By Charles Lefebvre / CHAT News Today

Pattison Among Inductees Into Canada’s Walk of Fame

Dec 10, 2018 | 12:02 PM

TORONTO — A total of 10 Canadians were recently inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame.

The Walk of Fame held its 20th anniversary gala in Toronto on December 1, with the ceremony being televised over the weekend.

Jim Pattison, owner, chairman and CEO of the Jim Pattison Group, was among the inductees this year. Pattison was recognized in the business and entrepreneur category.

The Jim Pattison Group is Canada’s second-largest privately-held company. It owns Save-on-Foods, Ripley Entertainment, the Guinness Book of World Records, Sun Rype products, and multiple radio stations and television stations, among other companies.

Pattison was also appointed to the Order of Canada in 1987, and received the Order of British Columbia in 1990. He received a Governor General’s Commemorative Medal in 1992 and was award the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012.

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Other inductees to the Walk of Fame in 2018 include figure skaters Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, comedian Andrea Martin, comedians Seth Rogan and Evan Goldberg, musician Jessie Reyez, singer Andy Kim, astronaut Chris Hadfield and folk singer Leonard Cohen.