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    Bernard Johnson

    Bernard Johnson. Baritone, announcer (born 18 June 1918 in Rhani Ket, India, of English parents; died in August 1982); FTCL 1950. Taken to England at two and to Canada at five, Johnson was raised in Hamilton, Ont.

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    Bernard Joseph Francis Lonergan

    Bernard Joseph Francis Lonergan, Jesuit priest, philosopher-theologian (b at Buckingham, Qué 17 Dec 1904; d at Pickering, Ont 26 Nov 1984). Lonergan was a brilliant, original thinker of the highest rank. For many years his ideas have been studied by scholars in various fields.

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    Bernard Keble Sandwell

    Sandwell has been characterized by Robert Fulford, a later editor of the same journal, as "progressive but not too progressive, tolerant but not too tolerant."

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    Bernard Labadie

    Bernard Labadie. Conductor, b Quebec City 27 Mar 1963; B MUS (Laval) 1986, premier prix harmony (CMM) 1988, deuxième prix counterpoint (CMQ) 1989. Labadie's interest in music, especially Baroque music, started when he received an album of Bach's Mass in B Minor at age 11.

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    Bernard Lagacé

    Bernard Lagacé, CM, organist, harpsichordist, teacher (born 21 November 1930 in Saint-Hyacinthe, QC; died 11 February 2025). Bernard Lagacé is regarded as a specialist of baroque music and of Bach. The government of Quebec awarded him the Prix Denise-Pelletier in 1978. In 1989, he obtained the Prix de musique Calixa-Lavallée. In 1985, he became a member of the Order of Canada.

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    Bernard Lamarre

    Bernard Lamarre, O.C., G.O.Q., engineer and construction contractor (born 6 August 1931 in Chicoutimi, QC; died 30 March 2016 in Montreal, QC). Lamarre is the Former President and CEO of Lavalin Inc. and advisor to SNC-Lavalin. He has been recognized as an important figure in Quebec engineering. He has received numerous awards and distinctions in recognition of his career.

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    Bernard Landry

    Bernard Landry, GOQ, lawyer, politician, premier of Québec 2001–03 (born 9 March 1937 in Saint-Jacques de Montcalm, Quebec; died 6 November 2018 in Montreal, Quebec). A Cabinet minister in the governments of René Lévesque, Pierre-Marc Johnson, Jacques Parizeau and Lucien Bouchard, Bernard Landry was influential in shaping Québec’s economic, trade and financial sectors. The 28th premier of Québec (from 2001 to 2003), Landry signed the Agreement Respecting a New Relationship Between the Cree Nation and the Government of Quebec, supported the Kyoto Protocol and made Québec’s economy a top priority. Following a vote of confidence, he stepped down as leader of the Parti Québécois in June 2005 and returned to university-level teaching.

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    Bernard Landry's Resigns PQ leadership

    SURE, THERE IS LANGUAGE, and lifestyle, and attitude, but what has also made Quebec distinct in the bigger Canadian picture is politics. It's a politics-driven society, and great politicians here have achieved star status that only athletes and movie luminaries can hope for elsewhere. But not now.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on June 20, 2005

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    Bernard Lord

    Bernard Lord, lawyer, businessman, premier of New Brunswick 1999-2006 (born 27 September 1965 in Roberval, QC). After becoming New Brunswick's youngest elected premier at age 33, Lord successfully revised the province's Official Languages Act and introduced widely praised measures to improve bilingual services.

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    Bernard Lord (Profile)

    So why do people keep misjudging those choirboy looks? The fluently bilingual lawyer was a dark horse to become leader of the hapless New Brunswick Tory party after Bernard Valcourt was driven out during a fractious leadership review in 1997 - but won on the second ballot.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on June 21, 1999

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    Bernard Naylor

    Bernard (James)Naylor. Composer, conductor, organist, b Cambridge, England, 22 Nov 1907, d Bassenthwaite, Cumbria, England, 19 or 20 May 1986; B MUS (Oxford) 1930, honorary LLD (Manitoba) 1980, honorary LLD (Winnipeg) 1980.

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    Bernard Ostry

    Bernard Ostry, public servant (b at Wadena, Sask 10 Jun 1927). After studying history at U of Man, Ostry launched an academic career at the universities of London and Birmingham in England. There, in collaboration with H.S. Ferns, he published The Age of Mackenzie King: The Rise of the Leader (1955; 2nd ed, 1976), a critical and controversial study of the former prime minister.

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    Bernard Piché

    (Paul) Bernard Piché. Organist, composer, teacher, b Montreal 10 Apr 1908, d Trois Rivières 4 Dec 1989; lauréat organ (AMQ) 1929. His early musical studies were with Hervé Cloutier. He became organist in 1926 at St-Nicolas Church in Ahuntsic and then moved to Notre-Dame-de-la-Défense.

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    Bernard R. Laberge

    Bernard R. Laberge (La Berge, LaBerge). Impresario, organist, pianist, critic, b Quebec City 11 Oct 1891, naturalized US 1940, d New York 28 Dec 1951. He studied at the Séminaire de Rimouski, NB, and at Laval University.

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    Bernard Turgeon

    Bernard (Joseph Roméo Vianney) Turgeon. Baritone, teacher, administrator, b Edmonton 20 Oct 1931. He began his musical training in Edmonton with his mother and continued with Jean Létourneau.

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