Robert Munsch is known by children everywhere. He is one of the most successful and interesting Canadian children's authors, so I was surprised to discover that he was not born Canadian. He currently has about 35 books in print. My children's favourite was 'Something Good'. Munsch's books have …
Red, White & Canadian
Tim Horton
Tim Horton is one of the great players that came out of the Maple Leaf's golden era. While he was associated with the leafs they won 4 Stanley Cups he played 24 seasons in the NHL, 18 of them as Toronto's defenceman. He was such a strong player, many credit him with inventing the slap shot. …
Margaret Atwood
"I was born on November 18, 1939, in the Ottawa General Hospital, two and a half months after the beginning of the Second World War. Being born at the beginning of the war gave me a substratum of anxiety and dread to draw on, which is very useful to a poet. It also meant that I was malnourished. …