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Tricouni
Mountain climber
Vancouver
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Feb 23, 2012 - 08:35pm PT
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Glenn Gould (pianist)
Angela Hewitt (pianist)
Margaret Atwood (novelist)
Margaret Munro (short story writer, possibly the best in the world)
Bill Reid (artist)
Malcolm Lowry (novelist) Honourary Canadian - born and died in England
David Cronenberg (director)
Norman McLaren (director, film animator) What? You've never heard of him?
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Ben Harland
Gym climber
Kenora, ON
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Feb 23, 2012 - 08:52pm PT
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Anne of Green Gables
She's so popular with the Japanese that even though she's from PEI, you can buy hats with red braids in Banff.
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sempervirens
climber
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Feb 23, 2012 - 11:41pm PT
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The Guess Who. Can't believe you all didn't mention them. American woman.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Feb 23, 2012 - 11:58pm PT
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Wuz Red Green from Canada?????
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ms55401
Trad climber
minneapolis, mn
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Feb 24, 2012 - 12:04am PT
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calories burned by Americans, per capita per day, thinking about Canadians: 0.000000000050410
calories burned by Canadians, per capita per day, thinking about Americans:
32.6
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Feb 24, 2012 - 12:17am PT
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How can this thread have gone over 80 posts without mentioning The Kids In The Hall?
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hamie
Social climber
Thekoots
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Feb 24, 2012 - 03:10am PT
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How about those soldiers of 1812, who kicked lotsa serious butt, and burned the White House? and Laura Secord too! Yeah,eh.
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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles
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Feb 24, 2012 - 10:25am PT
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WhaT!?! No Gordon Lightfoot?
I can't get the Canadian Railroad Trilogy to stop playing in my head.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Feb 24, 2012 - 10:33am PT
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Can't forget Mr. BIG...My favorite northwoods candy bar! LOL
When you're this big, they have to call you Mister!
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Dave Davis
Social climber
Seattle, WA
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Feb 24, 2012 - 11:51am PT
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Don't forget Dudley Doright!
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Gary
climber
That Long Black Cloud Is Coming Down
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Feb 24, 2012 - 12:19pm PT
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The Naked News
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 24, 2012 - 02:45pm 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
13. Glenn Gould, pianist
14. David Cronenberg, film director
15. Cirque de Soleil, circus
16. The Cowboy Junkies, musicians
17. Saul Bellow, author
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
26. Alexander Graham Bell, inventor
27. Frederick Banting, medicine, discovering insulin
28. David H. Hubel, medicine and physiology
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. Maurice Richard, ice hockey
38. Ben Johnson, runner
39. Keanu Reeves, actor
40. Hudson Bay Company
41. Jack Warner, film business
42. David Suzuki, environment conservation
43. William Stephenson, spymaster and inspiration for James Bond
44. Angela Hewitt, pianist
45. Margaret Munroe, author
46. Bill Reid, artist
47. Norman McLaren, director/film animator
48. Anne of Green Gables
49. Chief Dan George
50. Tecumseh of Shawnee
51. Karl Christian Rove, advisor, never believe anything said by or written by or about KCR
52. Alanis Morissette, musician
53. Diana Krall, musician
54. Bobby Orr, ice hockey
55. Jeff Healey, musician
56. Peter Jennings, journalist
57. Steven Pinker, psychologist
58. Myron Scholes, won a Nobel prize for the Black-Scholes-Merton model of option/debt pricing.
59. Robertson Davies, author
60. Peter Croft, climber
61. Will Gadd, climber and flier
62. Sonnie Trotter, climber
63. Tami Knight, climber and athlete
64. Jason Kruk, climber, chopper and stand up comedian
65. Maxime Turgeon, climber/alpinist
66. LP Menard, climber/alpinist
67. Barry Blanchard, climber/alpinist
68. Elisabeth Parker, climber and journalist
69. Terry Fox, humanitarian and athlete
70. Jack Pine and the fire, mountain climber
71. Mike Meyers, actor.
72. The Tragically Hip, musicians
73. Gordon Lightfoot, musician
x. Doug & the Slugs, musicians
74. The Naked News
75. Paul Anka, musician
76. Lorne Greene, actor (Bonanza)
77. James Naismith, inventor of basketball
78. Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas as Bob and Doug McKenzie, comedians
79. Pierre and Margaret Trudeau, politician and first lady from a different breed
80. Pierre Berton - Yukon born author and raconteur. Brilliant.
81. 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.
82. Jack Layton - put the QUebec separatists in their place with the orange crush. RIP Jack.
83. Monty Hall, actor
84. Dan Akroyd, actor
85. John Candy, actor
86. Raymond Massey, actor
87. Howard Michael "Howie" Mandel, actor
88. Martin Short as ANYONE
89. Seth Rogen, comedian
90. Steve Smith as Mr. Red Green of the world famous "Red Green Show"
91. William Shatner as Captain Kirk of Star Trek
92. Adam Beach, actor
93. Tommy Chong, comedian
94. Jennifer Tilly, actress
95. Bernie Geoffrion, ice hockey
96. Carol Vadnais, ice hockey
97. Mike Richards, ice hockey
98. Wab Kinew, rapper and CBC host
99. Mark Messier, ice hockey
100. Laura Secord, chocolatier
101. The Guess Who, musicians
102. Rick Mercier, comedian
103. The Kids In The Hall, comedy group
104. Bare Naked Ladies, musicians
105. Dudley Doright, cartoon
106. Alex Trebek, actor
107. Rich Little, actor
108. The Trailer Park Boys, mockumentary
x. La Fin Du Monde, almost Canadian
x. Uncle Bens, beer
x. Cutthroat Pale Ale
x. Bowen Island brewing Dark
x. Winnipeg Beer
x. Hermann's, beer
x. Spyshopper, beer
x. Molson Beer, almost Canadian
x. Canadian Club Classic
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 24, 2012 - 02:57pm PT
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Anka is 75. The others are added.
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 24, 2012 - 03:13pm PT
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What has made Molson Canadian infamous?
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Feb 24, 2012 - 03:19pm PT
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Is that the only crap we ship to you guys? would you also like some Tar sands Bitumen?
No. I'm popping the cork on a Fin Du Monde right now.
Add Fin Du Monde to the list, Marlow.
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Gary
climber
That Long Black Cloud Is Coming Down
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Feb 24, 2012 - 03:40pm PT
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WTF? Where's Maurice Richard? A list of famous Canucks without The Rocket?
or the Pocket Rocket for that matter.
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 24, 2012 - 03:56pm PT
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Malemute
A very good infamous Molson commercial. LOL... It made me think of the Patton speech at the start of the film.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Feb 24, 2012 - 03:59pm PT
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Marlow's next thread will be "Famous Norwegians". Perhaps I'll help him.
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 24, 2012 - 04:01pm PT
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Mighty Hiker
No, no... we must take the Italians first. We will need at least a year to finish the list.
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