Rachel Claire Paiement (born 1955) is a

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musician and songwriter. She is best known as a former member, singer and songwriter for the Franco-Ontarian band

CANO CANO, a Canadian progressive rock band of the 1970s and 1980s, was the most successful popular musical group in Franco-Ontarian history. Origins CANO evolved out of the ''Coopérative des artistes du Nouvel-Ontario'' (''Artists' Cooperative of N ...

in the 1970s."CANO reunites at La Nuit sur l'étang"
'' Northern Life'', March 30, 2010. She also appeared as a guest musician on albums by

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and

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, appeared in theatre productions for the

Théâtre du Nouvel-Ontario Théâtre du Nouvel-Ontario (''Theatre of New-Ontario'') is a Canadian professional theatre company. Located in Sudbury, Ontario, the company produces French language stage productions. The company was founded in 1971 by the Coopérative des a ...

and worked as a backup singer for Paul Anka on tour. Paiement left CANO in 1980 to join their producer,

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, in Vancouver and was later married. Vallance is best known as the longtime songwriting partner of

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and has also worked as music industry songwriter for many other artists. Vallance and David Foster primarily wrote the charity song "

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" in 1985 to which Paiement wrote the French verse. She has primarily concentrated on raising a family as she and Vallance have a son, born in 1988. Paiement has chosen not to maintain an active music career; when CANO reunited at the 2010

La Nuit sur l'étang La Nuit sur l'étang is a Canadian music festival, held annually in Greater Sudbury, Sudbury, Ontario. Established in 1973 by Fernand Dorais and a group of students from Laurentian University who were established as the CANO, Coopérative des artis ...

festival in Sudbury, her sister Monique appeared as the band's female vocalist. Paiement was born in Sturgeon Falls, Ontario. Her son, Jimmy Vallance, is a member of music duo

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