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Canuck Quotes: Gordon Sinclair

“Gordon Sinclair’s death ends one of the longest and most remarkable careers in Canadian Journalism. His wit, irreverence, bluntness and off-beat views have been part of the media landscape for so long that many Canadians had come to believe he would always be there.” Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau

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Canuck Quotes: Peter Gzowski

“I’m still not sure what pulled me into the career I chose, even though, now, I can’t imagine having done anything else. Mostly, I think I wanted to be a writer, or at least to try for a while.”

24Feb2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Canuck Quotes: Ashleigh Banfield

“I grew up in Canada. I used to think America was too introspective, that somehow it was a bad thing that Americans couldn’t rattle off the name of my prime minister. But September 11 has made things different. It’s true – ask many Americans about history, and they’ll fluently recite Revolutionary War tales and Civil [...]

6Feb2011 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Canuck Quotes: Bruce Cockburn

“When the Sept.11 thing happened and all that’s followed it, I felt first of all what good are songs in a context like this? Everything I’d written to that point seemed kind of meaningless. But then better judgement took hold and I realized that now more than ever we need to engage in the sharing [...]

14Jan2010 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Canuck Quotes: Julie Payette

“I also remember Toronto as a place where I was able to pursue many of my personal interests, ranging from sports to cultural activities. One of my most marking memories (besides participating in the annual climbing of the CN Tower stairs) was the privilege of singing with the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra throughout my entire stay.” [...]

18Dec2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Trivia EH? Julie Payette

Born Oct. 20, 1963, Montreal, Quebec. Married to Francois Brissette of Montreal, Quebec

24Oct2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Canadarm

Although Canada has been involved with the space race since the beginning, nothing has made our national pride glow like watching the space shuttles and seeing the big letters CANADA written across the Canadarm. The Canadarm was fist launched into space on November 13, 1981 as part of Columbia. During that mission, the Canadarm successfully [...]

24Oct2009 | | 5 comments | Continued
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Julie Payette

NASA’s Julie Payette is accomplished in more than just space and engineering studies. She is a singer and pianist having performed with the Montreal Symphonic Orchestra Chamber Choir, the Piacere Vocale in Basel, Switzerland, and with the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Choir in Toronto, Canada. She plays the flute as well. She flies jets and competes [...]

24Oct2009 | | 2 comments | Continued
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Trivia EH? Zal Yanovsky

Full name is Zalman Yanovsky Born in Toronto on December 19, 1944 Died just before his 58th birthday (December 14, 2002) of a heart attack. He and Richardson owned Chez Piggy and Pan Chancho bakery in Kingston, Ontario. Member of the Kingston Humane Society and regularly made donations. When he passed away his family requested [...]

24Oct2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Trivia EH? Bruce Cockburn

Born in Ottawa, Ontario, May 27, 1945. His last name is pronounced Coe Burn. Maybe The Poet was used on a Miami Vice episode. The Bloor Street Viaduct mentioned in Anything Can Happen is a subway/car bridge that crosses high above the Don Valley River and Parkway. Honorary Chair of Friends of the Earth. Awarded [...]

24Oct2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
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