Scott Oake is a Gemini Award–winning sportscaster for CBC Sports, Sportsnet, and Hockey Night in Canada. Raised in Sydney, Nova Scotia, he began his broadcasting career at Memorial University’s campus radio station before going on to work with CBC for five decades. Oake has covered Canada’s biggest sports moments, including the Olympics, Commonwealth Games, CFL football, in addition his long standing role as part of Hockey Night in Canada. He is included on the roll of honour of the Manitoba Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association and has been appointed a Member of the Order of Manitoba.