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Willard Boyle, born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, in 1924, shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics with George Smith for inventing the CCD image sensor.
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Michael Smith of the University of British Columbia shared the 1993 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing site-directed mutagenesis.
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Richard Taylor, born in Medicine Hat, Alberta, in 1929, shared the 1990 Nobel Prize in Physics for experiments around 1970 that scattered high-energy electrons off protons and neutrons.
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Sidney Altman, born in Montréal in 1939, shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Thomas Cech for discovering that RNA, not only proteins, can act as an enzyme.
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John Polanyi of the University of Toronto shared the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for contributions to the dynamics of chemical elementary processes.
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Henry Taube, born in Neudorf, Canada, in 1915, received the 1983 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on how electrons move between atoms in chemical reactions, especially in metal complexes.
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David Hubel, born in Windsor, Ontario, in 1926, shared the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Torsten Wiesel for discoveries about how the visual system processes information.
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Gerhard Herzberg of the National Research Council of Canada in Ottawa received the 1971 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his contributions to knowledge of the electronic structure and geometry of molecules, particularly free radicals.
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Charles Huggins, born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1901, shared the 1966 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering hormonal treatment of prostate cancer.
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The Underpainter, by Jane Urquhart, won the 1997 Governor General’s Literary Award for English-language fiction.
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Soifs, by Marie-Claire Blais, won the 1996 Governor General’s Literary Award for French-language fiction.
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Le petit aigle à tête blanche, by Robert Lalonde, won the 1994 Governor General’s Literary Award for French-language fiction.
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Cantique des plaines, by Nancy Huston, won the 1993 Governor General’s Literary Award for French-language fiction.
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The English Patient, by Michael Ondaatje, won the 1992 Governor General’s Literary Award for English-language fiction.
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Lives of the Saints, by Nino Ricci, won the 1990 Governor General’s Literary Award for English-language fiction.
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La Rage, by Louis Hamelin, won the 1989 Governor General’s Literary Award for French-language fiction.
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Whale Music, by Paul Quarrington, won the 1989 Governor General’s Literary Award for English-language fiction.
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Nights Below Station Street, by David Adams Richards, won the 1988 Governor General’s Literary Award for English-language fiction.
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L'obsédante obèse et autres agressions, by Gilles Archambault, won the 1987 Governor General’s Literary Award for French-language fiction.
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Les silences du corbeau, by Yvon Rivard, won the 1986 Governor General’s Literary Award for French-language fiction.
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The Progress of Love, by Alice Munro, won the 1986 Governor General’s Literary Award for English-language fiction.
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The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood, won the 1985 Governor General’s Literary Award for English-language fiction.
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Agonie, by Jacques Brault, won the 1984 Governor General’s Literary Award for French-language fiction.
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Shakespeare's Dog, by Leon Rooke, won the 1983 Governor General’s Literary Award for English-language fiction.
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