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    Šťastný Brothers

    The Šťastný brothers — Marián, Peter and Anton — were a trio of star hockey forwards from Czechoslovakia. In the early 1980s they defected to Canada to play with the Québec Nordiques, and became one of the most exciting and successful scoring lines in National Hockey League history. 

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    Ste Marie Among the Hurons

     Lalemant planned an agriculturally self-sufficient, fortified missionary centre, centrally located in Huronia, with easy access to the canoe route to Québec. It was to serve as a retreat for the priests and ultimately to become the nucleus of a Huron Christian community.

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    Steep Wade

    Harold Gordon Pemberton "Steep" Wade, pianist, saxophonist (born 19 January 1918 in Montréal, QC; died 6 December 1953 in Montréal). A jazz musician of considerable legend, Wade is thought to have been largely self-taught.

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    Albert Steinberg

    Steinberg, Albert. Violinist, conductor, born Toronto 11 May 1910, died California 27 Feb 2003. His teachers in Toronto included Broadus Farmer, Luigi von Kunits, and Kathleen Parlow (violin) and Ettore Mazzoleni and Reginald Stewart (conducting).

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    Stephán G. Stephansson: "The Greatest Poet of the Western World"

    "A man never lives so innocently that he never gets into trouble," Stephán G. Stephansson mused in 1910 in a letter to an old friend. Stephansson, a farmer and poet in west central Alberta, indeed had been in trouble much of his adult life.

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    Stephán Gudmundsson Stephansson

    Stephán Gudmundsson Stephansson, Stefán Gudmundur Gudmundsson, poet, pioneer farmer (b at Kirkjuholl, Skagafjördur, Iceland 3 Oct 1853; d at Markerville, Alta 10 Aug 1927). Known as "the poet of the Rocky

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    Stéphane Bourguignon

    Stéphane Bourguignon, writer, author, screenwriter (born 21 January 1964 in Montreal, QC). This script writer and novelist is best known by the general public for his screenwriting on the television shows Tout sur moi, Fatale-Station and La Vie, la vie. The recipient of three Gémeaux Awards for Best Script (2001, 2002 and 2007), he has also contributed to the careers of many Quebec comedians.

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    Stéphane Dion

    Stéphane Dion, academic, politician (born 28 September 1955 in Québec City, QC). 

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    Stéphane Lemelin

    Stéphane Lemelin has since distinguished himself with a broad range of talents, earning recognition as a performer, university professor, and artistic director.

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    Stéphane Venne

    Stéphane Venne, singer-songwriter, arranger, record producer, administrator (born 2 July 1941 in Montreal, QC; died 17 January 2025 in Saint-Hyacinthe, QC).

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    Stephanie Ballard

    Stephanie Ballard (née Noden), dancer, choreographer, artistic director, company founder, administrator, archivist, educator (born at San Francisco, Ca 14 Feb 1949). Stephanie Ballard was born into an artistic family and as a child she staged what she calls "pageants" for family and friends.

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    Stephanie Bolster

    Stephanie Bolster, poet, editor and academic (born 1969 in Vancouver, BC). First as a young lyricist of prodigious talent and intellectual ambition and, later, as an editor and academic focused on problems of audience, empathy and public space, Governor General's Literary Award winner Stephanie Bolster has produced one of the most widely-praised bodies of work in contemporary Canadian poetry.

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    Stephanie Dixon

    Stephanie Dixon, CM, swimmer (born 10 February 1984 in Brampton, ON). Stephanie Dixon is one of Canada’s most decorated Paralympic athletes. She won 19 Paralympic medals (seven gold, 10 silver, two bronze), six gold medals at the Parapan American Games and 10 gold medals at the IPC World Championships. She set world records in nine long course swimming events — some more than once — and still holds the world record in the women’s 200 m backstroke. Dixon has worked as a coach since retiring in 2010. She was also Team Canada’s chef de mission at the 2019 Parapan American Games and the 2020 Paralympic Games. She has been inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame and is a Member of the Order of Canada.

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    Stephanie Sebastian

    Stephanie Sebastian. Pianist, teacher, b New York 20 Jan 1946; B MUS 1968 (Cal Institute of the Arts); naturalized Canadian 1991.

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    Stephen Blizzard

    Stephen Vernon Arthur Blizzard, MD, doctor and pilot (born 17 October 1928 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago; died 9 June 2020 in Ottawa, Ontario). Blizzard was a medical doctor who served in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) / Canadian Armed Forces from 1961 to 1969 and 1975 to 1983. He gained his RCAF’s pilot’s wings to better understand the medical aspects of military flying and was one of the few people to be both a flight surgeon and military pilot. Upon retiring he continued a distinguished career in aviation medicine. Blizzard was also a humanist who supported diverse organizations and causes. He received many awards during his lifetime and was posthumously inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame in 2023.

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