Conference kaosws::canada

    I was most impressed with Eggerton Marcus, who won a silver medal
    in boxing.
    
    He is a quiet, unassuming young man who loves his adopted country,
    having come to Canada as a young child.
    
    I saw a couple of interviews with him, the first being just after
    he had won his first bout by a knockout. When asked what he expected
    to do, he replied that he had to win the gold medal. When he said
    it though, he sounded as if he really meant it.
    
    At the interview after the silver medal fight, it was revealed that
    he had broken his hand in the first fight but kept it hidden for
    two more which he won, one by a knockout. He was in fact fighting
    for the gold medal with one hand. Although being praised for his
    gutsy performance, he was still appologizing for the fact that he
    had not won the gold. 
    
    This is the kind of athlete we should be supporting and promoting
    as much as possible.
    
    Roger

    If you ever saw him you would never forget him. A person that hero's
    look up to.  Terry Fox

    When I was a kid, I thought Jean Beliveau walked on water. (In a
    way I guess he really did). He always took time out to visit childrens
    hospitals (before it became the media thing to do). Off the ice
    and on, Beliveau was a gentleman. When he retired, I thought that
    would be the end of the Canadiens.
    
    As for role models, well its hard to compare with the late Therese
    Casgrain. She was a woman of true grit who basically blackmailed
    Premier Duplessis into giving women the vote in Quebec. She fought
    long and hard to express herself in a very chauvinistic time and
    place. I think her life story would make a fascinating movie. 
    Does anyone know whether the National Film Board every made a film 
    on her?      
    
    As for other heros, I guess it depends on your point of view. Was
    Ken Taylor a hero? At the time I thought he was extremely courageous.
    But of course, he seems to have disappeared into oblivion.
    
    Carol
    

    re: .4 
    
    Glenn, are you asking who Bill Miner is or whether we consider him
    worthy of being a hero?
    
    Some of our non-Canadian readers (and some Canadian) might not know
    who he was.
                                              
    Roger
    

re: .5
>    Some of our non-Canadian readers (and some Canadian) might not know
>    who he was. ^^^-^^^^^^^^
                                              
I didn't even realize the poor chap had passed on, never mind who he
"was".

Who was he?

Kip

    Bill Miner was the legendary train robber who coined the phrase,
    'Hand's up!'  A few years ago, a movie was made about Bill, entitled
    'The Grey Fox'.  To a lot of people, he was something of a folk
    hero.  And my question was, do we consider him a hero?
    
    Glenn

    Hello,
    
    I saw the film "The Grey Fox" several times on the TV here in Dublin
    and enjoyed it more each time. I kinda thought of him as a hero.
    
    My own personal heros would be Terry Fox (definitely) and Gordie
    Lightfoot even though he mght not be a role model. Even when I'm
    suffering home-sickness at its worst listening to Lightfoot makesme
    feel like CANADA is not very far away, it's somewhere inmy head
    all the time.
    
    Ted.
    

    When we were in Orillia, Ontario this summer, folks there were crowing
    about three "favorite sons": Stephen Leacock (the writer), Gordon
    Lightfoot (the singer) and Brian Orser (the skater).
    
    I don't suppose any of them are "heroes" in the heroic sense of
    the word, but they've all risen to the top of their professions
    and brought glory to the land of their birth.
    
    Mark

    Another hero that's not been included in this list of Canadian heros
    is Rick Hansen.
    
    Rick, for those of you who don't know, was the man responsible for
    raising money and awareness of the ability of the handicapped. 
    Rick is a REAL hero in my mind.  If I were a handicapped child,
    confined to a wheelchair, he'd be my biggest idol!
    
    Let's hear it for Rick Hansen, and his round the world "Man in Motion"
    tour!
    
    
    Dave Gendron

    How about Peter Mansbridge? Our man on the National - a hero (fool
    maybe?) for turning down a mega bucks deal to broadcast news on
    an American network as opposed to the good ol' CBC. 

    How about the Pilot and crew of the Gimley Glider?

Ya!  And the one's who landed at GIMLI, too.

    How about Sukhwant Singh (Steven) Sander from Vancouver who donated
    $100 Million to charities in Canada and abroad, making his the third
    largest donation in Canada.
    
    This guy came to Canada, from India, in the late 60's, worked as
    a school teacher, and slowly started building a real-estate empire.
    I believe he now owns something like 23 buildings in downtown Vancouver.

    How about Stompin Tom Conners!  Here is a Canadian musician who refuses
    to play anywhere but Canada and only about Canada.  He is truly a part
    of Canadiana!  We need more like em!
    
    Duncan

Maybe but I've seen his show a number of times on TNN (The Nashville Network)
down here in the good ol' USA. I'd like to think he's getting a few bucks from
this end!

-Alex

Come to think of it, why do they call him Stompin Tom Connors? He looks like
the mildest mannered guy in the world.

-Alex

    It's the way he beats time .... most people tap their foot ...
    Stompin' Tom uses his whole leg, and has a "stompin' board" which
    acts as a drum so you can hear it too!
    
    It's all in how you think of Stomping ... the meaning has been 
    stretched to imply stomping ON SOMEONE, but it just came from the
    act of heavy stepping.
    
    Stuart