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Nelson Skalbania, the Glossary

Nelson Mathew Skalbania (born February 12, 1938) is an engineer and businessman from Vancouver, British Columbia who is best known for signing a then 17-year-old Wayne Gretzky to the Indianapolis Racers of the World Hockey Association, and for his high-profile real estate flipping.^[1]

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Calgary Flames owners
Edmonton Oilers executives
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Bankruptcy

Bankruptcy is a legal process through which people or other entities who cannot repay debts to creditors may seek relief from some or all of their debts.

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Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act

The Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (BIA; Loi sur la faillite et l'insolvabilité) is one of the statutes that regulates the law on bankruptcy and insolvency in Canada.

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BC Lions

The BC Lions are a professional Canadian football team based in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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British Columbia

British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada.

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Calgary

Calgary is the largest city in the Canadian province of Alberta.

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Calgary Flames

The Calgary Flames are a professional ice hockey team based in Calgary.

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California Institute of Technology

The California Institute of Technology (branded as Caltech) is a private research university in Pasadena, California.

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The Canadian Football League (CFL; Ligue canadienne de football—LCF) is a professional sports league in Canada.

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Circus World (theme park)

Circus World was a theme park built north of Haines City, Florida in Polk County, on the south-east corner of the Interstate 4-US 27 interchange.

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CKNW

CKNW (980 AM) is a commercial radio station in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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CNN Center

The Center in Atlanta, Georgia, formerly and still commonly called CNN Center, is the former international headquarters of U.S. cable network CNN.

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Eaton's

The T. Eaton Company Limited, later known as Eaton's and then Eaton, was a Canadian department store chain that was once the largest in the country.

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Edmonton Oilers

The Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton.

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Electronic tagging

Electronic tagging is a form of surveillance that uses an electronic device affixed to a person.

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Flipping

In finance, flipping is a term used to describe purchasing an asset and quickly reselling (or "flipping") it for profit.

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Genstar Development Company

Genstar Development Company (Canada) is a real estate development company that creates master planned communities throughout Canada.

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George Argyros

George Leon Argyros (born February 4, 1937) is an American former diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Spain.

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Indianapolis Racers

The Indianapolis Racers were a major league ice hockey team that played in the World Hockey Association (WHA) from 1974 to 1978.

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Investment trust

An investment trust is a form of investment fund found mostly in the United Kingdom and Japan.

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Maclean's

Maclean's, founded in 1905, is a Canadian news magazine reporting on Canadian issues such as politics, pop culture, and current events.

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Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league and the highest level of organized baseball in the United States and Canada.

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Mattel

Mattel, Inc. is an American multinational toy manufacturing and entertainment company founded in Los Angeles by Harold Matson and the husband-and-wife duo of Ruth and Elliot Handler in January 1945 and headquartered in El Segundo, California.

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Memphis Rogues

The Memphis Rogues were a professional soccer team in the former North American Soccer League.

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Montreal Alouettes

The Montreal Alouettes (French: Les Alouettes de Montréal) are a professional Canadian football team based in Montreal, Quebec.

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National Hockey League

The National Hockey League (NHL; Ligue nationale de hockey, LNH) is a professional ice hockey league in North America comprising 32 teams25 in the United States and 7 in Canada.

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North American Soccer League (1968–1984)

The North American Soccer League (NASL) was the top-level major professional soccer league in the United States and Canada that operated from 1968 to 1984.

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Professional sports league organization

Professional sports leagues are organized in numerous ways.

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Real estate

Real estate is property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as growing crops (e.g. timber), minerals or water, and wild animals; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this (also) an item of real property, (more generally) buildings or housing in general.

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Receivership

In law, receivership is a situation in which an institution or enterprise is held by a receiver – a person "placed in the custodial responsibility for the property of others, including tangible and intangible assets and rights" – especially in cases where a company cannot meet its financial obligations and is said to be insolvent.

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Seattle Mariners

The Seattle Mariners are an American professional baseball team based in Seattle.

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SeaWorld

SeaWorld is an American theme park chain with headquarters in Orlando, Florida.

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Ted Turner

Robert Edward Turner III (born November 19, 1938) is an American entrepreneur, television producer, media proprietor, and philanthropist.

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United Press International

United Press International (UPI) is an American international news agency whose newswires, photo, news film, and audio services provided news material to thousands of newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations for most of the 20th century until its eventual decline beginning in the early 1980s.

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University of British Columbia

The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public research university with campuses near Vancouver and Okanagan, in British Columbia, Canada.

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Vancouver

Vancouver is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia.

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Vancouver Canadians

The Vancouver Canadians are a Minor League Baseball (MiLB) team located in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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Wayne Gretzky

Wayne Douglas Gretzky (born January 26, 1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and former head coach. Nelson Skalbania and Wayne Gretzky are Canadian people of Polish descent, Edmonton Oilers executives, national Hockey League executives and national Hockey League owners.

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World Hockey Association

The World Hockey Association (Association mondiale de hockey) was a professional ice hockey major league that operated in North America from 1972 to 1979.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Skalbania

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Atlanta Flames

BC Lions owners

Calgary Flames owners

Edmonton Oilers executives

Montreal Alouettes owners

North American Soccer League (1968–1984) executives

World Hockey Association owners

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