All Sports & Athletics Sports & Athletics Willie O’Ree ATHLETE b.1935-present First Black hockey player in NHL Read more... Sports & Athletics Sam Langford ATHLETE b.1886-1956 pro boxer Read more... Sports & Athletics Damian Warner ATHLETE b.1989-present All-time best Canadian decathlete Read more... Sports & Athletics Angela James ATHLETE b.1964-present First Black woman to be inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame Read more... Sports & Athletics Andre De Grasse ATHLETE b.1994-present First Canadian to break 10 secs barrier in 100 m sprint and 20 secs in 200 m sprint. Read more... Sports & Athletics Salome Bey Salome Bey, the American-born, Canadian singer-songwriter, composer, and actress who was affectionately known as “Canada’s First Lady of the Blues”. Read more...
