Name: Ro Naido
Occupation: Caterer
Memory: My favourite memory of Canada? It has to be the time my dad took me to the Canucks/Chicago [Western Conference] game in 1982. It was the first time the white flag was ever pulled out. Tickets were only $20, but if I remember right, we were sitting in the reds. My dad took me to lots of Canucks games, but I remember that one the most.
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