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Jim Ursel
James William Ursel (January 22, 1937 – September 29, 2021), also known as Jimmy Ursel, was a Canadian curler. He was the skip of the 1977 Brier Champion team, representing Quebec. Biography Ursel was born in Winnipeg to Pauline and Rudy Ursel. He grew up in Glenella, Manitoba, and moved to back to Winnipeg at age 15. While attending Gordon Bell High School, he won a provincial school boy championship in 1954, playing lead for a team skipped by Gene Walker. The team represented Manitoba at the 1954 National Schoolboy Championship, today known as the Canadian Junior Curling Championships. There, the team finished the round robin with an 8–1 record, tied with Saskatchewan's Bayne Secord rink. The two teams then faced off for the championship, in which Saskatchewan prevailed. He won his lone Viterra Championship, Manitoba provincial men's championship in 1962, playing third for Norm Houck. At the 1962 Macdonald Brier, the team finished in a three-way tie for third place with an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Manitoba. It is centred on the confluence of the Red River of the North, Red and Assiniboine River, Assiniboine rivers. , Winnipeg had a city population of 749,607 and a metropolitan population of 834,678, making it Canada's List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, sixth-largest city and List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, eighth-largest metropolitan area. The city is named after the nearby Lake Winnipeg; the name comes from the Cree language, Western Cree words for 'muddy water' – . The region was a trading centre for Indigenous peoples in Canada, Indigenous peoples long before the European colonization of the Americas, arrival of Europeans; it is the traditional territory of the Anishinaabe (Ojibway), Ininew (Cree), Oji-Cree, Dene, and Dakota people, Dakota, and is the birthplace of the Métis people in Canada, Métis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hec Gervais
Hector Joseph "The Friendly Giant" Gervais (November 4, 1933 – July 19, 1997) was a Canadian curler from Edmonton Edmonton is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Alberta. It is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Central Alberta ..., Alberta. He was a two-time the Brier, Brier champion and former World Curling Championships, World Champion. In curling strategy, he is considered to be the inventor of the curling glossary#C, corner guard.''Edmonton Journal'', 22 Jul 1997, pg D3, "Quick wit, outside guards were Gervais trademarks" Gervais broke into the curling scene in the late 1950s, and in 1960 he teamed up with curling great Matt Baldwin to play in the Alberta provincials that year. Despite being considered a "super squad", the team didn't make it out of the province and disbanded after the season. Gervais would form his own team of Ron Anton, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howie Atkinson
Howie is a Scottish locational surname derived from a medieval estate in Ayrshire, southwest Scotland. While its ancient name is known as "The lands of How", its exact location is lost to time. The word "How", predating written history, appears to originate from the ancient Kingdom of Strathclyde as a locational description of a "hollow" (deep valley). The alternative spelling of Howie is Howey. The oldest public record of the surname dates to 1526 in the town of Brechin. People with the surname or its variant include: Howie * Al Howie (1945–2016), Canadian athlete * Alison Howie (born 1991), Scottish field hockey player * Archibald Howie (born 1934), British physicist * Fanny Howie (1868–1916), New Zealand singer and composer * Forbes Howie (1920–2000), Scottish businessman * George Howie (1899–1979), American racecar driver * Gillian Howie, British philosopher * Gordon Howie (born 1949), American politician * Hugh Howie (1924–1958), Scottish foo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Aitken
Donald J. Aitken (born c. 1945) is a Canadian curler from Montreal. He was the second of the 1977 Brier Champion team, representing Quebec. He is a member of the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame The Canadian Curling Hall of Fame was established with its first inductees in 1973. It is operated by Curling Canada, the governing body for curling in Canada, in Orleans, Ontario. The Hall of Fame selection committee meets annually to choose indu ....Former teammates clash in curling semifinal: inal EditionBy RANDY PHILLIPS of The Gazette. The Gazette ontreal, Que05 Feb 1988: D1. Aitken worked in textiles. References External links * Don Aitken – Curling Canada Stats Archive 1940s births Living people Canadian male curlers Brier champions Sportspeople from Tillsonburg Curlers from Montreal 20th-century Canadian sportsmen Year of birth missing (living people) {{Canada-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Lobel
Arthur L. Lobel (born c. 1935) is a Canadian curler from Montreal, Quebec. He was the third of the 1977 Brier Champion team, representing Quebec. He is a member of the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame. Lobel moved to Thornhill in about 1978. He also won six Ontario Senior Championships (1986, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1998 and 1999), three Canadian Senior Curling Championships (1986, 1989, 1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...), and the 2000 Canadian Masters Curling Championships. Lobel was an engineer with CIL. Lobel's son Rob is also a curler. References External links * Arthur Lobel – Curling Canada Stats Archive Brier champions Living people 1930s births Canadian male curlers Engineers from Quebec People from Virden, Manitoba Curlers from Montreal Curle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arvida, Quebec
Arvida ( ) is a settlement of 12,000 people (2010)Peritz, Ingrid, "Saguenay 'utopia' dreaming big again", ''The Globe and Mail'', 13 November 2010, p. A31 in Quebec, Canada, that is part of the City of Saguenay. Its name is derived from the name of its founder, Arthur Vining Davis, president of the Alcoa aluminum company. Arvida was founded as an industrial city by Alcoa in 1927, when the first aluminum smelter was constructed. Located north of Quebec City, south of the Saguenay River between Chicoutimi and Jonquière, the town was planned from the first day and was developed as a company town, to have a population of about 14,000 inhabitants, four Catholic parishes, and many other denominations, parishes and schools. It was known as "the City Built in 135 Days" and described by ''The New York Times'' as a "model town for working families" on "a North Canada steppe". The smelter complex at Arvida was the largest aluminum plant in the world from 1943 to 1975 and they produced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Tracy
Bill(s) may refer to: Common meanings * Banknote, paper cash (especially in the United States) * Bill (law), a proposed law put before a legislature * Invoice, commercial document issued by a seller to a buyer * Bill, a bird or animal's beak Places * Bill, Wyoming, an unincorporated community, United States People and fictional characters * Bill (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Bill (surname) * Bill (footballer, born 1953), Brazilian football forward Oswaldo Faria * Bill (footballer, born 1978), Togolese football forward Alessandro Faria * Bill (footballer, born 1984), Brazilian football forward Rosimar Amâncio * Bill (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian forward Fabricio Rodrigues da Silva Ferreira Arts, media, and entertainment Characters * Bill, the villain of the ''Kill Bill'' films * Bill, one of the protagonists of the ''Bill & Ted'' films * A lizard in Lewis Carroll's ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' * A locomotive in ''The Railway Series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freddie Topp
Freddie or Freddy may refer to: Entertainment *Freddy (comic strip), a newspaper comic strip which ran from 1955 to 1980 * Freddie (Cromartie), a character from the Japanese manga series'' Cromartie High School'' *Freddie (dance), a short-lived 1960s dance fad * Freddy (franchise), a franchise that began with ''A Nightmare on Elm Street'' **Freddy Krueger, a character from the franchise * ''Freddie'' (TV series) a sitcom created by Freddie Prinze, Jr. * Freddy Fazbear, the titular character of ''Five Nights at Freddy's'' * ''Freddie'' (Freddie Gibbs album), 2018 *'' Freddy'', 2022 Indian film starring Kartik Aaryan People * Freddy (given name), a list of people with Freddy or Freddie as a given name or nickname * Freddie (cricketer), English cricketer and TV personality *Freddie (singer) (born 1990), Hungarian singer * Freddy (Angolan footballer) (born 1979) *Freddie De Butts (1914–2005) British Army officer, formerly Chief of Staff of the Trucial Oman Scouts and the first Chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Ross (curler)
William Ross may refer to: Nobility * William Ross, 8th Lord Ross (died 1640), Scottish nobleman *William Ross, 10th Lord Ross (died 1656), Scottish nobleman *William Ross, 12th Lord Ross (died 1738), Scottish nobleman, soldier and politician * William Ross, 14th Lord Ross (died 1754), Scottish nobleman Politics * William Ross (speaker) (died 1830), New York politician, Speaker of the State Assembly 1814 * William H. H. Ross (1814–1887), American politician and former governor of Delaware * William Ross (Canadian politician) (1824–1912), merchant, ship builder and politician in Nova Scotia, Canada * William Ross (Ontario politician) (1854–1937), merchant and politician in Ontario, Canada * William Benjamin Ross (1855–1929), Canadian politician, lawyer and businessman * William Roderick Ross (1869–1928), lawyer and politician in British Columbia, Canada *William Donald Ross (1869–1947), financier, banker and Lieutenant Governor of Ontario * William B. Ross (1873–1924), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Royal, Quebec
Mount Royal ( , officially Town of Mount Royal, Ville Mont-Royal, abbreviated TMR, ) is an affluent Greater Montreal, on-island suburban town located on the northwest side of the eponymous Mount Royal, northwest of Downtown Montreal, on the Island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It is completely surrounded by the city of Montreal. The population was 20,953 as of the 2021 Canadian census. In 2008, most of the Town of Mount Royal was designated a National Historic Sites of Canada, National Historic Site of Canada, as a "[remarkable] synthesis of urban renewal movements of the early 20th century, reflecting the influence of the City Beautiful, Garden City and Garden Suburb movements". The town celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2012. History Town of Mount Royal, or TMR, was founded in 1912. It was created at the initiative of the Canadian Northern Railway as a means of generating funds for the tunnel to be built under the mountain, which would connect the railway to do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec Tankard
The Hardline Quebec Tankard (French: ''Tankard Hardline''), formerly the Quebec Men's Provincial Curling Championship is the Quebec provincial championship for men's curling. The tournament is run by Curling Québec, the provincial curling association. The winner represents Team Quebec at the Tim Hortons Brier. The provincial champion receives the McIntyre Trophy. A separate team represented Montreal until 1931. Qualifying 16 teams play in the Quebec provincial. The teams that qualify are the defending champions, the provincial tour champion, the three highest Quebec teams on the Canadian Team Ranking System, the three highest earning teams on the Quebec tour, six regional qualifiers and two last chance qualifiers. Winners References External linksList of champions {{Brier playdowns The Brier provincial tournaments Curling competitions in Quebec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
