Singular achievements by remarkable Canucks.
…win medals in both the Summer and Winter Olympics: Clara Hughes, who won two bronzes for cycling (1996) and a gold, a silver, and two bronzes in speed skating across three Games (2002, 2006, 2010).
…be named to the Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women list: Sue Gardner, executive director of Wikimedia and former director of the CBC’s website.
…to make the Forbes 2013 billionaires list: David Thomson, whose family controls Thomson Reuters Inc. and The Globe and Mail—he’s worth an estimated at $20.3 billion).
… win a Grammy in 2013: Drake, who won Best Rap Album for Take Care
…win a Latin Grammy: Nelly Furtado.
… command a theatre of operations during WWII: Leonard W. Murray, who was Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Northwest Atlantic.
… sweep the sprint events at a single Olympics: Percy Williams, who won gold in all of the sprint events in 1928.
… win the Nobel Peace Prize: Lester Pearson, prime minister from 1963 to 1968.
…win the Indianapolis 500: Jacques Villeneuve, in 1995.
... complete a half-marathon in an hour: track and field athlete Jeff Schiebler, who competed in the Olympics twice.
... be awarded the medal of honor in the Vietnam War: Peter Lemon, who while Canadian born, was a U.S. citizen.
... win all three of the top science fiction literary awards: Robert J. Sawyer, who has been awarded the Hugo, the Nebula, and the John W. Campbell Award.
... lose all four limbs in World War I and survive: Ethelbert “Curley” Christian. He not only survived, but was instrumental in establishing Canada’s Attendance Allowance program for veterans.
You will not find any snakes, skunks, or poison ivy on the island of Newfoundland.