Inuit ambassador Piita Irniq was in the Winnipeg airport on Monday when he bumped into Ron MacLean, longtime co-host of Hockey Night in Canada.
In addition to taking a photo, the two chatted for a while. Irniq says he found MacLean to be SA国际影视传媒渧ery humble and down to earth.SA国际影视传媒�
photo courtesy of Piita Irniq
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Irniq says he remembers watching professional hockey for the first time in the early 1970s after the Anik satellite was launched, which broadcast television programming across the country.
