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    Erik Bruhn

    Erik Belton Evers Bruhn Erik Belton Evers Bruhn, ballet dancer, choreographer, artistic director (born at Copenhagen, Denmark 3 Oct 1928; died at Toronto 1 Apr 1986). After WWII he danced for the Royal Danish Ballet Co and moved to England to join the Metropolitan Ballet. There he met and danced with Celia FRANCA, who invited him to Canada soon after the founding of the NATIONAL BALLET OF CANADA. As a dancer Bruhn quickly earned renown...

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    Erik Hersholt Nielsen

    Erik Hersholt Nielsen, politician (b at Regina, Sask 24 Feb 1924; d at Kelowna, BC 4 Sept 2008). Erik Nielsen flew in 101 Squadron in WWII, winning the DFC for "courage and devotion to duty," and rejoined the RCAF, 1946-51, as a legal officer while earning a law degree at Dalhousie.

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    Erika Raum

    Early Performance SuccessesIn 1992, Erika Raum came to international attention when she took first prize, as well as the prize for best interpretation of a Mozart concerto, at the Josef Szigeti International Violin Competition in Budapest.

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    Erika Ritter

    Erika Ritter, playwright, essayist, broadcaster (b at Regina, Sask 26 Apr 1948). She was educated at McGill University (BA 1968) and the University of Toronto's Graduate Centre for the Study of Drama (MA 1970).

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    Erin Karpluk

    Erin Karpluk, actor (b at Jasper, Alta 17 Oct 1978). Erin Karpluk grew up in Jasper and studied theatre at the University of Victoria, graduating in 2000 with a bachelor of fine arts. She auditioned for the National Theatre School in Montréal, but was turned down.

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    Erin Mouré

    Erin Mouré (a.k.a. Erín Moure, Eirin Moure, and Elisa Sampedrín), poet, translator, essayist (born 17 April 1955 in Calgary, AB). Erin Mouré is one of Canada’s most prolific and influential experimental poets. She is also an active translator of Galician, French, Spanish, and Portuguese poetry into English. She has won two Governor General’s Literary Awards — one for poetry and one for translation — and the Pat Lowther Memorial Award. She has also been shortlisted three times for the Griffin Poetry Prize.

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    Erin O’Toole

    Erin O’Toole, Member of Parliament (2012–23), leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and leader of the Opposition (2020–2022), lawyer (born 22 January 1973 in Montreal, QC). Erin O’Toole served in the Royal Canadian Air Force and worked as a corporate lawyer before being elected as the Member of Parliament for Durham, Ontario, in 2012. He served as Minister of Veterans Affairs in 2015. In August 2020, he was elected leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and became leader of the Opposition. Following the party’s loss in the September 2021 federal election, O’Toole resigned as leader on 2 February 2022 after the Conservative caucus voted in favour of his removal. He resigned as an MP in spring 2023.

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    Erin Wall

    Erin Marie Wall, soprano (born 4 November 1975 in Calgary, AB). Erin Wall is a highly versatile and internationally renowned soprano who has performed an extensive opera and concert repertoire.

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    Ermanno Florio

    Ermanno Florio. Conductor, violinist, b Carapelle, Italy, 29 Mar 1954; B MUS (Toronto) 1977. Ermanno Florio moved to Canada with his family at 2. He then studied at the Royal Conservatory of Music 1966-73, and played violin in the National Youth Orchestra and the Canadian Chamber Orchestra.

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    Ermanno Mauro

    Ermanno Mauro. Tenor, b Trieste 29 Jan 1939, naturalized Canadian 1963.

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    Ernest Adams

    (Douglas) Ernest Adams. Baritone, administrator, b Winnipeg 17 Dec 1920, d King City, Ont, 23 Jan 2011. Raised in Vancouver, Adams sang there as a boy soprano and later studied voice with Isabelle Burnada.

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    Ernest Adolphe Côté

    ​Ernest Adolphe Côté, MBE, soldier, civil servant and diplomat (born 12 June 1913 in Edmonton, Alberta; died 25 February 2015 in Ottawa, Ontario).

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    Ernie Coombs (Mr Dressup)

    Coombs has received a number of important awards for his show Mr. Dressup- the Gemini's "Earle Grey" Award for a body of work on TV in 1994, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Children's Broadcast Institute in 1989, and an ACTRA Best Program Award in 1978.

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    Ernest Brown

    Ernest Brown, photographer (b at Newcastle upon Tyne 8 Sept 1877; d at Edmonton 3 Jan 1951). He arrived in Edmonton in 1904 and recorded the quick growth of the city during the boom years 1904-14. His business collapsed in 1914 and in 1920 he was forced to vacate his premises.

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    Ernest Buckler

    He began his writing career by contributing short stories and essays to Esquire and Saturday Night. His major achievement, however, The Mountain and the Valley (1952), is a novel about a gifted, ambitious boy who remains so deeply attached to life in rural NS that his creativity becomes stifled.

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