- Diane Ablonczy
Diane Ablonczy (born May 6, 1949) is a conservative Canadian politician. She was born in Peoria, Illinois, United States. Ablonczy is a Member of Canada's House of Commons. Ablonczy is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada (since 2003), and a former member of the Canadian Alliance (2000-2003) and the Reform Party (1993-2000). She has been in the House of Commons since 1993, … - Wade Dubielewicz
Wade Dubielewicz (born January 30, 1979 in Invermere, British Columbia), is a Canadian ice hockey goaltender who plays for the New York Islanders of the NHL. Dubielewicz went undrafted and was signed as a free agent by the New York Islanders on May 26, 2003. Dubielewicz is a fan favorite at the Arena at Harbor Yard, home of the Islanders' American Hockey League affiliate, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers. - Wayne Gretzky
Wayne Douglas Gretzky, OC (born 26 January 1961 in Brantford, Ontario) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who is currently part-owner and head coach of the Phoenix Coyotes. Nicknamed "The Great One," "Total Hockey: The Official Encyclopedia of the NHL" calls Gretzky "the greatest player of all time." He is generally regarded as the best player of his era and has been called "the greatest hockey player ever" by many sportswriters, … - Witold Rybczynski
Witold Rybczynski (born in 1943, in Edinburgh, Scotland), is a Canadian architect, professor and writer. Rybczynski was born in Edinburgh of Polish parentage and raised in Surrey, England before moving at a young age to Canada. He received Bachelor of Architecture (1960) and Master of Architecture (1972) degrees from McGill University in Montreal. Rybczynski has written more than 200 articles and papers on the subject of housing, architecture, and technology, … - Keith Gretzky
Keith Edward Gretzky (born February 16 1967 in Brantford, Ontario) is one of the brothers of famous ice hockey player, Wayne Gretzky. Keith was promoted to Director of Amateur Scouting for the Phoenix Coyotes on July 12, 2006, after serving the previous five seasons as an amateur scout for both the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and Ontario Hockey League. He was drafted by the Buffalo Sabres of the NHL, but he never played a game for them. - Leila Josefowicz
Leila Bronia Josefowicz (born October 20, 1977 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a classical violinist. Born into a Polish-English family, while a young child her family moved to Los Angeles, California where she started studying violin at the age of three and a half using the Suzuki method. Her father, physicist Jack Josefowicz, learned with her until "out of the mouths of babes" she told him that he wasn't very good. At five, she started formal lessons with Idel Low. - Brent Gretzky
Brent Gretzky (b. February 20 1972 in Brantford, Ontario, Canada) is an ice hockey player, and the brother of Wayne and Keith Gretzky. He briefly played in the NHL for the Tampa Bay Lightning. Taught the game by his father Walter, Brent was drafted by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft. Unfortunately he would not find the same success as Wayne. During Brent's 13 game stint with Tampa Bay, … - Conrad Swan
Sir Conrad Marshall John Fisher Swan, KCVO, KGCN, FSA, FRHSC (b. 1924) was a long-serving officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. Having been first appointed to work at the College in 1962, he rose to the office of Garter Principal King of Arms in 1992. Swan was also the first Canadian ever to be appointed to the College of Arms. - Bonnie Korzeniowski
Bonnie Korzeniowski (born October 5, 1941) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. She is currently a member of the Manitoba legislature. Korzeniowski was both in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and holds Bachelor of Social Work and Master of Science degrees. She was a social worker for twenty years before entering political life, and worked in psychogeriatrics for twelve years at the Deer Lodge Centre in Winnipeg. - Larry Trader
Larry J. Trader (born July 7, 1963 in Barry's Bay, Ontario) is a retired ice hockey defenceman. He played a handful of games at the NHL level, but is mostly known for his high scoring in the American Hockey League and overseas. He last played for Varese Hockey Club in Italy. He is the cousin of former NHL player Jim Peplinski. - Nadia Litz
Nadia Litz is a Canadian actress born in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1976. A former child actor, she has described herself as somewhat ambitious. She is of Russian, Polish and British descent, and the press has noted her small stature. She took an interest in films at the age of 6, and started living in Toronto at 17 to attend York University, but left to audition for the title role in the 1997 film version of "Lolita", which she lost to Dominique Swain. - Keram Malicki-Sanchez
Keram Malicki-Sánchez is a Canadian actor, singer, and writer born in Toronto to a Polish father and Ecuadorian mother. He has appeared films such as "John Q", "Happy Campers", "American History X", and "Crazy/Beautiful", as well as television series, among them "CSI", "24", "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", "ER", "Saving Grace" and "Catwalk". As a musician, Malicki-Sánchez began his own band, Blue Dog Pict, … - Gene Zwozdesky
Gene Zwozdesky (born: July 24, 1948 Nipawin, Saskatchewan) is a politician and current cabinet minister from Alberta, Canada. Gene was first elected in the 1993 Alberta general election as the Alberta Liberal Party defeating incumbent Marie Laing from the Alberta New Democratic Party. He was re-elected to the new riding of Edmonton Mill Creek in the 1997 Alberta general election. - Benjamin Kowalewicz
Benjamin Kowalewicz (pronounced Koh-wall-a-wix) is the lead singer of the Canadian Alternative Rock group Billy Talent. Kowalewicz (pronounced Kovalevich in Polish), who is of Polish descent, was born December 16, 1975, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He was raised in Streetsville, Ontario, but now lives in downtown Toronto. He attended Our Lady of Mount Carmel Secondary School, where he was originally a drummer in a band called "To Each His Own". - Anne Mroczkowski
Anne Mroczkowski (born 16 July 1953) is a Canadian TV reporter and news anchor. Since 1978 she has been reporting for Citytv's "CityNews" (formerly "CityPulse") newscast in Toronto. She is now the senior co-anchor together with Gord Martineau, co-anchoring together since 1987. She owns a dog named Iggy Pup. - Mark Starowicz
Mark Starowicz, OC OOnt (born September 8, 1946) is a Canadian journalist and producer. Born in Worksop, England, he and his family immigrated to Montreal in 1954. He received a B.A. from McGill University in 1968. In 1964, he started as a reporter for the "Montreal Gazette". He moved to the "McGill Daily" in 1968 and to the "Toronto Star" in 1969. From 1970 to 1979, he was a producer for CBC Radio. - Basia Bulat
Basia Bulat is a Canadian pop singer-songwriter. Based in London, Ontario, she released an independent EP in 2005. She subsequently signed to Rough Trade Records, which released her full-length debut album, "Oh, My Darling", in April, 2007. The lead single, "Snakes and Ladders", has also been playlisted on CBC Radio 3. Bulat has also toured across Canada, and toured Europe for five weeks in April-June 2007. - John Yakabuski
John Yakabuski is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is currently a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the central Ontario riding of Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke for the Progressive Conservative Party. John's father, Paul Yakabuski, was also a Tory Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) from the area from 1963 to 1987. - Joe Borowski
Joseph P. (Joe) Borowski (December 12, 1933-September 23, 1996) was a Canadian politician and activist. From 1969 to 1971, he was a cabinet minister in Manitoba Premier Edward Schreyer's New Democratic Party (NDP) government. Subsequently, he gained national fame for his opposition to abortion. Borowski was born in Wishart, Saskatchewan, and was educated at Birchcreek School in that province. He subsequently moved to Sudbury, Ontario, and Thompson, Manitoba, … - Ziggy Lorenc
Isabelle Anna (Ziggy) Lorenc (pronounced "LAWR-ence") (born December 28, 1958 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian television personality, best known for hosting programming on Citytv, MuchMusic and Bravo! after working for CHUMCity as a receptionist. Lorenc also appeared on the Canadian sketch comedy series "Bizarre" and the films "White Room" and "Love, Sex and Eating the Bones". Lorenc was also the star/host of the series "Life on Venus Ave." - Édouard Carpentier
"Édouard Carpentier" was a French professional wrestler who garnered several world championships in a career that spanned the 1950s into the 1970s. - Todd Kowalski
Todd Kowalski (b. May 27, 1973, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada) is a Canadian electric bassist and singer, currently a member of hardcore punk band Propagandhi. In the early 1990s, Kowalski was the frontman of I Spy, a hardcore punk band originally from Regina, and originally called Clump. He and the band moved to Winnipeg in 1994. The band played together until the summer of 1996, when they decided to call it quits. After that he became part of a band called Swallowing Shit, … - Jim Peplinski
James "Jim" Peplinski (born September 6, 1960 in Renfrew, Ontario, Canada) was a Canadian National Hockey League (NHL) player. He played junior hockey for the Toronto Marlboroughs of the OHL and was drafted in 1978 NHL Amateur Draft by the Atlanta Flames. Peplinski was one of five NHL players who played on Canada's 1988 Olympic ice hockey team. In 1989 he co-captained the Calgary Flames in their Stanley Cup victory against the Montreal Canadiens. - Peter Milczyn
Peter Milczyn (born 1965) is a city councillor in Toronto, Canada. He represents one of the two Etobicoke-Lakeshore wards, Ward 5 Etobicoke-Lakeshore. Born in Etobicoke, he attended Etobicoke Collegiate Institute and the University of Toronto where he got a degree in architecture. He set up his own design firm, but his interest in urban planning issues propelled him into politics. Milczyn first ran for a seat on the Etobicoke city council in 1991, but lost. - Jacob Lensky
Jacob Lensky (born on December 16, 1988 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian football (soccer) player who plays in midfield for Feyenoord. On 4 September 2006 he signed with the Rotterdam based team on a 2.5 year deal starting at 1 January 2007. Before that period the former Celtic player already trained with the squad on an amateur basis. - Kevin Kaminski
Kevin S. Kaminski (born March 13, 1969 in Churchbridge, Saskatchewan) is a former Canadian ice hockey player. Selected in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft by the Minnesota North Stars, Kaminski only played one game for the North Stars before he was traded to the Quebec Nordiques in exchange for Gaetan Duchesne. After spending several years in the Nordiques organization, he was traded to the Washington Capitals prior to the 1993-94 NHL season. - Pat Jablonski
Patrick D. Jablonski (born June 20, 1967 in Toledo, Ohio) was a professional ice hockey goaltender. Between 1989 and 1998, he played for five teams in the National Hockey League: the St. Louis Blues, Tampa Bay Lightning, Montreal Canadiens, Phoenix Coyotes and Carolina Hurricanes. Jablonski, who played junior hockey the Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Hockey League, was drafted by St. Louis 139th overall in the 1985 NHL Entry Draft. - David Chudnovsky
David Chudnovsky is a Canadian politician. As a member of the New Democratic Party, he was elected as the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Vancouver Kensington on May 17, 2005. David serves as Opposition Critic for Transportation. David has lived in Vancouver-Kensington for more than 26 years with his wife and two children. David has been an active volunteer in his community, coaching hockey teams at Trout Lake and softball teams at Little Mountain. - Jay Malinowski
Jay Malinowski is the vocalist and guitarist for the Canadian indie rock group Bedouin Soundclash. He met the group's future bassist Eon Sinclair while attending Queen's University, and they decided to form their own band which reflected the music they both grew up on. Jay Malinowski graduated from St. George's School (Vancouver). Malinowski is also a talented painter. He has a studio in Toronto and works mainly with wax and oil paint. - Aleksandra Wozniak
Aleksandra Wozniak (born September 7, 1987) is a professional tennis player from Canada. She was born in Montreal, Quebec, and she lives in Blainville, Quebec, in Canada. Thus far in her young career, she has won seven ITF tournaments; and her highest-ever singles ranking on the WTA Tour was 91, which she accomplished, in September 2006. According to her website, she speaks six languages and she is coached by her father, Antoni. - David Soknacki
David Soknacki is a former city councillor in Toronto, Canada. He represented one of the two Scarborough East wards. He moved to eastern Scarborough in 1963, and founded the Densgrove Park Community Association. He first ran for Scarborough city council in 1991, but lost to Frank Faubert. When Faubert chose to run for the mayor's job in 1994, Soknacki tried for the seat again. This time he was successful, defeating Glenn De Baeremaeker and Zephine Wailoo. - Myron Kowalsky
Myron Kowalsky (born July 11, 1941) is a Canadian politician, teacher, and the current Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. He attended high school in North Battleford and Saskatoon. He obtained a B.A., B. Ed with Distinction, and a Post Graduate Diploma in Curriculum Studies from the University of Saskatchewan. Myron began his teaching career in 1961. He taught at Quill Lake School, Unity Composite School, Riverside Collegiate, … - Merlin Malinowski
Merlin Malinowski (born September 25, 1958 in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada) is a retired Canadian Professional Hockey Right WInger who played 5 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Colorado Rockies, New Jersey Devils and Hartford Whalers - Gregory Dudek
Gregory Dudek is a professor of computer science at McGill University and the director of the Center for Intelligent Machines. The son of Louis Dudek, he was made a Dawson Scholar of that university (an honorary title) and directs the mobile robotics there. According to his biography, he has written over 150 refereed articles on computer vision and robotics as of 2005, … - Devon Sawa
Devon Edward Sawa (born September 7, 1978) is a Canadian actor. - Aaron Solowoniuk
Aaron Solowoniuk (pronounced Solo-von-yuk), born December 15, 1974, is the drummer for the Canadian band Billy Talent. - Tom Lukiwski
Tom Lukiwski is a Canadian politician. He is the current Conservative Member of Parliament for the Saskatchewan riding of Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre. Born in Esterhazy, Saskatchewan, he was a businessman and political administrator before he was first elected in 2004 winning by 122 votes. He is the Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic Reform. He suffered a heart attack in 2005. - Janina Fialkowska
Janina Fialkowska (born May 7, 1951) is Canadian pianist. In 2001, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. - Mary Anne Jablonski
Mary Anne Jablonski is a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. Mary Anne was raised in St. Catharines, Ontario. She moved to Alberta in 1980 and operated a successful fiberglass business with her husband. Mary Anne Jablonski was elected in a hotly contested by-election, after the resignation of Stockwell Day on September 25, 2000. In the by-election, Jablonski beat out Norm McDougall from the Alberta Liberal Party by fewer than 400 votes. - Dave Chyzowski
Dave Chyzowski (born July 11, 1971 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a professional ice hockey player who was selected second overall in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Islanders after a stellar junior career with the Kamloops Blazers. Chyzowski is generally recognized as a draft bust, as he only played 126 NHL games between 1989 and 1995, scoring a mere 31 points. He was chosen ahead of fellow first round picks Bill Guerin, Stu Barnes, and Bobby Holik.
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