Archive: Cool Canadians

Leacock House Orillia © Lucy Izon

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Stephen Leacock once received fan mail from F. Scott Fitzgerald

For Better or For Worse

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Lynn Johnston’s internationally famous comic strip ‘For Better or For Worse’ was created in a small community on the outskirts of North Bay

Mathew Perry

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Famous ‘friend’ Matthew Perry was raised in Ottawa. His mom was press secretary to Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau

Sandra Oh

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Sandra Oh - star of Grey’s Anatomy grew up in Ottawa suburb of Nepean

Avril Lavigne

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At age 13 Avril Lavigne of Napanee won a radio contest to perform with Shania Twain

Raymond Burr

TV’s Perry Mason / Ironside (actor Raymond Burr) was from New Westminster, British Columbia - and is buried there

Tommy Douglas

Tommy Douglas, grandfather of actor Kiefer Sutherland, brought us universal healthcare

Hardy Boys book ghost-written by Leslie Mcfarlane

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Leslie McFarlane, author of many ‘Hardy Boys’ novels was raised here in Haileybury / Temiskaming Shores

Malcolm Gladwell / Elmira, Ontario

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Malcolm Gladwell, author of the phenomenally popular ‘The Tipping Point’ , ‘Blink’ and ‘Outliers’ grew up in the sleepy southwestern Ontario town of Elmira

St Thomas Church Moose Factory by Hjvannes

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During WWI young men of Moose Factory walked almost 300 km to Cochrane to enlist - there were no roads or rail service

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