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    Joe Davidson

    Joe Davidson, labour leader (b at Shotts, Scot 1915; d at Motherwell, Scot 23 Sept 1985). Always political, he described himself as an evolutionary socialist "with the proviso that evolution needed a shove at every opportunity.

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    Joe DiMaggio (Obituary)

    In the 13 years that Joe DiMaggio played centre field for the New York Yankees, he patrolled a Grand Canyon in left-centre with the grace and sweep of a sea gull.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on March 22, 1999

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    Joe Flaherty

    Joseph O’Flaherty, actor, writer (born 21 June 1941 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; died 1 April 2024). Joe Flaherty was an American comedian who came to Canada in 1973 to help establish the Toronto branch of the Chicago Second City comedy troupe. He is the only performer, apart from Andrea Martin, to have appeared in every episode of SCTV over the eight-year run of the satirical TV comedy show. His best-known characters were Guy Caballero, the unscrupulous station owner who rode around in a wheelchair to get “respect,” and Count Floyd. Flaherty and the SCTV cast won an Emmy Award in 1982 and another in 1983, as well as the Earle Grey Award for Lifetime Achievement at the 1995 Gemini Awards.

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    Joe Handley

    Handley moved to the Northwest Territories in 1985 to assume the position of deputy minister of education with the government of the Northwest Territories.

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    Joe Sakic

    Joseph “Joe” Steven Sakic, hockey player, NHL executive (born 7 July 1969 in Burnaby, BC). A fast, play-making centre with a lethal wrist shot, Joe Sakic played 20 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Québec Nordiques and the Colorado Avalanche. “Burnaby Joe” was known for his leadership, intensity and clutch goal scoring. A first-round draft pick who was the Canadian Major Junior Player of the Year, Sakic went on to score 625 goals and had 1016 assists for 1641 points in 1378 regular season NHL games. He won the Hart Trophy, Conn Smythe Trophy and Lady Byng Memorial Trophy. He also won two Stanley Cups as a player and one as an executive, as well as gold medals for Canada at the 1988 World Junior Hockey Championship, the 1994 World Hockey Championship, the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, and the 2004 World Cup of Hockey. He has been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame and Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame.

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    Joe Schlesinger

    Josef Schlesinger, CM, journalist, foreign correspondent (born 11 May 1928 in Vienna, Austria; died 11 February 2019 in Toronto, ON). Joe Schlesinger was a globe-trotting journalist who immigrated to Canada after fleeing Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia. As a long-time correspondent for the CBC, he covered some of the major world events of the 20th century, including the Vietnam War, the Iranian Revolution and the fall of the Berlin Wall. A Member of the Order of Canada, he received a lifetime achievement award from the Canadian Journalism Foundation and was inducted into the CBC News Hall of Fame.

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    Joe Sealy

    Joseph Arthur Sealy, pianist, organist, composer, actor (born 16 August 1939 in Montréal, QC).

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    Joe Shuster

    Joseph Shuster, cartoonist (born 10 July 1914 in Toronto, ON; died 30 July 1992 in Los Angeles, California). In 1933, along with comic book writer Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster created the famous comic book character Superman.

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    Joe Talirunili

    Joe Talirunili, artist (b near Kuujjuaraapik [Great Whale R], Qué c 1899; d at Povungnituk, Qué 11 Sept 1976). 

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    Joeffer Caoc

    Joeffer Caoc, fashion designer (b at Valenzuela, Philippines, 15 Nov 1971). Joeffer Caoc moved to Canada at the age of two with his civil engineer father and seamstress mother.

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    Joël Pasquier

    Joël Pasquier. Pianist, teacher, b Montmorency, near Paris, 25 Sep 1943, naturalized Canadian 1973; premiers prix piano, chamber music (Paris Cons) 1962.

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    Joel Pedersen

    Joel Nathan Pedersen, MMM, CD, soldier, police officer, entrepreneur, volunteer (born 3 February 1970 in Saskatoon, SK). Joel Pedersen is a member of the Fond du Lac First Nation and has close family connections to the Mikisew Cree Nation and Métis Nation—Saskatchewan. During a full-time civilian career, he also served in the Army Reserve. Pedersen attained the highest non-commissioned rank of chief warrant officer and became the first member of a First Nation to become a brigade group sergeant major in the Canadian Armed Forces.

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    Joel Quarrington

    Joel (Andrew) Quarrington. Bassist, b Toronto 15 Jan 1955; Artist Diploma (Toronto) 1975.

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    Joey Angnatok

    Joey Angnatok, hunter, fisherman, social entrepreneur, businessman, community leader (born May 1976 in Nain, Newfoundland) has worked with university researchers and his fellow Inuit for more than 30 years collecting climate and other environmental data. At the end of each fishing season, he turns his fishing boat into a marine research vessel.

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    Joey Hollingsworth

    Orlando Theo “Joey” Hollingsworth (né Brown), tap dancer, singer, actor, conga player (born 5 September 1936 in Windsor, ON). A pioneering Black Canadian tap dancer, Joey Hollingsworth was one of the first Black performers on CBC TV. He appeared in numerous TV programs, including the Wayne and Shuster Hour and the Ed Sullivan Show. He is perhaps best known for playing the dancing salesman on Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. He also took part in the civil rights movement in the 1960s, performing in shows with such artists and activists as Oscar Peterson and Leon Bibb. Hollingsworth was inducted into the Dance Collection Danse Hall of Fame and the London Music Hall of Fame. He also received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Ontario Black History Society.

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