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    Bruce McCulloch

    Bruce McCulloch, actor, director, writer (born at Edmonton 12 May 1961). Bruce McCulloch attended Mount Royal College in Calgary, where he studied journalism and public relations.

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    Bruce McDonald

    Bruce Cameron McDonald, film editor, film director (b at Kingston, Ont 28 May 1959). After studying filmmaking at Ryerson Polytechnic Institute (now University) in Toronto, Bruce McDonald spent several years struggling to survive as a member of the Toronto independent film community.

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    Bruce Pennycook

    Pennycook, Bruce. Composer, teacher, saxophonist, b Toronto, 5 Oct 1949; B MUS composition (Toronto) 1973, M MUS composition, theory (Toronto) 1974, DMA musicology (Stanford) 1978. He began his musical training with clarinet and saxophone lessons.

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    Bruce Richard Robertson

    Bruce Richard Robertson, swimmer (b at Vancouver 27 Apr 1953).

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    Bruce Vogt

    Vogt taught at Acadia University (1977-8), the University of Toronto (1978-9), Lakehead University, and the University of Western Ontario (1979-80), and in 1980 joined the staff at the University of Victoria, where he became head of the piano department in 1991.

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    Bruno Degazio

    Degazio, Bruno. Composer, b Welland, Ont, 31 Mar 1958, B MUS (Toronto) 1980, M MUS (Toronto) 1981. At the University of Toronto he studied composition with Gustav Ciamaga and Schenkerian analysis with Edward Laufer, and also participated in the Structured Sound Synthesis Project with William Buxton.

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    Bruno Engler

    Bruno Engler, mountaineer (b at Switzerland, 4 Dec 1915; d at Banff, Alta, 23 Mar 2001).

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    Bruno Gerussi

    Bruno Gerussi, actor (born at Medicine Hat, Alta 1928; died at Vancouver, BC 21 Nov 1995). He is well known as the actor who played Nick Adonidas on "The Beachcombers," one of the longest-running and most successful series in CBC television history.

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    Bruno Laplante

    Bruno Laplante. Baritone, b Beauharnois, near Montreal, 1 Aug 1938; premier prix voice Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal (CMM) 1964. Bruno Laplante studied 1958-64 with Dina Maria Narici, Raoul Jobin, Roy Royal, and Dick Marzollo at the Conservatoire de Musique du Québec.

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    Bruno Pelletier

    Bruno Pelletier had a passion for music and sports, and early on combined the two in his career choices. He was self-taught, began playing the drums when he was thirteen, and learned the guitar at age sixteen. Singing soon followed suit.

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    Bruno Roy

    Bruno Roy, writer, novelist, essayist, poet, teacher, orphan, activist (born 16 February 1943, in Montreal, QC; died in Montreal on 6 January 2010). A prolific writer, Roy is also recognized as spokesman and president of the Duplessis Orphans Committee. (See also Duplessis Orphans.)

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    Bruny Surin

    Bruny Surin, athlete (b at Cap Haïtien, Haiti, 12 July 1967). Surin was just seven years old when he immigrated to Québec. At the age of 17, he took an interest in the long jump and the triple jump. As a member of the Canadian team, he finished 15th in the long jump at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games.

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    Brush with greatness

    Brad Jacobs’s rink struggled in Sochi’s early going, but gold was always the plan—the only plan.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on March 10, 2014

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    Bryan Adams

    Bryan Adams released his self-titled debut album for A&M Records in 1980, and he's remained with the label for his entire career.

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    Bryan Adams

    Bryan Adams' first single, "Let Me Take You Dancing," was a disco hit in 1979, and was followed by the albums (for A & M) Bryan Adams (SP-4800) in 1980 and You Want It - You Got It (SP-4864) in 1981. Of his other early singles, "Fits Ya Good" was popular in 1982.

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