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    Bon Cop Bad Cop

    A comedy cop thriller directed by Érik Canuel, the film Bon Cop Bad Cop opened in Québec theatres on August 4, 2006.

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    Bonheur d'occasion (The Tin Flute)

    Bonheur d'occasion or The Tin Flute (1945), novel by Gabrielle Roy. Set in the Montréal slum of St-Henri during WWII, it is French Canadian literature's first example of urban realism. 

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    Book Clubs

    Canada's first book club was started in 1928 when the T. Eaton Company LTD offered its customers "a selective literary service." A committee of literary authorities made a monthly selection of titles - sold to the membership at an average price of $2.

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    Book Review: Atwood's <book>Oryx and Crake</book>

    ARS LONGA, VITA BREVIS. The Roman poet Horace's familiar words, that life is short but art is forever, have been a writer's maxim for 2,000 years.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on April 28, 2003

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    Book Review: Shakey (Neil Young Biography)

    This was supposed to come from the horse's mouth. It was all lined up, a rare interview with old crazy horse himself.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on May 13, 2002

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    Books in Canada

    Books in Canada (fd 1971) was a book review magazine distributed by subscription and sold in book stores and newsstands throughout English-speaking Canada; before it went on hiatus in early 2008, it appeared 9 times a year.

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    Boot Records Ltd.

    Boot Records Ltd. Country-music label formed in 1971 in Toronto by Stompin' Tom Connors and his manager Jury Krytiuk.

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    Border Scottish Choir of Windsor

    Border Scottish Choir of Windsor. A mixed-voice choir of 130, founded in 1924 by H.

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    Bornoff School of Music and Associated Arts

    Bornoff School of Music and Associated Arts. Founded in Winnipeg by George Bornoff. It opened on Bannatyne Ave on 1 Sep 1937, offering instruction in violin, piano, clarinet, voice, theory, sculpture, fine arts, and public speaking.

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    Boss Brass

    Boss Brass. Toronto jazz orchestra (big band) led by Rob McConnell. It was formed in 1968 as a 16-piece band composed of the city's leading studio musicians to record arrangements of pop songs of the day for CTL.

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    Both Sides Now

    'Both Sides Now.' Song, sometimes known as 'Clouds,' by Joni Mitchell. Written ca 1968, it was recorded in 1968 by the US folksinger Judy Collins and by the US pop group Harpers Bizarre.

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    Brandon University Trio

    Brandon University Trio (formerly Halifax Trio). One of Canada's longest-lived chamber ensembles.

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    Brass

    Besides fulfilling traditional military and ceremonial functions, brass instruments have accompanied services in churches, played a pioneer role in the development of ensemble playing, participated in orchestral performances, and simply displayed their own gleaming brand of virtuosity. 

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    Brébeuf

    Brébeuf, B29. Healey Willan's setting, for two narrators, choir, and orchestra, of E.J. Pratt's poem 'Brébeuf and His Brethren' (Toronto 1940), which tells the story of the 17th-century missionary (1593-1649) among the Hurons.

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    British Columbia Association of Community Music Schools

    British Columbia Association of Community Music Schools. Organized in 1987 to promote the establishment of and provide support for independent, non-profit conservatories and music schools.

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