The first Canada Games in 1967 in Quebec City featured figure skater Toller Cranston, who won Olympic bronze in 1976. A list of Canada Games alumni reads like a Who’s Who in Canadian sport. “To me, Canada Games I put them right there with my Olympic Games,” Kingsbury said. Canada Games alumni made of 34 per cent of the Canadian team at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang and won 11 of the country’s 29 medals, according to the Canada Games society. “People don’t realize this, but no other country in the world has something like the Canada Games,” said Le May Doan, who is now a Canada Games board member.

Source: thestar February 14, 2019 15:22 UTC