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PROMINENT
'PEGGERS
William Alloway, the
founder of the Winnipeg
Foundation, had a younger
brother, Charles, who is
credited with saving the
bison from extinction with
his 13 "pet" bison.
At the age of eight Winnipegger Hannah
Taylor founded the Ladybug Foundation,
which advocates for the homeless through
assisting charitable organizations to feed,
provide shelter for, and assist people in need
across Canada.
Now in her early 20s, Hannah does speaking
engagements across the country, having had
audiences of over 10,000 including former
Prime Ministers, and has raised well over
$2 million to help fight poverty.
*
Tommy Douglas—born in Scotland but
raised in Winnipeg—is regarded by the CBC-
supporting public as the "Greatest Canadian
of All Time" and is generally recognized as the
"Father of Medicare" in this country. *
Photo
courtesy
Douglas
Coldwell
Foundation
Photo
courtesy
Western
Canada
Pictorial
Index
Inc.
Winnipegger
Amber Balcaen drove into
NASCAR history books as
the first Canadian woman
to win a NASCAR-
sanctioned race in 2016.
