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Dean Ross
Dean Ross (born c. 1963) is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. He was the first man to represent Canada at the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championships. In 2007, Ross and teammates Susan O'Connor, Tim Krassman and Susan Wright represented Alberta at the 2008 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship. After finishing the round robin with a 10–1 record, the Calgary-based rink defeated Ontario's Bob Turcotte to win the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship. After some speculation as to who would represent Canada at the inaugural 2008 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, the Canadian Curling Association selected Ross and O'Connor to represent the country. Ross and O'Connor finished with a 5–2 record in their group, but lost to Finland in their second semi-final challenge game, and did not win a medal. Ross also skips a men's team on the World Curling Tour. In 2010, he won his first event, the World Financial Group Classic. Ross is employed as a course superintendent a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadians
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Canadian''. Canada is a multilingual and Multiculturalism, multicultural society home to people of groups of many different ethnic, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World Immigration to Canada, immigrants and their descendants. Following the initial period of New France, French and then the much larger British colonization of the Americas, British colonization, different waves (or peaks) of immigration and settlement of non-indigenous peoples took place over the course of nearly two centuries and continue today. Elements of Indigenous, French, British, and more recent immigrant customs, languages, and religions have combined to form the culture of Canada, and thus a Canadian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
