Canadians

No. 1 Virginia: Matt Cockerton. Oshawa, Ontario. Fr. A No. 1 Virginia: Garett Ince Oakville, Ontario. Jr. M/A No. 2 Syracuse: Cody Jamieson. Six Nations, Ontario. Sr. A No. 2 Syracuse: Stephen Keogh. Toronto. Jr. A No. 6 Johns Hopkins: Zach Palmer. Oshawa, Ontario. Fr. A No. 10 Loyola. Alex Peaty. Victoria, B.C. Grad. GK No. 11 Hofstra. Jay Card. Caledon, Ontario. Jr. A No. 11 Hofstra. Adrian Sorichetti. Whitby, Ontario. Fr. M No. 15 Cornell. Jesse Gamble. Rockwood, Ontario.

The anticipated self-titled debut album from Dungeonesse, the Baltimore pop duo of Jenn Wasner (Wye Oak, Flock of Dimes) and Jon Ehrens (White Life, zillions of other projects), will be released on May 14 via Secretly Canadian. In November, we received the first offering, "Drive You Crazy. " Today, the group released its second single, the album opener "Shucks. " Listen to it at the bottom of this post. The tracklist, posted below, features 10 songs. Most intriguing are two songs that include TT the Artist and DDm, rappers featured in the June 2012 b cover story, "Baltimore gay rappers are loud and proud.

U nited States college lacrosse teams don't have to travel far anymore to find Canadian lacrosse players because the Canadians are finding them. Take Johns Hopkins freshman midfielder Zach Palmer, for example. Blue Jays coach Dave Pietramala discovered Palmer on a three-minute highlight film Palmer sent Pietramala a little more than a year ago. On Tuesday night, Palmer, from Oshawa, Ontario, scored three goals and had two assists as No. 7 Hopkins defeated No. 19 UMBC, 16-10.

With the revised route for the Keystone XL pipeline having last week won approval from Nebraska's Republican governor, the geology of North America's most controversial energy project is clear: It has landed President Barack Obama between a rock and a hard place. Having campaigned for an "all of the above" energy policy but also having announced that addressing climate change will be a top priority during his second term, President Obama must choose between enabling TransCanada's petroleum exports and preventing what climatologists fear will quickly provide a huge and disastrous new boost in greenhouse gases.

O , Canada, it wasn't supposed to go down like this, was it? All that "Own the Podium" talk at the Vancouver Winter Olympics - how's that worked out so far? Not so good, eh? The men's hockey team's 7-3 rout of Russia in the quarterfinals Wednesday night notwithstanding, I see that according to the latest medal standings, Canada is in fourth place with 15 medals. "Blown the Podium," one Vancouver columnist called the disappointing haul. "Own the Odium," another columnist wrote.

TORONTO -- Canadian voters are going to the polls today to vote on whether their national constitution should be amended according to a sweeping set of proposals written in hopes of keeping the country united.This is the first time Canada has held a nationwide referendum in half a century, and emotions are running high. One recent opinion survey found that 87 percent of adult Canadians are planning to vote.TC Legally, the referendum is non-binding. But as a matter of practice, no Canadian politician will be able to overlook whatever signal the public sends.

SALT LAKE CITY - Near the conclusion of this dreary game, a group of young men wearing Canadian hockey jerseys rose to their feet from their seats near the Belarus net and added a little noise to the arena by singing their country's national anthem. They were celebrating Canada's 7-1 victory over Belarus in a men's hockey semifinal, and also a berth in the gold-medal game tomorrow against the United States. Although yesterday's game was the most one-sided and least entertaining of the medal round, Canadians had much to sing and cheer about at the E Center rink.

OTTAWA -- Canada, renowned for its willingness to place its uniformed men and women in the cross-fire of other people's wars, finds its military in a weakened state, its combat units stretched to the limits of their capabilities."

Canada is threatened with dissolution if voters in that country do not approve on Oct. 26 -- in each of 10 provinces -- a constitutional revision agreed to by the federal and provincial prime ministers and native leaders in August. Were the Canadian rule of unanimity applied here, the United States could not have ratified or amended the Constitution and would not now exist.Canada is reeling from rejection in 1990 of the Meech Lake accord for constitutional revision after it was ratified by eight of 10 provinces representing more than eight-tenths of the voters.

TORONTO -- What explains the profound differences between cities in the United States and Canada, nations with such intimately related history and cultures?Kenneth Greenberg, a Toronto urban planner also active in St. Paul, Detroit and other American cities, has a catchy explanation.When Canadian towns were formed, he told the recent Conference on the New Urbanism meeting here, the Mounties went in first, staked out streets, checked out the water supply, and when they were sure everything was ''safe,'' let the settlers in.But America's was the way of Wild West movies: Settlers moved in, everyone scrambled for property, and when things started going awry, someone would suggest, ''Maybe we need a sheriff around here.

There is no shortage of pianists with pristine techniques today. There is even a decent supply of polished pianists who possess the rarer attribute of musicality. But Marc-Andre Hamelin still stands out from the pack. Critics have been known to sound more like fan club presidents when describing Hamelin performances, tossing off adjectives like "legendary," "fearless" and "electrifying," or even giving him the title "piano superhero. " Baltimore will get a chance to sample Hamelin's artistry when he makes his Shriver Hall Concert Series debut on Sunday.

A Baltimore student's tweet raised red flags 3,000 miles away this week, spurring a local investigation into a possible threat to a city high school, city police confirmed Thursday. Anthony Guglielmi, spokesman for the city's police department, said the Royal Canadian Mounted Police alerted the department Wednesday to the Twitter post, which he described as "a threat indicating an individual was threatening to do harm" at Forest Park High School. Officials did not release details about the nature of the threat.

James Hinchcliffe has slipped comfortably into Danica Patrick's former race car, if not specifically into her driving shoes. IndyCar's 2011 rookie of the year has taken the Michael Andretti Autosports car driven by Patrick to a 10 t h -place finish in the points last year, and become a regular top five finisher and legitimate contender for the series title. In the process, he has displayed a sense of humor, going so far as to don a woman's black wig at introductions for the opening race of the season.

Minutes before the Ravens were scheduled to begin practice at M&T Bank Stadium on Saturday, the organization announced it had signed Stevie Baggs Jr. to the roster. The 30-year-old linebacker has spent time with the Arizona Cardinals and the Detroit Lions, but has played mostly in the Canadian Football League. Listed at 6-foot-1 and 241 pounds, Baggs is a pass-rushing linebacker. The Ravens have been practicing at less than full strength at linebacker. Rookie outside linebacker Courtney Upshaw (bruised right shoulder)

When President Barack Obama blocked the Keystone XL pipeline, Republicans said the move would encourage Canada to pursue oil deals with China instead of the United States and cede a massive chunk of North American oil assets to the communist nation. Now, China's state-run oil company CNOOC is poised to cut a $15.1 billion deal - the largest ever foreign acquisition for a Chinese company - with the Canadian oil company Nexen. This deal prompts great concern about the Chinese government's continued attempts to use its state-owned enterprises to acquire global energy resources.

Et cetera Damion Rashford , a 6-foot-5, 200-pound guard from Pickering, Ontario, who played his senior year of high school at Westwind Prep in Phoenix, has joined the Loyola men's basketball program for the 2012-13 season. Rashford averaged 18.8 points and 6.5 rebounds in 2011-12. He played Amateur Athletic Union ball in the Toronto area for Shane James , a 2007 Loyola graduate. More men's college basketball: Coppin State is one of 12 teams selected to participate in the EA Sports Maui Invitational.

CRITICS of Canada's medical-care system contend that it is no model for America and that its good reputation vastly exceeds its mixed performance.Their claims that Canada's program is less effective and no less costly than America's, and that it is beset by horrific waiting lists and unhappy doctors, are caricatures.This myth-making is predictable. Because Canada has restrained its health care costs more successfully than we have, those who feed at America's $800 billion medical feast are frightened.

QUEBECERS ARE the Canadians with no identity crisis. They know who they are and they know their roots. They are proud to be the only French-speaking majority in North America.And they know what they are not. They are not Americans. They don't have to keep convincing themselves of that. It makes them relatively pro-American.When Ontarians object to Americans taking over their job opportunities or swamping their culture, Quebecers worry only about English-speaking Canadians doing that.Canada, the world's second-largest country, is geographically unnatural, held together throughout its history by federal policy.

Three rising high school sophomores have made oral commitments - the first of the year from that class - according to Inside Lacrosse. Loyola midfielder Ryan Conrad picked Virginia, while attackman-midfielder Curtis Zappala of Episcopal Academy in Newtown Square, Pa., committed to Maryland and attackman Jake Fox of Trinity-Pawling School in Pawling, N.Y., chose Johns Hopkins. Regarded as a top 10 rising sophomore, Conrad played alongside two Division I-bound seniors on the Dons' first midfield unit, recording 16 goals and 11 assists.