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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 24, 2012 - 04:05pm PT
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2. Bruce Kay, honorary infamous Norwegain
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Feb 24, 2012 - 04:33pm PT
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Isn't it time for some Newfie jokes in lieu of there not being any famous ones?
And do you mean to tell me Farley Mowat isn't on the list? Bloody 'ell!
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Feb 24, 2012 - 04:39pm PT
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Leslie Nielsen, Actor/comedian
Matthew Perry, comedian????
Kate and Anna Mc Garigal, musicians
Natalie MacMaster, musician
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scuffy b
climber
heading slowly NNW
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Feb 24, 2012 - 04:40pm PT
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I thought Mowat was on the list.
Raymond Dudley, pianist
Gilles Villeneuve F1
EDIT: I guess he was suggested earlier and didn't make the transcription.
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 24, 2012 - 04:50pm PT
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I have seen that Tami and Mighty Hiker insist on Canada taking the blame for the achievements of Kennedy and Kruk on Cerro Torre, so I have decided that it is on time to make a thread appreciating famous Canadians.
The updated list:
1. Wayne Gretzky, ice hockey
2. Pamela Anderson, generous actress
3. William Osler, known as the worlds first modern physician
4. John Kenneth Galbraith, economist
5. Tommy Douglas, politician founder of the CCF and the father of socialized medicine in Canada
6. Tim Horton, restauranteur
7. Neil Young, musician
8. Joni Mitchell, musician
9. Leonard Cohen, musician
10. Don Cherry, musician
11. Mary Pickford, actress
12. Richard E. Taylor, physics, Nobel laureat
13. Glenn Gould, pianist
14. David Cronenberg, film director
15. Cirque de Soleil, circus
16. The Cowboy Junkies, musicians
17. Saul Bellow, author and Nobel laureat
18. Graham Greene, author
19. Justin Bieber, musician
20. Bryan Adams, musician
21. Celine Dion, musician
22. Steppenwolf, musicians
23. Avril Lavigne, musician
24. Shania Twain, musician
25. Jacques Villeneuve, F1
x. Guy Lacelle, climber
x. Royal Canadian Mounted Police
26. Alexander Graham Bell, inventor
27. Frederick Banting, medicine, discovering insulin, Nobel laureat
28. David H. Hubel, medicine and physiology, Nobel laureat
29. James Cameron, film director
30. Donald Sutherland, actor
31. Norman Bethune, physician
32. Michael J. Fox, actor
33. Jim Carrey, comedian
34. Sarah Burke, freestyle skier
35. Mario Lemieux, ice hockey
36. Marshall McLuhan, author
37. Margareth Atwood, author
x. James Randi, magician and scientific sceptic
38. Maurice Richard, ice hockey
39. Ben Johnson, runner
40. Keanu Reeves, actor
41. Hudson Bay Company
42. Jack Warner, film business
43. David Suzuki, environment conservation
44. William Stephenson, spymaster and inspiration for James Bond
45. Bruce Cockburn
46. Angela Hewitt, pianist
47. Margaret Munroe, author
48. Bill Reid, artist
49. Norman McLaren, director/film animator
x. Chilliwack
50. Anne of Green Gables
51. Chief Dan George
52. Karl Christian Rove, advisor, never believe anything said by or written by or about KCR
53. Alanis Morissette, musician
54. Diana Krall, musician
55. Bobby Orr, ice hockey
56. Jeff Healey, musician
57. Peter Jennings, journalist
58. Steven Pinker, psychologist
59. Myron Scholes, won a Nobel prize for the Black-Scholes-Merton model of option/debt pricing.
60. Robertson Davies, author
61. Gilles Villeneuve, F1
62. Peter Croft, climber
63. Will Gadd, climber and flier
64. Sonnie Trotter, climber
65. Tami Knight, climber and athlete
66. Jason Kruk, climber, chopper and stand up comedian
67. Maxime Turgeon, climber/alpinist
68. LP Menard, climber/alpinist
69. Barry Blanchard, climber/alpinist
70. Elisabeth Parker, climber and journalist
71. Terry Fox, humanitarian and athlete
72. Leslie Nielsen, actor
73. Jack Pine and the fire, mountain climber
74. Mike Meyers, actor.
75. The Tragically Hip, musicians
76. Gordon Lightfoot, musician
77. Doug & the Slugs, musicians
78. Farley Mowat, author
79. Raymond Dudley, pianist
80. The Naked News
81. Paul Anka, musician
82. Lorne Greene, actor (Bonanza)
83. James Naismith, inventor of basketball
84. Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas as Bob and Doug McKenzie, comedians
85. Pierre and Margaret Trudeau, politician and first lady from a different breed
86. Pierre Berton - Yukon born author and raconteur. Brilliant.
87. Rene Levesque - founder of the Parti QUebecois. Don't have to agree with 'em or even like'em but he gave Quebec back her self esteem.
88. Jack Layton - put the QUebec separatists in their place with the orange crush. RIP Jack.
x. Al Purdy, poet
x. Irving Layton, poet
x. Alice Munro, author
89. Monty Hall, actor
90. Dan Akroyd, actor
91. John Candy, actor
92. Raymond Massey, actor
93. Howard Michael "Howie" Mandel, actor
94. Martin Short as ANYONE
95. Seth Rogen, comedian
96. Steve Smith as Mr. Red Green of the world famous "Red Green Show"
97. William Shatner as Captain Kirk of Star Trek
98. Adam Beach, actor
99. Tommy Chong, comedian
100. Matthew Perry, comedian
101. Kate and Anna McGarigal, musicians
102. Natalie MacMaster, musician
103. Jennifer Tilly, actress
104. Bernie Geoffrion, ice hockey
105. Carol Vadnais, ice hockey
106. Mike Richards, ice hockey
107. Wab Kinew, rapper and CBC host
108. Mark Messier, ice hockey
109. Laura Secord, chocolatier
x. Ian and Sylvia Tyson, musicians
110. The Guess Who, musicians
111. Rick Mercier, comedian
112. The Kids In The Hall, comedy group
113. Bare Naked Ladies, musicians
114. Dudley Doright, cartoon
115. Alex Trebek, actor
116. Rich Little, actor
117. The Trailer Park Boys, mockumentary
x. Ross Rebagliati, snowboarder
x. Chandra Crawford - Olympic Gold medalist Cross Country Ski Sprint
x. Devon Kershaw - Currently 3rd place overall in Cross Country Ski World Cup!
x. Alex Harvey, World Champions in Team Sprint...
x. Peter Reid, winner of the Kona Ironman
x. Lori Bowden winner of the Kona Ironman
118. La Fin Du Monde, almost Canadian
119. Uncle Bens, beer
120. Cutthroat Pale Ale
122. Bowen Island brewing Dark
123. Winnipeg Beer
124. Hermann's, beer
125. Spyshopper, beer
126. Molson Beer, almost Canadian
127. Canadian Club Classic
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Feb 24, 2012 - 04:51pm PT
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Ya gotta nuke #51. He's no Canuck. And I have doubts about #81.
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 24, 2012 - 04:57pm PT
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81 is. I will nuke 51.
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Urizen
Ice climber
Berkeley, CA
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Feb 24, 2012 - 05:06pm PT
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I've never heard of #78 at all, but I'm having a hard time figuring out how their namesake, Farley Mowat, didn't make the cut.
And where's Bruce "The REAL Boss" Cockburn?
But these omissions are but pale moonbeams compared to the glaring, ineradicable sin of forgetting CHILLIWACK!
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 24, 2012 - 05:17pm PT
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They're now on the list.
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Urizen
Ice climber
Berkeley, CA
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Feb 24, 2012 - 05:29pm PT
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Wait, this one was hidden in plain sight so well I missed him missing the first time through: Pierre Trudeau; never occurred to me he wouldn't be there.
#85, got it--
Yeah, that dude had STYLE.
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Urizen
Ice climber
Berkeley, CA
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Feb 24, 2012 - 05:31pm PT
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And let's honor the poets: Al Purdy, Irving Layton.
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Urizen
Ice climber
Berkeley, CA
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Feb 24, 2012 - 05:34pm PT
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Alice Munro
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scuffy b
climber
heading slowly NNW
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Feb 24, 2012 - 05:42pm PT
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I Love Marlow's evolving list threads.
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hamie
Social climber
Thekoots
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Feb 24, 2012 - 05:43pm PT
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Ian and Sylvia Tyson.
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Urizen
Ice climber
Berkeley, CA
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Feb 24, 2012 - 05:45pm PT
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And, very much ON TOPIC: Guy Lacelle.
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Wretchedalan
Social climber
Wisconsin
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Feb 24, 2012 - 05:46pm PT
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James Randi - Magician
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Maysho
climber
Soda Springs, CA
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Feb 24, 2012 - 05:51pm PT
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Doesn't anyone follow cross country ski racing around here?
Chandra Crawford - Olympic Gold medalist Cross Country Ski Sprint
Devon Kershaw - Currently 3rd place overall in Cross Country Ski World Cup!
Along with Alex Harvey, World Champions in Team Sprint...
Peter
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TwistedCrank
climber
Ideeho-dee-do-dah-day boom-chicka-boom-chicka-boom
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Feb 24, 2012 - 06:03pm PT
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Dudley Do-Right. Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
His chin may look like a butt, but he is a Canuck.
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 24, 2012 - 06:10pm PT
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They are all added.
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Ben Harland
Gym climber
Kenora, ON
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Feb 24, 2012 - 06:12pm PT
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Peter Reid and Lori Bowden have won the Kona Ironman five times between them.
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