Percy Schmeiser

Percy Schmeiser

male, 78 years old (Canada)
Canadian of German descent, farmer, monsanto, bruno, breeding, plant breeding…Canadian, German Canadian, Canadian Seed Trade Association, CanadianPress
Percy Schmeiser is a farmer and seed developer from Western Canada that was involved in a legal battle with Monsanto on farmers' rights versus...
Scott Young

Scott Young

male, deceased (2005)
novelist, from Westman Region, Manitoba, Ontario writer, Biographer, journalist, Canadian…Canadian Navy, CanadianPress, winnipeg free press
Scott Young (April 14, 1918 - June 12, 2005) was a Canadian journalist, sportswriter, novelist and the father of musician Neil Young. Over his...

Carol Goar

female
columnist, Canadian, toronto star, ottawa citizen, CanadianPress
Carol Goar is a Canadian journalist and currently an editorial columnist for the "Toronto Star". She previously served as the newspaper's editorial...
Lionel Conacher

Lionel Conacher

male, deceased (1954)
Memorial Cup winner, Canadian player of Canadian football, Ontario athlete, Canadian of German descent, Ontario MPP, member of the Canadian House of Commons…Canadian House of Commons, Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame, Canadian Canadian football player, CanadianPress, Canadian football
Lionel Pretoria Conacher (May 24, 1900 - May 26, 1954), nicknamed The Big Train, was Canada's top all-around athlete in the 1920s, excelling in...
Nahlah Ayed

Nahlah Ayed

female
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation personality, correspondent, Canadian of Palestinian descent, Canadian of Arab descent, carleton university, school of journalism…Palestinian Canadian, CanadianPress, Canadian, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Nahlah Ayed is a foreign correspondent with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). Ayed was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, is of Palestinian...

Scott Abbott

male
montreal gazette, CanadianPress, Colgate University alumni, Trivial Pursuit, Sports journalist, brampton
Scott Abbott is the co-inventor of Trivial Pursuit along with Chris Haney who was a photo editor for the Montreal Gazette. He is the current owner...
Michael Goldbloom

Michael Goldbloom

male, 56 years old
Quebec lawyer, From Montreal, Newspaper executive, Alliance Quebec, CanadianPress, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin…Canadian Newspaper Association, Canadian
Michael Goldbloom (born 1953) is a Canadian lawyer, publisher, and academic administrator. He is the former publisher of the "Toronto Star",...

Michael Bate

male
Canadian magazine publisher, Canadian magazine founder, eFrank.ca, Frank Magazine, CanadianPress, chatelaine…Canadian
Michael Bate is a Canadian media entrepreneur and one of the founders of the Ottawa edition of gossip magazine "Frank". Bate was a long time Ottawa...
James Coyne

James Coyne

male, 99 years old
Canadian Newsmaker of the Year, Manitoba lawyer, CanadianPress, Canadian Senate, rhodes scholar, ridley college…Canadian Press Newsmakers of the Year, Canadian conservatism, royal canadian air force, Canadian
James Elliot Coyne, BCL, BA (born July 17, 1910) was the second Governor of the Bank of Canada from 1955 to 1961, succeeding Graham Towers. During...
Jeff Monaghan

Jeff Monaghan

male, 29 years old
anarchist, political controversy, CanadianPress, Whistleblowers, kyoto protocol, Rock drummer…royal canadian mounted police, Canadian
Jeffrey Monaghan (born c.1980) is a Canadian arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) as a result of an investigation into how...