Nova Scotia
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Most of the population are native Eng ...
) is a Canadian musician, composer, writer and actor. He moved to
Sudbury Sudbury may refer to:
Places Australia
* Sudbury Reef, Queensland
Canada
* Greater Sudbury, Ontario (official name; the city continues to be known simply as Sudbury for most purposes)
** Sudbury (electoral district), one of the city's federal e ...
,
Ontario
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in 1972 as a teen and was a founding member of the popular Franco-Ontarian group
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 ...
, playing guitar.Kuzyk, Jane. "That Band from Sudbury." ''
The Globe and Mail
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'', November 30, 1977. During this time, he was also active in the
Théâtre du Nouvel-Ontario
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The company was founded in 1971 by the Coopérative des a ...
.
Aymar, with John Doerr and Marc Cholette, wrote the theme song for
CBC Television
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's '' The National'' and SRC's ''Soirée du Hockey'', the French equivalent to ''
Hockey Night in Canada
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''. He also wrote the soundtrack for the film ''
Jerome's Secret
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(Le secret de Jérôme)'', and toured with
Robert Paquette
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In 1970, he worked with the student theatre group at Laurentian University, composing songs for the Franco-Ontarian stage musical ''Moé, j'viens du nord, 'stie!'' The tr ...
and
Paul Demers
Paul Demers (March 9, 1956 – October 29, 2016) was a Canadian singer-songwriter.
In 2021, two classic CANO songs from the band's first album, Aymar's "Baie Sainte-Marie" and André Paiement's "Dimanche après-midi," were inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.