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Royal Canadian Mint Dedicates its 2020 Black History Month Coin to NHL Trailblazer Willie O'Ree

  • Feb 04, 2020
  • News
  • Ottawa
Fredericton-born Willie O'Ree made sports and human rights history the moment he donned a Boston Bruins jersey and stepped onto the ice of the Montreal Forum on January 18, 1958.
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Fredericton-born Willie O'Ree made sports and human rights history the moment he donned a Boston Bruins jersey and stepped onto the ice of the Montreal Forum on January 18, 1958.