BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time

Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time
From: Sawzaw
Date: 01 Mar 10 - 02:23 PM

My Wife loves the Canadian Brass although not all of them are Canadian.

Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time
From: Ed T
Date: 28 Feb 10 - 06:45 PM

Nova Scotia's golden man>>>>he scores>>>Sydney Crosby...I cant help it...at least for today:)

Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time
From: kendall
Date: 28 Feb 10 - 02:52 PM

I wonder where I got the idea that the inventor of the Chronometer was a Scot?
Anyway, they gave us raincoats and pneumatic tires. (Tyres) Dunlop.

Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time
From: Dave MacKenzie
Date: 28 Feb 10 - 10:14 AM

Brenton Fraser

Diefenbaker

Inspector Margaret Thatcher

Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time
From: 3refs
Date: 28 Feb 10 - 08:16 AM

All of Canada's 2010 Olympians!

Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time
From: JennieG
Date: 28 Feb 10 - 06:58 AM

Can't resist this one ......

What was that about spuds?

Cheers
JennieG

Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time
From: kendall
Date: 28 Feb 10 - 01:19 AM

Define "Great".

Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time
From: Ed T
Date: 27 Feb 10 - 06:21 PM

Did someone mention Terry Fox?

Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time
From: gnu
Date: 27 Feb 10 - 06:20 PM

He's a spud?

Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time
From: Ed T
Date: 27 Feb 10 - 06:19 PM

Oh, they have to be born in the province...that's a different thing. Ask Stompin Tom where he is from , and I'd bet he would say PEI.

Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time
From: GUEST,HiLo
Date: 27 Feb 10 - 10:59 AM

Glen Gould, Margaret Atwood, Robertson Davies, Bruce Cockburn, Diana Krall, Anne Murray, Flora MacDonald, Terry Fox, Timothy Findlay, Joni Mitchell..Young et al.....Trudeau,

Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time
From: GUEST,bankley
Date: 27 Feb 10 - 10:52 AM

Stompin' Tom was born in NB tho he was raised in PEI... I was just picking folks who are known outside the borders...and their province of origin... and trying to keep it down to 3... it's tough esp. when getting to NS... there are so many from Ont. and Kebek , Lightfoot , Morrisette, Jim Carey, Akroyd, Lorne Michaels .. on and on and on..

IMO,
the best part of any nation is its contribution to the arts, and Canada excels irregardless of government patronage or the lack thereof...


okay, Nunavit and Northwest Territories:

Susan Aglukark
Lucy Idleout
Tamarack Jack

Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time
From: Beer
Date: 27 Feb 10 - 01:04 AM

Gordie Howe
Zorro
John F. Kennedy

Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time
From: Sawzaw
Date: 27 Feb 10 - 12:05 AM

The late Peter Jennings ABC News Anchor.

He had quit smoking but 9/11 shook him up so bad he went back to smoking and died of lung cancer in 2005.

Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time
From: 3refs
Date: 26 Feb 10 - 11:35 PM

Up until the present time.
Farley Mowat. Yep, couple of pints with him too!

Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time
From: Ed T
Date: 26 Feb 10 - 10:24 PM

Rapaire,
I did not know you has a soft spot for famous future Canadian greats.

Well, it may grate on you, but, wemay as well get a good head start at listing them the three it may take awhile to deduce it from the many. Since   the world will end in 2012 (f' sure) .... your canidate is out.

Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time
From: Rapparee
Date: 26 Feb 10 - 07:29 PM

R. Douglas Lake (she'll be Prime Minister in 3101)
Strong Rock (first human to set foot in what would become Canada)

(Doesn't it seem a bit pretentious to list the "Top 3 of all Time" of anything? We haven't finished "All Time" yet, unless, well, I have been in places in Canada where time seems to stop....)

Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time
From: Ed T
Date: 26 Feb 10 - 06:46 PM

Bankley,

From Nova Scotia I would suggest
Joseph Howe
Cyrus Eaton
Chief Membertou

Or, alternatively
Alexander Graham Bell (though he is shared)
Donald Sutherland
Wilf Carter

As to sports. Sydney Crosby

I would not rule out Anne Murray...but according to the Olympics ads, Dartmouth's Sara MacLaughlin seems to now be from BC....figure that one out?

Here are some others

http://www.twrsoft.com/trivia/hist01.htm

As to PEI, I would not rule out Stomp'in Tom Connore....now who can be more Canadian then Tom?

Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time
From: Little Hawk
Date: 26 Feb 10 - 05:45 PM

Orillia, Ontario:

Gordon Lightfoot
Stephen Leacock

Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time
From: GUEST,bankley
Date: 26 Feb 10 - 05:18 PM

From Alberta :

Tommy Chong
kd lang
Nickelback

Saskatchewan:

Joni Mitchell
Buffy Ste-Marie
Colin James

Manitoba:

Neil Young
Randy Bachman
Colin James

Quebec:

Oscar Petersen
Burt Bacharach
Leonard Cohen

New Brunswick:

Walter Pidgeon
Donald Sutherland
Rob Wells (Ricky-Trailer Park Boys)

Nova Scotia:

Hank Snow
Anne Murray
Sara MacLaughlin

Prince Edward Island:

Lucy Maude Montgomery
Milton Acorn
Martha MacIsaac


Newfoundland and Labrador

Kids in the Hall
Codco-22 minutes
Natasha Henstridge (real hot)

and we'll leave the Yukon to Pierre Berton

Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time
From: gnu
Date: 26 Feb 10 - 05:17 PM

Red Green? Big Bobby Clobber?

Dave Broadfoot!

Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time
From: Ed T
Date: 26 Feb 10 - 05:02 PM

Canadians who made an inmpact on me when I was young:
Howard the Turtle from Razzle Dazzle and Howard I Threadneedle
Don Messer and the travel'in man Tommy Hunter
Casey and Finnigan and the Friendly Giant (Rusty was also fun)
Elwood Glover, from Elwood Glovers Lunchon Date (with Sonny Caulfield)
and Our Pet,' Juliette

Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time
From: Ed T
Date: 26 Feb 10 - 04:54 PM

Someone once said to me that Rocket Richard was a hero in Quebec........but that Gretsky and Bobby Orr were just seen as great hockey players in Canada.

There was "Rocket Richard", "Pocket Richard", and a brother who did not like hockey at all....naqmed...."Fockit Richard":)

Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time
From: 3refs
Date: 26 Feb 10 - 04:42 PM

Roids!

Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time
From: Little Hawk
Date: 26 Feb 10 - 04:39 PM

What did the title "Grapes" have to do with?

Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time
From: Peter the Squeezer
Date: 26 Feb 10 - 04:38 PM

So far, unless I have missed her (and who could ever be excused of doing that!), I don't think that anybody has mentioned Avril Lavigne.

Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time
From: 3refs
Date: 26 Feb 10 - 04:36 PM

Tecumseh was an Native American.

I've read "Grapes", and it, or they, has nothing to do with sour!

"Okay...how about Bobby Orr? Rocket Richard? Gordie Howe?" Even in the right order!

No mention of Farley Mowat! I read somewhere that he said "Goddammit" and "You little bastard" to his two Lab pups so often, that they became their names!

Would have liked the opportunity to have had a few jugs with Sir John A! "I get sick....not because of drink(but because)I am forced to listen to the ranting of my honourable opponent".

Pierre Trudeau. Somewhere between Leona and Barbara!

Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time
From: gnu
Date: 26 Feb 10 - 04:32 PM

Jean... the ultimate gentleman. And quicker than a cat... score off the face off!

Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time
From: Little Hawk
Date: 26 Feb 10 - 04:30 PM

By Gar! Qui! I know of le petit Henri Richard. And 'ow about dat Jean Beliveau?

Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time
From: gnu
Date: 26 Feb 10 - 04:25 PM

Not is you know hockey... Henri Richard?

Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time
From: Little Hawk
Date: 26 Feb 10 - 04:20 PM

Sounds kind of suggestive, doesn't it?

Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time
From: gnu
Date: 26 Feb 10 - 04:14 PM

LH... Pocket Rocket.

Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time
From: Dave MacKenzie
Date: 26 Feb 10 - 03:57 PM

Marie-Philip Poulin

Shannon Szabado

Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time
From: Little Hawk
Date: 26 Feb 10 - 03:40 PM

Okay...how about Bobby Orr? Rocket Richard? Gordie Howe?

Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time
From: mauvepink
Date: 26 Feb 10 - 03:25 PM

Stan Rogers has to be on that list for sure

:-)

mp

Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time
From: gnu
Date: 26 Feb 10 - 02:42 PM

I have. I am from New Brunswick. Rexton is not far from me.

Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time
From: Ed T
Date: 26 Feb 10 - 02:36 PM

Sorry, Andrew Bonar Law...the middle name was not Boner;(

Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time
From: Ed T
Date: 26 Feb 10 - 02:34 PM

Anyone ever hear of Andrew Boner Law? Not that he was the greatest Canadian....but maybe a lesser known one, considering his post.

http://www.montrealgazette.com/story_print.html?id=817197&sponsor=

Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time
From: gnu
Date: 26 Feb 10 - 02:22 PM

I thought Wayne was a "great" Canuck?

Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time
From: Kampervan
Date: 26 Feb 10 - 02:08 PM

How fickle is the public; surely a few years ago Wayne Gretzky would have topped any poll of famous Canadians?

Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time
From: gnu
Date: 26 Feb 10 - 01:25 PM

Lightfoot, Mitchell (Joni), Valdy

Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time
From: Terry McDonald
Date: 26 Feb 10 - 12:43 PM

Mrs Braden was Barbara Kelly. You've not mentioned Edmund Hockridge, Bubblyrat.

Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time
From: bubblyrat
Date: 26 Feb 10 - 12:39 PM

Of course,in England we are most likely to think of ...

Hughie Green    WW2 C47 pilot and ,later,TV presenter

Bernard Braden    very popular TV presenter

    Andre Previn       conductor


.......sorry,I couldn't remember Braden's wife's name ; Barbara something ?? Didn't like her,anyway.
                   Yes, I CAN remember Previn's wife,or one of 'em !

Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time
From: Sawzaw
Date: 26 Feb 10 - 12:36 PM

Hank Snow? No shit. He has been everwhere.

Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time
From: frogprince
Date: 26 Feb 10 - 12:27 PM

Top Canadian female singer-songwriter: Penny Lang
Top Canadian guitar picker: Ron Bankley
Top Canadian male-singer-songwiter-who-isn't-an-international-household-name: Some old coot named Bruce Something-or-the-other.

Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time
From: gnu
Date: 26 Feb 10 - 12:23 PM

Well, if we are talking provices here, I am from New Brunswick....

K.C. Irving
K.C. Irving
K.C. Irving

Not the greatest but he owned darn near everything.

Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time
From: Sandy Mc Lean
Date: 26 Feb 10 - 11:31 AM

As a biased Nova Scotian son I offer these:

Hank Snow, Anne Murray, Sidney Crosby.

Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time
From: fat B****rd
Date: 26 Feb 10 - 10:38 AM

Oscar Peterson
Joni Mitchell
Yvon Durelle

Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time
From: Little Hawk
Date: 26 Feb 10 - 10:28 AM

To that list I would like to add Shane McBride...the only difference being that he is mediocre to an absolutely spectacular degree, if that's possible...

Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time
From: pdq
Date: 26 Feb 10 - 10:05 AM

Here are three candidates for the list of most mediocre Canadians:

John Barbour
David Steinberg
Dan Aykroyd