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    Sandra Schmirler (Obituary)

    This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on March 13, 2000. Partner content is not updated. If there was any sense that curling was not getting the respect it deserved at the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics, Sandra Schmirler never let on.

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    Sandy Hawley

    Sanford Desmond Hawley, jockey (b at Oshawa, Ont 16 Apr 1949). Riding professionally since 1968, Hawley has been one of N America's most successful jockeys.

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    Sandy Silver

    Sidney Alexander “Sandy” Silver, premier of Yukon (2016–23), teacher, musician, volunteer (born 15 October 1969 in Antigonish, NS). Sandy Silver has been a member of the Yukon legislature since 2011. He became interim leader of the Yukon Liberal Party in 2012, leader in 2014 and premier of the Yukon in 2016, when his party won a majority government. After leading the Yukon through the COVID-19 pandemic and leaving the government with a $55-million surplus, Silver announced he would not seek re-election. He stepped down as Liberal leader and premier in January 2023. 

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    Sara Barkin

    Sara Barkin. Pianist, soprano, b. Uman, Ukraine, 6 Sep 1908, naturalized Canadian 1934. She studied piano at five with her father and on arriving in Canada in 1925 began several years of study on scholarship at the TCM with W.O. Forsyth and Mona Bates in piano and Nina Gale in voice.

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    Sara Gruen

    Sara Gruen, novelist (b in Vancouver, BC 1969). Raised in London, Ontario, Sara Gruen moved to Ottawa as a young adult, where she attended CARLETON UNIVERSITY and received a BA in English literature. After 10 years in Ottawa Gruen moved to the United States in 1999 to work as a technical writer.

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    Sara Jeannette Duncan

    Sara Jeannette Duncan, journalist, novelist (b at Brantford, Canada W 22 Dec 1861; d at Ashstead, Eng 22 July 1922). Duncan's notable career as a journalist in the 1880s testifies to her determination and ability.

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    Sara Riel

    Sara Riel, (also known as Sister Marguerite Marie), sister of Louis Riel, Métis Grey Nun and missionary, cultural liaison, teacher, founder of female Catholic lay organization (born 11 October 1848 in St. Boniface, Red River Colony [now Manitoba]; died 27 December 1883 in Île-à-la-Crosse, SK). Sara Riel strove to empower Métis people and women through English-language and Catholic studies. Her education and multilingual abilities made her a valuable mediator between conflicting cultures in the early Red River Colony. Today, a charitable organization established by the Grey Nuns of Manitoba bears her name. 

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    Sarah Anne Curzon

    Sarah Anne Curzon, poet, journalist, editor, playwright (b at Birmingham, England c 1833; d at Toronto 1898). The daughter of George Philips Vincent, a glass manufacturer of the provincial English middle class, she enjoyed a ladies-school education and private tutoring.

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    Sarah Binks

    Sarah Binks, by University of Manitoba professor Paul Hiebert, was published 1947 in Toronto.

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    Sarah Burke

    Sarah Burke, freestyle skier (born 3 September 1982 in Barrie, ON; died 19 January 2012 in Salt Lake City, Utah). 

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    Sarah Davidson

    Sarah Davidson. Harpist, teacher, b Toronto 5 Dec 1958.

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    Sarah Edmonds (Frank Thompson)

    New Brunswicker Sarah Edmonds (aka Franklin Thompson), disguised herself as a man and served as a male nurse in the Union Army during the American Civil War. According to her autobiography, she also conducted spy missions behind Confederate lines.

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    Sarah Fischer

    After a leave-taking recital, Fischer left for London to complete her training at the RCM 1919-22 with Cecilia M. Hutchinson.

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    Sarah Harmer

    Sarah Harmer. Singer, songwriter, guitarist, b Burlington, Ont, 12 Nov 1970; BA (Queen's) 1993. Sarah Harmer grew up in a musical family, her father a farmer and singer, and her mother a pianist and organist.

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  • Macleans

    Sarah Harmer (Profile)

    This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on April 5, 2004. Partner content is not updated. Sarah Harmer, Sam Roberts and Ron Sexsmith walk into a Starbucks ... and, well, nobody notices. While that would be unlikely in the coffee shops of Canada, it happened in Austin, Tex., just two weeks ago.

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