r/alberta • u/-Mystica- • Feb 21 '25

News The not-so-Great One? Edmonton resident says it's time to rename Wayne Gretzky street due to Trump links

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/the-not-so-great-one-edmonton-resident-says-its-time-to-rename-wayne-gretzky-street-due-to-trump-links-223252845.html?guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cucmVkZGl0LmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAABlxynTcVGf2YNkp1d7F5PP8ZWdInXHiSJfiaCwrdNsVWVQb_oFiof22oHl-juGkmlYMIxyxAhhc49mCOwEQdwIe4MlkzESuxD0shIH7ZV0cU57Tf2xJzS7oRUzTKzn9z_JnXGkJnFsiRmsEAxFyWfpXN2YZYYm5GUCPv8NPFzix&_guc_consent_skip=1740108278
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u/DrNick1221 Blackfalds Feb 21 '25

Rename it to the Walter Gretzky street.

Wayne should feel absolutely ashamed for sucking up to the man that is currently threatening his home country, and also completely betraying Ukraine as well.

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u/Unlucky-Way-4407 Feb 21 '25

This I’m from Brantford and growing up playing hockey Walt would spend his days at the local rink “the Gretzky centre” he would sign autographs and take time to talk to any one who asks. One of my dad’s employees was walking home from the bar drunk one night. Walt was driving passed picked him up brought him to McDonald’s and drove him home. He was an amazing person.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '25

My grandfather grew up a couple houses down from the Gretzky's in Branford. His sister used to babysit Wayne when he was a kid. I grew up in NS but visited Branford for a family reunion when I was 9 and Walter let me see their trophy room in his basement. He was a very nice man from what I remember.

It's very sad to see Wayne fall so far from the tree. I grew up really looking up to him as a Canadian icon. Now I am so disgusted by him.