Oryst Sawchuk

A multi-disciplined artist, Oryst Sawchuk defies simple classification. He is an architect, a graphic designer, a painter, a sculptor and a musician, as well as an urban planner, and a business and community leader. His artistic expression is rooted in social consciousness.

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BESTECH executives Marc Boudreau and Denis Pitre are making plans to learn how to speak Spanish. They have their sights set on expansion in Latin America in 2010, and understanding a little Español will help the two Sudbury entrepreneurs to export their expertise as a one-stop solutions provider.

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If Anna Maria Barsanti’s life story was turned into a movie, Cher would play her part. She resembles the famous singer and, on more than one occasion, delighted students with I Got You Babe pantomimes.
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The City of Lakes owes a great deal of thanks to the Cooperative Freshwater Ecology Unit, a group of scientists who have laboured for more than 20 years on ambitious, innovative and internationally recognized lake restoration programs in Greater Sudbury.The City of Lakes owes a great deal of thanks to the Cooperative Freshwater Ecology Unit, a group of scientists who have laboured for more than 20 years on ambitious, innovative and internationally recognized lake restoration programs in Greater Sudbury.

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Léo Therrien, who turned 50 a few days before the CBA gala, had a life-changing experience after a visit to Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, when he was in his first year at Laurentian University.

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Candice Kirkbride was in the news briefly in the spring of 2001: Spring Break booze bash ends tragically (Northern Life, March 14, 2001). On a snowy Friday night, students were celebrating a week off school at a large house party in Hanmer. When someone said the police were coming, teens quickly started to leave. A drunk driver hit a group of students who were walking home from the party on a lonely strip of road.

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While most of us are curled up in our warm beds on wintry Saturday mornings, Chris Gore is at the Laurentian Nordic ski trails with a bunch of chilly children showing them the basics of cross-country skiing. He is teaching them to love the sport as he does, and his passion warms up the frigid air.

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Risto Laamanen

Shortly before his death, Risto Laamanen was contacted by a Northern Ontario Business reporter who was preparing articles for a special edition. Laamanen said he was honoured to be considered a Northern Icon, but he humbly declined to be interviewed. It is easy to imagine what his reaction might have been to being inducted into the Community Builders Hall of Fame.

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