Raymond Storey (born in

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playwright and television writer."Storey, Raymond"
''Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia'', March 8, 2010. He is best known for his plays ''The Saints and Apostles'', which was a shortlisted finalist for the

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at the

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, and ''The Glorious 12th'', which won the

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in 1996. His other plays have included ''South of China'', ''Adventures in Turning Forty'', ''The Last Bus'', ''Angel of Death'', ''Country Chorale'', ''The Dreamland'', ''Girls in the Gang'' and ''Cheek to Cheek''. For television, his credits have included episodes of ''

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'' and '' Guidestones'', and the television films ''

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'', '' Open Heart'',"IMDB" and '' Iron Road'' amongst others. He was nominated for Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series in 1996 for ''

'' and in 2004 for '' Open Heart''. He won Best Writing in a Children's or Youth Program in 1998 for '' The Inventors’ Specials - Leonardo: A Dream of Flight''. He was a writer and producer on '' Searching for Vimy's Lost Soldiers'', which was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award as Outstanding History Documentary Program or Series in 2018."Film Nominees". Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television.

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