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  • Macleans

    Bouchard Launches a Broadside

    THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES, Lucien. The charismatic leader who came this close to driving his flock out to greener pastures in a referendum 10 years ago now warns that Quebec is bound for the slag heap of history if it doesn't reform quickly.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on October 31, 2005

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    Pierre Boutet

    Pierre (André) Boutet. Tenor, radio producer, born Quebec City 6 Nov 1925, died Charlesbourg, Que, 27 Oct 2010; LRCT 1951.

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    Boyce Richardson

    Boyce Richardson, CM, journalist, author, documentary filmmaker (born 21 March 1928 in Wyndham, New Zealand; died 7 March 2020 in Montreal, QC). Boyce Richardson was a reporter in New Zealand and Australia before moving to Canada, where he worked for the Montreal Star. He made several documentary films and wrote several books that particularly championed the rights of Indigenous peoples.

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    Boyd McDonald

    Boyd McDonald. Pianist, fortepianist, composer, teacher, b Tuberose, Sask, 28 Sep 1932; ARCT 1951, LRSM 1953. In Saskatoon McDonald studied piano with Lyell Gustin and composition with Murray Adaskin.

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    bpNichol

    Barrie Phillip Nichol, "bpNichol," writer, sound poet, editor, teacher (b at Vancouver 30 Sept 1944; d at Toronto 25 Sept 1988). bpNichol's tragic early death in 1988 robbed us of one of Canada's leading experimental writers, and a truly generous individual and imagination.

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    Brad Fraser

    Other early works were Mutants (1980) for Walterdale Theatre in Edmonton and Wolf Boy (1981), which was produced a number of times across the country, culminating in the noted production at Toronto's Theatre Passe Muraille that introduced a young Keanu Reeves to the theatre.

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  • Macleans

    Brad Fraser (Profile)

    He is an intellectual who wears shirts that show off his muscles. He shaves his head. He likes to smoke a joint before going to the gym. He enjoys hanging out in scuzzy bars. He has a house in Edmonton where he keeps his collection of 10,000 comic books in a special room.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on February 13, 1995

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    Bradford Tracey

    Bradford (Whitman) Tracey. Performer on historical keyboard instruments, including harpsichord, virginal, clavichord, fortepiano, and organ, b Sydney, NS, 7 Jul 1951, d Bad Krozingen, West Germany, 17 Sep 1987.

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    Brainerd Blyden-Taylor

    Brainerd Blyden-Taylor, choral conductor, educator, church musician (born 1954 in Trinidad). Blyden-Taylor was among the first to encourage the study and dissemination of Afrocentric music in Canada and the US.

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    Brandon University Trio

    Brandon University Trio (formerly Halifax Trio). One of Canada's longest-lived chamber ensembles.

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    Brandt Louie

    Brandt Channing Louie, CM, OBC, business tycoon, philanthropist (born 5 July 1943 in Vancouver, BC). Louie is the chair and CEO of the H.Y. Louie Company, a business started by his grandfather in 1903 that now includes London Drugs Ltd. and the IGA grocery store chain. In 2017, Louie was listed as Canada’s 47th richest person in Canadian Business magazine’s annual ranking, with an estimated fortune of $2.1 billion.

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  • Macleans

    Brandt Louie (Profile)

    This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on March 25, 2002. Partner content is not updated. In the days before business plans and vision statements, Vancouver shopkeeper Hok Yat Louie wrote, in his native Chinese, a series of letters to his sons. It was 1934 and, in failing health, he'd returned for the first time in 38 years to his birthplace in south China's Pearl River Delta.

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    Paul Brandt

    Paul Brandt, singer, songwriter (b at Calgary 21 July 1972). Paul Brandt grew up on gospel music and sang in church, but he soon developed a love for country music and, in 1992, won $1 000 in a talent contest at the Calgary Stampede.

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    Paul Brandt

    Paul Brandt, singer. Songwriter, b Paul Rennee Belobersycky, Calgary 21 July 1972. Brandt grew up on gospel music and sang in church, but he soon developed a love for country music and, in 1992, won $1000 in a talent contest at the Calgary Stampede.

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  • Macleans

    Bre-X Geologist Mike de Guzman Rumoured to be Alive

    This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on June 13, 2005. Partner content is not updated. IS MICHAEL de GUZMAN DEAD OR ALIVE? Eight years after the Bre-X Minerals fraud was uncovered, the fate of its central figure still haunts us. Last month, it seemed, he briefly stepped out from the shadows. And just like that, he was gone again.

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