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John Turner: A Statesman of Principle and Quiet Strength

1929–2020 Mount Pleasant Cemetery Plot A Lot 185A John Napier Turner’s journey to becoming Canada’s 17 th Prime Minister was shaped by resilience
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George Leslie: A Visionary Who Shaped Toronto’s Green Spaces

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Kiriakos “Jerry” Kiriakou: Building a Scarborough Institution

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George A. Romero: The Godfather of the Dead

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Jack Layton: A Legacy of Hope and Leadership

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Kay Christie: A Nurse’s Courage in Captivity

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Dora de Pédery-Hunt: The Artist Behind Canada’s Coins

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From Farm to Cemetery: The Gummerson Story

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James C. Aikins: Statesman, Visionary and Guardian of Toronto’s Cemeteries

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Barbara Frum: Trailblazer in Canadian Journalism

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Ned Hanlan: Canada’s First Sporting Hero

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Reverend Sidney Lambert: Soldier, Survivor and Advocate

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Foster Hewitt: The Voice that Made Hockey Canadian

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William James McBain: Architect of Modern Ontario

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Roscoe Reid Graham: A Pioneer of Canadian Surgery

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Charles Empringham: Scarborough’s Blacksmith and Carriage Maker

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Dr. Anderson Ruffin Abbott: Canada’s First Black Physician and Civil Rights Advocate

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Natural Burial: A Greener Way to Say Goodbye

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Lionel Cutten Monument: Art, Memory and Mastery

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Gwendolyn Margaret MacEwen: A Voice of Magic and Mystery

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Meadowvale Arboretum: A Vision Rooted in Nature