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25 Feb 10 - 12:41 PM (#2849948) Subject: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: Sawzaw MSNBC conducted a viewer poll ont the Morning Joe Show to determine who are the most famous Canadians of all time. Results #1 William Shatner #2 Dudley-Do-Right #3 Michael J. Fox Honorable mention: Little Hawk Runner up Chongo Chimp |
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25 Feb 10 - 01:15 PM (#2849985) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: Little Hawk Very good! Shatner is definitely Numero Uno. No debate there. The Little Hawk portrait is quite accurate for me at a much younger age than I am now. But Chongo Chimp isn't Canadian. He's an American citizen. How come you left out Don Cherry and his dog, Blue |
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25 Feb 10 - 01:16 PM (#2849987) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: Little Hawk Don Cherry should be Number 2, right after William Shatner. |
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25 Feb 10 - 01:29 PM (#2850003) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: Young Buchan As an Englishman I would go for Stephen Leacock - but then I'm very old. And yes,I know he wasn't born there. |
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25 Feb 10 - 01:30 PM (#2850004) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: GUEST, topsie What about Leonard Cohen |
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25 Feb 10 - 01:32 PM (#2850008) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: Sawzaw How Chongo relaxes in his off hours. |
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25 Feb 10 - 02:14 PM (#2850043) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: bubblyrat 1) Air Marshall William Avery ( "Billy") Bishop WW1 Fighter Ace 2) Flight Lieutenant Murray Peden,DFC,RCAF Pilot, Short "Stirling" and Boeing B 17 "Flying Fortress", No. 214 (Federated Malay States) Squadron, Royal Air Force WW2 3) Vicky Herbert of Toronto (She was Brilliant !). |
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25 Feb 10 - 02:26 PM (#2850053) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: Rasener Kate and Anna McGarrigle Tanglefoot |
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25 Feb 10 - 02:36 PM (#2850063) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: Midchuck 1: Ian Tyson 2: Stan Rogers 3: One and two pretty well cover it. Peter (Just kidding - about 3 anyway) |
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25 Feb 10 - 03:28 PM (#2850118) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: Dave MacKenzie Sir Alexander MacKenzie Alexander MacKenzie William Lyon MacKenzie |
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25 Feb 10 - 03:33 PM (#2850123) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: Sawzaw Least Popular Canadian of all time. |
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25 Feb 10 - 03:47 PM (#2850140) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: Rapparee Oh, Canada.... |
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25 Feb 10 - 04:01 PM (#2850147) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: Sawzaw The Most Admired Canadian |
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25 Feb 10 - 04:01 PM (#2850148) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: Rapparee 1. Joseph and Mary Brant. 2. Tecumseh. 3. Louis Riel. |
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25 Feb 10 - 04:13 PM (#2850153) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: gnu Sawzaw.... link no work. |
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25 Feb 10 - 04:15 PM (#2850155) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: gnu Dr. Frederick Banting??? |
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25 Feb 10 - 04:20 PM (#2850158) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: Little Hawk Gordon Lightfoot Joni Mitchell Buffy Sainte-Marie Neil Young Ian & Sylvia Tyson Stan Rogers Celine Dionne Shania Twain You can't do better than that. |
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25 Feb 10 - 04:26 PM (#2850167) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: gnu Starting to sound slightly pretenseous. |
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25 Feb 10 - 04:39 PM (#2850177) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: Little Hawk Oh, indeed. I sneer superciliously down my patrician nose at the common herd... ;-D |
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25 Feb 10 - 04:43 PM (#2850184) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: gnu "In 2004, Frederick Banting was voted 4th place on the The Greatest Canadian." Wikipedia Oh dear.... he really should have tried harder to get up there with The Shat types. |
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25 Feb 10 - 05:09 PM (#2850213) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: kendall What about the man who invented the pace maker? The blackberry? the snow mobile? |
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25 Feb 10 - 05:22 PM (#2850228) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: gnu the snow mobile? Well... Bombardier just sold $3B worth of the most advanced commuter jets in the world to "Republic, based in Indianapolis, operates 283 planes and owns Chautauqua Airlines, Frontier Airlines, Lynx Aviation, Midwest Airlines, Republic Airlines and Shuttle America." Andthere is a second option to double up. |
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25 Feb 10 - 05:33 PM (#2850242) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: GUEST,bankley older hollywood heros : from Ontario Mary Pickford (Toronto) Lorne Green (Ottawa) Jay Silverheels aka Tonto (Six Nations) Marie Dressler (Coburg) |
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25 Feb 10 - 05:36 PM (#2850245) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: GUEST,999 Tommy Douglas Tommy Douglas Tommy Douglas |
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25 Feb 10 - 06:55 PM (#2850304) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: gnu Well, yes Tommy... but that was just among Canucks. He won hands down as the greatest Canuck. I believe this poll was "non-Canuck" and was about being famous. |
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25 Feb 10 - 10:49 PM (#2850455) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: Sawzaw Gnu: Works for me http://www.tvshowsondvd.net/graphics/news3/SgtPrestonOfYukon_CompD1.jpg I hope I am not irritating the Canadians here with my ignorance. The first three were chosen on MSNBC and I thought it was humerous. I only know Canadians from an American viewpoint like John Candy and Alex Trebec. I like Canada. On a whole it is cleaner and neater than the US except for some of the Indian Reservations. The people are friendly except in Quebec. I've been over a good part of it like the Edmonton Mall, Banf, Atlin, Nova Scotia, Prince Rupert even the Yukon where I visited Robert Service's cabin. Was he Scottish or English. |
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26 Feb 10 - 01:41 AM (#2850501) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: JennieG Today I borrowed William Shatner's autobiography from my local library.....couldn't believe my eyes when I saw it there with the new books......so I can find out what makes him the greatest (in the opinion of some people) Canadian ever of all time in the universe. Cheers JennieG |
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26 Feb 10 - 01:53 AM (#2850503) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: GUEST,999 "Service was born into a Scottish family while they were living in Preston, England." He was educated in Scotland and he moved to Vancouver Island when he was 21. Sawzaw: we're pretty good about laughing at ourselves. Most of us thought "Canadian Bacon" was a hoot. As for Michael J Fox, that man has serious stones. And 'Sgt Preston of the Yukon' entertained many of us as kids. |
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26 Feb 10 - 06:10 AM (#2850600) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: GUEST,KP Neil Young The Band Robertson Davies |
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26 Feb 10 - 08:48 AM (#2850714) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: Becca72 My list would definitely include Patrick Roy. |
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26 Feb 10 - 09:04 AM (#2850732) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: GUEST,bankley From BC: Pamela Anderson ( she could count as 3 ! Diana Krall Bryan Adams |
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26 Feb 10 - 09:11 AM (#2850739) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: Mooh Tommy Douglas Gordie Howe Dave Keon Paul Henderson Peace, Mooh. |
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26 Feb 10 - 09:49 AM (#2850774) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: GUEST,Neil D Someone mentioned Tecumseh earlier and he actually was ranked 37th on a list of great Canadians. While he died on Canadian soil defending Canada from U.S. aggression, he was born in what became Ohio and lived his entire life there and in present-day Indiana. Only the fortunes of war drove him into Canada at the very end of his life. Nevertheless, he was a great man, a brave warrior and a visionary leader. |
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26 Feb 10 - 09:55 AM (#2850776) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: Little Hawk Shatner's autobiography "Get A Life" is actually a very entertaining, amusing book. I recommend it to anyone. Seriously. Canadians are known for being good at laughing at themselves and their own foibles, and Shatner is no exception. Don Cherry has also written an autobiography. It's called "Grapes" (a reference to sour grapes?) I can't recommend it....I blush to say that I have never read it! It's like Shane's bible, eh? |
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26 Feb 10 - 10:05 AM (#2850781) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: pdq Here are three candidates for the list of most mediocre Canadians: John Barbour David Steinberg Dan Aykroyd |
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26 Feb 10 - 10:28 AM (#2850802) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: Little Hawk 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... |
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26 Feb 10 - 10:38 AM (#2850812) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: fat B****rd Oscar Peterson Joni Mitchell Yvon Durelle |
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26 Feb 10 - 11:31 AM (#2850858) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: Sandy Mc Lean As a biased Nova Scotian son I offer these: Hank Snow, Anne Murray, Sidney Crosby. |
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26 Feb 10 - 12:23 PM (#2850891) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: gnu 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. |
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26 Feb 10 - 12:27 PM (#2850897) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: frogprince 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. |
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26 Feb 10 - 12:36 PM (#2850905) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: Sawzaw Hank Snow? No shit. He has been everwhere. |
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26 Feb 10 - 12:39 PM (#2850908) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: bubblyrat 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 ! |
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26 Feb 10 - 12:43 PM (#2850911) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: Terry McDonald Mrs Braden was Barbara Kelly. You've not mentioned Edmund Hockridge, Bubblyrat. |
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26 Feb 10 - 01:25 PM (#2850950) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: gnu Lightfoot, Mitchell (Joni), Valdy |
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26 Feb 10 - 02:08 PM (#2850977) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: Kampervan How fickle is the public; surely a few years ago Wayne Gretzky would have topped any poll of famous Canadians? |
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26 Feb 10 - 02:22 PM (#2850992) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: gnu I thought Wayne was a "great" Canuck? |
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26 Feb 10 - 02:34 PM (#2851007) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: Ed T 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= |
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26 Feb 10 - 02:36 PM (#2851009) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: Ed T Sorry, Andrew Bonar Law...the middle name was not Boner;( |
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26 Feb 10 - 02:42 PM (#2851017) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: gnu I have. I am from New Brunswick. Rexton is not far from me. |
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26 Feb 10 - 03:25 PM (#2851058) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: mauvepink Stan Rogers has to be on that list for sure :-) mp |
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26 Feb 10 - 03:40 PM (#2851077) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: Little Hawk Okay...how about Bobby Orr? Rocket Richard? Gordie Howe? |
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26 Feb 10 - 03:57 PM (#2851089) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: Dave MacKenzie Marie-Philip Poulin Shannon Szabado |
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26 Feb 10 - 04:14 PM (#2851101) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: gnu LH... Pocket Rocket. |
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26 Feb 10 - 04:20 PM (#2851106) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: Little Hawk Sounds kind of suggestive, doesn't it? |
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26 Feb 10 - 04:25 PM (#2851109) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: gnu Not is you know hockey... Henri Richard? |
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26 Feb 10 - 04:30 PM (#2851112) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: Little Hawk By Gar! Qui! I know of le petit Henri Richard. And 'ow about dat Jean Beliveau? |
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26 Feb 10 - 04:32 PM (#2851113) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: gnu Jean... the ultimate gentleman. And quicker than a cat... score off the face off! |
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26 Feb 10 - 04:36 PM (#2851115) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: 3refs 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! |
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26 Feb 10 - 04:38 PM (#2851117) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: Peter the Squeezer 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. |
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26 Feb 10 - 04:39 PM (#2851118) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: Little Hawk What did the title "Grapes" have to do with? |
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26 Feb 10 - 04:42 PM (#2851121) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: 3refs Roids! |
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26 Feb 10 - 04:54 PM (#2851123) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: Ed T 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":) |
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26 Feb 10 - 05:02 PM (#2851127) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: Ed T 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 |
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26 Feb 10 - 05:17 PM (#2851131) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: gnu Red Green? Big Bobby Clobber? Dave Broadfoot! |
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26 Feb 10 - 05:18 PM (#2851134) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: GUEST,bankley 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 |
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26 Feb 10 - 05:45 PM (#2851156) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: Little Hawk Orillia, Ontario: Gordon Lightfoot Stephen Leacock |
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26 Feb 10 - 06:46 PM (#2851214) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: Ed T 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? |
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26 Feb 10 - 07:29 PM (#2851229) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: Rapparee 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....) |
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26 Feb 10 - 10:24 PM (#2851314) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: Ed T 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. |
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26 Feb 10 - 11:35 PM (#2851340) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: 3refs Up until the present time. Farley Mowat. Yep, couple of pints with him too! |
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27 Feb 10 - 12:05 AM (#2851349) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: Sawzaw 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. |
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27 Feb 10 - 01:04 AM (#2851368) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: Beer Gordie Howe Zorro John F. Kennedy |
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27 Feb 10 - 10:52 AM (#2851550) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: GUEST,bankley 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 |
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27 Feb 10 - 10:59 AM (#2851553) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: GUEST,HiLo Glen Gould, Margaret Atwood, Robertson Davies, Bruce Cockburn, Diana Krall, Anne Murray, Flora MacDonald, Terry Fox, Timothy Findlay, Joni Mitchell..Young et al.....Trudeau, |
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27 Feb 10 - 06:19 PM (#2851860) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: Ed T 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. |
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27 Feb 10 - 06:20 PM (#2851862) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: gnu He's a spud? |
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27 Feb 10 - 06:21 PM (#2851864) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: Ed T Did someone mention Terry Fox? |
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28 Feb 10 - 01:19 AM (#2852051) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: kendall Define "Great". |
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28 Feb 10 - 06:58 AM (#2852135) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: JennieG Can't resist this one ...... What was that about spuds? Cheers JennieG |
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28 Feb 10 - 08:16 AM (#2852165) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: 3refs All of Canada's 2010 Olympians! |
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28 Feb 10 - 10:14 AM (#2852218) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: Dave MacKenzie Brenton Fraser Diefenbaker Inspector Margaret Thatcher |
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28 Feb 10 - 02:52 PM (#2852378) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: kendall 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. |
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28 Feb 10 - 06:45 PM (#2852554) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: Ed T Nova Scotia's golden man>>>>he scores>>>Sydney Crosby...I cant help it...at least for today:) |
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01 Mar 10 - 02:23 PM (#2853280) Subject: RE: BS: Top 3 Canadians of all Time From: Sawzaw My Wife loves the Canadian Brass although not all of them are Canadian. |
