The entire Province of Saskatchewan has about the same number of people as the metro area of Salt Lake City, Utah. This place of approximately a million souls has produced a surprising number of people who've gained national and international acclaim for their achievements.
Some are alive; some are no longer with us. But all are Saskatchewan folks (a few aren't, but we claim them as our own) who've distinguished themselves in their chosen areas of endeavour.
Ernie Richardson (1931- ) Ernie, his brother Garnet, and cousins Arnold and Wes Richardson are generally conceded to be the best male curlers of all time. With Ernie as "skip’’, the Richardson foursome won four world titles in the five-year period beginning in 1959 (Mel Perry played lead in the ’63 victory). Ernie, who was born in Stoughton but curled out of Regina, was named to the Order of Canada in 1978.
