With Glowing Hearts

A slam poet

kd lang singing Leonard Cohen

Ashely MacIsaac and a bunch of mohawk-wearing-tap-stomping-punk fiddlers

Wayne Gretzy and Rick Hansen (among others!)

Horses running across a golden prairie

Terry Fox's mom…

(Oh, and the whale! I almost forgot about the whales!)

…are all reasons Canadians can be proud of the Olympic opening ceremonies. It wasn't glitzy (thank goodness!), but it was very Canadian.

But, the reason I am most proud: the four chiefs of the local First Nations were given...