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    Rex Murphy

    Robert Rex Raphael Murphy, commentator, broadcaster, columnist (born March 1947 in Carbonear, NL; died 9 May 2024). An incisive and often polarizing voice in the country’s political landscape, Rex Murphy was one of Canada’s most recognizable pundits. A Rhodes scholar known for his silver tongue, sarcastic wit and penchant for controversy, he was a national newspaper columnist, a correspondent for CBC TV’s flagship news program The National, and a long-time host of the CBC Radio call-in program Cross Country Checkup.

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    Rex Murphy (Profile)

    This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on September 2, 1996. Partner content is not updated. The setting alone seems at odds with the curmudgeonly outport persona whose every utterance seems to carry the cadences of the sea.

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    Reynald Bouchard

    ​Reynald Bouchard, actor, director, playwright, poet and storyteller (born in 1945 at Sainte- Coeur-de-Marie, QC; died 9 August 2009 at Montréal, QC). 

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    R.H. Thomson

    Robert Holmes Thomson, CM, actor, director, playwright (born 24 September 1947 in Richmond Hill, ON). R.H. Thomson is one of Canada’s foremost stage actors. He is also known for his extensive work in television and film, including as Matthew Cuthbert in Anne with an E (2017–19), the CBC/Netflix adaptation of Anne of Green Gables. He has won a Genie Award, two Gemini Awards, a Dora Awardand a Canadian Screen Award, as well as the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awardfor Lifetime Artistic Achievement. Thomson is a passionate advocate for arts and culture in Canada. He was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2010.

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    Rhené Jaque

    Rhené Jaque (pseud; b Marguerite Marie Alice Cartier). Composer, violinist, teacher, b Beauharnois, near Montreal, 4 Feb 1918, d Montreal 31 Jul 2006; B MUS (Montreal) 1949, L MUS (Montreal) 1955.

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    Rheostatics

    Rock band, 1980-2007. Formed in Etobicoke, Ont by rhythm guitarist and singer Dave Bidini, bass guitarist and singer Tim Vesely, drummer Dave Clark, and keyboardist Dave Crosby, the band was originally called Rheostatics and the Trans-Canada Soul Patrol and included a horn section.

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    Rhodes, Lawrence

    Lawrence Rhodes, dancer, ballet master, teacher, choreographer and director (b at Mount Hope, West Virginia 24 Nov 1939).

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    Ria Lenssens

    (Maria Francisca Theresia) Ria Lenssens. Soprano, teacher, choir conductor, b Antwerp 2 Jun 1903, naturalized Canadian 1954; premier prix voice (Brussels Royal Cons) 1924.

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    Nino Ricci

    Nino Ricci, novelist (b at Leamington, Ont 1959). Nino Ricci was born and grew up in Leamington, Ont, the new Canadian home of his Italian immigrant parents. His university studies took him to York University, Concordia University, and the University of Florence. Ricci has taught literature and creative writing, and was the Writer-in-Residence at the University of Windsor in 2005-06. He has also served as president of PEN Canada.

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    Rich Little

    Little appeared as a regular on numerous television programs, including the John Davidson Show (1969), ABC Comedy Hour (1972), the Julie Andrews Hour (1972-73), and hosted the Rich Little Show in 1976 and You Asked For It (1981-83).

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    Richard Boucher

    Boucher, Richard (-Gaudreault). Composer, b Montreal 8 Nov 1946, d Greenfield Park, near Montreal, 7 Jan 1987.

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    Richard Bradshaw

    Richard (James) Bradshaw. Conductor, organist, administrator, b Rugby, England, 26 Apr 1944, d Toronto 15 Aug 2007; BA Hons (University of London) 1965, hon fellowship (Royal Conservatory of Music) 2001, hon LLD (Toronto) 2003.

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    Richard B. Wright

    Richard Bruce Wright, novelist, editor, teacher (born 4 March 1937 in Midland, ON; died 7 February 2017). Richard Wright's novels frequently explore lives in urban Canada and crises of personal identity in modern cities.

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    Richard Coates

    Richard Coates. Bandmaster, music teacher, organ builder, painter, sawmill operator, b Thornton Dale, Yorkshire, England, 30 Nov 1778, d Aldborough Township, southwest of London, Ont, 29 Jan 1868. Little is known about Coates' youth.

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    Richard Condie

    Richard Condie animator, writer, composer, producer (b at Vancouver 24 Oct 1942). Although Richard Condie was born in Vancouver and worked at the NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA (NFB) headquarters in Montréal for much of the 1990s, his roots are in Winnipeg's zany filmmaking community.

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