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Robert Arthur Brown Jr.
Robert Arthur Brown Jr. (20 March 1914 – 4 January 1972) was a Canadian oilman who was active from the late 1930s to the early 1970s. In June 1936, his father discovered oil in Turner Valley and ushered in a new era in Alberta's petroleum industry. After the discovery, Brown worked alongside his father until the latter's death in 1948. In 1950, he acquired control of the Home Oil Company and in 1955 became the company's president. Through the 1950s and 1960s, Brown turned Home into one of Canada's most successful exploration and production companies. In 1969, Brown attempted to acquire control of Atlantic Richfield, and in the process amassed a personal debt of $26 million. The debt forced him to sell his share of Home, which prompted the intervention of the federal government prevent a foreign takeover. After he found a buyer in the Consumers' Gas Company, Brown stayed on as president of Home, but died shortly thereafter at age 57. Biography Robert Arthur Brown Jr. was born i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calgary
Calgary () is a major city in the Canadian province of Alberta. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806 making it the third-largest city and fifth-largest metropolitan area in Canada. Calgary is at the confluence of the Bow River and the Elbow River in the southwest of the province, in the transitional area between the Rocky Mountain Foothills and the Canadian Prairies, about east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies, roughly south of the provincial capital of Edmonton and approximately north of the Canada–United States border. The city anchors the south end of the Statistics Canada-defined urban area, the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor. Calgary's economy includes activity in many sectors: energy; financial services; film and television; transportation and logistics; technology; manufacturing; aerospace; health and wellness; retail; and tourism. The Calgary Metropolitan Region is home to Canada' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alaska North Slope
The Alaska North Slope is the region of the U.S. state of Alaska located on the northern slope of the Brooks Range along the coast of two marginal seas of the Arctic Ocean, the Chukchi Sea being on the western side of Point Barrow, and the Beaufort Sea on the eastern. With the exception of the highway connecting Fairbanks, Alaska, Fairbanks to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, Prudhoe Bay, the region is disconnected from the rest of the Alaskan road system and relies mostly on waterways and small airports for transportation due to the Brooks Range secluding the region from the rest of the state.Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, Northern Opportunity Alaska's Economic Development Strategy, 2016, at 84 (Alaska 2016). Accessed June 1, 2023. https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/portals/0/pub/CEDS/2017-2022-Statewide-CEDS.pdf. The entire Arctic coastal plain of Alaska with its Arctic coastal tundra has tremendous ecological importance with the densest concentration ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catholic Church
The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions and has played a prominent role in the history and development of Western civilization.Gerald O'Collins, O'Collins, p. v (preface). The church consists of 24 Catholic particular churches and liturgical rites#Churches, ''sui iuris'' (autonomous) churches, including the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, which comprise almost 3,500 dioceses and Eparchy, eparchies List of Catholic dioceses (structured view), around the world, each overseen by one or more Bishops in the Catholic Church, bishops. The pope, who is the bishop of Rome, is the Papal supremacy, chief pastor of the church. The core beliefs of Catholicism are found in the Nicene Creed. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pembroke, Ontario
Pembroke ( ) is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario at the confluence of the Muskrat River (Ontario), Muskrat River and the Ottawa River in the Ottawa Valley, northwest of Ottawa. Though containing the administrative headquarters of Renfrew County, it is an independent city. History The first European settler to the area now known as Pembroke was Daniel Fraser in 1823, who squatted on land that was discovered to have been granted to a man named Abel Ward. Ward later sold the land (where Moncion's Metro Supermarket is located) to Fraser, and nearby Fraser Street is named after the family. Peter White (Canadian politician), Peter White, a veteran of the Royal Navy arrived in 1828, squatting beside Fraser on the land where Dairy Queen is now located. Other settlers followed, attracted by the growing Lumber industry on the Ottawa River, lumbering operations of the area. Originally named Miramichi, The hamlet was later renamed Moffat, and then Sydenham. In 1856, it merged with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calgary Petroleum Club
The Calgary Petroleum Club is a private social club in Calgary, Alberta. The club was founded in 1948 as a gentlemen's club catered to executives in the petroleum industry, but since 1989 has been mixed-sex. Membership in the Calgary Petroleum Club has been described as the "pinnacle of social and corporate achievement in a one-industry town." History The Calgary Petroleum Club was conceived in the summer of 1948 by a group of Calgary oilmen led by John H. Bevel. On Friday, 21 January 1949, the members of the club convened in the Palliser Hotel to launch the club formally. That evening the members elected the first board and approved club bylaws. Members elected to the first board were John H. Bevel (Canadian Gulf Oil), J. Grant Spratt (Anglo-Canadian Oil), S. F. Heard (Royalite Oil), Tom L. Brook (British Dominion Oil), Clifton C. Cross (Globe Oil), Carl O. Nickle (Daily Oil Bulletin), R. C. Brown (Hudson's Bay Oil and Gas), John O. Galloway (California Standard), C. F. Schock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian National Railway
The Canadian National Railway Company () is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States. CN is Canada's largest railway, in terms of both revenue and the physical size of its rail network, spanning Canada from the Atlantic coast in Nova Scotia to the Pacific coast in British Columbia across approximately of track. In the late 20th century, CN gained extensive capacity in the United States by taking over such railroads as the Illinois Central. CN is a public company with 24,671 employees and, , a market cap of approximately US$75 billion. CN was government-owned, as a Canadian Crown corporation, from its founding in 1919 until being privatized in 1995. , Bill Gates was the largest single shareholder of CN stock, owning a 14.2% interest through Cascade Investment and his own Gates Foundation. From 1919 to 1978, the railway was known as "Canadian National Railways" (CNR). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Air Canada
Air Canada is the flag carrier and the largest airline of Canada, by size and passengers carried. Air Canada is headquartered in the borough of Saint-Laurent in the city of Montreal. The airline, founded in 1937, provides scheduled and charter air transport for passengers and cargo to 222 destinations worldwide. It operates major hubs at Montréal–Trudeau, Toronto–Pearson and Vancouver. Air Canada is a founding member of the Star Alliance. Canada's national airline originated from the Canadian federal government's 1936 creation of Trans-Canada Air Lines ( TCA), which began operating its first transcontinental flight routes in 1938. In 1965, TCA was renamed Air Canada following government approval. After the deregulation of the Canadian airline market in the 1980s, the airline was privatized in 1988. On 4 January 2000, Air Canada took over its largest rival, Canadian Airlines. In 2003, the airline filed for bankruptcy protection and in the following year emerged ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crown Trust Company
The Crown Trust Company was an Ontario-based firm that operated in most of Canada prior to its collapse in 1983. History In January 1946, the Trust and Guarantee Company Limited acquired Crown Trust. For one year it operated under the name the Crown Trust and Guarantee Company. In December 1947 it was renamed the Crown Trust Company. References Trust companies of Canada Defunct financial services companies of Canada {{finance-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TC Energy
TC Energy Corporation (formerly TransCanada Corporation) is a major North American energy company, based in the TC Energy Tower building in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, that develops and operates energy infrastructure in Canada, the United States, and Mexico. The company operates three core businesses: Natural Gas Pipelines, Liquids Pipelines and Energy. The Natural Gas Pipeline network includes of gas pipeline, which transports more than 25% of North American natural gas demand. The Liquids Pipelines division includes of oil pipeline, which ships 590,000 barrels of crude oil per day, which is about 20% of Western Canadian exports. The Energy division owns or has interests in 11 power generation facilities with combined capacity of 6,600 megawatts (MW). These power sources include nuclear and natural gas fired. The company is expanding its energy division to include more renewable sources including pumped storage, wind, and solar generation. The company was founded in 1951 in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Austin (politician)
Jacob Austin (born March 2, 1932) is a former Canadian politician and former member of the Senate of Canada. He was appointed to the upper house by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau on August 8, 1975 and represented British Columbia. At the time of his retirement he was the longest-serving senator. Life and career Austin was born in Calgary, Alberta. Prior to entering the Senate, Austin had careers as a lawyer and as a senior civil servant. He graduated from the University of British Columbia (BA, LLB) and Harvard Law School (LLM). In the 1950s, Austin was a legal partner of Nathan Nemetz, who later served as chief justice of the British Columbia Court of Appeal. Nemetz recruited Austin to join the Liberal Party.Kelly Korbin, "A lifetime in the public eye: Retiring senator shares high points; his hopes for Canada", ''Jewish Independent Online'', February 10, 2007 In the early 1960s, Austin's political career began when he served as executive assistant to Arthur Laing while he w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Greene (Ontario Politician)
John James "Joe" Greene (24 June 1920 – 23 October 1978) was a Canadian politician. Life and career Greene was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Andrée (née Charpagnol) and Peter Greene. He grew up in Toronto before finding work in northern Ontario as a mine worker. After graduating from the University of Toronto Schools, he served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II and earned the Distinguished Flying Cross. Following the war, he earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto and a law degree from Osgoode Hall. He began practice in Toronto, establishing a law firm in Arnprior, Ontario in 1949. In 1948, he married Corinne Bedore. He ran for the leadership of the Ontario Liberal Party in 1958, placing a poor third at the party's leadership convention. He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal in the 1963 general election. In 1964, he ran again for the leadership of the Ontario Liberals, placing fourth. In 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashland Global
Ashland, Inc., is an American chemical company headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware. The company was founded in the city of Ashland, Kentucky, in 1924, where it was headquartered before moving to Wilmington in 1994. The company has five wholly owned divisions, which include Chemical Intermediates and Solvents, Composites, Industrial Specialties, Personal and Home Care, & Pharmaceuticals, Food and Beverage, and Agriculture. Until 2017, the company was the primary manufacturer of Valvoline. History Founding and early years Ashland was founded in 1924 as the Ashland Refining Company in Catlettsburg, Kentucky, by Paul G. Blazer. In October 1923, J. Fred Miles of the Swiss Oil Company of Lexington, Kentucky, employed Paul G. Blazer and assigned him the task of locating, purchasing and operating a refinery in northeastern Kentucky. Blazer selected a location on the banks of the Big Sandy River approximately two miles south of the Ohio River near the community of Leach Railroad Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
