New bridge between US and Canada to be named after Gordie Howe

By Ryan Felton

May 14, 2015 at 11:58 am

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Multiple reports floating about say the $2.1 billion New International Trade Crossing between the U.S. and Canada will be named after Detroit Red Wings legend Gordie Howe, a popular guy here in the city and across the pond.

Howe suffered a stroke last fall, countered in response by a controversial stem cell treatment. After he received the treatment, according to the Freep, Howe sat up and demanded in "an astonishingly strong voice that he needed to use the restroom."

Cheers, Gordie.

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Ryan Felton

Ryan Felton was born in 1990 and spent the majority of his childhood growing up in Livonia. In 2009, after a short stint at Eastern Michigan University, he moved to Detroit where he has remained ever since. After graduating from Wayne State University’s journalism program, he went on to work as a staff writer...