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Al Coleclough: Top enforcement officer in Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Affairs admits the government isn't doing an adequate job of inspecting the firms it has licensed to operate. He is revamping and retraining his division to better handle mortgage-brokerage firms.
Al Coleclough: Top enforcement officer in Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Affairs admits the government isn't doing an adequate job of inspecting the firms it has licensed to operate. He is revamping and retraining his division to better handle mortgage-brokerage firms.

Al Coleclough: Top enforcement officer in Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Affairs admits the government isn't doing an adequate job of inspecting the firms it has licensed to operate. He is revamping and retraining his division to better handle mortgage-brokerage firms.

Date6/26/1980
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Behind counter of his flagship Diana Sweets stores, company president George Boukydis ponders the future of his $6 million a year enterprise. Stores stopped selling candy some years ago when firm's key candy maker retired after 45 years of service. An adequate replacement was not found and now, says Boukydis, it's getting tough to find pastry cooks. The supermarkets are stealing what few there are left.
Behind counter of his flagship Diana Sweets stores, company president George Boukydis ponders the future of his $6 million a year enterprise. Stores stopped selling candy some years ago when firm's key candy maker retired after 45 years of service. An adequate replacement was not found and now, says Boukydis, it's getting tough to find pastry cooks. The supermarkets are stealing what few there are left.
12/23/1977
Montreal accountant Norman LeBlanc, a former top man in IOS empire, also lives in Costa Rica, claims only he can sort our firm's affairs.
Montreal accountant Norman LeBlanc, a former top man in IOS empire, also lives in Costa Rica, claims only he can sort our firm's affairs.
4/26/1974
Expensive strategy: Robert Bell, executive vice-president of Dean Witter, is trying to increase market share in Toronto's retail brokerage business by attracting top producers from other firms with signing bonuses of $50,000 and up.
Expensive strategy: Robert Bell, executive vice-president of Dean Witter, is trying to increase market share in Toronto's retail brokerage business by attracting top producers from other firms with signing bonuses of $50,000 and up.
8/12/1990
Doing business with China demands a lot of patience and understanding, according to John Cohen, above, representative of a Hong Kong firm which is setting up a directory of U.S. and Canadian firms for use by Chinese importers.
Doing business with China demands a lot of patience and understanding, according to John Cohen, above, representative of a Hong Kong firm which is setting up a directory of U.S. and Canadian firms for use by Chinese importers.
7/31/1972
Beyond warranties: David Latner, a specialist in computer law, says consumers have four legal weapons to secure satisfaction from high-tech firms if products don't work
Beyond warranties: David Latner, a specialist in computer law, says consumers have four legal weapons to secure satisfaction from high-tech firms if products don't work
1/17/1985
Financiers: From left, Bill Player, Leonard Rosenberg and Andrew Markle were principals in trust firms, seized in 1983, that still hold shares in troubled Canadian Commercial Bank
Financiers: From left, Bill Player, Leonard Rosenberg and Andrew Markle were principals in trust firms, seized in 1983, that still hold shares in troubled Canadian Commercial Bank
4/26/1983
Sharing the profits, Employees of Beckett Packaging, a small Scarborough firm, are now members of a profit-sharing plan instituted last night by firm's president, Don Beckett.
Sharing the profits, Employees of Beckett Packaging, a small Scarborough firm, are now members of a profit-sharing plan instituted last night by firm's president, Don Beckett.
12/9/1975
New chairman of the Toronto Stock Exchange is 42-year-old Donald G. Lawson, shown here looking over the exchanges's trading floor, Lawson, president of the brokerage firm of Moss, Lawson, president of the brokerage firm of Moss, Lawson and Co., succeeds W.H.A. Thorburn, Appointed governor was Dr. O.M. Solandt, retiring chancellor, University of Toronto.
New chairman of the Toronto Stock Exchange is 42-year-old Donald G. Lawson, shown here looking over the exchanges's trading floor, Lawson, president of the brokerage firm of Moss, Lawson, president of the brokerage firm of Moss, Lawson and Co., succeeds W.H.A. Thorburn, Appointed governor was Dr. O.M. Solandt, retiring chancellor, University of Toronto.
5/27/1971
Ontario's consumer caravan is inspected yesterday by Arthur Wishart, Minister of Financial and Commercial affairs, at official opening ceremony outside the Legislature building
Ontario's consumer caravan is inspected yesterday by Arthur Wishart, Minister of Financial and Commercial affairs, at official opening ceremony outside the Legislature building
4/29/1971
Down-under optimist: Australia has good relations with Canada and no language barrier, making it a prime market for Canadian high-tech firms, says James de Wet, president of Cantralia Technology Inc. He's hoping a government review will open doors for Can
Down-under optimist: Australia has good relations with Canada and no language barrier, making it a prime market for Canadian high-tech firms, says James de Wet, president of Cantralia Technology Inc. He's hoping a government review will open doors for Can
7/19/1982
Kenneth Foster, President of world largest insurance company, Prudential of America, was in town yesterday to confer with firm's Canadian executives, he said all Canadian profit are plowed back into Canada's economy.
Kenneth Foster, President of world largest insurance company, Prudential of America, was in town yesterday to confer with firm's Canadian executives, he said all Canadian profit are plowed back into Canada's economy.
11/23/1970
Mel Cox, director of the credit bureau, says it doesn't set credit ratings or advise members on the advisability of giving credit. Its role is to collect facts and pass them on to clients. Almost a million credit histories are on the firm's files.
Mel Cox, director of the credit bureau, says it doesn't set credit ratings or advise members on the advisability of giving credit. Its role is to collect facts and pass them on to clients. Almost a million credit histories are on the firm's files.
8/12/1971