Bill Norrie: KEN GIGLIOTTI

Bill Norrie Dept: It was a year that saw the loss of a former mayor, a trailblazing female politician, a legendary paddler and a champion football coach, according to Winnipeg Free Press. Bill Norrie may have been low-key and soft-spoken, but Winnipeggers loved him and re-elected him as their mayor several times, making him the city's second-longest-serving mayor and former mayor Bill Norrie KEN GIGLIOTTI / ARCHIVES But it also saw the deaths of the dean of wildlife artists, a man who quit one of the country's top jobs over principle, a longtime provincial cabinet minister and a founder of the country's first regional theatre. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.