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...legal battery, the nationalists prepared to go to court this week to seek a writ of habeas corpus to halt the deportation. But the federal government, which has full power to kick out anyone it pleases, would have the last word. Only an order-in-council, passed by the Dominion cabinet, could save De Bernonville...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: QUEBEC: Houde's Hero | 9/20/1948 | See Source »

Until he got into the political big time, De Bernonville was unknown in Canada. That was the way he wanted it. Two years ago, using a forged passport and the name of Jacques Benoit, he had sneaked into the Dominion from the U.S. At first he kept out of sight by working in the Quebec woods. Then he settled in Montreal's fashionable Côte des Neiges district, was joined by his wife and three daughters, gradually began to move about in the French-speaking community. He drifted from one job to another, working for a while with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: QUEBEC: Houde's Hero | 9/20/1948 | See Source »

...Dominion Coal Co.* could be expected to do some hard bargaining before granting any such increases, and would probably tie them to production boosts. Two years ago, Dosco's miners were digging only 1.6 tons of coal per man-day (against 6.3 in the U.S.). Two weeks ago, Dosco reported that June production was up to 2.53 tons-near the prewar peak -and still rising toward a goal of 4.5 tons in 1953. Much of the increase is due to mechanization, which the miners once fought, now support...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: NOVA SCOTIA: Of Mines & Men | 9/13/1948 | See Source »

...principal mine-operating subsidiary of Dominion Steel & Coal Corp. Ltd. ("Dosco"), which controls 90% of Nova Scotia's coal pro duction, besides the steel plant at Sydney, where iron ore from Newfoundland is reduced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: NOVA SCOTIA: Of Mines & Men | 9/13/1948 | See Source »

...Ottawa, the Dominion government issued figures on immigration to Canada in the first half of 1948. Six-month total: 57,275. Main sources: British Isles (23,-468), Europe's D.P. camps (18,886), The Netherlands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: THE PROVINCES: Across the Land | 9/6/1948 | See Source »

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