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This is a list of nicknames and slogans of cities in Canada. Many Canadian cities and communities are known by various aliases , slogans , sobriquets , and other nicknames to the general population at either the local, regional, national, or international scales, often due to marketing campaigns and widespread usage in the media.
3-time Western Canada Hockey League scoring champion (1922–26); 2-time Stanley Cup champion (1928, 1933) with the New York Rangers [82] 1955: Myrtle Cook: Athletics: Athlete: A member of the 'Matchless Six', Canada's first women's Olympic track team. Won the gold medal for the 4 × 100 m relay in the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics. [36] 2013: Murray ...
NBC Sports Boston. ^ a b c Mazziotti, Tony (11 October 2017). "Columbus Blue Jackets: Nicknames to Know for This Season". Union and Blue. ^ a b c Ward, Allison (18 Dec 2017). "Blue Jackets' folksy nicknames part of hockey culture". The Columbus Dispatch. Archived from the original on 4 November 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
Newfoundland and Labrador. Official Nicknames/Slogans. "The Big Land" (Labrador) "The Rock" [18][4] Former Nicknames/Slogans. "Canada's Happy Province" – formerly used on its license plates from 1968 to 1974. "A World of Difference" – formerly used on its license plates from 1993 to 2001.
Rich Harden. Blake Hawksworth. Ferguson Jenkins, 3x MLB All Star, first Canadian to gain election to National Baseball Hall of Fame (1991) [1] George Kottaras. Pete Laforest. Joseph Lannin, owner of the Boston Red Sox who signed Babe Ruth. Brett Lawrie (born 1990) Adam Loewen. Russell Martin, 4x All Star.
History of Canadian sports. The history of Canadian sports falls into five stages of development: early recreational activities before 1840; the start of organized competition, 1840–1880; the emergence of national organizations, 1882–1914; the rapid growth of both amateur and professional sports, 1914 to 1960; and developments of the last ...
Nicknames in association football (21 P) B. Nicknames in baseball (1 C, 55 P) ... List of college nickname changes in the United States;