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SHAWN MENDES

SILKEN LAUMANN

MICHAEL BUBLÉ

LORNE GREENE

WENDY CREWSON

LAWRENCE HILL

DON CHERRY & RON MACLEAN

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THAT WILL INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION.

EXCELLENCECelebrate the 2015 inductees and 17 years of

Canada’s Walk of Fame, this December on Global.

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LETTER FROM LEWIS RUSEN, BOARD CHAIR 17

LETTER FROM MELANIE HURLEY, CEO20

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 21

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LEWIS RUSEN

We’re pleased

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and hope it will help inspire the

next generation of emerging

talents to equally remarkable

accomplishments. After all, how can you help but be inspired by the incredible contributions of Michael Bublé, Don Cherry and Ron MacLean, Wendy Crewson, Cineplex Legends Inductee Lorne Greene, Lawrence Hill, Silken Laumann—as well as our Allan Slaight Honour recipient, Shawn Mendes? This year marks my first as Chairman of the Board of Directors, and I’m humbled by the strides we continue to make as an organization. Canada’s Walk of Fame has truly become a unique and essential part of the country’s

social fabric, and it is a celebration that really belongs to every Canadian.

Nights such as these—not to mention the events leading up to it throughout the year—simply don’t happen without the tremendous and instrumental support of our valued sponsors. I want to take a moment to offer thanks to our National Sponsors, Cineplex Entertainment, NBCUniversal, Slaight Communications and Air Canada; our Next Generation Sponsor, RBC; Event Sponsors, Scotia Wealth Management and Entertainment One; Official Sponsor, Stella; as well as Community Sponsors Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP and COTY. I’d also like to thank our Festival

sponsors, our Media Partner, the Toronto Star, as well as our Government Partners, the Government of Canada and the Government of Ontario—through Celebrate Ontario and the Ontario Tourism Marketing Partnership Corporation.

And last, but certainly not least, thank you to our valued Broadcast Partner, Shaw Media, for their continued support of Canada’s Walk of Fame and for allowing our annual celebration to be shown in millions of homes across the country.

I’m very proud to have had the honour of leading the Board this year—and the opportunity to work with the remarkable Canada’s Walk of Fame leadership and staff, without whom nights like this simply couldn’t happen.

Welcome to a very special evening—a night when we gather to celebrate the outstanding achievements of some truly remarkable Canadians. It’s a chance to showcase and honour some of this country’s best home-grown talent.

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MELANIE HURLEY

To date, Canada’s Walk of

Fame has honoured 161

inductees. Each has made their mark on Canada’s colourful landscape and helped define to the world what it means to be Canadian. This year we honour Michael Bublé, Don Cherry and Ron MacLean, Wendy Crewson, Cineplex Legends Inductee Lorne Greene, Lawrence Hill and Silken Laumann—as well as our Allan Slaight Honour recipient, Shawn Mendes—for all their remarkable accomplishments.

Since its inception in 1998, Canada’s Walk of Fame has grown from a small gathering to unveil a few engraved stars on the sidewalks of Toronto’s entertainment district, to a year-long series of events and programs. Over the years, we have added new initiatives and events in order to broaden the scope of our celebrations. This year was no exception. In June, we held our inaugural Bon Vivant! fundraiser to honour our inductees. We also launched the Peter Soumalias Unsung Hero Honour to pay tribute to our Founding Director and to tell the story of an unsung Canadian making a difference in their community.

Now in its 17th year, as a national registered charity, Canada’s Walk of Fame continues to grow with the generous support of our valued partners and sponsors.

Our Emerging Artist Music Mentorship Program supported by RBC just capped off its third year. Another overwhelming success, we received more than 320 submissions from talented young music artists across the country. In the end, seven remarkable winners were selected, including Grand Prize winner Ivory Hours.

This September, thanks to the ongoing support of the Government of Canada and the Government of Ontario, we hosted a week of programming for the sixth annual Canada’s Walk of Fame Festival. The Festival showcases some of our country’s most popular performers and emerging acts from a variety of genres at venues in Toronto—including Massey Hall, the Legendary Horseshoe Tavern and Yonge-Dundas Square.

Cineplex Entertainment continues to be a proud sponsor of the Cineplex Legends Inductee, given posthumously to a Canadian pioneer.

The Slaight Family Foundation helps us recognize rising stars in music with the Allan Slaight Honour.

Shaw Media returns as our valued broadcast partner. It’s because of their commitment to help us tell these stories that we are able to bring the celebration to the country from coast to coast. The 2015 Canada’s Walk of Fame Broadcast Show will air nationally on Global on December 17 at 8pm ET/PT.

It takes a great team to make it all happen, and I would like to extend my special thanks to our new Board Chair, Lewis Rusen; our Talent Chair and one of our Executive Producers, Randy Lennox; and the entire Canada’s Walk of Fame Board and staff who put in tireless work, dedication and support.

At Canada’s Walk of Fame, our goals are simple: CELEBRATE the outstanding achievements of Canadians; ENGAGE all Canadians to celebrate with us; and INSPIRE the next generation of emerging Canadian talent.

Thank you for supporting Canada’s Walk of Fame!

I recently celebrated my first anniversary

as CEO of this incredible organization, and

I cherish the privilege I have in honouring

some of Canada’s most remarkable

Canadians. Each of their stories is unique, but

the thread that binds them is their Canadian

identity and their profound love for this

great country. I am proud to be part of an

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achievements inspire the next generation.

Thank you for lighting up the Canadian landscape.

Congratulations to the 2015 Canada’s Walk of Fame Inductees.

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In fact, Priestley’s resumé is so expansive, it’s sometimes difficult to reconcile it with an artist who’s still so young. He spent nine seasons starring in—and eventually directing and producing—the international mega-hit Beverly Hills 90210, but his career began well before that with appearances in TV movies and series such as 21 Jump Street, MacGyver, Outer Limits and Sister Kate. Since 90210, he has collected a litany of accolades for both his film performances and his work on the small screen, from fan favourite Tru Calling, to the hilarious Love Monkey and award-winning series Call Me Fitz.

In the director’s chair, he has taken the helm on acclaimed series such as Satisfaction as well as episodes of Rookie Blue, Saving Hope, Haven and others. Priestley also returned to the stage for David Mamet’s Race and completed the third season of Hollywood and Vines, the wine-centric show he shares with Terry David Mulligan and a slew of famous guests.

Priestley has been known to relieve the pressures of work by indulging in a challenge of another type—sliding behind the wheel of a race car. He describes it as “my escape from Hollywood—mostly because it requires an entirely different set of skills from acting or directing.”

In many ways, Canada’s Walk of Fame is about mentorship and inspiring the young talents who come next. Is there someone in your career who has mentored and inspired you?

I’ve been fortunate to work with many talented people over the years, and I have tried to learn from them all. But I think the one person who taught me the most was Aaron Spelling. I was incredibly lucky to have the opportunity to learn the television business from Aaron, not only as an actor, but also as a director and producer.

What do you think has been your best learning environment?

All of the things I learned playing team sports are the things that still work for me today—hard work, commitment and responsibility.

Where do you find your inspirations?

Definitely my children.

You’ve never been afraid to take on the next challenge, whatever that is. Is there a common thread in all the projects and challenges you’ve taken on, or do you like to take advantage of opportunities as they come up?

There isn’t a common thread at all. I’m always looking for new challenges, and when I find them, I try to maximize every opportunity they present.

You had the chance to set the stage for last year’s Canada’s Walk of Fame ceremonies—what was that experience like?

Last year’s show was a lot of fun. I got to see a lot of old friends and make some new ones. I really enjoyed seeing Peter Fonda again. (And his speech was hysterical!)

I think it’s important for Canadians to celebrate Canadian accomplishments—because if we don’t, who will?

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Since hosting Canada’s Walk of Fame ceremonies last year, he has finished filming The Wonderful Wayneys (a series co-starring Molly Ringwald), begun shooting a new series for Global called The Code, wrapped big-screen roles

in films like Away from Everywhere, Zoom and Let’s Rap, and made appearances in TV series such as Ties That Bind and Welcome to Sweden. (He’s also voiced a character for the preschool series Wishenpoof!)

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Very quickly, he’s where he’d hoped to be. “Every day, I’m surprised by how fast it’s happened,” he says.

He didn’t get there the old-fashioned way. Instead, he covered songs by artists such as Adele and fellow Canuck Justin Bieber, posting six-second snippets of his performances on video-sharing service Vine. This caught the attention of Island Records, which signed him last year.

The party really got started with “Life of the Party,” his contemplative debut single that last summer rocketed to number nine here at home and number 24 in the US. This was quickly followed by The Shawn Mendes EP, featuring the hit song and three more, and which peaked at number five in the US.

As excited as he was to upload those early Vine clips, he feels just the same today toward the slickly produced videos for his hit songs such as “Stitches” and “Something Big.”

“As soon as one of my videos is posted, I sit there and keep refreshing it [to see the number of views and likes], making sure that people still like me,” he confesses. With more than 30 million YouTube views for “Something Big” and more than 41 million for “Stitches,” it’s safe to say they do.

Throughout the fall, Mendes has been performing headlining gigs in the US as well as opening for Taylor Swift, the hottest pop star on the planet. In November 2014, he embarked on his first headlining tour, which had him jetting all over North America and Europe.

“Not a lot of people, in their entire lives, get the chance to go to half the places I’ve been in the

last year or so,” he says. “I’m super-lucky to be able to do that. It’s been nuts—lots of moving and very exciting.” He adds that Madrid is his favourite city he’s visited.

He admits that when playing in front of large audiences, “I get nervous every time. Hopefully it will get better.” And whereas many performers are somewhat protected by backup bands, backup singers and dancers, his live act consists of exactly him and his acoustic guitar.

“I like it that way,” he says. “I started off doing that and I wasn’t too good at the guitar, so I had to teach myself how to make the guitar sound big and feel like a whole band. I got really comfortable with that. If you put a band with me, I’m more uncomfortable.”

He points to popsters John Mayer and Ed Sheeran as inspirations. “They’re not afraid to say what they think,” he says. “They’re incredible songwriters, musicians, singers and live performers. I really look up to the way they are—in interviews and in writing songs. They’re very honest.”

Mendes says he’s not letting the pressure of his huge success get to him. He still lives in Pickering and says his parents, younger sister and friends keep him grounded. “I don’t ever let myself get to a point where I feel like I’m going to explode,” he offers.

He’s maintained the same posse of five best friends for half his life. “I go back and hang out with them. We longboard around, work out, go grab some food—the typical 17-year-old thing,” he says.

The sky’s the limit for the teen phenom, who expresses great enthusiasm for branching out

into acting. Next year he will be seen on an episode of The CW’s post-apocalyptic drama The 100.

“I love it and I want to do more,” he says. “I think I’m acting better in my music videos. There are things in the works.”

That said, he won’t neglect his music, and is hard at work on a follow-up to Handwritten.

“I’ve been writing a bunch,” he says. “It’s going to be different because I’m a year older, and in this area of life—16 to 17—you become almost a different person. I think my musical outlook will mature and be relatable to a younger audience and an older audience on top of that. My vocals are better and my guitars are more advanced. You grow and get better and I’m very excited.”

THE ALLAN SLAIGHT HONOURThe Allan Slaight Honour is

presented to a talented young

Canadian making a positive

impact in the field of music.

It is accompanied by a

$10,000 honorarium and has

been previously presented

to The Weeknd, Carly Rae

Jepsen, Melanie Fiona, Drake

and Nikki Yanofsky. The

honour is named for media

maverick and philanthropist

Allan Slaight who, over the

course of a five-decades-long

career, helped forge the path

for countless Canadian artists.

WARNER MUSIC CANADA

CONGRATULATIONSDON AND RON

FOR BEING HONOURED WITH STARS ON CANADA’S WALK OF FAME. FROM YOUR FRIENDS AT ROGERS, SPORTSNET AND HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA.

recipient of the 2015Allan Slaight Honour

Congratulations to

From your

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DON CHERRY & RON MACLEAN

WENDY CREWSON

LORNE GREENECINEPLEX LEGENDS INDUCTEE

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SILKEN LAUMANN

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Born September 9, 1975 in Burnaby, British Columbia, Bublé grew up with music as the backdrop of his life, nurtured by his Italian family. Cherished artists like Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra and Al Martino were always playing in the Bublé household. “My grandfather found great joy in sharing music with me,” he says. “I didn’t know it at the time, but it was seeping through every pore, and I was falling in love with it by osmosis.”

With incredibly beautiful, rich melodies intertwined with sentimental lyrics, Bublé says the emotive qualities of the music are what “allow it to continue to live through generation after generation,” and what helps it resonate with audiences of all ages.

With a rich baritone vocal range, vibrato that will give you goose bumps and enough charisma and swagger to command an audience of thousands, Bublé’s a natural-born performer who revels in the pure rush of show business. Whether he’s writing modern songs like “Haven’t Met You Yet” that are quintessentially Michael Bublé, or singing duets with everyone from Elvis Presley to Van Morrison, Reese Witherspoon to Barbra Streisand, Bublé knows how to craft catchy music.

His music has also sparked a revival of a canon of American jazz standards and big band hits, along with eight studio albums featuring original pop hits. Producing polished covers of songs like “The Way You Look Tonight,” “Cry Me a River” and “Mack the Knife,” his mix of perfect charm and old-world romance has everyone enamoured with the slick sound he’s infused into some of the most well-known songs of the 20th century.

In his early teens, he would perform wherever possible, with his grandfather offering free plumbing services to club owners who would give his grandson a shot on stage. In those tenacious years, Bublé worked any job he could, from his father’s fishing boat to hosting birthday parties at Chuck E. Cheese’s—alongside gigs he hoped would lead him to that highly coveted right place and right time.

As more doors closed on him over the next 10 years, he briefly considered going back to school for journalism in his mid-20s. But destiny would clear a path for the aspiring musician, who eventually won the attention of record producer David Foster after much perseverance.

“I think we’re all built for something,” says Bublé. “I have a hunger for music that’s so deep it will never be quenched or fulfilled. I can’t get enough of it; it’s a part of my being, and it’s in every fibre of me.”

Bublé’s self-titled debut came in 2003, establishing him as a passionate entertainer with the ability to evoke the spirit of classic artists. His sophomore album in 2005, It’s Time, catapulted his career to super-stardom, with continued success in 2007 with Call Me Irresponsible. Bublé’s 2011 album Christmas topped the charts in more than 20 countries, and his 2013 Grammy Award-winning album To Be Loved solidified him as a top artist.

In 2011, the musician married the girl of his dreams, Argentinian actress Luisana Lopilato. The couple welcomed their son Noah in 2013, and baby number two is expected next year. “I’ve never been this centred and happy and focused,” he says, “I’m inspired to write, I’m inspired to make music, and I’m excited to work.” These days, Bublé is more motivated than ever, logging lots of studio time recording his ninth album between jaunts across the globe.

The Canadian singer-songwriter has won 12 JUNO Awards, four Grammy Awards, garnered a stream of praise from international music critics, toured over 40 countries, and sold nearly 50 million albums worldwide. “Life is just so short,” he laments, “and I just want to take every little bit in that I can.”

At 40, Michael Bublé seems settled into his life of stardom, though his induction into Canada’s Walk of Fame marks a pinch-yourself moment in his life. “I’m a fiercely proud Canadian—I wear the flag on my sleeve,” he says, “And the fact that I get to be a small part of representing what I think is the greatest country in the world is a great honour for me.”

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O2 Arena, and a slew

of singles with a

combined 91 weeks

at number one on

the Canadian Adult

Contemporary radio

chart, Bublé’s star

continues to soar

higher with every

step he takes.

“I have a hunger for music that’s so deep it will never be quenched or fulfilled. I can’t get enough of it; it’s a part of my being, and it’s in every fibre of me.”

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FOR THREE DECADES, CANADA HAS BEEN TUNING IN TO HEAR DON CHERRY & RON MACLEAN DISSECT OUR NATIONAL GAME

BY MARK DILLON

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What’s most surprising is that in just six minutes every Saturday night during hockey season, they manage to provide a week’s worth of water-cooler fodder about our national sport. Such is the cultural impact of Coach’s Corner, a weekly institution that often upstages the NHL games that surround it. MacLean plays the affable, quick-witted straight man to Cherry’s opinionated ex-coach—champion of rugged Canadian players, butcherer of names, and detractor of defensemen who keep their heads down but their sticks up.

Sometimes their analytical exchanges are heated. Often they’re hilarious.

“Don would be a great interview with or without me,” MacLean offers. “He’s studied actors and techniques. He loved Dizzy Dean as a baseball broadcaster. Don’s whole life schooled him for the job. And I did everything a broadcaster needs to do, picking up skill sets as a weatherman and disc jockey.”

Attempting to explain why they click, Cherry says, “We’re opposites in a lot of ways, and I think that has a lot to do with it. He’s a wine guy and I’m a beer guy.”

For his part, MacLean invokes the memory of another legendary colour commentator/play-by-play duo to describe their partnership. “It’s like Dick Irvin Jr. and Danny Gallivan,” he suggests. “Danny was the flamboyant one, and Dick was the technical guy who could make it smooth so Danny didn’t have to worry.”

Kingston, Ontario native Cherry played defense in the AHL and other minor leagues from 1954 to 1972, suiting up for the Boston Bruins in one 1955 playoff game. He returned to coach the team from 1974 to 1979, winning the Jack Adams Award for Coach of the Year and twice going to the Stanley Cup Finals.

In 1978, CBC invited him to be a colour commentator for a couple of games. After coaching the Colorado Rockies in 1979-1980, he was invited back as a playoff analyst.

“I was terrible,” Cherry reflects. “I was just like everybody else—safe.” But then he saw himself in an earlier interview as Bruins coach. When he was asked to explain the significance of the night’s playoff game, he cockily replied that he wanted to win for his players—and because he needed the money. “As the coach, I really didn’t care [what people thought], so I decided to roll the dice like that and I have been that way ever since,” he says.

He initially appeared on Coach’s Corner with Dave Hodge, and he admits the chemistry wasn’t right. Hodge was replaced by the 26-year-old MacLean, a substitute host and referee from Red Deer, Alberta.

In his first year on the job, MacLean tried to keep the often-controversial Cherry under control. “I was trying to rein Don in or give the other side of the argument, but you can’t in that time,” MacLean recalls. “I was screwing up trying to intervene. Then I finally figured out, ‘Wouldn’t you want this guy to give his view?’”

It’s that unpredictability that makes Coach’s Corner appointment viewing in this on-demand age. “It’s not like Don doesn’t know what he’s doing when he does what he does,” MacLean says.

Cherry certainly strikes a chord with viewers, whose votes ranked him as the seventh greatest Canadian on the 2004 CBC series The Greatest Canadian. His life story is dramatized in the CBC miniseries Keep Your Head Up, Kid: The Don Cherry Story (2010; scripted by his son Tim Cherry) and Wrath of Grapes: The Don Cherry Story II (2012).

He’s even made an impression on fellow sports figures. “I love Don Cherry. Big fan,” former Toronto Blue Jays General Manager Alex Anthopoulos recently stated. “I don’t follow a ton of hockey, but if it’s a Saturday night and I’m at my in-laws and Coach’s Corner is on, I want to watch.”

Meanwhile, MacLean has been recognized with 10 Gemini Awards and one Canadian Screen Award. He’ll rejoin Cherry on Coach’s Corner this season, and following Rogers Communications’ acquisition of NHL broadcast rights, is hosting Sunday night’s Rogers Hometown Hockey on Sportsnet.

And now the duo will share a star on Canada’s Walk of Fame. “Coach’s Corner is a huge success, but we’re a little off the main stage, so I’m thrilled we’ll be getting this,” MacLean says.

“Well, a lot of people would like to put me in the ground,” adds Cherry with a laugh. “It’s quite an honour for me, and it will be there forever.”

INTERVIEWING DON CHERRY AND RON MACLEAN TOGETHER IS LIKE BEING TREATED TO A ONE-HOUR EDITION OF COACH’S CORNER. IT’S IMMEDIATELY CLEAR THEY STILL HAVE PLENTY TO TALK ABOUT, EVEN AFTER APPEARING TOGETHER IN HOCKEY’S GREATEST FIRST-PERIOD-INTERMISSION SEGMENT FOR GOING ON 30 NHL SEASONS.

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Crewson has co-starred with Tim Allen in The Santa Clause (1994), Harrison Ford in Air Force One (1997), the late Robin Williams in Bicentennial Man (1999) and Arnold Schwarzenegger in The 6th Day (2000).

While Hollywood has often cast her as “the wife,” back home she’s been the heroine in TV movies including The Many Trials of One Jane Doe (2002), playing a rape victim who sues the police for negligence (for which she won a Gemini Award), and Hunt for Justice (2005), in which she portrays Canada’s Walk of Fame inductee Louise Arbour, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia who indicted president Slobodan Milošević.

Crewson presented Arbour’s star on the Walk of Fame last year, and of her own induction this time around, says she’s “incredibly honoured.”

Portraying real women is one of her specialties. She won another Gemini for TV movie The Man Who Lost Himself (2005), in which she plays Lorraine Evanshen, who helped her husband—CFL receiver Terry Evanshen—cope with complete memory loss after coming out of a coma.

She currently appears as Dr. Dana Kinney on the CTV medical drama Saving Hope, happy to be working in her Toronto hometown after racking up many frequent flyer points. Even as a child, there was plenty of moving around: Born in Hamilton, her family moved to Oakville, then Chatham, Winnipeg and Montreal—wherever work took her father, a farm equipment salesman.

She was bit by the acting bug while in kindergarten, after getting up on stage in an empty room at a local church. “I remember thinking, ‘The view from here is great. This is something I’d like to do,’” she recalls.

She honed her acting chops playing the Virgin Mary in a Sunday school play on through high school productions, including musical The Boy Friend.

She attended Queens University, where she won the Lorne Greene Award for theatre, then studied at London’s Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. She came home after a couple of years to try to make a living at her craft, winning parts on CBC’s World War 2-era TV movie War Brides (1980) and series Home Fires (1980-1983).

She then sought opportunities in New York, beginning many years of travel between the US and Canada. She would fly back to star in popular cop drama Night Heat (1985), appeared in several TV movies and landed roles on CBS crime reporter drama Hard Copy (1987) and Robert Altman’s prescient HBO political mockumentary series Tanner ‘88 (1988).

In 1991, she played opposite William Hurt in The Doctor, her first Hollywood feature. The most successful of these would be patriotic shoot ‘em up Air Force One, in which she plays the First Lady. It brought in a US$315-million international box office, ranking number five for the year, according to Box Office Mojo.

Of working on Hollywood sets, she says, “There’s more pressure. You have 16 guys examining your every move—producers, agents and people hanging around. The Canadian projects were always more fun because it’s a little crew and you have tremendous freedom. You’re working fast, but you get to do what you want.”

Her favourite performance—and one of her six Gemini/Canadian Screen Award winners—was in TV movie At the End of the Day: The Sue Rodriguez Story (1998), about a right-to-die advocate suffering from ALS.

“When you’re showing the difficulties of a disease like ALS, you want to do it justice for the families going through that intense suffering,” she says. “Hopefully the movie raised awareness about a disease and cause people didn’t know about.”

The subject made such an impact on Crewson that she became a spokesperson for the ALS Society of Alberta and patron of its Betty’s Run fundraiser. She was recognized for this work with the Gemini’s 2002 Humanitarian Award. She has also been a vocal supporter of domestic production, taking to Parliament Hill to beat the drum for Canadian content requirements and creative freedom.

In 2007, she was presented the ACTRA Toronto Award of Excellence in recognition of her body of work and activism.

After amassing more than 120 screen credits, Crewson remains busy. She appears in a couple of movies that premiered at the recent Toronto International Film Festival—People’s Choice Award winner Room and Into the Forest—and can be seen in the forthcoming Super Channel horror series Slasher. She remains on the lookout for stories that speak to her.

“I want to show all the dimensions of a woman who has lived and continues to grow and change and love and learn,” she says. “There are a million things I haven’t done that I still want to do.”T

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“I remember once during my first semester at college, when I faced a decision about the future,” Greene once told Guideposts Magazine. “I was enrolled in the chemical engineering course at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, about 100 miles from home.

“I’d been intrigued by chemistry for years, but I had another love, too—perhaps born on the hall stairs one night as Dad’s guests talked in the living room. I wanted to be an actor. Not professionally, perhaps, but as a hobby.

One reason I’d chosen Queen’s University was because of the Drama Guild there.”

But chemistry left the aspiring actor no time for his budding passion, and he was torn. So he called his father, who told the young man he’d be passing though Kingston from Toronto the next day and would stop in.

“Today, of course, I know he didn’t have to go to Toronto any more than he had to go to the moon. He closed his shop and made that 100-mile trip because

there was a boy with something on his mind who needed a good listener.

“At the time, I only knew that we sat all that September afternoon on the shore of Lake Ontario while I poured out my thoughts, my hopes, my dreams for the future—and that, by the time I had finished, I had chosen a lifetime in the theatre.”

Once committed, Greene showed early promise in the arts, acting in small productions while attending university.

It was at Queen’s that he would also take his first steps in radio, working at the Radio Workshop of the university’s Drama Guild at campus radio station CFRC. After graduating, he studied acting at New York’s prestigious Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre.

Greene returned to Canada in 1939 to apply for (and land) a news job at the CBC. With his resonating voice, he quickly rose to become one of the country’s most prominent newscasters and the principal newsreader on the CBC National News, earning him the nickname “The Voice of Canada.”

During this time, Greene also narrated several documentaries produced by the NFB—including Churchill’s Island, a 1941 film depicting the defense of Great Britain. It won the very first Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject.

Greene served as a Flying Officer in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II, before returning to Canada to launch the Academy of Radio Arts—a Toronto-based school for writers, actors, directors and production personnel. (Among his many students were James Doohan, who would later become Scotty on Star Trek, and famous actor-turned-comedian Leslie Nielsen.)

In the 1950s, Greene left Canada to follow his dreams, beginning with small parts before landing leading roles. Notably, he played a prosecutor in the hit series Peyton Place in 1957, but it was a bit part on Wagon Train in 1959 that helped land him a starring role in one of the biggest TV westerns of all time, Bonanza. The series, launched in 1959, established Greene as one of the go-to actors of his generation. It ran for 14 seasons, with the final broadcast taking place—incredibly—on January 16, 1973.

Greene said that in many ways his portrayal of Bonanza patriarch Ben Cartwright was informed by his father’s wisdom and balance. (And perhaps Greene was recalling that moment on the shores of Lake Ontario when Cartwright said: “A man’s never wrong doing what he thinks is right.” )

With the enormous success of Bonanza, Greene began to work constantly, starring in series like Griff, The Moneychangers and Roots, as well as a host of TV movies. In 1978, Greene would land another iconic role, taking on the part of Commander Adama in the legendary Battlestar Galactica series.

He continued to act and star in productions into the late ’80s. During

that time, Greene also devoted much of his energy to wildlife and environmental issues, hosting and narrating the series Lorne Greene’s New Wilderness.

“I feel energetic when I’m working,” Greene told United Press International in 1982. “I do what most people do when they retire, but I do more. I keep the mind working. I find that the harder I work, the younger I feel.”

Lorne Greene was an acting icon. He was named Canada’s Man of the Year in 1965. In 1969, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada for his services to the performing arts and community. His welcoming and fair nature also won him other accolades, including the Brotherhood Award from the National Conference of Christians and Jews, and the Award of Valor from the Mississippi NAACP, which he earned for breaking a contract when he learned his audience would be segregated.

A father of three—Belinda Susan, Charles and Gillian Dania—Greene passed away at age 72 on September 11, 1987 in Santa Monica, California.

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CINEPLEX LEGENDS INDUCTEECanada’s Walk of Fame is honouring Lorne Greene as the 2015 Cineplex Legends Inductee, sponsored by Cineplex Entertainment, to recognize the late Canadian actor’s long and respected career. Each year, the Cineplex Legends Inductee is given posthumously to a Canadian pioneer in film and television, music, sports, arts or innovation. Previous recipients include Jeff Healey, Oscar Peterson, Phil Hartman, Mordecai Richler, Raymond Burr and other groundbreaking Canadians. Cineplex Entertainment is proud to sponsor the Legends Inductee and Canada’s Walk of Fame.

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To celebrated author Lawrence Hill, great tales are the key to understanding

who we are

by ANNA CIPOLLONE

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Author Lawrence Hill believes that we look to our stories to understand ourselves—especially in times of crisis. Born in 1957 and raised in a mixed race family within the predominantly white suburb of Don Mills in the ’60s, Hill struggled to define himself. It was the need to cope with and understand his background that led him to explore writing. “I had to work to develop a sense of who I was,” says the author, who grew up with a black father and white mother who immigrated to Toronto from Washington, DC. It’s not surprising to him that both he and his brother, singer and songwriter Dan Hill, became artists as a means of grappling with their experiences of identity and belonging.

The family’s contributions are profound, with the late Daniel Grafton Hill serving as the first director of the Ontario Human Rights Commission and Ombudsman of Ontario, while mother Donna fought for the enactment of anti-discrimination legislation in Ontario. “I was lucky to have parents who were passionate about the things they did,” he says. “They taught me to not stop looking until you’ve found something that lights a flame in your soul.”

His first passion was running, with a childhood dream to win the Olympic gold medal in the 5,000 metre event. Hill’s track coach and mentor, David Steen, also worked as a reporter for the Toronto Star, and introduced the teen to the excitement of a daily newspaper. But at only 15, his Olympic dreams were dashed when he realized he lacked the requisite lung capacity. “That failure was a great thing for me,” says Hill, now the author of 10 books, “because out of it was born a decision to redirect all those energies into writing.”

It also taught him the value of doing something for its own sake. “You shouldn’t be writing because you long to have a bestseller,” says Hill, “You should be writing because the process makes you feel fully alive and engaged with the things that you care about.” And it was that desire to fully comprehend Canada’s black history that inspired the memoirist and best-selling author to write about Africa.

In 1979, he made his first of several trips to West Africa as a volunteer with Crossroads International, an organization he supports to this day. What proved most striking to him was the way ordinary people who had next to nothing still made room in their lives for laughter. “It taught me to embrace more exuberantly the life that I had around me in Canada.” Hill graduated with a BA in Economics from Laval University and later received his MA from John Hopkins University. He worked as a journalist for The Globe and Mail and the Winnipeg Free Press, and eventually found his legs as a fiction writer while living abroad in Spain.

It was 2007’s The Book of Negroes that catapulted the award-winning author to international recognition, becoming one of the best-selling novels ever by a Canadian writer. Having discovered the basis for the incredible story on his parents’ bookshelf years before, Hill was astonished it hadn’t already been the subject of a novel or a film. “I’m hoping the book inspires people to think more deeply and to imagine more fully what a life of slavery might have looked like.”

With the Order of Canada and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal among his distinguished honours, it was the Commonwealth Writer’s Prize that offered the opportunity to publish his work internationally and in numerous translations.

As Lawrence Hill is inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame, he continues to be celebrated for his contributions to the fabric of culture in Canada. Earning this recognition drives him to keep provoking and challenging with his work. He is currently writing the screenplay adaptation of his novel, The Illegal, and working on a new novel.

“I’d like to be remembered as somebody who brought a new awareness and a new imagination of our history to Canadians,” says Hill as he reflects on his legacy. “If we can pay attention to the stories that have either not already been told or not yet entered our public consciousness, we will be a richer nation.”

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SILKEN LAUMANN’S PERSONAL PLAYBOOK HAS A SILVER LINING.At only 11 years old, Laumann dreamt her way out of a troubled childhood, turning daydreams into a four-point rambling action plan which became her real life.

“I’ve always liked to visualize my dreams,” she explains. “From the time I was 11 years old, I knew I wanted to author a book. I knew I wanted to visit Africa and help kids. I wanted to be an athlete and I wanted to live in a house on the ocean.

“Today you’re speaking to me in my home office, which is literally hanging over the ocean,” she says with a laugh on the phone from her place on BC’s rugged Vancouver Island, where she lives with her husband, four teenagers and the family dogs. “I like to envision my own life, and now I help other people envision theirs.”

This astonishing Olympian, author, mother, motivational speaker and advocate for children around the globe confides that “persistence and imagination” have

always been her keys to victory, both on and off the world stage.

“I certainly see now, looking back from 50, that I found my power in persistence and imagination,” she says. “I knew what I wanted in my life, and I created it.”

Silken shares many details in her riveting autobiography, Unsinkable, as well enlightenment in blogs on her website silkenlaumann.com.

A pivotal moment in Silken’s 12-year athletic career happened just prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics when she smashed her leg and was told she may never race again. Not only did she recover—after mere weeks of gruelling rehabilitation—this sculler went on to win a bronze medal at those Barcelona Games. As a competitor for Canada, she also won two gold medals at the 1987 and 1995 Pan American Games and a silver medal at the 1996 Atlanta Games, and was inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame in 1998.

Laumann’s new career is all about giving back and especially helping under-privileged kids around the globe working with charities such as We Day, Right to Play and the GoodLife Kids Foundation.

“I can say to those kids: ‘I know what it’s like to feel worthless, and I know today as an adult that life gets better.’ I can only say that because I’ve experienced it myself. Kids have an uncanny ability to hone in on truth,” she says.

Now she draws on her personal triumphs and tragedies as metaphors for embracing life and its challenges. “The negative experiences, as well as the gold medals, have shaped me into the person I am today,” she says, adding that her mother’s undiagnosed mental illness “which deeply affected the whole family” is part of that mix.

“The timing culturally is really ripe to talk about mental health,” she says.

“I’m in a place in my life where I can share my experiences without shame. I am so grateful that my trials and tribulations as well as my successes have given me the ability to help and support other people for as many years as I get to do this.”

So, take it from an Olympian: “You have to lose a lot to really win.”

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I would like to nominate my wife, Evelyn. She’s an unsung hero and someone who does so much for so many different organizations that help others.

When our children were younger, she was always volunteering at their schools. Her efforts helped get a new computer, as well as many other supplies and sports equipment—and even a new track. She has always been involved

with sports teams and other events. When her father-in-law was diagnosed with ALS, Evelyn began to help with the local ALS chapter and is now in her 14th year as one of the main organizers of the local walk, the

The new Peter Soumalias Unsung Hero Honour celebrates Canadians who have quietly made a difference

This year, Canada’s Walk

of Fame introduces a

new honour—the Peter

Soumalias Unsung Hero

Honour. It’s an initiative

that recognizes a

special Canadian whose

outstanding work in the

arts, culture or sports

positively impacts their

community and inspires

the next generation.

So much of what Canada’s Walk of Fame does is in acknowledgement of the work of those who have gained recognition both here at home and on the world’s stage. Canadians have a well-deserved reputation for their drive, their determination and their humility. Most of what we accomplish is done quietly and without fanfare. The Peter Soumalias Unsung Hero Honour is intended to draw attention to some of those quiet efforts.

“We created this recognition in honour of our Founding Director, Peter Soumalias, to pay tribute to his dedication and commitment in celebrating Canadian excellence,” said Melanie Hurley, CEO of Canada’s Walk of Fame. “Each

year, we will tell the story of an unsung Canadian making a difference, whose work, project or volunteer efforts serve as a model in their community. We want to recognize these unheralded heroes and try to inspire others in the process.”

All Canadians can submit their nominations through the Canada’s Walk of Fame website and by mail. Chosen by the Board of Directors, the annual recipient will receive a $5,000 honorarium and a trip to Toronto to experience the Canada’s Walk of Fame Celebration Events.

Funding for the Peter Soumalias Unsung Hero Honour has been generously provided in part by Gary Slaight, with additional support from Randy Lennox, Dan McGrath, Walter Schneider, Lewis Rusen, Bruce Rothney and Jack Tomik.

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proceeds from which help provide equipment and support for local families. She was also very involved with the ALS hockey games and last year’s big Ice Bucket Challenge for local families fighting ALS.

Evelyn has been involved with cancer events since she lost her twin brother to cancer at age six. But our life turned upside in June 2010, when our

15-year-old was diagnosed with cancer. Eight months later she passed away. After that, the passion my wife had for helping others and the community focused on helping those affected by childhood cancer. In our daughter’s memory she has created and contributed to so many different events that help bring awareness to childhood cancer. Many times, she’s been asked to be a motivational speaker. People are inspired by her. Her efforts aren’t just reserved for big charities, but also for local families. Evelyn has become a source of strength for many families, who travel anywhere from 100 to 300 miles with their kids for treatment. She’s helped raise funds for their transportation and whatever other costs they need covered. And she provides resource information for families dealing with children who have cancer.

She offers strength and compassion, leading a

bereaved moms support group, and helps provide comfort to others who have lost a child. Despite her own losses, she’s always looking for ways to comfort others, provide for their needs and be a light to others in the community. She demonstrates strength, integrity, inspiration and motivation.

She has also now become involved with the local OUR TMH group, which is working to save our local hospital. In fact, if there is a way to help our community through sports, schools, charities and churches, Evelyn is usually involved. (Or people call her to ask her the best way to run a successful event.)

She’s someone who gives of herself to make her community a better place—and she provides so much energy and inspiration to so many with her activities.

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Now in its third year, the 2015 program received 320 submissions—almost six times the number collected in year one—from gifted individuals from across the country.

Mount Brydges, Ontario’s Ivory Hours are this year’s Emerging Artist Music Mentorship Program Grand Prize winners. Formed in 2012 by songwriter Luke Roes, with members Luke Melnik, Chris Levesque, Thomas Perquin, the band has been riding an upward groove since it formed. They recently released their debut full-length album “Morning Light,” a colourful, pop-laden LP embracing a new danceable and polished sound.

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Tafari Anthony (Tafari Davis, Toronto), Ben Cottrill (Abbotsford), Nature Of (Allyson MacIvor, Steve Schneider, Cole Switzer, Kyla Rankine and Sydney Leard of Edmonton), Ily (Kylie McCullough, Toronto) and Goldwing (Ryan Gollogly, Aidan Campbell, Nick Patterson and Sean Tomalty of Kingston) round out the five finalists.

The Emerging Artist Music Mentorship Program Grand Prize winner, Ivory Hours, received a cash prize of $25,000; 25 hours of private studio time

with a producer; mentorship by an established Canadian music artist; introductions to music industry executives; Music Industry Career Development Mentorship Session facilitated by Universal Music Canada; and album cover artwork design by Creative Director Eric McBain.

Six additional prize packages include a Second Prize of $7,000, as well as five additional Finalist cash prizes of $1,200; Music Industry Career Development Mentorship Session facilitated by Universal Music Canada; as well as performance opportunities at Canada’s Walk of Fame events.

Winners performed during the Canada’s Walk of Fame Festival, with Ivory Hours featured as part of the Future Legends at the Horseshoe Tavern on September 28. All seven winners took the stage at Yonge-Dundas Square on September 30 for the Emerging Artist Music Mentorship Program showcase.Entry to the program is available to

aspiring music artists between the ages of 10 and 35. They must submit a maximum 60-second video or audio file of a musical or vocal performance via Canada’s Walk of Fame website. Winners were chosen by a committee comprised of music and industry experts and Canada’s Walk of Fame Board Directors.

The Emerging Artist Music Mentorship Program aims to educate and raise awareness about the importance of the arts in Canada. It provides emerging artists with an opportunity to not only demonstrate and exhibit their talents at a number of events throughout the year, but to also provide mentorship from established Canadian artists and industry executives. The goal is to create opportunities that young artists would not have the means to achieve independently—and, as each of these emerging artists continue their development, to continue to provide them with resources, support and industry assistance.

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CANADA’S WALK OF

FAME FESTIVAL IS BIGGER

AND BETTER IN 2015

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The Canada’s Walk of Fame Festival returned to the stage September 25, bigger and

better than ever before. Running to October 1, it featured over 35 acts in three prominent Toronto venues, including headline concerts at Massey Hall, free outdoor shows at Yonge-Dundas Square and an all-new rising star music showcase at Toronto’s Legendary Horseshoe Tavern.

“Canada’s Walk of Fame Festival is a unique fall performing arts event in Toronto,” says Melanie Hurley, Chief Executive Officer of Canada’s Walk of Fame. “This year, we expanded the Festival to include a music showcase at the Legendary Horseshoe Tavern along with our free line-up at Yonge-Dundas Square and our iconic Massey Hall series. The Festival is a celebration of the arts and there is something for everyone.”

Funding for the Festival was provided in part by the Government of Canada, through the Canada Arts Presentation Fund, as well as the Government of Ontario, through Celebrate Ontario and the Ontario Tourism Marketing Partnership Corporation.

THE MASSEY HALL CONCERT SERIES From coastal Cape Breton to rural Ontario, two traditions meet, two fiddlers marry, and a new sound is born. Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy commanded the stage on September 25 with an explosive celebration of raw energy and passion that infused their traditional heritage with their taste for the contemporary. The duo was joined by multi-platinum selling artist Johnny Reid and iconic East Coast singer/songwriter Jimmy Rankin.

To commemorate the 20th anniversary of their disk The Edges of Twilight, The Tea Party took the audience through a two-part performance on September 26, starting with the legendary album in its entirety, followed by a mix of fan favourites. The Edges of Twilight, originally released on March 28, 1995, went on to hit double platinum and was nominated for two JUNOs. Universal Music Canada also released both a deluxe-edition CD of the album and a double-LP set.

YONGE-DUNDAS SQUARE FREE FESTIVALTaking place from noon until 11 pm daily from September 29 to October 1 at Yonge-Dundas Square, the jam-packed Free Festival was an exciting mix of programming that spanned live music to book readings, dance lessons to lunchtime workouts with GoodLife Fitness.

Featured performers included JUNO Award-winning country star Brett Kissel, iconic rockers 54-40 and DJ Skratch Bastid—along with the seven winners of this year’s Emerging Artist Music Mentorship Program, supported by RBC.

Also on the schedule were book readings by authors Kevin Sylvester, Jonah Keri and James Grainger. Artists Patrick Nunziata and Dave Johnston were commissioned to produce works of art, while pianist Laura Sgroi accompanied classic silent films. Dancers DEUCEnDIP and Ill At Will performed. There were also fantastic offerings from food trucks, as well as giveaways and nightly films featuring the 2015 inductees.

The Free Festival was hosted by comedian Johnny Gardhouse. Musical performances included Grammy-nominated singer Trevor Guthrie, JUNO-nominated Canadian pop punk band Treble Charger, country music artist Kira Isabella, actress and singer-songwriter Jill Hennessy (Law & Order and Crossing Jordan), JUNO Award-winning rock musician Tomi Swick, and 20-year-old pop artist Francesco Yates (whom Pharrell has touted as the next big thing).

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LEGENDARY HORSESHOE TAVERN The all-new music showcase at the Horseshoe Tavern on September 28 featured rising stars of the Canadian music scene—including the talented musical styling of Ontario rockers Ascot Royals, the all-female rock quartet The Beaches, pop singer Ria Mae and Toronto-based duo Bellwoods. It also showcased 2015 Emerging Artist Music Mentorship Prize Grand Prize winner Ivory Hours.

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Yorkville destination

hosts inaugural Bon Vivant!

fundraiser

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This past June,

Canada’s Walk of

Fame inductee

Louise Arbour

officially unveiled

her star on King

Street West in the

heart of Toronto’s

entertainment

district. Madame

Arbour is the

Former Justice of

the Supreme Court

of Canada and was

the United Nations

High Commissioner

for Human Rights.

Chef Mark McEwan’s ONE Restaurant hosted

the first-ever Bon Vivant! fundraiser on June 8

in support of Canada’s Walk of Fame. The

event attracted more than 150 exclusive

guests to the award-winning Yorkville

hot spot, to enjoy a stand-up affair with

interactive food stations where they could

mingle with inspirational inductees and

celebrities. Music was provided by celebrity

DJ and Broken Social Scene co-founding

member Brendan Canning.

Every year, Canada’s Walk of Fame adds

stars to its outdoor museum along King

Street. Bon Vivant! was an inaugural event

celebrating those who have already been

inducted, and highlighting the addition of the

newest inductees’ stars.

The night could not have happened without

the support of great sponsors, and Canada’s

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TIME TO SHINE

Last year’s Canada’s Walk

of Fame ceremony was an

especially noteworthy event,

with huge Hollywood talent,

the best of Canadian music,

as well as inspiring leaders in

international law and hockey,

Canada’s national obsession.

The Yellow Carpet, sponsored

by Sun Life Financial, offered a

chance for fans, celebrities and

special guests to linger, as they

gathered to pay tribute to the

2014 Canada’s Walk of Fame

inductees:

LOUISE ARBOUR, THE BAND,

JEFF HEALEY, RACHEL

MCADAMS, RYAN REYNOLDS,

HAYLEY WICKENHEISER

and Allan Slaight Honour

recipient THE WEEKND.

Fans and special guests gathered at the Yellow Carpet in honour of the 2014 inductees

Rachel McAdamsRyan Reynolds

Louise Arbour

Christie and Bud Healey

Robbie Robertson

Peter Fonda

Melanie Hurley, John Brunton and Barbara Bowlby

Hayley Wickenheiser and Clara Hughes

Cheryl Hickey

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The WeekndJay BaruchelRachel McAdams

Presenter Peter Fonda with The Band inductees Robbie Robertson and Garth Hudson

Tom Cochrane

Wendy Crewson and Louise Arbour

Hayley Wickenheiser

Ryan Reynolds

ON WITH THE SHOW

Actor, writer and director

Jason Priestley took the helm

as host of the 2014 Canada’s

Walk of Fame festivities,

which were held at the Sony

Centre for the Performing Arts

in Toronto.

Broadcast nationally on

December 19 on Global, the

show honoured the year’s

inductees and featured

tribute performances from

some of Canada’s very best

entertainers.

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Over 1,100 guests attended the spectacular Inductee Charity Ball at the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel. With all the inductees, as well as a host of celebrity guests, it was an unforgettable evening of celebration and entertainment—with performances by Tom Cochrane (featuring Tareya), The Treasures, NEFE, Angelique Francis and Skratch Bastid.

THE INDUCTEE CHARITY BALL

Wendy Crewson Derrick Ross and Andy Kim

Robbie Robertson, Randy Lennox and Guests Hayley Wickenheiser and Clara Hughes The Treasures

Tom Cochrane and Tareya

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Melanie Hurley Rachel McAdams NEFE

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