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Reuben A. Hornstein

Deceased

   Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

    Member of the Order of Canada

Awarded on: April 19, 1991
Invested on: October 30, 1991

Although he can no longer be blamed for the weather, he is still fondly remembered throughout Atlantic Canada as "Your Weatherman", the popular television personality and professional meteorologist who made the forecasts understandable, if not always agreeable. He is also the reader-of-choice for hundreds of visually impaired students for his recordings of "talking books".