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    Tony Romandini

    Tony (Giuseppe Alexander Antonio) Romandini,. Guitarist, composer, arranger, teacher, b Montreal 27 Jul 1928. He studied guitar 1937-40 with a teacher named Calabrese in New York and at 15 played with Maynard Ferguson in Montreal.

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    Tony Toth

    Tony Toth. Oboist, english hornist, saxophonist, clarinetist, copyist, b Windsor, Ont, d Hamilton 23 Oct 2003. Among Tony Toth's teachers were Herbert Pye (clarinet, Toronto Conservatory of Music), Maurice Morel (oboe, english horn, and clarinet, Paris 1960), and Virginia Markson (flute).

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    Tony van Bridge

    Tony Van Bridge, actor, director, writer (b Valentine Anthony Neil Bridge, at London, Eng 28 May 1917; d at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont 20 Dec 2004). Graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1938, he acted in provincial repertory theatre before the war.

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    Tony Wakeham

    Tony Wakeham, premier of Newfoundland Labrador 2025–present, leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador 2023–present, politician, businessman, public servant, basketball player and administrator (born 16 July 1956 in Placentia, NL). Tony Wakeham had a decades-long career as a public servant in Newfoundland and Labrador before entering politics in December 2017. He was elected as an MHA in the riding of Stephenville- Port au Port in 2019 and became leader of the province’s Progressive Conservative Party in 2023. In October 2025, Wakeham and the PCs brought an end to three consecutive Liberal governments by winning a narrow majority with 21 seats. Wakeham has also had a long career in basketball and was inducted into the Newfoundland and Labrador Basketball Association’s Hall of Fame in 2015.

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    Tony Whitford

    Anthony (Tony) Wilfred James Whitford, ONWT, Commissioner of Northwest Territories 2005-2010, politician (born 11 June 1941 in Fort Smith, NWT; died 16 September 2024 in Yellowknife, NWT). Throughout his life, Tony Whitford held multiple political positions, including on the town council of Fort Smith and in the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly. In 2005, Whitford was named commissioner of the Northwest Territories. 

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    Tonya Verbeek

    Tonya Lynn Verbeek, wrestler, coach (born 14 August 1977 in Grimsby, ON). Tonya Verbeek has won three Olympic medals in wrestling — more than any other Canadian. She was also the first female Canadian wrestler and the oldest Canadian wrestler (at age 34) to win an Olympic medal. Verbeek won silver at the 2004 Olympic Summer Games in Athens, bronze at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing and silver at the 2012 Games in London, all in the women’s 55 kg weight class. She also won three medals at the World Freestyle Wrestling Championships, three medals at the Pan American Games and one medal at the Commonwealth Games. She was inducted into the United World Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2024.

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    Taqulittuq (Tookoolito)

    Taquliituq (also known as Tookoolito or Hannah), Inuit translator, guide (born in 1838 near Cumberland Sound, NU; died 31 December 1876 in Groton, Connecticut). Taqulittuq and her husband, Ipirvik (also known as Ebierbing), were well-known Inuit explorers of the 19th century who significantly contributed to non-Inuit knowledge of the North. They served as guides and translators to American explorer Charles Francis Hall. The Government of Canada recognized Taqulittuq and Ipirvik as National Historic Persons in 1981.

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    Top Athletes Need More Support

    This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on July 14, 2003. Partner content is not updated.

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    Topographic Painters

    Topography was a subject taught at the Woolwich Royal Military Academy by artists such as Paul Sandby, who achieved his fame with ornamental landscapes that combined the precision of topography with a flexible and poetic visual technique.

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    Toquaht

    The Toquaht (“people of the narrow beach”) are a Nuu-chah-nulth nation residing in western Barkley Sound, near the town of Ucluelet, on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Toquaht First Nation is currently self-governing under the Maa-nulth treaty.

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    Torill Kove

    Based on World War II stories from her grandmother, Torill Kove's first solo effort, My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts (1999; co-produced by the NFB and Studio Magica of Oslo and narrated by Mag RUFFMAN), earned nominations for an Oscar and a PRIX JUTRA.

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    Toronto Bach Choir/Toronto Bach Society

    Toronto Bach Choir. Name used by various choirs in Toronto 1922-89.

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    Toronto (band)

    A hard rock band with a glam-punk edge and a streetwise image, Toronto was known for its brash performances and the strenuous vocal style of its lead singer, Holly Woods.

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    Toronto Centre for the Arts

    Toronto Centre for the Arts (North York Performing Arts Centre 1993-4, Ford Centre for the Performing Arts 1994-8). Performing arts complex, located at 5040 Yonge Street in Toronto.

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    Toronto Children's Chorus

    Responding to a request from Walter Homburger (Managing Director of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra) that she assemble a treble-voice chorus to perform with that orchestra, conductor Jean Ashworth Bartle founded the Toronto Children's Chorus in 1978.

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