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Actor, singer, writer, ?.
A lot of talent to choose from, your pick?

Shania Twain! Talented & Smokin Hot, too!

writers...

Novelist- Anne Marie MacDonald, Robertson Davies, Mordecai Richler, Gabrielle Roy, Margaret Laurence, Timothy Findlay,William Mitchell, and many, many others.

Poets-Irving Layton, Earle Birney, Tom Wayman, Susan Musgrave, DG Jones, Fred Wah and my all-time favourite, Al Purdy...

...the guns, the guns, the smoking guns,

outside Quebec the dead are shoveled... "Sgt. McLeod-The Death of Gen. Wolfe".

...leaving me where I never wanted to be, quite beyond the Peaceable Kingdom...

...Diefenbaker thunders at the Prime Minister, a prophet grown old... from the poem on the "October Crisis", which Purdy told me in Oct. 1972, that he no longer liked and I have always considered brilliant.


Singers-Ben Heppner, fine operatic tenor, Joni Mitchell, Robby Robertson,etc, "The Band" from the days when "Rock" WAS music. Ian Tyson, fine writer/songer, Lightfoot, in his prime, Cohen's fabulous first album, and many others, especially the late Stan Rogers, more a "Bluenoser" than most born in Nova Scotia...and, Rita, may she rest in peace, a real lady.

Political and military leaders....Sir John, Mackenzie-King, Borden, "Tommy" and to some extent, Laurier. Sir Sam and Sir Arthur, mortal enemies, but, they really made the "C.E.F" happen and whatever their personal failings, deserve our respect for that.


Air-Vice Marshals, Sir William, "Billy" Bishop, V.C. and, the REAL "ACE" of WWI, Raymond Collishaw. George Randolph Pearkes, a "Mountie", who led "The Strathcona's" at Passchendaele, VC, DSO, MC. Decades later, an elderly veteran who served under him in that terrible place, was asked if he WOULD FOLLOW him, again. The old boy roared,"Follow Pearkes, I would follow him through Hell!!!"

WWII- General- "Bert" Hoffmeister, best general Canada, ever bred and one who SHOULD have gone on to become P.M.

Others, many, but, these are some names that occur to me immediately.

Lets not forget Hiram Walker.

Chief Clarence Louie...a real life talent.

Rob Ford ~ 2013 entertainer of the year.

Ann Murray...for real.

Celine Dion. Very good voice.

Randy Bachman. Talented guitarist and song writer.

George Beverly Shea -- Billy Graham's soloist.

Stepenwolf.

Russell Peters.

Hiram Walker was an american..

Yep..what he said.

& Neil Young!


Best all time talent with-out doubt #4 Bobby Orr,
with a close 2nd to my wife Great Somethin, Eddie Shore.

Wayne Gretzky.

Chief Dan George,Art Linkletter

Singer / Writer: Neil Young
Humanitarian: Norman Bethune
Artist: Henry Vickers
Coffee: Anything but Timmy's

I cannot believe it...nobody has said Stompin Tom yet....

Wayne and Shuster, Anne Murray

OK then, for you cultured ones....Gene Kiniski

Kute will appreciate this one I bet. ;-)

Ah, "Killer" Gene, one of the nicest, most amiable and friendly guys I have ever met here in Vancity. He, was a customer of the finest gunstore in BC, "Reliable Gun" here and I am also a longtime customer there; the owner had mentioned that Gene, dropped in every so often and one day I met him, as real gentleman.

This, was quite some years ago and while I have never been a fan of wrestling, I knew who he was as I did many years before, with the great "Whipper" Billy Watson.

So, whaddaya say, Jim, when you and I get to Heaven, should we look these dudes up and "tag team" them?!

Keeryst, makes my old bod ache to even think it!

I believe he was born in MASS, moved to Detroit, then moved to Canada to develop his assorted business ventures. My family is from the area and it has been talked about that we are somehow related to Hiram Walker. However, a few years ago I traced the family tree from England to Canada then to MI and couldn't find any link.

Stompin" Tom was one of the "Pure" Canadian talents, in that he stayed home, instead of heading to greener pastures.

Paul Valdemar Horsdal, also known as Valdy...[singer songwriter]

Well Kute, think I'll just watch them go a few rounds....;-)

For singer/songwriter, I gotta go with Gordon Lightfoot.

Even though I'm not a fan, I recognize that for sheer vocal ability, Celine Dion is a superb talent.

In the other categories, I don't really have strong opinions.