Okay, I haven’t been by Janet’s blog consistently in the last little while, to which I say two things. One, I haven’t been tremendously inspired to read lately, and two, gawd is paper ever heavy. Either way, it being Tuesday, it’s time for Tell It To Me Tuesday.
This week’s topic:
If they were making a Hall of Fame for your [province], who would you think should make the list and why?
Wow, a British Columbia Hall of Fame. We already have a BC Sports HOF, but for all British Columbians? That’s going to take some thinking.
[Jeff trying to insert thinking here...]
Now having thought of it, I’d like to list my honourable mentions first, in no particular order:
Ryan Styles
Pamela Anderson
Raymond Burr
Rick Hansen
Atom Egoyan
Carrie-Anne Moss
Paul Kariya
Silken Laumann
Steve Yzerman
I could go on, but I think it may be wise to handle the top five:
5. Joe Sakic. It’s a tough toss-up between Burnaby Joe and Stevie Y, but alas, Sakic holds a spot in my heart that unfortunately Yzerman just didn’t capture. The two are very arguably the best hockey players ever to come out of the province, but maybe by playing for Quebec (my original home province) seals the deal for me.
4. Nancy Greene. Canadian female athlete of the century. ‘Nuff said. Well, except that my amiable old man got to ski with her rather liberally at Sun Peaks, and I got to meet her as a result on several occasions at ski shows.
3. Bryan Adams. Simply put, one of the best Canadian recording artists EVER. And one of the most recognized worldwide.
2. Steve Nash. The two-time NBA MVP is proof that Canadians are strong athletes in many sports, not just hockey (though hockey is always forefront for us).
1. Terry Fox. I don’t think there would be any list for a BC Hall of Fame that wouldn’t include Terry Fox. He is one of the most courageous figures I can think of in history, who fought so hard so others wouldn’t suffer with cancer the same way he did. Sadly, he succumbed to lung cancer on his Marathon of Hope, running across Canada, which stopped his run just east of Thunder Bay, Ontario. His courage, belief and hope live on to this day, making him perhaps the greatest Canadian of all time.
That is all.
