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Tyson-Ruddock, the heavyweight title fight Don King couldn't sell to Las Vegas, is a smash in Canada so far. When John Giovenco, president of the Las Vegas Hilton, decided that Mike Tyson had gotten too good for his own good, he passed on Tyson-Ruddock, figuring he wouldn't sell enough tickets to retrieve the $3-million site fee. Donovan (Razor) Ruddock is a capable young heavyweight whose family moved from Jamaica to Toronto when he was 11.

At 35, Kelly Oxford is Hollywood's latest "It" girl, a Twitter superstar with a following of more than 460,000, who last year sold her first screenplay to Warner Bros. (Drew Barrymore is in talks to direct) and will soon begin work on a television pilot. Now the Canadian-born mother of three has published a book of essays, "Everything is Perfect When You're a Liar" (It Books: 318 pp., $25.99), which chronicles her misadventures growing up in Edmonton. Oxford's writing is marked by the same wry voice that's made her a social media sensation.

For the last five years, Yvonne Passey has watched the tour buses turn off Jasper Avenue and slowly cruise by the Arcadia, the brick high-rise that overlooks the Saskatchewan River in Edmonton's fashionable West End. She has shooed away the autograph-seekers that have loitered in the lobby, and the star-gazers on the sidewalk hoping for a glimpse of their hero in the penthouse suite above. But on this Tuesday night, there were no tourists, no kids in their No.

Tyson-Ruddock, the heavyweight title fight Don King couldn't sell to Las Vegas, is a smash in Canada so far. When John Giovenco, president of the Las Vegas Hilton, decided that Mike Tyson had gotten too good for his own good, he passed on Tyson-Ruddock, figuring he wouldn't sell enough tickets to retrieve the $3-million site fee. Donovan (Razor) Ruddock is a capable young heavyweight whose family moved from Jamaica to Toronto when he was 11.

On the morning of the All-Star game, Wayne Gretzky did some casual, loosening-up skating with the Campbell Conference team at the Northlands Coliseum. That's all. Just a little ice time to work out the kinks. More than 9,000 people showed up to cheer him. There were rows and rows of yellow school buses in the parking lot. The kids literally had a field day so that they could file into the Coliseum and chant, "Gret-zky, Gret-zky, Gret-zky."

The 17,503 fans who packed into the Northlands Coliseum Wednesday night cheered and paid homage when their old favorite, Wayne Gretzky, skated onto the ice in the black uniform of the Kings, and they cheered when their Oilers not only killed a 5-minute penalty late in the game but scored a short-handed goal in an 8-6 victory. It was as if they were saying: The Great One is gone; long live the Oilers. These fans are loyal to their legendary star, but they do like to win hockey games.

When Wayne Gretzky arrived at the Northlands Coliseum, home of the Edmonton Oilers and home of the Great Gretzky until last August, he was mobbed by photographers. He walked into the building with TV camera crews sprinting ahead of him and alongside him, recording his every word, every expression. That was Tuesday morning, a couple of hours before the scheduled start of the Kings' off-day practice. He got there early to talk with the reporters who had been promised an hour of his time.

EDMONTON, Canada - With a daughter to feed, no job and $200 in the bank, Detroit pipe fitter Scott Zarembski boarded a plane on a one-way ticket to this industrial capital city. He'd heard there was work in western Canada. Turns out he'd heard right. Within days he was wearing a hard hat at a Shell oil refinery 15 miles away in Fort Saskatchewan. Within six months he had earned almost $50,000. That was 2009. And he's still there. "If you want to work, you can work," said Zarembski, 45. "And it's just getting started.

At 35, Kelly Oxford is Hollywood's latest "It" girl, a Twitter superstar with a following of more than 460,000, who last year sold her first screenplay to Warner Bros. (Drew Barrymore is in talks to direct) and will soon begin work on a television pilot. Now the Canadian-born mother of three has published a book of essays, "Everything is Perfect When You're a Liar" (It Books: 318 pp., $25.99), which chronicles her misadventures growing up in Edmonton. Oxford's writing is marked by the same wry voice that's made her a social media sensation.

Todd Crosby has seen the world since leaving Woodland Hills two years ago, and the world has seen him. The world likes what it sees. Crosby, the starting second baseman at the University of Hawaii, is currently playing for the United States national baseball team--which was known last summer as the U.S. Olympic team. He has started 28 of the 29 games the team has played over the past six weeks in Japan, Korea and the U.S.

On the morning of the All-Star game, Wayne Gretzky did some casual, loosening-up skating with the Campbell Conference team at the Northlands Coliseum. That's all. Just a little ice time to work out the kinks. More than 9,000 people showed up to cheer him. There were rows and rows of yellow school buses in the parking lot. The kids literally had a field day so that they could file into the Coliseum and chant, "Gret-zky, Gret-zky, Gret-zky."

The 17,503 fans who packed into the Northlands Coliseum Wednesday night cheered and paid homage when their old favorite, Wayne Gretzky, skated onto the ice in the black uniform of the Kings, and they cheered when their Oilers not only killed a 5-minute penalty late in the game but scored a short-handed goal in an 8-6 victory. It was as if they were saying: The Great One is gone; long live the Oilers. These fans are loyal to their legendary star, but they do like to win hockey games.

When Wayne Gretzky arrived at the Northlands Coliseum, home of the Edmonton Oilers and home of the Great Gretzky until last August, he was mobbed by photographers. He walked into the building with TV camera crews sprinting ahead of him and alongside him, recording his every word, every expression. That was Tuesday morning, a couple of hours before the scheduled start of the Kings' off-day practice. He got there early to talk with the reporters who had been promised an hour of his time.

For the last five years, Yvonne Passey has watched the tour buses turn off Jasper Avenue and slowly cruise by the Arcadia, the brick high-rise that overlooks the Saskatchewan River in Edmonton's fashionable West End. She has shooed away the autograph-seekers that have loitered in the lobby, and the star-gazers on the sidewalk hoping for a glimpse of their hero in the penthouse suite above. But on this Tuesday night, there were no tourists, no kids in their No.

As long rumored, Fleetwood Mac will hit the road in 2013 with a 34-date American tour that will see the band visit all the major U.S. markets, along with a stop at the Hollywood Bowl on May 25. The dates, which the band announced Monday, will feature co-founders Mick Fleetwood and John McVie along with longtime vocalist Stevie Nicks and singer-guitarist Lindsey Buckingham. Fleetwood Mac is touring for the first time since 2009. (Christine McVie no longer tours with the band.) In addition, according to Nicks, Fleetwood Mac has been working on new songs and is hoping to release at least two of them in anticipation of the tour.

Kurt Browning, world figure skating champion, escaped injury in Edmonton, Canada, when he lost control of his car and hit a power pole.