Crazy Canucks enthralled us, and it's been all downhill since

December 7, 2000
Source: National Post
Original story - link verified on December 7, 2000
By Cam Cole

Canada awoke, 25 years ago this morning, to word that Ken Read, 20-year-old from Calgary, had become the first North American ever to win a World Cup downhill ski race, at Val d'Isère, France.