Robert Gibbons, a native of Balcarres, enrolled at the University of Saskatchewan (B.S. A, 1979) in 1972. He played from 1972 to 1976 for the Huskies football team and was named a conference all-star offensive lineman in the Western Intercollegiate Athletic Association in 1974 and 1975. In wrestling, Gibbon won the CIAU heavyweight championship in 1977. Gibbons represented Canada at the World Cup in both 1976 and 1977. In 1978, he was named the most outstanding wrestler at the Canadian championships after winning titles in both freestyle and Greco-Roman categories. Later that year Gibbon won the gold medal in the super heavyweight class at the Commonwealth Games in Edmonton. Gibbons was awarded the E. Kent Phillips Trophy in 1977 as male athlete of the year at the University of Saskatchewan.

In 1925 John W. Gibson and his family, wife Martha "Queenie" and sons Sheldon and Murray, moved to Saskatoon and set up a studio at 650 Broadway Avenue specializing in commercial and portrait photography. He also took photos in rural areas. To augment their income during the Depression, Queenie and the boys did amateur photofinishing. Murray joined the firm in 1945, and by 1952 he and Queenie formed a partnership as John W. was in failing health. The studio expanded into photo supplies and moved away from photofinishing. For further information see Brock Silversides' article, "John W. Gibson : The Life and Work of a Prairie Photographer" in Saskatchewan History. - vol. 45, no. 1 (Spring 1993), p. 18-32. «