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    Maynard Ferguson

    Maynard Ferguson, CM, jazz trumpeter, bandleader, flugelhornist, trombonist (born 4 May 1928 in Verdun, QC; died 23 August 2006 in Ventura, California). Maynard Ferguson stood second only to Oscar Peterson among the most popular Canadian jazz musicians. With a remarkable facility in the trumpet’s highest register as his trademark, Ferguson firmly established himself as a featured soloist. He made records under his own name starting in 1950 and won the Down Beat readers’ polls for trumpet three years in a row (1950–52). However, he was sometimes dismissed by critics due to his flamboyant playing and performance style. He was inducted into the Down Beat Hall of Fame and the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and was a Member of the Order of Canada.

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    Mayo Singh

    Mayan Singh Manhas (Mayo Singh), lumber baron, founder of the Mayo Lumber Company, founder of the town of Paldi, franchise advocate, philanthropist (born 1888 in Paldi, District Hoshiarpur, East Punjab, India; died 23 February 1955 in Paldi, BC). As a founder of the Mayo Lumber Company, Singh became a wealthy lumber baron (see Lumber and Wood Industries). He challenged race-based immigration policies and disenfranchisement. Singh supported hospitals, schools and community projects in his adopted country and his birthplace in India. Paldi, the town he established on Vancouver Island and its gurdwara (temple), remains a cultural and spiritual touchstone for the South Asian community.

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    Mazo de la Roche

    Mazo de la Roche, writer (b at Newmarket, Ont 15 Jan 1879; d at Toronto 12 July 1961). Among the most prolific and widely read of Canadian authors, she wrote 23 novels, more than 50 short stories, 13 plays and many other works.

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    McDonough Wins NDP Leadership

    New Democrats took all the conventional wisdom last weekend and threw it soundly and convincingly on its head. The party's leadership convention to select a successor to Audrey McLaughlin was supposed to go two ballots. It went one. B.C.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on October 23, 1995

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    Pauline Emily McGibbon

    Pauline Emily McGibbon, née Mills (born at Sarnia, Ont 20 Oct 1910, died at Toronto 14 Dec 2001).

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    McIvor Case

    The McIvor v. Canada case was about gender discrimination in section 6 of the 1985 Indian Act, which deals with Indian status. Sharon McIvor — a woman who regained status rights after the passing of Bill C-31 in 1985 — was not able to pass on those rights to her descendants in the same way that a man with status could. In her case against the federal government, the British Columbia Supreme Court ruled in 2007 that section 6 did, in fact, deny McIvor’s equality rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. In response to this case, the federal government introduced new legislation (Bill C-3) in 2011 to counter gender discrimination in the Indian Act.

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    Sarah McLachlan

    Sarah Ann McLachlan, OC, OBC, singer, songwriter, musician, philanthropist (born 28 January 1968 in Halifax, NS). Sarah McLachlan is one of Canada’s most successful recording artists. After establishing her career with platinum-selling albums in Canada, she broke through internationally with the albums Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (1993) and Surfacing (1997) and such hit singles as “Building A Mystery,” “I Will Remember You,” “Possession” and “Sweet Surrender.” She has won 10 Juno Awards and three Grammy Awards and sold more than 40 million albums worldwide. For her many charitable endeavours, McLachlan received the Juno’s Humanitarian Award in 2009 and the Allan Slaight Humanitarian Spirit Award at the Canadian Music & Broadcast Industry Awards in 2011. She also received a Governor General’s Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement in 2015. She has been inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame, the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.

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    Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford

    Meagan Duhamel, figure skater (born 8 December 1985 in Sudbury, ON) and Eric Radford, figure skater (born 27 January 1985 in Winnipeg, MB). Figure skaters Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford have been competing together in pairs competitions since 2010. Known for their technical excellence, they have won two world championships (2015, 2016) and three Olympic medals: bronze in the pairs competition (2018) and a gold (2018) and silver medal (2014) in the team event. They have also won gold medals at nine other international competitions. They were Canadian champions from 2012 to 2018, the longest consecutive streak for Canadian pairs. 

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    Meaghan Benfeito

    Meaghan Benfeito, diver (born 2 March 1989 in Montréal, QC). Three-time Olympian Meaghan Benfeito and partner Roseline Filion won bronze in the 10m synchronized dive at the Olympic Summer Games in 2012 and 2016. Benfeito also won bronze in the 10m individual event at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil. Benfeito has won titles at the Pan American Games and Commonwealth Games and multiple medals in both synchro and individual competitions at the FINA Diving Grand Prix circuit, FINA Diving World Series, World Cup and World Championships. She has also won multiple Senior National Championships.

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    Measha Brueggergosman

    Measha Brueggergosman (née Gosman), soprano, (born 28 June 1977 in Fredericton, NB).

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    Mechanics' Institutes

    Mechanics' Institutes Established first in England during the 1820s, Mechanics' Institutes began as voluntary associations of working men seeking self-improvement through education. The community-based institutes offered evening lectures, lending libraries and periodical reading rooms.

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    Médard Chouart des Groseilliers

    Médard Chouart Des Groseilliers, explorer, fur trader (bap at Charly-sur-Marne, France 31 July 1618; d at New France 1696?). A man of courage who valued personal freedom and initiative, Des Groseilliers opened Lakes Michigan and Superior to the fur trade and Jesuit missionaries.

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    Meg Tilly

    Meg Tilly, née Margaret Elizabeth Chan, actor, author (born at Long Beach, Ca 14 Feb 1960). Meg Tilly was brought up on the isolated Texada Island in the Strait of Georgia. She began her career as a dancer but switched to film after a back injury.

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    Megan Follows

    Megan Elizabeth Laura Diana Follows, actor, director (born 14 March 1968 in Toronto). Megan Follows is best known for starring as Anne Shirley in the hugely popular CBC mini-series Anne of Green Gables (1985) — the highest-rated television drama in Canadian history. Follows won two Gemini Awards for her iconic portrayal of the famous PEI orphan. She has since amassed more than 100 credits in film and television, including a co-starring role in the popular CW series Reign (2013–17), for which she received three Canadian Screen Award nominations. She has also won both a Directors Guild of Canada Award and a Canadian Screen Award for her work as a director.

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    Megantic Outlaw

    See Donald MORRISON.

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