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  • Macleans

    Pierre Trudeau as a Comics Writer?

    The oh-so-'60s tale of Michel Choquette and The Someday Funnies - the monumental comics collection that never happened (yet) - is one of the fabled hangovers of the 20th century's most culturally tumultuous decade.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on August 24, 2009

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    Pierre Vadeboncoeur

    Pierre Vadeboncoeur, writer, essayist, lawyer, economist, journalist, trade unionist (born 28 July 1920 in Strathmore (near Montreal), QC; died 11 February 2020). A man of thought and action who became a full-time writer fairly late in life, Pierre Vadeboncoeur has contributed several major works to the literature of ideas.

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    Pierre Vallières

    Pierre Vallières, writer (b at Montréal 22 Feb 1938; d Dec 1998). Vallières was a journalist in Montréal before joining the FRONT DE LIBÉRATION DU QUÉBEC (FLQ) in 1965.

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    Pierre Vidor

    Pierre (b Russell) Vidor (b Trépanier). Tenor, choir conductor, policeman, b Louiseville, near Trois-Rivières, Que, 3 Sep 1907. He began to study trumpet but turned to singing, which he studied in Montreal with various teachers.

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    Pierre-Yves Asselin

    Pierre-Yves Asselin. Organist, teacher, b Montreal 6 Oct 1950; B MUS (McGill) 1975, PH D (Paris) 1983. Pierre-Yves Asselin received an early training in music from his father, who was a cellist and choirmaster. At eight he was accepted as a member of the Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal.

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    Pierrette Alarie

    Alarie won the 'Metropolitan Opera Auditions of the Air' in 1945 and made her Metropolitan Opera debut 8 Dec 1945 as Oscar in Un Ballo in Maschera under Bruno Walter; in January she sang Olympia in The Tales of Hoffmann with Raoul Jobin, conducted by Wilfrid Pelletier.

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    Pierrette Lepage

    Pierrette (Marie Ethel Claudette) Lepage. Pianist, teacher, b Montreal 25 May 1939; B MUS (Laval) 1952, Artist Diploma (Toronto) 1959, BA (Toronto) 1960.

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    Piet Molenaar

    Piet (Peter) Molenaar. Violin maker, born at Indonesia, of Dutch parents, 2 Aug 1903, naturalized Canadian 1957, died 1994. He was educated in Holland and his prime interest was chemistry, but he also studied violin in The Hague and, ca 1919, with Alfred Indig.

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    Pietro Masella

    Pietro (Ottavio) Masella. Oboist, teacher, b Montreal 6 Jan 1924, d there 10 Mar 2007. Pietro Masella took his first oboe lessons from Giuseppe Agostini in 1935. His first experience as an orchestra player was in the Montreal Symphony Orchestra (MSO) under the baton of Bruno Walter in 1941.

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    Pietro Romano

    Pietro Romano. French hornist, b Naples 30 May 1907, naturalized Canadian 1932, d Montreal 13 Nov 1966. He started to play the french horn at five. Arriving in Canada at 13, he began playing at the Imperial Theatre in an orchestra led by his half-brother, Giulio.

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    Piikani

    Piikani (Peigan, Pikuni, Piikuni) are one of the three nations of the Blackfoot Confederacy. The other two are the Siksika and Kainai. The Piikani once occupied a vast hunting ground which ranged along the foothills from Rocky Mountain House to Heart Butte, Montana, and extended eastward onto the Plains. As of February 2026, there are 3,918 registered members of the Piikani Nation. Of those registered members, 2,381 people live on Piikani Nation reserve lands and 1,496 people live off-reserve (see also Reserves in Alberta; First Nations in Alberta).

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    Michael “Pinball” Clemons

    Michael “Pinball” Clemons, O Ont, football player, coach, motivational speaker (born 15 January 1965 in Dunedin, Florida). Michael Clemons is one of the most accomplished athletes in Canadian Football League (CFL) history and the first African American to coach in the Grey Cup. Known to many simply as “Pinball,” he is a CFL Hall of Famer and four-time Grey Cup winner with the Toronto Argonauts, earning three championships as a player (1991, 1996, 1997) and one as a head coach (2004). He is the all-time leader in total combined yards in CFL history (25,438). Clemons, a naturalized Canadian citizen, moved into an executive role in the Argonauts’ front office after retiring from coaching. He is involved with a number of charities, including the Pinball Clemons Foundation. 

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  • Macleans

    Pinchas Zukerman (Profile)

    Pinchas Zukerman silences the 46-member NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE Orchestra with a frustrated wince. The musicians' rehearsal of Mendelssohn's Sinfonia No.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on October 18, 1999

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  • List

    Pioneering Women Architects

    While the number of women studying architecture increased in the last quarter of the 20th century, women have historically been underrepresented in architectural education and the profession. Regardless of barriers within education and the field of architecture, several women have had successful careers and advocated for future female students and practitioners. This list overviews the academic accomplishments and the career highlights of some of Canada’s pioneering female architects.

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    Pit House

    A pit house is a type of dwelling historically used by various Indigenous peoples living in the Plateau region of Canada. Partially built into the ground, pit houses provided warmth and shelter during the winter season. While pit houses no longer serve as common dwellings, they retain cultural significance for many Indigenous peoples. Archeological remains and replicas of pit houses can be found in various parts of Canada. (See also Architectural History of Indigenous Peoples in Canada.)

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