| His paternal grandfather sought his fortune as a fur trapper in Canada, joined the Mounties, then emigrated to South Africa. |
| In the early 1920s, Mounties not only made the arrests but also, to the chagrin of some lawyers seeking work, prosecuted cases. |
| The Mounties also executed a search warrant after the arrest was completed. |
| In 1999 the Canadian Supreme Court ruled that the Mounties were still not entitled to the union rights of other public sector workers. |
| For the most part, the Mounties and police that were gathered in the area were just milling about, waiting for directions. |
| It then turned out that the Canadian Mounties had been investigating the man for a year and had quietly asked the U.S. government to pick him up. |
