Quite the Cup story, eh?

Did anybody hear about this?

Turns out Air Canada failed to check the Stanley Cup because the flight it was supposed to be on was overweight. The guardian of the Cup told the check-in attendant that his luggage was, er, the Stanley Cup, but somehow the luggage loaders on the runway didn't get the message.

My favorite part of the article is this line from the publisher of the Alaska Highway News. "The Stanley Cup is the most important non-religious artifact in Canada."

The most important non-religious artifact? Come on... can you name a more important religious artifact in Canada? Hell, can you name a single religious artifact in Canada?