Mame wrote:Famous Canucks (in no special order):...
[Reyn, sticking his head in for a minute]
You left off Mame's name. I understand she's special. :wink:
Tico wrote:Canada thread, eh? I don't know ... doesn't really feel, uh, well ... Canadian to go around tooting our horn. On the other hand, look at all the Americans already on this thread. Must be ok then. If we're nice to them maybe they'll spend lots of money here ...
They already own most everything here
Bryan Adams. Pamela Anderson, Paul Anka, Jann Arden, Dan Aykroyd, Margaret Atwood, Donovan Bailey, Conrad Bain, Robert Bateman, Gil Bellows, Conrad Black, Rachel Blanchard, Kurt Browning, Genevieve Bujold, Raymond Burr, James Cameron, Neve Campbell, John Candy, Tantoo Cardinal, Emily Carr, Jim Carrey, Kim Cattral, Thomas Chong, Bruce Cockburn, Leonard Cohen, David Cronenberg, Hume Croyn, James Doohan, Colleen Dewhurst, Celine Dion, Linda Evangelista, David Foley, Megan Fellows, Glenn Ford, Michael J. Fox, Marc Garneau, Bruno Gerussi, Scott Goodyear, Graham Greene, Lorne Greene, Paul Gross, Monty Hall, Alan Hamel, Phil Hartman, Doug Henning, Ferguson Jenkins, Norman Jewison, Margot Kidder, Eugene Levy, Gordon Lightfoot, Art Linkletter, Rich Little, Howie Mandel, Andrea Martin, John McCrea, Lorne Michaels, Rick Moranis, Farley Mowat, Mike Myers, Kate Nelligan, Leslie Nielson, Catherine O'Hara, Brian Orser, Matthew Perry, Mary Pickford, Walter Pidgeon, Gorden Pinsent, Christopher Plummer, Jason Priestley, Keanu Reeves, Paul Schaffer, Monika Schnarre, William Shatner
Helen Shaver, Martin Short, Frank Shuster, Jay Silverheels, Marc Singer, Steve Smith, David Steinberg, Elvis Stoyko, Donald Sutherland, Alan Thicke, Dave Thomas, Scott Thompson, Jennifer Tilly, Meg Tilly, Alex Trebek, Shannon Tweed, John Vernon, Gilles Villeneuve, Jacques Villeneuve, Johnny Wayne, Al Waxman, Fay Wray, Neil Young, Kevin Zegers
Conrad Black? Didn't he defect to the House of Lords?
Pass the cinnamon timbits over here, ehBeth! Thanks.
I see that The Prince has some knowledge of our city. Did you know the area centering around Church & Wood Streets, sometimes called Gaytown, has a long (in Canadian terms), prestigious history:
Quote:Alexander Wood came to Canada in 1793 and settled in Kingston. In 1797 he opened a store, one of three, in York. In 1798 he was a gazetted lieutenant in the York Militia. He magistrated in 1800 and became Commissioner for the Court of Requests in 1805. Involved in a homophobic scandal in 1810, Wood returned to Scotland was appointed for two years but then resumed his duties in York. In 1817 Alexander Wood inherited the family estates and moved back to Scotland. He returned to York in 1821 where he lived for the next 21 years acting as agent for absentee landowners and executive member of several organizations. He had a long, successful career in public service as executor of nearly every charitable and philanthropic society in York, usually as treasurer.
In 1826 Alexander Wood purchased fifty acres of land east of Yonge Street and north of Carlton Street (Toronto). The citizens referred to this land as "Molly Wood's Bush" . "Molly" was the derogatory word at that time for a gay man. Alexander Wood had three streets in this area named after him indicating the esteem given to him and his importance to the community. "Molly Wood's Bush" is now the gay village of Toronto.
Wood visited Scotland in 1842 where he died in 1844. At his death the British Colonist newspaper called him one of Toronto's "most respected inhabitants".
Expo 67
Expo 86
Calgary Winter Olympics
Vancouver Winter 2010 Olympics
The fact that sane Torontonians don't want Olympics or any international exhibition -- proving once again why Toronto is the economic engine of Canada.
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That should bring out the anti-Hogtowners!)
i suggest toronna build another "skydome" and call it "the sky is the limit ! " :wink: .
surely there is enough money floating around in toronna and with a "slight" increase in property taxes the citizens can easily afford to give away another facility to big business .
hbg
the "loonie" , canada's cherished symbol :wink:
hbg
Warner Brothers were from Ontario and Goldwyn from Montreal. Norma Shearer, Marie Dressler, Warren Beatty and his sister Shirley Maclean's parents were Canadians. Then there was Raymond Massey. Glenn Ford just died a few weeks ago.
And wossisname....the bloke who starred in Wayne's World and then went on to play that hippie secret agent from London.
"Sound of Music" has strong Canadian links: Heather Menzies (Louisa) is from Toronto, (Liesl) Charmian Carr's father is from Toronto, (Captain Georg von Trapp) Christopher Plummer is from Montreal. Debbie Turner's (Marta) parents are from Manitoba.
BPB should move to canada
we've already honoured him on our two dollar coin
Lord Ellpus wrote:And wossisname....the bloke who starred in Wayne's World and then went on to play that hippie secret agent from London.
Mike Myers ~ also the voice of Shrek. Apparently, he recorded the original Shrek several times using different accents as suggested by the producers. Finally, he asked to use his own choice -- and the Scottish ogre was born.
and let us not forget
...MAX AITKEN , 1st LORD BEAVERBROOK...
he was born in maple , ontario and after going to england was also known as a "press-baron" . he served as a minister in the british government during WW I and WW II .
he certainly was not afraid to have canada's symbol , the
incorporated into his name .
hbg
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...and a great big thanks to Halifax for the tree.
