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St. Boniface's First NHL Star

St. Boniface's First NHL Star

Hailing from the French-speaking St. Boniface neighbourhood of Winnipeg, Rosario "Lolo" Couture won a Stanley Cup with the Chicago Black Hawks in 1934.

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Rosario “Lolo” Couture was born in the St. Boniface district of Winnipeg near the Seine River on July 24, 1905, to French parents who ran an inn in their neighbourhood.

French was Rosario’s first language. And it would be the English-speaking guests at the hotel his parents ran that first taught him English.

The hotel had a Chinese cook that spoke English…

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