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  • Macleans

    Paul Gross (Profile)

    This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on October 13, 1997. Partner content is not updated. It seems as good a place as any to begin an interview with Paul Gross, the actor who plays the impeccably polite and upright Mountie in CTV’s Due South.

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  • Article

    Paul Haggis

    Paul Edward Haggis, writer, director, producer (born 10 Mar 1953 in London, Ontario). Paul Haggis created the popular TV series Due South (1994–99), which earned him six Gemini Awards including two for Best Dramatic Series. He then made history in 2006 as the first screenwriter of back-to-back Best Picture Oscar winners — Million Dollar Baby (2004) and Crash (2005). He also won Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay Oscars for the latter and helped rejuvenate the James Bond franchise with his screenplays for Casino Royale (2006) and Quantum of Solace (2008). In 2018, he began defending himself in a civil suit against allegations of sexual assault. He was found liable and ordered to pay US$10 million in damages in November 2022.

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    Paul Hahn

    Paul Hahn. Cellist, businessman, b Reutlingen, south of Stuttgart, 11 May 1875, d Balsam Lake, Ont, 20 Jul 1962. Paul Hahn arrived in Canada in 1888 and settled in Toronto. His cello teachers included Rudolph Ruth in Toronto and Alwin Schroeder in Boston.

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    Paul Hébert

    Paul Hébert, OC, CQ, actor, director, artistic director (born 28 May 1924 in Thetford Mines, Québec; died 20 April 2017 in Québec City). A titan of Québec theatre, film and TV, Paul Hébert received several performance awards over the course of his career. The first francophone Canadian trained at the Old Vic Theatre in London, England, Hébert was closely associated with the Théâtre du Trident in Québec City during the 1970s, as the theatre’s co-founder, actor, director and artistic director. He also appeared in films by several renowned Québec directors such as Gilles Carle and Robert Lepage.

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    Paul Hellyer

    Paul Theodore Hellyer, PC, politician, engineer, businessman, writer (born 6 August 1923 near Waterford, ON; died 8 August 2021 in Toronto, ON). A long-time Member of Parliament (MP), Paul Hellyer served in the cabinets of prime ministers Lester B. Pearson and Pierre Trudeau, and was the longest-serving member of the Privy Council at the time of his death. As defence minister, he oversaw Canada’s adoption of nuclear weapons and organized the unification of the armed forces. Hellyer contested the leadership of both the Liberal and Progressive Conservative parties and led two small federal parties of his own creation. He was a notable critic of free trade and advocated for monetary reform. He also gained international notoriety for claiming that Western governments possess — and have been suppressing — evidence of UFOs and extraterrestrial life.

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    Paul Helmer

    Paul Helmer. Pianist, musicologist, b Kirkland Lake, Ont, 18 Oct 1938; Artist Diploma (Toronto) 1958, BA (Toronto) 1966, MA (Columbia) 1968, PhD (Columbia) 1975.

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    Paul Hiebert

    Paul Hiebert, humorist, professor (b at Pilot Mound, Man 17 July 1892; d at Carman, Man 7 Sept 1987).

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    Paul Hoffert

    Paul (Matthews) Hoffert. Composer, arranger, keyboardist, vibraphonist, producer, researcher, b Brooklyn, NY, 22 Sep 1943, naturalized Canadian 1961; B SC (Toronto) 1966. Paul Hoffert began piano studies at age nine.

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    Paul Horn

    Paul Horn, flutist, saxophonist, clarinetist, composer (born on 17 March 1930 in New York City, United States; died 29 June 2014 in Vancouver, BC). B MUS (Oberlin) 1952, M MUS (Manhattan) 1953.

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    Paul Houde

    Paul Houde, radio host, TV pundit, actor (born 25 August 1954 in Saint-Laurent, QC; died 2 March 2024 in Montreal, QC). Known as the “nerd en chef du Québec” (Quebec’s nerd in chief), Paul Houde had a long career as a morning man on various Montreal radio stations. A natural storyteller with an engaging personality, he also made regular appearances on numerous Quebec TV programs and appeared in the Les Boys film franchise as a goaltender with an encyclopedic knowledge of sports statistics. Diagnosed as autistic later in life, Houde was referred to as WikipéHoude and an “encyclopedia on two feet” for the depth and breadth of his knowledge.

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    Paul H.T. Thorlakson

    Paul H.T. Thorlakson, surgeon (b at Park River, N Dak 5 Oct 1895; d at Winnipeg, Man 19 Oct 1989). In 1900 the Thorlakson family moved to Selkirk, Man, and in 1919 Thorlakson graduated in medicine from Manitoba Medical College.

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    Paul John Perry

    Paul John Perry"PJ," jazz musician (b at Calgary 2 Dec 1941). His father, Paul Perry, led dance bands in Alberta (notably at Sylvan Lake) from 1939 to 1965.

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    Paul Jourdain

    Paul (Raymond) Jourdain dit Labrosse. Wood-carver, organ-builder, master carpenter, baptized Montreal 20 Sep 1697, d there 8 Jun 1769.

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    Paul Kane

    Paul Kane, painter (born 3 September 1810 in Mallow, County Cork, Ireland; died 20 February 1871 in Toronto, ON).

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  • Editorial

    The Adventurous Paintings of Paul Kane

    The following article is an editorial written by The Canadian Encyclopedia staff. Editorials are not usually updated.

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