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  • Macleans

    Brian Moore (Obituary)

    In Brian Moore’s novels, survival is a virtue, and it was part of his gift to show how much courage and luck it took just to get from day to day.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on January 25, 1999

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    Brian Stewart

    Brian Stewart, journalist, foreign television correspondent, news anchor (b at Montréal, 21 April 1942). Stewart, the son of the president of the Simpson's department store chain, grew up in Halifax and in London, England.

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    Brigitte Rolland

    Brigitte Rolland. Violinist, b Montreal 8 Oct 1964; ARCM 1987. After studies in Montreal with Maurice Onderet (1969-70), Mildred Goodman (1971-80), and Mauricio Fuks (McGill University, 1981-2), she attended the RCM in London where she studied 1983-7 with Rodney Friend.

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    Jean Broadfoot

    Jean (McNeill) Broadfoot. Teacher, pianist, born Winnipeg 29 Apr 1920, died 5 Jun 2009; LRSM 1946, LMM 1948. Her studies were with Leonard Heaton in Winnipeg, Harold Samuel in London, and Bernard Weiser in Minneapolis.

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    Brock McElheran

    Brock (Norman) McElheran . Choral conductor, teacher, b Winnipeg 6 Jan 1918; BA (Toronto) 1939, B MUS (Toronto) 1947. In Winnipeg he studied piano with Hugh Bancroft and sang in a boys' choir under Bancroft at St Matthew's Church.

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    Alma Brock-Smith

    (Mary) Alma Brock-Smith, (b Sheasgreen). Pianist, teacher, born Concord, Mass, 21 Feb 1908, died 18 Oct 2009, naturalized Canadian 1971; ATCM 1927. As a young woman she lived in Saskatoon. She taught there privately 1924-34 and studied 1927-38 with Lyell Gustin.

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    Broken Social Scene

    Broken Social Scene is a Toronto indie rock band formed in Toronto by core members Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning in 1999. They recorded their primarily instrumental album Feel Good Lost with help from a handful of friends.

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    Broken Social Scene

    Broken Social Scene is an indie rock band formed in Toronto by core members Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning in 1999. They recorded their primarily instrumental album Feel Good Lost with help from a handful of friends. It was released in 2001 and more people were added to fill out its sounds on stage.

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    Bronislaw Josephus Bobak

    Bronislaw Josephus Bobak, "Bruno," artist, arts administrator (b at Wawelowska, Poland 28 Dec 1923; d at Fredericton, NB, 24 Sep 2012).

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    Bronwen Wallace

    Bronwen Wallace, poet, short story writer, essayist (b at Kingston, Ont 26 May 1945; d there 25 Aug 1989). Educated at Queen's U, she spent most of her life in Kingston.

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    Norman Brooks

    Norman (Joseph) Brooks (b Arie). Singer, songwriter, pianist, actor, born Montreal of Lebanese parents, 19 Aug 1928, died there 14 Sep 2006.

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    Brother Basile

    Brother Basile (b Simon Néron). Ethnomusicologist, teacher, b Roberval, near Chicoutimi, Que, 18 Apr 1906, d Roma, Lesotho, Southern Africa, 5 Sep 1973; L MUS (Montreal) 1941, D MUS (Montreal) 1946. He joined the order of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart at St-Hyacinthe in 1918.

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    Brother Raymondien

    Brother Raymondien (b Auguste Schuller). Organist, composer, educator, essayist, b Brunstadt, a suburb of Mulhouse, Alsace, 6 Oct 1882, d Croix, northern France, 24 Aug 1947. He studied with the Christian Brothers of Belfort and entered their community in 1895.

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    Brothers-in-Law

    Brothers-in-Law. Satirical singing group formed in 1963 in Windsor, Ont. Its name alluded to the vocations of its founding members - the banjoist Alec Somerville, the guitarists Howard Duffy and Larry Reaume, and the bassist Ken Clarke, all policemen.

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    Bruce Allen

    Bruce Allen. Manager, b Vancouver 19 May 1945. A major figure in the Canadian rock music industry, he began his career as a booking agent in Vancouver, establishing Bruce Allen Talent Promotions in 1972 and managing BTO 1973-8 (and again when the band reformed in 1988).

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