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Mark Palumbo
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Have you heard the one about the small-town druggist who got into show business and woke up one morning in Hollywood? No? Well, it is true.
Dowling pharmacist Mark Palumbo is a founding member and chair of Music and Film in Motion (MFM). The non-profit organization’s mandate is to strengthen Northern Ontario’s music industry, and develop a film and television industry.
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Darryl Lake |
Thirty years ago, Darryl Lake was out of step with politicians and economic forecasters who had lost faith in mining and saw it as a sunset industry. Not only did Lake see past the negativity of massive layoffs and low nickel prices, he saw opportunities.
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WISE |
When Christina Visser, the founding president of the Sudbury chapter of WISE (Women in Science and Engineering) talks about when the organization had its first meeting, she refers to the “Dark Ages.”
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VETAC |
Thanks to VETAC, Greater Sudbury is one of the few places on Earth where today’s children live in a healthier environment than their parents and grandparents did.
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Sylvie Kozlowskyj |
Sylvie Kozlowskyj is not the type of person whose name is always in the news. She avoids the spotlight. She is not well known, but those who do meet her never forget her.
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The Evolutionary Band |
The country was listening when the School of Rock played a concert under The Rock last year. CTV’s Canada AM was broadcasting live from the 3400 level at Inco’s Copper Cliff North Mine on April 27, 2007 when Confederation Secondary School’s Evolutionary Band set a Guinness World Record for performing the deepest concert underground.
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Gerry McCrory |
His home office is decorated with numerous awards for his contribution to minor hockey, but Gerry McCrory says the real reward is knowing hundreds of young players became better citizens because of the discipline, sense of fair play, and teamwork they learned at the rink.
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The Lougheed Family
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The Community Builders Awards were started in 2004 “to shine the light on the people who make our city great, with their acts of generosity and leadership,” wrote Michael Atkins in a previous souvenir edition.
He wasn’t writing about the Lougheeds, but he could have been.
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