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  • Editorial

    Vancouver Feature: The Milkshake Murder

    The following article is a feature from our Vancouver Feature series. Past features are not updated. The Bowmac sign on Broadway was the largest freestanding electric sign in the world. It could be seen all the way from Burnaby, miles away. For a short while in 1965 it also helped a promoter hide the slow murder of his wife by arsenic-laced milkshakes.

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    Vanessa Harwood

    Known for her interpretation of leading roles inSwan Lake, The Dying Swan, Coppélia and Elite Syncopations, Harwood is admired for her virtuosity and her seductive stage presence.

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    Vaughn Solomon Schofield

    Vaughn Solomon Schofield, philanthropist, lieutenant-governor of Saskatchewan 2012–18 (born 25 October 1943 in Regina, SK; died 8 April 2026 in Regina). Vaughn Schofield was Saskatchewan's 21st lieutenant-governor. She dedicated her career to business administration, education, broadcasting, corporate governance, crime prevention and community involvement. A dedicated supporter of the Canadian Armed Forces, she received the Canadian Forces Medallion for Distinguished Service and the Canadian Forces Decoration. She received the Saskatchewan Order of Merit in 2012.

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    Veena Rawat

    Veena Rawat, OC, electrical engineer, civil servant, telecommunications pioneer (born in 1945 in India). Veena Rawat spent nearly 40 years in public service, serving in leadership positions in management and policy development with Industry Canada. A trailblazer in the telecommunications sector, Rawat was the first female to complete a doctorate in electrical engineering at Queen’s University and was the first female president of Industry Canada’s Communication Research Centre. Rawat has been a leading voice in the creation of global regulatory structures for radio spectrum management, championing efforts to make broadband service affordable to all and bring it to remote and rural regions. She is an advocate for gender equality in STEM sectors and increasing women’s presence in engineering fields.

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    Vera Frenkel

    Vera Frenkel, multidisciplinary artist, independent video artist, writer (b at Bratislava, Czech 10 Nov 1938). First recognized internationally as a printmaker and sculptor, Frenkel, since 1974, has been in the forefront of the visual, spatial and narrative uses of video and media-based art.

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    Vera Guilaroff

    Vera Guilaroff. Pianist, composer, b London 26 Oct 1902, d Montreal 23 Oct 1976.

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    Vera Peters

    Mildred Vera Lobb (née Peters), OC, physician, radiation oncologist, researcher (born 28 April 1911 in Thistletown, ON; died 1 October 1993 in Toronto, ON). Known professionally as Dr. Vera Peters, she conducted groundbreaking research on Hodgkin’s disease, now known as Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and breast cancer, which led to changes in the way these diseases are treated. (See also Cancer; Breast Cancer Research in Canada.) Peters was also a pioneer of patient-centered care, which prioritizes patients in the decision-making process for medical treatment, and which is now the standard model in health care.

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    Vere Brabazon Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough

    Vere Brabazon Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough, governor general of Canada from 1931 to 1935 (born 27 October 1880 in London, United Kingdom; died 10 March 1956 in Stoughton, United Kingdom). Bessborough was the first governor general to entertain a reigning foreign monarch in Canada, the first to fly a viceregal standard for Canada and the first to have his installation broadcast on the radio.

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    Vern Isaac

    Vern (Vernon Clarence) Isaac. Saxophonist, vibraphonist, bandleader, b Pittsburg, Texas, 21 Oct 1913, d 16 Dec 1999.

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    Vernon Barford

    Vernon (West) Barford. Organist, choirmaster, teacher, b Wellington College, Berkshire, England, 10 Sep 1876, d Edmonton 22 Apr 1963; AAGO (Associate American Guild of Organists) 1912, honorary MA (Alberta) 1924, honorary FCCO 1945.

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    Vernon Carey

    Vernon (Talmage) Carey. Tenor, choirmaster, b Millgrove 11 Jun 1885, d Hamilton 3 Nov 1948. He studied singing with his sister Clara and in New York for a short time in 1906.

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    Vernon Clifford Fowke

    Vernon Clifford Fowke, economic historian, professor (b at Parry Sound, Ont 5 May 1907; d at San Francisco, Calif 24 Feb 1966). He graduated from the University of Saskatchewan in 1929, and immediately joined the teaching staff.

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    Vernon Ellis

    Vernon (Austin) Ellis. Educator, pianist, adjudicator, b Port Maitland, NS, 20 Jun 1930; B MUS (Acadia) 1952, M MUS (ESM, Rochester) 1960.

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  • Macleans

    Vernon Fired

    Their support was welcome, but it was too late. Last week, bleary-eyed travellers boarding Air Canada's 9:15 a.m. flight from Toronto to Ottawa were joined by Maj.-Gen Brian Vernon.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on February 27, 1995

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    Veronica Atwin

    Veronica Atwin (née Solomon), Wolastoqey–English dictionary author, craft educator, Indigenous activist (born 10 January 1922 in Kingsclear First Nation [now Bilijk First Nation], NB; died 12 January 1989 in Fredericton, NB). Elder Veronica Atwin played an important role in the maintenance of Wolastoqey basketry practices as well as teaching the Wolastoqey language (see also Wolastoqiyik). Her basketry in and outside of her community of Bilijk First Nation (formerly Kingsclear First Nation), New Brunswick demonstrated innovative methods of basket weaving, combining it with advocacy for language revitalization and education (see also First Nations in New Brunswick; Indigenous Language Revitalization in Canada).

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