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...Fearful of having another French influence in Parliament, the Canadian government attempted to install an English Protestant governor. Angry that they were left out of the deal and determined to have elected representatives the Métis prevented the governor from entering the territory. Riel's knowledge of English, Montreal education, and overall charisma made him a natural leader. Democratically inclined, he organized a provisional government that included the minority English settlers. Yet his efforts would be repeatedly undermined by the Canadian establishment until eventually he became a wanted outlaw...
Executives of Bombardier Aerospace seemed a bit defensive when they traveled from their Montreal headquarters to a recent aviation fair in São Paulo. Just east of Brazil's business capital are the headquarters of Embraer, Bombardier's smaller but aggressive rival. The two companies have fought for a decade over the market for regional jets - the ones with 20 to 100 seats that fly routes like Frankfurt to Munich. And the fight is becoming more intense: just last week U.S. Airways, which recently emerged from bankruptcy, struck a $4.3 billion deal to buy 170 regional jets, splitting...
...Covenant Community. The sons may have infected 30 other members of the B.L.D. Worse, B.L.D. members would expose an unknown number of people outside their circle to possible infection. On April 12, for example, one of the sons who had been at Scarborough Grace went to a conference in Montreal attended by about 450 people, including many from New York State...
...bank and its marketing "partners," who know that you know that if you hang up, you lose your place in the telephonic queue. "The base appeal of this trend is that the audience can't opt out," says Dennis Roche, 37, U.S. president of Zoom Media, based in Montreal, which places ads in bathrooms...
Executives of Bombardier Aerospace seemed a bit defensive when they traveled from their Montreal headquarters to a recent aviation fair in Sao Paulo. Just east of Brazil's business capital are the headquarters of Embraer, Bombardier's smaller but aggressive rival. The two companies had fought for a decade over the burgeoning global market for regional jets--the ones with 20 to 100 seats that fly routes like Chicago to Cedar Rapids, Iowa. But at the Sao Paulo show, Embraer opened a new front in the battle, flaunting its first executive jet, the attractively priced $20 million Legacy...