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Irving heir helped grow and diversify the New Brunswick family’s empire

As co-CEO of J.D. Irving, Ltd., Robert Kenneth Irving led several divisions of the company including Cavendish Farms

Robert K. Irving, codirecteur de J.D. Irving, appara√Æt sur une photo distribu√©e non dat√©e. LA PRESSE CANADIENNE/Photo distribu√©e par la famille Irving (Cr√©dit obligatoire)

Robert K. Irving, codirecteur de J.D. Irving, appara√Æt sur une photo distribu√©e non dat√©e. LA PRESSE CANADIENNE/Photo distribu√©e par la famille Irving (Cr√©dit obligatoire)

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Voon Loong Chan found fairness and promise for his children in Canada
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Dr. Walley John Temple was a man of many hats and a fearless, empathetic surgeon
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Pierrette Lucas rocked the boat and taught her family to carve their own path in life
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Corinne Langston Scott never stopped searching for purpose in life – and always found joy
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Robert K. Irving, codirecteur de J.D. Irving, appara√Æt sur une photo distribu√©e non dat√©e. LA PRESSE CANADIENNE/Photo distribu√©e par la famille Irving (Cr√©dit obligatoire)

Robert K. Irving, codirecteur de J.D. Irving, appara√Æt sur une photo distribu√©e non dat√©e. LA PRESSE CANADIENNE/Photo distribu√©e par la famille Irving (Cr√©dit obligatoire)

Irving heir helped grow and diversify the New Brunswick family’s empire

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filmmaker Ron Kelly, 2018
Credit: Daniel Durazo

filmmaker Ron Kelly, 2018
Credit: Daniel Durazo

Canadian filmmaker Ron Kelly provoked the Establishment with his movies

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41 year old Mr. Boutilier, who last played in the NHL in 1988, has handed in his skates for a laptop computer. As the manager of the energy portfolio for the provincial Nova Scoita Business Inc. His challenge which had a code name of Lord Stanley because of the famous trouphy was to test a business case that would make a $500 million liquefied natural gas terminal to the Cape Breton town of Port Hawkesbury a reality.(Sandor Fizli Photo/The Globe & Mail)

41 year old Mr. Boutilier, who last played in the NHL in 1988, has handed in his skates for a laptop computer. As the manager of the energy portfolio for the provincial Nova Scoita Business Inc. His challenge which had a code name of Lord Stanley because of the famous trouphy was to test a business case that would make a $500 million liquefied natural gas terminal to the Cape Breton town of Port Hawkesbury a reality.(Sandor Fizli Photo/The Globe & Mail)

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Obit of Indigenous composer and cellist Cris Derksen

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Toronto, October 16/ 06 - 2006 Edmund C. Bovey Award winner Michael M. Koerner chats with awards banquet attendees prior to accepting his award from The Council For Business and The Arts in Canada at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on Monday evening.
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Toronto, October 16/ 06 - 2006 Edmund C. Bovey Award winner Michael M. Koerner chats with awards banquet attendees prior to accepting his award from The Council For Business and The Arts in Canada at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on Monday evening.
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This photo is courtesy of the Hilton family.

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