The southern Alberta baseball community is remembering an umpire who was larger than life and who impacted everyone he met on and off the field.

Stu Scheurwater, from Saskatchewan, becomes the first Canadian MLB umpire on the full-time staff since Jim McKean from 1974-2001.

The home plate umpire who called Wednesday night’s Pittsburgh Pirates’ game is being hailed a hero after saving a woman’s life on the Roberto Clemente Bridge just hours before the game.