Heather Rankin (born April 30, 1965 in Halifax, Nova Scotia as Heather Fowlie) is a Canadian curler currently residing in Alberta.While living in Nova Scotia, Rankin won the provincial junior championships in 1984 and would skip the Nova Scotia team at the Canadian Junior Curling Championships. In 1990 she won the Nova Scotia provincial championships sending her to that year's Tournament of Hearts. She skipped the Nova Scotia team to a 9-2 record in her debut winning the all-star skip award, but lost the final to Ontario, skipped by Alison Goring.Rankin returned to the Tournament of Hearts once again in 1993, playing third for Colleen Jones. The team finished with a 6-5 record 1 game out of the playoffs. 1993 would mark Rankin's final CCA sponsored national championship appearance.Since then, Rankin has moved to Alberta and has tried unsuccessfully to win that province's national championship with a runner up finish in 2001. She continues to be a top curler, and has played in the 2001 Olympic Curling Trials, three Players Championships and two Canada Cups.Rankin has not curled competitively since 2011.
Received an Honourary Doctorate in Music from Acadia University in 1996.
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She and her siblings are featured on two of The Chieftains' records, Fire in the Kitchen (1998) and Tears of Stone (1999).
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Wrote the songs "Cold Winds," (Uprooted) "The Christmas Star,"(Do You Hear...) "Nothing to Believe In" (Reunion and These Are The Moments) and "I Would" (These Are The Moments).
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Co-owns The Red Shoe Pub in Mabou, Nova Scotia.
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Sister of Jimmy Rankin, Cookie Rankin, Raylene Rankin and John Morris Rankin
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Member of the Juno Award wining Canadian folk band The Rankin Family.
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