Canada as seen through the Eyes of New Brunswick Editorial Cartoonists:
The Insight and Humour of Josh Beutel and Bill Hogan
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Introduction |
Editorial Cartoon Database |
Classroom Activities
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Josh Beutel, Times Globe, 1980-8-8
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Reference number: MC2806-381
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Scope and Content
The failure of Saint John's bid for AHL franchise, the Firebirds, is depicted by just the claws and a small hockey stick being left from a burning bird perched on the arm of Mayor Bob Lockhart and Mike Landers suggesting, "What about calling them the Phoenixes instead?"
Title
Firebird...Phoenixes
Note
Published in "Cartoons", Saint John, NB: Telegraph-Journal, c1981
Persons
Bob Lockhart
- A Lieutenant Colonel in the Canadian Armed forces, photo journalist, and politician
- Mayor of Saint John, 1971 to 1974
- Peacekeeper with the UN during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, 1974
- Served two terms on the UNB (University of New Brunswick) Board of Governors