poaching under provincial game laws was contrary to their rights under the British North America Act. Such outspokenness did nothing to divert Scott’s critical attention. In the early 1930s he briefly

the law. In Macdonald’s report on the commission to his company’s agents the following November, he presented a clean finding: there had been no graft and the securities in question were all sound

controversy involved both constitutional law and civil and religious freedom, the address called for a convention to prepare petitions to the governor general. At that

councillors when he appointed his own brother-in-law, Major Alexander Cosby, as president of the council, despite

in discussions on legislation affecting railways, usury laws, and McGill University. He served on several special committees during his six years in the house, including one in 1842 to consider the

and the Scots Presbyterians, and the final third for any other Protestant groups thought deserving. Back in the Canadas he enthusiastically told the synod that the imperial law officers had declared the

. On 1 January he had appointed Helmcken and Robert William Weir Carrall* as unofficial members of the council, thereby

. McLeod was the son of a ship’s captain in Prince Edward Island, and his thoughts were never far from sailing and the “mid-Atlantic’s pure breezes.” Educated at local schools, he read law for three years

they would recommend it to their investor clients and enter it on the list of mining stocks at a price between $0.10 and $1 a share

, William’s mother, with eight children to provide for, was able to count on friends important in business and government. After a few years at Hammersmith College in London, William began to study law under a

RAE, JOHN, economist and author; b. 1 June 1796 in Footdee, a suburb of Aberdeen, Scotland, son of John Rae

day. The world of junior hockey discovered him in 1937–38. He was then playing on Paul-Émile Paquette’s team, with Georges Norchet (who would become his brother-in-law) as captain and Paul Stuart as

Cleveland and Thomas Cornell of Akron, favoured a different strategy. At their insistence, in January 1886 two companies were incorporated under Ohio law. One was the Canadian Copper Company (CCC), with

printer and acquired the Royal Gazette. Ryan sold the St. John Gazette to his brother-in-law, Jacob S

, Larson’s sister-in-law. By the late 1890s he was based in Spokane, Wash., and working for the prominent firm of Foley Brothers, Larson and Company of St Paul, Minn., along with Patrick Welch, who

, emigrated to Upper Canada with his parents when he was a teenager. After short stays in Belleville and Lindsay, the Thompsons settled in St Catharines. Tom studied law and worked for the same insurance

on 6 Nov. 1849 Work and Josette were married by Staines. Work became the father-in-law of several well-known company men: Dr William Fraser Tolmie, Roderick Finlayson, Edward Huggins, and

) compiled from Peter Martyr and other sources. In 1520–1 Cabot spoke of his “discovery” to a Venetian agent in England, and in 1522 to Gasparo Contarini, Venetian ambassador in Spain, in terms reported by

associates, including Macpherson’s father-in-law, Galt’s brother Thomas, and John Torrance, to purchase the remainder. Although condemned by a legislative committee, Galt and Holton defended their action by

.) on 1 June, and the next day the Ojibwas took Michilimackinac. Lieutenant James Gorrell and his troops then