterweight prospect Logan Storley taking on TUF 16/ WSOF veteran Matt Secor, and so much more! Before you watch the main fights on Spike TV, stream…
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Bellator 186 Weigh-Ins
Bellator 186 goes Friday with the crowning of the inaugural Women’s Flyweight Champion and Ryan Bader making his first Light-Heavyweight Title defense against Linton Vassell. This huge event also features Ed Ruth as well as Phil Davis in action, Saad Awad going against Zach Freeman, and some fascinating prospects in the preliminary bouts. Watch…
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James and the North Shore: A bio on one of Canada’s up and coming bands
By: Matthew Marcone James and the North Shore is a Canadian band performing in the Okanogan, Shushwap, British Columbia area and they have recently returned from their first cross country tour Their style is a combination of Alt/folk, alt/country and alt/pop. basically twangy make out songs for sad people,” said lead songwriter, rhythm guitarist and…
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Bowks Talking Bouts #36: Saad Awad
I had KOTC, Strikeforce, and Bellator veteran Saad Awad on the show and we talked about a few intriguing topics. Thoughts on his Bellator 186 opponent Zach Freeman [intro and at 3:49], why he took so many catchweight fights in recent years (1:38), the desire to add new weight classes going forward [ie/…
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Entrepreneur sees THCK as $1 billion business
By: Matthew Marcone When Principal Consultant with BizFix Solutions Eric Duffus decided to become a partner in THCK, nobody would accuse him of thinking small. “We’re not a bunch of jokers growing weed in someone’s basement,” said Duffus. “It’s a legi timate operation and we’re trying to make a $1 billion company with this. We…
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Bowks Talking Bouts #35: Zach Freeman
I spoke with RFA title challenger and Bellator fighter Zach Freeman ahead of Bellator 186. We got into a number of cool topics. Feeling the love from the promotion this time out, training with a relative of the legendary Cassius Clay (1:13), MMA being a team sport if you’re a top level fighter (1:51),…
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THCK President Justin Thomson outlines company vision
By: Matthew Marcone President of THCK Justin Thomson was meant to be in the weed business. “I’ve been into it basically my entire life,” said Thomson. “My dad’s always been an advocate for it and has been smoking for 40 years now. It was something that my brother, sister and I all picked up on,…
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Bowks Talking Bouts #34 : Matt Secor
I caught up with WSOF, TUF 16, and Bellator competitor Matt Secor ahead of his big fight at Bellator 186. We discussed quite a few interesting things. His thoughts on his opponent Logan Storley at Bellator 186, competing in an actual weight division instead of taking a catchweight bout this time (1:10), whether his…
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Minister Phillips speaks with Liberty Multimedia on caribou plan during northern visit
By: Matthew Marcone and Jordan Maskell Alberta’s Minister of Environment and Parks Shannon Phillips met with Liberty Multimedia during her recent visit to northern Alberta, where she addressed the province’s incoming caribou range management draft plan. The plan has been a major topic of discussion in northwest Alberta, in particular fears surrounding its potential to eliminate…