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1932 Macdonald Brier
The 1932 Macdonald Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 1 to 3, 1932 at the Granite Club in Toronto, Ontario. Owing to their poor performances (especially Montreal), and a need to have a more "national" event, the separate Montreal and Toronto teams were eliminated prior to the 1932 Brier. The field was thus reduced to 8 teams, seven provinces plus Northern Ontario. This arrangement lasted until 1936 when British Columbia and Prince Edward Island were added to the field. Both Team Alberta and Team Manitoba finished round robin play tied with 5-2 records necessitating a tiebreaker playoff between those two teams for the Brier championship. Team Manitoba, who was skipped by Jim Congalton defeated Alberta in the playoff 13-8 to capture the Brier Tankard. This was the second time in three years that Manitoba defeated Alberta in a playoff. This was also Manitoba's fifth consecutive Brier championship. As of 2022, this is still a record for most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration of 9,765,188 people (as of 2021) surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario, while the Greater Toronto Area proper had a 2021 population of 6,712,341. Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, sports and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world. Indigenous peoples have travelled through and inhabited the Toronto area, located on a broad sloping plateau interspersed with rivers, deep ravines, and urban forest, for more than 10,000 years. After the broadly disputed Toronto Purchase, when the Mississauga surrendered the area to the British Crown, the British established the town of York in 1793 and later designat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Columbia
British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, forests, lakes, mountains, inland deserts and grassy plains, and borders the province of Alberta to the east and the Yukon and Northwest Territories to the north. With an estimated population of 5.3million as of 2022, it is Canada's third-most populous province. The capital of British Columbia is Victoria and its largest city is Vancouver. Vancouver is the third-largest metropolitan area in Canada; the 2021 census recorded 2.6million people in Metro Vancouver. The first known human inhabitants of the area settled in British Columbia at least 10,000 years ago. Such groups include the Coast Salish, Tsilhqotʼin, and Haida peoples, among many others. One of the earliest British settlements in the area was Fort Victoria, established ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph E
Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the modern-day Nordic countries. In Portuguese and Spanish, the name is "José". In Arabic, including in the Quran, the name is spelled '' Yūsuf''. In Persian, the name is "Yousef". The name has enjoyed significant popularity in its many forms in numerous countries, and ''Joseph'' was one of the two names, along with ''Robert'', to have remained in the top 10 boys' names list in the US from 1925 to 1972. It is especially common in contemporary Israel, as either "Yossi" or "Yossef", and in Italy, where the name "Giuseppe" was the most common male name in the 20th century. In the first century CE, Joseph was the second most popular male name for Palestine Jews. In the Book of Genesis Joseph is Jacob's eleventh son and Rachel's first son, and k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Thibodeau
Nicholas is a male given name and a surname. The Eastern Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Anglican Churches celebrate Saint Nicholas every year on December 6, which is the name day for "Nicholas". In Greece, the name and its derivatives are especially popular in maritime regions, as St. Nicholas is considered the protector saint of seafarers. Origins The name is derived from the Greek name Νικόλαος ('' Nikolaos''), understood to mean 'victory of the people', being a compound of νίκη ''nikē'' 'victory' and λαός ''laos'' 'people'.. An ancient paretymology of the latter is that originates from λᾶς ''las'' ( contracted form of λᾶας ''laas'') meaning 'stone' or 'rock', as in Greek mythology, Deucalion and Pyrrha recreated the people after they had vanished in a catastrophic deluge, by throwing stones behind their shoulders while they kept marching on. The name became popular through Saint Nicholas, Bishop of Myra in Lycia, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bathurst, New Brunswick
Bathurst ( 2021 population; UA 12,157 ) is the largest City in Northern New Brunswick, it overlooks the Nepisiguit Bay, part of Chaleur Bay and is at the estuary of the Nepisiguit River. As part of the New Brunswick local governance reform , effective Jan 1st, 2023 the following communities will be amalgamated with Bathurst. *87% of the local service district of North Tetagouche, *40% of the local service district of Big River, *68% of the local service district of Bathurst This will give Bathurst an estimated population 14,896 History Bathurst had been the location of the annual Mi'kmaq summer coastal community of Nepisiguit prior to European settlement. Europeans first reached the shores of the Baie des Chaleurs when in 1534 it was named by Jacques Cartier. Early settlers from France came to the area in the 17th century in what became part of the colony of Acadia. In 1607 Samuel de Champlain sailed into the Miramichi, and in 1636, Nicolas Denys was granted a seignory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bathurst Curling Club
Bathurst may refer to: Places and jurisdictions Australia * Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia and the following things associated with the city ** Bathurst Region, the local government area for the Bathurst urban area and rural surrounds ** Roman Catholic Diocese of Bathurst in Australia ** Anglican Diocese of Bathurst ** Electoral district of Bathurst, NSW state Legislative Assembly ** Bathurst railway station, New South Wales ** Bathurst County * Lake Bathurst (New South Wales) * Bathurst Harbour, Tasmania * Bathurst Island (Northern Territory) * Bathurst Lighthouse, on Rottnest Island * Bathurst Street, Hobart, in Hobart * Bathurst Street, Sydney, in Sydney Canada New Brunswick * Bathurst, New Brunswick * Bathurst Parish, New Brunswick * Bathurst (electoral district) * Roman Catholic Diocese of Bathurst in Canada Northwest Territories * Cape Bathurst, a peninsula in Northwest Territories Nunavut * Bathurst Inlet, a body of water in Nunavut * Bathurst In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Noble (curler)
Bill Noble (1884–1937) was a pioneer Australian international representative rugby league footballer. He played club football in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership's first season with Newtown in 1908. In 1909 he was also selected to play for Australia, making his full international debut against New Zealand in 1910. He went on to play in the first ever test match against Great Britain on Australian soil during the 1910 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand, he also represented Australasia. Noble was also selected for the 1911–12 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain The 1911–12 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain was the second ever Kangaroo tour and was actually a tour by an " Australasian" squad that included four New Zealand players in addition to 24 Australian representatives. It took place over the British ..., playing in two tests and 19 tour matches. He joined the Balmain Tigers as captain for his final season in 1913. Noble was awarded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Congalton
James A. Congalton (September 26, 1879 – October 10, 1947) was a Canadian curler. He was a member of the 1930 (third) and 1932 (skip) Brier Champion teams, representing Manitoba. He was a 1975 inductee to the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame. He died suddenly in 1947."J. A. Congalton Dies Suddenly", Winnipeg Free Press, Friday, October 10, 1947, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada pg 27 References Brier champions 1879 births 1947 deaths Curlers from Ontario Curlers from Winnipeg Sportspeople from Guelph Canadian male curlers {{Canada-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Scott (ice Hockey)
William Henry Scott (June 2, 1885 – October 22, 1954) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 110 games in various professional and amateur leagues, including the National Hockey Association. Amongst the teams he for played with were the Toronto Ontarios and Montreal Canadiens. Early life Scott was born in Moncton, New Brunswick. Career Ice hockey Scott played on the 1906 Portage la Prairie Cities in the Manitoba Professional Hockey League, and was a teammate to Toby Sexsmith. During the 1910–11 and 1912–13 seasons Scott played for his home town club Moncton Victorias. Scott later played with two National Hockey Association teams, the Toronto Ontarios in 1913–1914, and the Montreal Canadiens in 1913–1914 and 1914–1915. In those two years, he played alongside six future members of the Hockey Hall of Fame, including Georges Vezina and Newsy Lalonde. Curling He took up curling and in 1932 was lead on the 1932 Alberta Curling Championship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Johnson (curler)
Jack Johnson may refer to: Entertainment * Jack Johnson (musician) (born 1975), American singer-songwriter, director, and surfer * Jack Johnson, member of the American pop-rap duo Jack & Jack * Big Jack Johnson (1940–2011), blues musician * Jack Johnson (actor) (born 1987), American actor * ''Jack Johnson'' (film), a 1970 documentary film about the boxer * ''Jack Johnson'' (album), a 1971 album by Miles Davis * Jack Johnson (character), a fictional character in the U.S. TV series ''Black-ish'' Politics * Jack Johnson (Canadian politician) (1930–2009), politician in Ontario, Canada * Jack B. Johnson (born 1949), American criminal and former politician * Jack Johnson (American politician) (born 1968), American politician in Tennessee Sports American football * Jack Johnson (coach) (1892–1927), American football, basketball, and baseball coach * Jack Johnson (tackle) (1909–1978), American football tackle * Jack Johnson (defensive back) (1933–2015), American football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Morrison (curler)
Bill Morrison or Billy Morrison is the name of: * Bill Morrison (director) (born 1965), American filmmaker * Bill Morrison (comics) (born 1959), co-founder of Bongo Comics * Bill Morrison (politician) William Lawrence Morrison (3 November 1928 – 15 February 2013) was an Australian politician and diplomat. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and held ministerial office in the Whitlam Government as Minister for External Ter ... (1928–2013), Australian politician for the Division of St George * Bill Morrison (trade unionist) (fl. from 1938), British trade union leader * Billy Morrison (born 1969), British guitarist and singer * Billy Morrison (footballer), footballer for Fulham F.C. 1904–1908 See also * Bill Mollison (1928–2016), Australian researcher, author, scientist, teacher, and biologist * William Morrison (other) {{hndis, name=Morrison, Bill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Hills, Alberta
Three Hills is a town in southern Alberta, Canada. It takes its name from the three somewhat-larger-than-normal hills to its north. History Three Hills post office dates from 1904. Three Hills was incorporated as a village in 1912, the year it was moved to its current location on the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway line running between Tofield and Calgary. With ranchers and farmers constituting its first residents, it soon became a centre for the surrounding wheat-growing area. In 1922, Prairie Bible Institute (now named Prairie College) was established in Three Hills with L. E. Maxwell as its first principal. This occurrence helped to increase the population of the town proper and its adjacent settlements. By the mid 1980s, the college campus and the nearby hamlets of Grantville and Ruarkville were annexed to the town. Although a relatively small community, Three Hills hosted the Alberta Seniors Games in the summer of 1998. The town was chosen to host this event because of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
