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Raymond Lum dropped out of university to start his own business and join the booming Industry in paper shredding services.
Raymond Lum dropped out of university to start his own business and join the booming Industry in paper shredding services.

Raymond Lum dropped out of university to start his own business and join the booming Industry in paper shredding services.

Date2/21/1990
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FormatPicture
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0129635F
Selling security: With help of Canadian Council for Native Business, Scott Smith has translated family history of protecting people into successful paper-shredding business
Selling security: With help of Canadian Council for Native Business, Scott Smith has translated family history of protecting people into successful paper-shredding business
Goode, Jeff
8/12/1986
Mr. Clean: Wally Power, of North Star Janitor Services, displays products at his cleaning supplies outlet. Power says an average size house in Toronto would start at about $500 for a basic cleaning of walls, ceilings, windows and floors.
Mr. Clean: Wally Power, of North Star Janitor Services, displays products at his cleaning supplies outlet. Power says an average size house in Toronto would start at about $500 for a basic cleaning of walls, ceilings, windows and floors.
Beaty, Keith
3/18/1987
Bill Coke, head of the Canadian Association of Temporary Services, says uncommitted young people who prefer the freedom and variety of temporary employment are one reason his industry expects 40 per cent increase this year.
Bill Coke, head of the Canadian Association of Temporary Services, says uncommitted young people who prefer the freedom and variety of temporary employment are one reason his industry expects 40 per cent increase this year.
Bull, Ron
10/16/1973
No cap on sales: Business is booming at Fairlee Fruit Juice Ltd. John Dimos (front), his brothers peter (left) and Charles, and Ted Aiexopoulos (rear), all owners, have installed a hands-free bottling line at their company's plant in Etobicoke.
No cap on sales: Business is booming at Fairlee Fruit Juice Ltd. John Dimos (front), his brothers peter (left) and Charles, and Ted Aiexopoulos (rear), all owners, have installed a hands-free bottling line at their company's plant in Etobicoke.
Gower, Patti
11/6/1992
Booming business: Mel Rowe displays a shipping carton for 1,000 crickets at mel and Rose Enterprises, Ontario's only cricket farm.
Booming business: Mel Rowe displays a shipping carton for 1,000 crickets at mel and Rose Enterprises, Ontario's only cricket farm.
Cooper, David
9/27/1983
Business is Booming, for Laurier Life and here's a deskful of new orders for the company's president, Ernest Brooker. With no salesmen and using only direct-mail promotion techniques, Laurier Life has found a big insurance market in areas - such as older clients - long-established firms sometimes neglect.
Business is Booming, for Laurier Life and here's a deskful of new orders for the company's president, Ernest Brooker. With no salesmen and using only direct-mail promotion techniques, Laurier Life has found a big insurance market in areas - such as older clients - long-established firms sometimes neglect.
Barkley, Harold
3/1/1972
Business booming: With money, money, money on its mind, the public is snapping up inflation-survival books, says Robert Johnston of Coles Books' head office
Business booming: With money, money, money on its mind, the public is snapping up inflation-survival books, says Robert Johnston of Coles Books' head office
Spremo, Boris
1/24/1981
Business booming: Allan Cohen of Grant's Jewellers on Church St. with some of the items that he has bought recently. One man brought in an exquisite emerald he'd paid $34,000 (U.S.) for 2 1/2 years ago. Cohen bought it - for a third of that. I'm looking for a 10 to 15 per cent profit on the stone, Cohen says.
Business booming: Allan Cohen of Grant's Jewellers on Church St. with some of the items that he has bought recently. One man brought in an exquisite emerald he'd paid $34,000 (U.S.) for 2 1/2 years ago. Cohen bought it - for a third of that. I'm looking for a 10 to 15 per cent profit on the stone, Cohen says.
Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
9/16/1982
Canada's biggest service in booming temporary-help field is Office Overload Ltd. Clare Copeland, president, is shown in Toronto headquarters, ringed by employees (left to right) Lois Young, Laura Smith, Debi Perkins, Gayle Farnes, Janice Chivers-Wilson and Helen Wood. In an ironic switch, Laura Smith came in to look for a temporary job and wound up with permanent job-working full-time for Office Overload.
Canada's biggest service in booming temporary-help field is Office Overload Ltd. Clare Copeland, president, is shown in Toronto headquarters, ringed by employees (left to right) Lois Young, Laura Smith, Debi Perkins, Gayle Farnes, Janice Chivers-Wilson and Helen Wood. In an ironic switch, Laura Smith came in to look for a temporary job and wound up with permanent job-working full-time for Office Overload.
Beaty, Keith
5/10/1976
Business demolished? Renovator Terry Mills fears that many jobs will disappear when the proposed 7 per cent goods and services tax takes effect.
Business demolished? Renovator Terry Mills fears that many jobs will disappear when the proposed 7 per cent goods and services tax takes effect.
Bull, Ron
3/26/1990
Slacking seizures: Tough times have forced commercial landlords to negotiate for back rent instead of evicting businesses - and that's hurting his business, says Al Stanley, who works with Dorie Wallace at Durham Balliff Services
Slacking seizures: Tough times have forced commercial landlords to negotiate for back rent instead of evicting businesses - and that's hurting his business, says Al Stanley, who works with Dorie Wallace at Durham Balliff Services
Irish, Paul
3/20/1992
Commodities giant: Phil Brockhaug, director of Canadian development for Chicago-based ContiCommodity Services Inc., says he's ready to grab a slice of the lucrative Canadian commodities business.
Commodities giant: Phil Brockhaug, director of Canadian development for Chicago-based ContiCommodity Services Inc., says he's ready to grab a slice of the lucrative Canadian commodities business.
Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
10/10/1979