Margaret Tosh set a new Canadian open record in javelin at the Canadian Olympic trials in Hamilton, 1956. The record throw of 145’5” stood until 1964. Margaret competed in the Olympics at Melbourne, Australia in 1956.
In 1957, at the Western Canada Championships, Margaret set a new provincial native record in javelin at 141 feet, 7 ½ inches. She also finished first in the shot put.
At the Commonwealth Games Trials in 1958, she placed first in javelin.
Photo Courtesy : Margaret Tosh Collection 
Roger Aldag was born and raised in Gull Lake and first played organized football with the Gull Lake Lions in high school where the team won the 1969 9-man provincial high school championship. Following in his brother, Barry’s footsteps Roger’s next team was the Gord Currie-coached, Regina Rams. Aldag responded to the Rams’ encouragement and [...]
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Ferdinand “Fernie” Flaman played minor hockey with the Regina Abbotts before joining the Boston Bruins’ farm team, the Boston Olympics, in 1943. In the 1946/47 season, he moved up to the Bruins. Fernie played a total of 14 full seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played with Boston until 1951, when he was [...]
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John “Johnny” Bower spent his junior hockey years with the Prince Albert Black Hawks. In 1945, he moved to the Cleveland Barons of the American Hockey League (AHL) and spent the next 13 seasons in the AHL and the Western Hockey League. At 34, Bower began his National Hockey League (NHL) career with the New [...]
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