IJK - Canadian Effect

John Ireland was born in Vancouver on December 30, 1915, and starred in over 200 movies. He died on March 21, 1992.

He was a supporting actor in several notable Westerns including My Darling Clementine (1946) and Howard Hawks' Red River (1948). He was nominated for an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor in All the King's Men (1949).

A prolific performer in films and early TV, Ireland had made the transition to supporting roles by the mid-50s, playing cynical villains in films like Vengeance Valley (1951), Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1956), Spartacus (1960) and 55 Days at Peking (1962).

Irish Rovers are Irish-born musicians and singers who emigrated to Toronto in their teens. Their hit songs include The Unicorn (1968) and Wasn't That A Party (1981).

Michael Ironside was born in Toronto on February 12, 1950. He is a character actor and starred in the movie Top Gun and had a guest star role on ER. He has recently did a voiceover as Sam Fisher in the video game Splinter Cell.

JFK Assassination
Peter Worthington, reporter for the Toronto Telegram, was just several feet away when Jack Ruby shot Lee Oswald. Worthington got through a back door into the Dallas city jail as Oswald was being transferred. He was the lone Canadian reporter covering the transfer.

A.Y. Jackson was born in Montreal on October 3, 1882 and is one of the Group of 7 artists. He died in Kleinburg, Ontario, on April 5, 1974.

Joshua Jackson was born in Vancouver and lived in California for eight years before moving back to British Columbia with his mother. At age 11, he appeared in a potato chip commercial. His first film role was in 1991 in the drama Crooked Hearts. He starred in the Mighty Ducks movies and Dawson's Creek t.v. series as Pacey.

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James Bond movies

Canadian actress Lois Maxwell played Miss Moneypenny in 15 of the movies.

In Goldeneye, Xenia takes a Canadian ID from her escort.

Ferguson Jenkins was born in Chatham, Ontario on December 13, 1943. He was a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs with a 284-266 win-loss record. He won at least 20 games in seven seasons and won the Cy Young award in 1971. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall Of Fame.

Peter Jennings was born in Toronto on July 29, 1938. He was a Canadian-American journalist and news anchor. He was the sole anchor of ABC's World News Tonight from 1983 until his death in 2005 of complications from lung cancer.

Chris Jericho was born in Winnipeg and is a professional wrestler. He has wrestled in the ECW, WCW and WWF (now WWE).

Norman Jewison was born in Toronto on July 21, 1926. He founded the Canadian Film Centre in Toronto and has directed movies including In The Heat Of The Night.

Ben Johnson was born in Falmouth, Jamaica on December 30, 1961. He had set the world record in 1987 and the Olympic record in 1988, but was stripped of the records and the Olympic gold when he was tested positive for steroids. After returning from a four-year ban, he was found to have used steroids again and was banned for life.

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Lynn Johnston was born in Collingwood, Ontario, in 1947. She is the creator of the comic strip For Better Or For Worse.

Judging Amy
From the February 4, 2003, episode, a young boy named Joel talks to Amy about his biological father taking him to hockey games and shows her the Montreal Canadiens jersey he's wearing.

Jumanji

The kids' parents were killed in a car crash in Canada. At the end, when everything has changed, the parents mention that were planning to go to the Canadian Rockies.

k-os (Kevin Brereton) was born on February 20, 1972 in Toronto and is a Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer of Trinidadian descent.

The alias is an acronym for "Knowledge of Self," although in a later interview he also said that it stands for "Kheaven's Original Sound."

His hit songs include Heaven Only Knows (2002), Crabbuckit (2004), and Man I Used To Be (2005).

Karen Kain was born in Hamilton, Ontario, on March 28, 1951. She was a principal dancer for the National Ballet of Canada. She retired from dancing after her farewell tour from May to October of 1997, but has occasionally performed before audiences.

Lori Kane was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, in 1964. She is a professional golfer in the LPGA.

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Margot Kidder was born in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, on October 17, 1948. She starred as Lois Lane in the four Superman movies (1978, 81, 83 and 87) and starred in The Amityville Horror (1979).

Kids In The Hall was a Canadian sketch comedy group, consisting of comedians Dave Foley, Kevin McDonald, Bruce McCulloch, Mark McKinney and Scott Thompson that was formed in 1984. It was also the group's television show that ran from 1988 to 1994 on CBC, CBS, and HBO. The theme song for the show was the instrumental "Having an Average Weekend" by the Canadian band Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet.

William Lyon Mackenzie King was born in Berlin (now Kitchener), Ontario, on December 17, 1874. He was prime minister of Canada three times (December 29, 1921 to June 28, 1926, September 25, 1926 to August 6, 1930, October 23, 1935 to November 15, 1948). He died at his home in Kingsmere, Wright County, Quebec on July 22, 1950.

Gene Kiniski was a former football player who became a wrestler. On January 6, 1977, he beat Joe Thesz for the heavyweight title.

Diana Krall was born in Nanimo, British Columbia, on November 16, 1964. She is jazz singer and recently married Elvis Costello.

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