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• “Brielle Brunet was born during the Fort Mac evacuation”

  

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  A baby born in Fort McMurray’s evacuation: Canada's Stories

  macleans.ca - By Nancy Macdonald

  Monique Brunet was cooking spaghetti when evacuation orders in Fort McMurray, Alta., started rolling out around dinnertime on the night of May 1. A …

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  Félix de St-Hilaire, Montreal's 12-year-old blind blues guitarist: Canada's stories

  macleans.ca - By Aaron Hutchins

  Félix de St-Hilaire never lived through the Great Depression of the 1930s. After all, he’s only 12 years old. But the youngster from Montreal—blind …

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  Ranj Dhaliwal on Indo-Canadian gangs: Canada's stories

  macleans.ca - By Luc Rinaldi

  Ranj Dhaliwal rides a custom-built Harley Davidson and practices jujitsu. He’s six foot two and has a thick, dark beard. He’s the author of the Daaku …

• “Josa Maule founded the Montreal School of Performing Arts”

  

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  Josa Maule, Montreal's acting mama: Canada's stories

  macleans.ca - By Meagan Campbell

  Josa Maule describes herself as a pitbull. To establish an acting school alone, with just $1,000 from her uncle Charlie, she had to sniff out every …

• “Sheng Xue Still fights for Chinese human rights”

  

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  Sheng Xue on life after Tiananmen Square: Canada's stories

  macleans.ca - By Luc Rinaldi

  Sheng Xue awoke to the sound of gunfire. It was 3:30 a.m. on June 4, 1989, and, rising, she glanced through the dark of night toward Tiananmen …

• “Darryl Kelly on the night Terry Fox came over for hot dogs”

  

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  Darryl Kelly remembers meeting Terry Fox: Canada's Stories

  macleans.ca - Luc Rinaldi

  It was 4:30 on a cold April afternoon when Darryl Kelly, the 25-year-old principal of Howley Elementary School in the tiny community of Deer Lake, …