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  • Macleans

    Gartner Replaces Wallin

    Hana Gartner was barrelling across the vast terrazzo expanse of the CBC's Toronto headquarters, doing what she claims she does best - worrying.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on September 18, 1995

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    Gary Beck

    Gary Beck, drag race driver (b at Seattle, Wash 21 Jan 1941). Beck raced stock cars for 12 years before becoming a drag racer, operating from his home in Edmonton, Alberta. He was an outstanding competitor in this sport during the 1970s.

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    Gary Buck

    Gary Ralph Buck, singer, songwriter, record producer, executive, administrator, (born 21 March 1940 in Thessalon, ON; died 14 October 2003 in Didsbury, AB). One of Canadian country music’s most accomplished and versatile talents, Gary Buck excelled at virtually every aspect of the business during his 45-year career.

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    Gary Cowan

    Gary Cowan, golfer (b at Kitchener, Ont 28 Oct 1938). One of Canada's finest amateur golfers, Cowan learned his craft under teaching professional Lloyd Tucker in Kitchener. He represented Canada in many international competitions, including the World Amateur and Commonwealth team matches.

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    Gary Farmer

    Gary Farmer, actor, publisher, musician, filmmaker, broadcaster, activist (born 12 June 1953 at Ohsweken, Six Nations Reserve, ON). Versatile character actor Gary Farmer has appeared in more than 120 film and television productions. He is perhaps best known for his role as the mysterious mystic Nobody in Jim Jarmusch’s Dead Man (1995). Farmer has also been active in theatre and radio and is a pioneer in the development of Indigenous peoples’ media. He has received two Best Actor awards at the American Indian Film Festival and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Native American Film + Video Festival. In 2022, he received the August Schellenberg Award of Excellence at the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival.

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    Gary Filmon

    In 1983 Filmon succeeded Sterling LYON as Conservative leader and on 9 May 1988 formed a minority government after defeating the incumbent New Democrats.

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    Gary Fjellgaard

    Gary Fjellgaard. Singer-songwriter, guitarist, b Rose Valley, central Saskatchewan, of Norwegian descent, 14 Aug 1937. He performed intermittently (eg, in 1958 as Gary "Rock and Roll" Rogers with Evan Kemp and the BC Trailriders) while working in the logging industry near Prince George, BC.

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    Gary Geddes

    Gary Geddes, poet, anthologist, translator (b at Vancouver 9 Jun 1940). Described by George WOODCOCK as "Canada's best political poet," Gary Geddes is the author and editor of numerous books of poetry and non-fiction.

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    Gary J. Hayes

    Gary James Hayes, composer, producer (born 14 December 1948 in Hamilton, ON; died 17 July 2025). B MUS (Toronto) 1972. 

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    Gary Kulesha

    Gary Kulesha, composer, arranger, conductor, pianist (b at Toronto 22 Aug 1954). Gary Kulesha studied piano, theory and composition with William G.

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    Gary Kulesha

    Kulesha, Gary. Composer, conductor, b Toronto 22 Aug 1954; ARCT piano (1973), LTCL theory (1976), ARCT composition (1978), FTCL composition (1978). Kulesha was a pupil of William G.

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    Gary Relyea

    Gary (Weston) Relyea. Bass-baritone, teacher, b Highland Park, Mich, 9 Apr 1942, naturalized Canadian 1972. Relyea studied piano at the University of Michigan and voice 1967-71 with Howell Glynne and Louis Quilico at the University of Toronto.

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    Gaspar Corte-Real

    Gaspar Corte-Real, explorer (born 1450?; died 1501). A native of the Azores, he initiated Portuguese claims in the North Atlantic.

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    Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry

    Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry, military engineer (born 3 October 1682 in Toulon, France; died 23 March 1756 in Quebec City, QC). Chaussegros de Léry contributed to the development of New France by fortifying the colony’s towns, namely Quebec and Montreal. His relief maps of Quebec and Montreal are still regarded as accurate models of these cities. Some consider Chaussegros de Léry the father of the first truly Canadian architecture. (See also Architectural History: The French Colonial Regime.)

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    Gaston Allaire

    (Joseph Georges-Émile) Gaston Allaire. Musicologist, teacher, organist, pianist, composer, born Berlin, NH, 18 Jun 1916; died 15 January 2011; B MUS (Montréal) 1947, MA (Connecticut) 1956, PH D musicology (Boston) 1960.

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