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    Wilton Littlechild

    Jacob Wilton (Willie) Littlechild, CC, AOE, athlete, lawyer, Cree chief, politician, advocate for Indigenous rights (born 1 April 1944 in Hobbema, [now Maskwacîs] AB). Littlechild formed and coached Alberta’s first all-Indigenous junior hockey team and created the National Indian Athletic Association. He is a member of seven sports halls of fame. In 1976, Littlechild earned a law degree from the University of Alberta. He went on to become the first member of Parliament with Treaty Indian Status in Canada in 1988. Littlechild served as a commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in 2009. Throughout his career, Littlechild has promoted Indigenous rights both nationally and internationally.

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    Winnie Roach-Leuszler

    Winnie Roach-Leuszler, swimmer (born 3 February 1926 in Port Credit, ON; died 1 May 2004 in Surrey, BC). Winnie Roach-Leuszler was a successful marathon swimmer. In 1951, after serving with the Canadian Women’s Army Corps during the Second World War, she became the first Canadian to swim the English Channel. She also won the French long-distance championship in 1962. A recipient of the Order of Ontario, Roach-Leuszler was inducted into the Canadian Forces Sports Hall of Fame, the Ontario Aquatic Hall of Fame and the Mississauga Sports Hall of Fame.

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    Canadian World Curling Champions Men

    Year Host Canadian Team Home Province Record Gold Medal Game 1959 Falkirk and Edinburgh, Scotland Ernie Richardson Arnold Richardson Garnet Richardson Wes Richardson Saskatchewan 5–0 N/A 1960 Falkirk and Edinburgh, Scotland Ernie Richardson Arnold Richardson Garnet Richardson Wes Richardson Saskatchewan 5–0 N/A 1961 Ayr, Falkirk, Perth and Edinburgh, Scotland Hector Gervais Ray Werner Vic Raymer Wally Ursuliak Alberta 4–2 Canada 12 Scotland 7 1962 Falkirk and Edinburgh, Scotland Ernie Richardson Arnold Richardson Garnet Richardson Wes...

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    Canadian World Curling Champions Women

    Year Host Canadian Team Home Province Record Gold Medal Game 1980 Perth, Scotland Marj Mitchell Nancy Kerr Shirley McKendry Wendy Leach Saskatchewan 10–1 Canada 7 Sweden 6 (11 ends) 1984 Perth, Scotland Connie Laliberte Christine More Corinne Peters Janet Arnott Manitoba 10–1 Canada 10 Switzerland 0 1985 Jönköping, Sweden Linda Moore Lindsay Sparkes Debbie Jones Laurie Carney British Columbia 9–2 Canada 5 Scotland 2 1986 Kelowna, BC Marilyn Bodogh-Darte Kathy McEdwards Christine Bodogh-Jurgenson Jan Augustyn...

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    Yashin Cancels $1 Million NAC Gift

    This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on February 1, 1999. Partner content is not updated. Hockey fans have long since become accustomed to the mercenary nature of modern professional sports: players whose seven-figure salaries are not enough to anchor them to a team or a town, and even teams themselves that abandon those towns for newer arenas and sweet tax concessions elsewhere.

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    Yvon Durelle

    Yvon Durelle (the Fighting Fisherman), boxer (born 14 October 1929 in Baie-Sainte-Anne, NB; died 6 January 2007 in Moncton, NB). Yvon Durelle was an Acadian boxer. A heavy-handed power puncher, Durelle was Canadian middleweight champion (1953) and light heavyweight champion (1953–57); as well as British Empire light heavyweight champion (1957). In 1958, he earned international fame for a legendary 11-round slugfest against defending world champion Archie Moore at the Forum in Montreal. Durelle had a career record of 88 wins (49 by knockout), 24 losses and two draws. He was inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame, the New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame, the Maritime Sports Hall of Fame and the Canadian Boxing Hall of Fame. He died at 77 following a years-long battle with Parkinson’s disease.

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