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"Winning medals is very important. But the Olympic Games is a combination. Becoming the best in the world at your sport doesn't mean you can't be compassionate and have good sportsmanship."

"There are people who were inspired by Clara. She's an amazing woman. It's absolutely fantastic what's happened to her."

"He said he would do something big. I was shocked. I had not expected it to be so dramatic and fantastic."

"When Joey skates, the children win. Very few pay attention to the number of children living in conflict around the world, in Sudan and Sierra Leone. We know the power of sports and play. And we have to provide those opportunities to children who are suffering the most."

"It's been a firestorm of activity."

"There have been some incredible results when you consider we are in the lowlands and this is brand-new ice. I think the competition has been really fantastic ... faster than I expected it to be."

"We know what sports has meant in our lives. We want to create a healthy, safe world and give these children an opportunity to lead a better life. There's too many evil forces out there trying to recruit them into negative activities."

"I've always admired Joey as a skater. But I admire him even more as a person."

"To be that inspiration for people to do better in the world, I love that."

"The most important race of his life is coming up in a couple of days, and he's talking about what he can do to give back. I was so humbled to meet such a person."

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President & CEO of 'Right to Play'. Has become an internationally recognized NGO. Headquartered in Toronto, it brings sport to under-priviledged youth in 23 ...
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Reportage over de voorbereiding van Johann Olav Koss en Bart Veldkamp op de Olympische Spelen van Lillehammer van 1994. Koss traint als een beest. Te zien is...
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NBC fea­ture with Jo­hann Koss
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Jo­hann Olav Koss dis­cuss­es Right To Play - March 27, 2013
Jo­hann Olav Koss, Pres­i­dent and CEO, Right To Play ex­plains the mean­ing and im­por­tance beh...
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11:34
Jo­hann Olav Koss on The Hour with George Stroum­boulopou­los
Pres­i­dent & CEO of 'Right to Play'. Has be­come an in­ter­na­tion­al­ly rec­og­nized NGO. Head­quar...
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Speed Skat­ing, World Cham­pi­onships 1991 - Jo­hann Olav Koss
Värld­sreko­rd av Koss på 10 000 m!...
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Jo­hann Olav Koss Elf­st­e­den­tocht 1997
Record­ed on febru­ari 7, 2012 using a Flip Video cam­corder....
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10:00
De Olymp­is­che Droom (1/6): Koss en Veld­kamp trainen 2 jaar samen voor OS 1994
Re­portage over de voor­berei­d­ing van Jo­hann Olav Koss en Bart Veld­kamp op de Olymp­is­che Spe...
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From The Top with Jo­hann Koss
Black Isle Group pre­sents From The Top with host John Miers and spe­cial guest Jo­hann Koss....
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In­ter­view Jo­hann Olav Koss - Van­cou­ver, Febru­ary 2010
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Olympic Gold Medal­ist Jo­hann Olav Koss Sup­ports 2012 Hours Against Hate
A four-time Olympic Gold Medal­ist, Jo­hann Olav Koss is a leg­endary win­ter ath­lete and stro...
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Right To Play - Trail­er ESPN film
Hoe Jo­hann Olav Koss er met zijn or­gan­isatie Right To Play voor zorgt dat hon­derd­duizen­den...
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Jo­hann Olav Koss op De Uithof
Jo­hann Olav Koss geeft schaatsclin­ic op De Uithof voor Right to Play....
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Jo­hann Olav Koss and the next 10 years for Right To Play
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Jo­hann Olav Koss on Gen­der In­equal­i­ty & the Role of Sports
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Jo­hann Olav Koss' Frog Mes­sage for The Princes Rain­forests Pro­ject
Jo­hann Olav Koss dis­cuss­es rain­forests and cli­mate change and calls for peo­ple and busines...
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The Right to Play organization was founded in 2000 by Johann Olav Koss, a four-time Olympic gold medalist speedskater from Norway ... Koss was inspired by a trip to Eritrea when he realized that children from war-torn countries do not have the opportunity to play sports ... "Children in the United States actually have difficulty accessing programs as well," Koss said....(size: 2.6Kb)
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Still, the cases of sport's cheating dopers aside, retired Norwegian speedskating champion Johann Olav Koss has argued that sports stars indeed are heroes, in the sense of guiding and inspiring others. A multiple Olympic gold medalist in the 1990s, Koss-now based in Canada and CEO of the humanitarian organization Right to Play-for decades has provided sports equipment to children in war-torn countries....(size: 4.8Kb)
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(Source ... 08/18/2013. Photo gallery from the visits HARTFORD, Conn., Aug ... The panel of judges varied each day and included legendary coach Bela Karolyi, 1984 Olympic speedskating gold-medalist Johann Olav Koss, Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra, 2004 Olympic all-around champion Carly Patterson, 1984 Olympic gold-medalist and USA Gymnastics Board Chairman Peter Vidmar, and USA Gymnastics President Steve Penny ... Nutrition Award. Max Downtown....(size: 2.0Kb)
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(Source. USA Gymnastics) ... 07/30/2013 ... "Sport is a natural way to educate children and youth from disadvantaged communities about handling and overcoming adversity," said Johann Olav Koss, a four-time Olympic gold-medalist speedskater, as well as founder and CEO of Right To Play ... 21, 2013 ... 15, 2013 ... Washington Street, Suite 700 ... It was founded in 2000 by Koss, a social entrepreneur and the 2013 recipient of the Henry R ... (noodl....(size: 5.7Kb)
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Gabby Douglas wants every child to have the chance to be an Olympic champion. Or college student. Or anything else he or she dreams of doing. USA Gymnastics and Right to Play said Tuesday they are teaming up to bring gymnastics and other play activities to disadvantaged children ... women claim the team title ... But many U.S. children also lack access to play and sport, said Johann Olav Koss, Right to Play’s president and CEO ... “How to tumble....(size: 3.2Kb)
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children also lack access to play and sport, said Johann Olav Koss, Right to Play's president and CEO ... "It's a 21st Century problem, and we might have a solution to it," said Koss, a four-time Olympic gold medalist in speedskating from Norway ... "It's a very high-level partnership, which we haven't done before," Koss said ... That message, Koss said, can have as big an impact on a child's life as teaching them how to stay fit....(size: 4.5Kb)
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children also lack access to play and sport, said Johann Olav Koss, Right to Play's president and CEO ... "It's a 21st Century problem, and we might have a solution to it," said Koss, a four-time Olympic gold medalist in speedskating from Norway ... "It's a very high-level partnership, which we haven't done before," Koss said ... That message, Koss said, can have as big an impact on a child's life as teaching them how to stay fit....(size: 4.5Kb)
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Medal record

Johann Olav Koss (2007)
Men’s speed skating
Competitor for  Norway
Winter Olympics
Gold 1992 Albertville 1,500 m
Gold 1994 Lillehammer 1,500 m
Gold 1994 Lillehammer ‎5,000 m
Gold 1994 Lillehammer 10,000 m
Silver 1992 Albertville 10,000 m

Johann Olav Koss (born 29 October 1968) is a former speed skater from Norway, considered to be one of the best in history, and current assistant coach of Norway's speed skating team.

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Biography[link]

Johann Olav Koss was born in Drammen, Buskerud County, Norway. Johann Olav Koss became the Norwegian Junior Champion in 1987, but he could not compete with the world top skaters in the 1986 and 1987 World Junior Championships. In 1988, he debuted with the seniors at the World Championships in Alma-Ata, but failed to qualify for the final distance. The following year, he finished eighth in the same tournament (after a fifteenth place in the European Allround Championships), placing second on the 1,500 m. His breakthrough came in 1990, winning the World Allround Championships in Innsbruck, Austria. The following four years, he would win two more world titles (1991 and 1994), while finishing second in 1993 and third in 1992. He won the European Allround Championships in 1991 and finished second in the next three editions. Koss had a total of twenty-three World Cup wins, while winning four overall World Cup titles (the 1,500 m in 1990 and 1991, and the combined 5,000/10,000 m in 1991 and 1994).

Koss made his Olympic debut at the 1992 Winter Olympics, finishing seventh on the 5,000 m, five days after undergoing surgery because of an inflamed pancreas. He would recover to win gold on the 1,500 m (by only 0.04 seconds over his countryman Ådne Søndrål) and silver on the 10,000 m (behind Dutch skater Bart Veldkamp).

In 1994, the final year of his speed skating career, Koss also gained fame outside the speed skating world by winning three gold medals at the 1994 Winter Olympics in his native Norway, winning all races in new world records, two of which would remain unbeaten until the clap skate era. For his performance, he was named Sports Illustrated magazine's Sportsman of the Year in 1994, together with Bonnie Blair. In addition, he received the Oscar Mathisen Award three times: in 1990, 1991, and 1994.

After his speed skating career, Koss trained as a physician at the University of Queensland in Australia.[1] He became a UNICEF ambassador and a member of the International Olympic Committee (until 2002). He married Canadian businessperson and politician Belinda Stronach on 31 December 1999, but they divorced in 2003. Koss is now the CEO of the Canadian based International Humanitarian Organisation, Right To Play, which uses sport and play as a tool for the development of children and youth in the most disadvantaged areas of the world. From his adopted home in Toronto, Canada, Koss directs seven regional Right To Play offices in Europe and North America with 64 paid staff and 90 volunteers.[2]

He married his second wife, Jennifer Lee, in New York on May 23, 2009. Lee's friend Chelsea Clinton was one of the bridesmaids.[3] Lee, 34, is a Harvard College, Oxford University and Harvard Business School graduate. She is currently an investment professional at Ontario Teachers' Private Capital in Toronto.[4] They have one son together, Aksel Koss.

In November 2009, after American Peter Mueller was stripped of his coaching role with Norway for an inappropriate comment to a female team member, Koss was appointed head coach, despite no previous coaching experience.

Association sporting director Oystein Haugen told Reuters that Koss has been a revelation despite no previous coaching experience. [2]

Koss completed his Executive MBA at the Joseph L. Rotman School of Management in the University of Toronto in Canada. He has Honorary Doctor of Laws Degrees from Canadian universities - Brock University and University of Calgary.

Medals[link]

An overview of medals won by Koss at important championships he participated in, listing the years in which he won each:

Championships Gold medal Silver medal Bronze medal
Winter Olympics 1992 (1,500 m)
1994 (1,500 m)
1994 (5,000 m)
1994 (10,000 m)
1992 (10,000 m)
World Allround 1990
1991
1994
1993 1992
World Cup 1990 (1,500 m)
1991 (1,500 m)
1991 (5,000 m / 10,000 m)
1994 (5,000 m / 10,000 m)
1992 (1,500 m)
1992 (5,000 m / 10,000 m)
1993 (5,000 m / 10,000 m)
1990 (5,000 m / 10,000 m)
European Allround 1991 1992
1993
1994
Norwegian Allround 1991
1992
1993
1994
1989
1990
Norwegian Single Distance 1989 (1,500 m)
1989 (5,000 m)
1990 (1,500 m)
1990 (5,000 m)
1990 (10,000 m)
1991 (1,500 m)
1991 (5,000 m)
1991 (10,000 m)
1993 (1,000 m)
1993 (5,000 m)
1994 (1,500 m)
1989 (1,000 m)
1990 (1,000 m)
1992 (1,000 m)
1992 (5,000 m)
1988 (10,000 m)
1991 (1,000 m)
1992 (1,500 m)
1994 (5,000 m)
Norwegian Marathon 1988

World records[link]

Over the course of his career, Koss skated ten world records:

Event Result Date Venue
3,000 m 3:57.52 13 March 1990 Heerenveen
5,000 m 6:41.73 9 February 1991 Heerenveen
10,000 m 13:43.54 10 February 1991 Heerenveen
Big combination 157.396 26 February 1991 Heerenveen
5,000 m 6:38.77 22 January 1993 Heerenveen
5,000 m 6:36.57 13 March 1993 Heerenveen
5,000 m 6:35.53 4 December 1993 Hamar
5,000 m 6:34.96 13 February 1994 Hamar
1,500 m 1:51.29 16 February 1994 Hamar
10,000 m 13:30.55 20 February 1994 Hamar

Personal records[link]

To put these personal records in perspective, the WR column lists the official world records on the dates that Koss skated his personal records.

Event Result Date Venue WR
500 m 37.98 7 January 1994 Hamar 35.92
1,000 m 1:14.9  10 January 1993 Hamar 1:12.58
1,500 m 1:51.29 16 February 1994 Hamar 1:51.60
3,000 m 3:57.52 13 March 1990 Heerenveen 3:59.27
5,000 m 6:34.96 13 February 1994 Hamar 6:35.53
10,000 m 13:30.55 20 February 1994 Hamar 13:43.54
Big combination 157.257 9 January 1994 Hamar 156.882

Koss was number one on the Adelskalender, the all-time allround speed skating ranking, for a total of 1,998 days, divided over three periods between 1992 and 1997. He has an Adelskalender score of 155.099 points.

Johann Olav Koss has attended the Bilderberg meetings.

See also[link]

References[link]

Other sources[link]

  • Eng, Trond. All Time International Championships, Complete Results: 1889 - 2002. Askim, Norway: WSSSA-Skøytenytt, 2002.
  • Eng, Trond; Gjerde, Arild and Teigen, Magne. Norsk Skøytestatistikk Gjennom Tidene, Menn/Kvinner, 1999 (6. utgave). Askim/Skedsmokorset/Veggli, Norway: WSSSA-Skøytenytt, 1999.
  • Eng, Trond; Gjerde, Arild; Teigen, Magne and Teigen, Thorleiv. Norsk Skøytestatistikk Gjennom Tidene, Menn/Kvinner, 2004 (7. utgave). Askim/Skedsmokorset/Veggli/Hokksund, Norway: WSSSA-Skøytenytt, 2004.
  • Eng, Trond and Teigen, Magne. Komplette Resultater fra offisielle Norske Mesterskap på skøyter, 1894 - 2005. Askim/Veggli, Norway: WSSSA-Skøytenytt, 2005.
  • Teigen, Magne. Komplette Resultater Norske Mesterskap På Skøyter, 1887 - 1989: Menn/Kvinner, Senior/Junior. Veggli, Norway: WSSSA-Skøytenytt, 1989.
  • Teigen, Magne. Komplette Resultater Internasjonale Mesterskap 1889 - 1989: Menn/Kvinner, Senior/Junior, allround/sprint. Veggli, Norway: WSSSA-Skøytenytt, 1989.

External links[link]

See also[link]

Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Netherlands Leo Visser
Oscar Mathisen Award
1990–1991
Succeeded by
United States Bonnie Blair
Preceded by
Netherlands Falko Zandstra
Oscar Mathisen Award
1994
Succeeded by
Germany Gunda Niemann
Preceded by
Spain Miguel Indurain
United Press International
Athlete of the Year

1994
Succeeded by
United Kingdom Jonathan Edwards
Preceded by
Norway Atle Skårdal
Norwegian Sportsperson of the Year
1991
Succeeded by
Norway Vegard Ulvang
Preceded by
Norway Norway national football team
Norwegian Sportsperson of the Year
1994
Succeeded by
Norway Bjørn Dæhlie

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George Stroumboulopoulos

George Stroumboulopoulos
Born George Mark Paul Stroumboulopoulos
(1972-08-16) August 16, 1972 (age 39)
Malton, Ontario, Canada
Other names Strombo

George Mark Paul Stroumboulopoulos (pronounced /strɒmbəˈlɒpələs/; born August 16, 1972) is a Canadian television and radio personality, best known as the host of CBC Television's George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight (formerly The Hour; a talk show about the world's current events) and being a VJ for Canadian music television channel MuchMusic. Stroumboulopoulos studied Radio Broadcasting at Toronto's Humber College.

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Career[link]

Radio broadcasting[link]

In the second quarter of 1993, Stroumboulopoulos worked for a rock radio station in Kelowna, B.C., for a few months before getting a job offer at the Toronto radio station Fan 590 AM, working in talk radio for about four years before moving to MuchMusic.[3]

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[edit] The Greatest Canadian

Prior to joining The Hour Stroumboulopoulos was featured on CBC television's The Greatest Canadian series as the advocate for Tommy Douglas. More than 1.2 million votes were cast over six weeks, as each of 10 advocates made their case for the Top 10 nominees. Stroumboulopoulos made a personal and passionate case for Tommy Douglas, Canada's "father of medicare"; Tommy Douglas was later named The Greatest Canadian.

[edit] Strombo Show

Stroumboulopoulos has hosted a long-running Sunday night talk radio show, The Strombo Show. Originally aired as a talk show on CFRB in Toronto and CJAD in Montreal, the show moved to the Corus network in November 2007 and the format changed to one of mainly music. The Strombo Show broadcast from 102.1 The Edge's Toronto studio and on other radio stations in the Corus Entertainment network, including CFOX-FM in Vancouver, Power 97 in Winnipeg, FM96 in London and Y108 in Hamilton.

The show moved to CBC Radio 2 on November 8, 2009.

[edit] The Hour / George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight

On January 17, 2005, the first episode of The Hour went to air. Currently in its seventh season, The Hour is a hybrid of news and celebrity and covers everything from politics, pop culture, the environment, human rights, entertainment, sports and more. Airing nationally at 11:00 pm on CBC, The Hour is Canada's only late-night talk show. It has won eight Gemini Awards. Stroumboulopoulos and The Hour have hosted a range of guests from world leaders to celebrities and politicians.[6]

For the 7th season of the talk show, CBC announced that beginning September 20, 2010, the show was being renamed and shortened into a daily half-hour show called George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight; the revised program is broadcast weeknights at 11:05 pm local time, 11:30 pm in Newfoundland.[7]

[edit] The One: Making a Music Star

In July 2006, George Stroumboulopoulos hosted an American reality television talent show, The One: Making a Music Star that aired on ABC in the United States, and CBC Television in Canada. It was advertised as a similar show to American Idol and Rock Star but with the twist that contestants would "live together in a fully functioning music academy", with their actions documented similar to the Big Brother format.

Reportedly the most expensive summer series in the history of the ABC network,[8] its first episode, on July 18, 2006, scored a low audience of 3.08 million viewers.[9] Subsequent episodes had even fewer viewers. The series was cancelled after just two weeks (four episodes) with the final results undecided on July 27, 2006, with no plans for any further episodes. Stroumboulopoulos returned to The Hour after the failure of the reality television show The One.

Charity and public awareness[link]

George Stroumboulopoulos and The Hour sponsored the "One Million Acts of Green" Internet Website[10] challenge, calling on Canadians to register environmental acts they've done. The campaign registered over 1.6 million acts on the website. Stroumboulopoulos and his family[11] have been devoted to this cause also supported by Dr. David Suzuki.

Stroumboulopoulos has also been involved with numerous charitable initiatives, such as hosting the 'HipHop4Africa' Mandela Children's Fund Canada and CapAids February 2006 Toronto benefit. He has traveled to the Arctic for a special on literacy, youth culture and the loss of Inuit identity. He has been to Sudan with War Child Canada, and Zambia for a World AIDS Day special documentary. He also supports Make Poverty History. He joined other prominent Canadians in sharing views on global issues in the March 2010 issue of Upstream Journal magazine.

He was co-host of Canada for Haiti television with Cheryl Hickey and Ben Mulroney to help the humanitarian crisis in Haiti after a devastating earthquake.

Stroumboulopoulos was appointed Ambassador Against Hunger for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) the world’s largest humanitarian agency in March 2011. He has visited WFP operations in Pakistan and Haiti and has been a strong supporter of Freerice.com and WFP’s WeFeedback campaign which has helped to feed millions of hungry children.

He also presented at Vancouver's EPIC Expo in May 2011 where he showed support for Fair Trade and the work of the non-profit organization, Fair Trade Vancouver.

George showed up to Occupy Toronto to show his support for the movement.

The CBC and Stroumbuolopuolos came under criticism for hosting an apparently extravagant party during the Toronto International Film Festival, at the Hazelton Hotel in Toronto.[12] The CBC, which is funded by the Canadian government, was criticized by some in the right-wing media over the expenditure for the event.[13]

Awards[link]

References[link]

  1. ^ Our Public Airwaves - This Hour has a nose ring
  2. ^ "The Case for George". Ryerson Review of Journalism. Summer 2007. http://www.rrj.ca/issue/2007/summer/696/. 
  3. ^ "The Man Behind The Punk - Interview with George Stroumboulopoulos". Happygrrls.com. http://www.happygrrls.com/features/george2.html. Retrieved 2011-02-19. 
  4. ^ "George Stroumboulopoulos - Summary". TV.com. http://www.tv.com/george-stroumboulopoulos/person/299356/summary.html. Retrieved 2009-12-11. 
  5. ^ "CBC News - Arts - George Stroumboulopoulos departs MuchMusic - November 12, 2004". CBC. November 12, 2004. http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2004/11/12/Stroumboulopoulos041112.html. Retrieved 2009-12-11. 
  6. '^ Some of The Hours more notable guests included: Gene Simmons, Al Gore, Sarah Palin, Tony Bennett, Tom Cruise, Ricky Gervais, Bono, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Jane Goodall, Noam Chomsky, Matt Damon, Gordon Ramsay, former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, Tim Robbins, Gore Vidal, Spike Lee, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, Richard Dawkins, Samuel L. Jackson, Paul Anka, Richard Branson, Barbara Walters, Former President of Mexico Vicente Fox, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Larry King, Bill Maher, Bif Naked, Adrien Brody, Ted Danson, Corey Taylor, Paul Potts, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, Chris Jericho, Heather Moyse, Hulk Hogan, Georges St-Pierre, Dave Grohl, Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson of Rush, The Smashing Pumpkins, Coldplay, Russell Peters, Michael Bublé, Tegan and Sara, David Suzuki, Stephen King, Jason Mewes, Engelbert Humperdinck and Peter H. Gilmore (High Priest of the Church of Satan). On December 31, 2008 The Hour hosted a New Year's Eve Special and interviewed Sarah Palin from Fairbanks, Alaska.
  7. ^ "George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight". CBC.ca. http://www.cbc.ca/programguide/program/george_stroumboulopoulos_tonight. Retrieved 2011-02-19. 
  8. ^ Canadian version of The One still possible: CBC executive, CBC.ca, July 28, 2006
  9. ^ 'One' Miserable Showing: 'Idol' Knockoff Sets a Record, John Maynard, The Washington Post, July 26, 2006
  10. ^ "Welcome to GreenNexxus". Greennexxus.com. http://www.greennexxus.com. Retrieved 2011-02-19. 
  11. ^ "Saving Water". GreenNexxus. http://www.greennexxus.com/viewproject.aspx?projectID=883. Retrieved 2011-02-19. 
  12. ^ http://ezralevant.com/2011/10/cbc-canadian-bash-corp.html
  13. ^ http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Martinuk+plays+starring+role+enjoying+double+standards/5621515/story.html
  14. ^ "Convocation: Nov. 13/07 | University of Calgary". Ucalgary.ca. 2007-10-22. http://www.ucalgary.ca/news/october2007/convocation-advisory. Retrieved 2011-02-19. 
  15. ^ http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/932769/world-economic-forum-announces-young-global-leaders-for-2012

External links[link]

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