Canadian sports icons including Stacey Allaster, Donovan Bailey and Angela James are among the 85 new appointees to the Order of Canada this year. Allaster said she's grateful for her time playing tennis in Canada and getting her first opportunity to work in the sport with Tennis Canada. (CBC)Angela James is a pioneer in women's hockey, first as a player and now as the general manager and part-owner of the Toronto Six women's pro hockey team. A star on the Canadian team before women's hockey became an Olympic sport, James was one of the first two women inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2010 and said she hopes to continue to see women's hockey grow. Indigenous leadersAmong the appointees to the order are a number of Indigenous leaders, including Canada's first Indigenous woman elected as a member of Parliament.

Source: CBC News June 29, 2022 23:51 UTC