. Poulin had publicly accused him of wrongfully taking credit for creating a chain and cross for the archbishop of Quebec. There was also his venture in the spring of 1887 into the production of natural gas

impression that it is a traditional church, built in the form of a Latin cross, where the light coming through the stained-glass windows is meant to flood the whole interior. It is nothing of the sort

Western Front, winning the Military Cross at the battle of Passchendaele in October 1917. He also received a serious head wound (shrapnel fractured his right jawbone) and spent six months recuperating in

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breeds (cattle, horses, swine, and sheep), new successes from European breeders achieved by cross-breeding and selection. Thousands of animals purchased by wealthy livestock importers from Quebec, Ontario

. Florence Lassandro and the young Picariello were close in age and Picariello Sr believed the appearance of a young couple crossing the border seemingly out for an afternoon picnic was the perfect cover

attempts by the Canadian Pacific and Grand Trunk railways to solidify their domination of Toronto’s waterfront. The city’s port and commercial districts were separated by a wide band of level crossings

 feet; it could reach a top speed of about 18 knots. It made regular crossings of the Atlantic, between Quebec City and Liverpool, England. The crossing took six days, including two days on the St

Cross]. Bulyea told Laurier in February that “a scapegoat or scapegoats” would have to be found, and hoped that “no serious effects or rather injury will accrue to the Liberal party.” It soon

-Landing on the St Lawrence, from which point the line eventually secured access to the Central Vermont; initially, the crossing had to be done by barge, but in 1890 this interruption was eliminated by

laurels by signing an agreement with the Anglo-Newfoundland Development Company Limited that led to the opening of a pulp and paper mill at Grand Falls. The same year, however, Bond again crossed the Reids

BLAYLOCK, HARRY WOODBURN, lawyer, businessman, and chief commissioner of the Canadian Red Cross; b. 6 Jan. 1878 in Paspébiac

-Basile, first Canadian superior general of the Sisters of the Holy Cross and the Seven Dolours; b. 1 Dec. 1844 in Sainte-Scholastique (Mirabel), Lower Canada, daughter of Olivier

pioneered with wing warping, and he suggested they be controlled by cross wires worked by the pilot. He patented the device, calling it the aileron. (Baldwin’s family later maintained that Casey had come up

Cross]. Facing allegations of impropriety and party opposition, Rutherford gave notice in March 1910 that three justices, David Lynch

, rode Sir James, Adam’s most famous horse. Lady Beck, in England for most of the war, working with the Canadian Red Cross Society, devoted herself particularly to ensuring that wounded veterans

with voluntary service during the massive explosion of 6 December that year and was awarded life membership in the British Red Cross Society. She had concentrated on obstetric cases since beginning