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Closed case?: The recession has forced Birks to seek protection from creditors and close stores
Closed case?: The recession has forced Birks to seek protection from creditors and close stores

Closed case?: The recession has forced Birks to seek protection from creditors and close stores

Date1/12/1993
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Original Toronto Star caption: Closed case?: The recession has forced Birks to seek protection from creditors and close stores.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0109703F
Image shows an interior of Birks store where an officer is questioning an employee.
Robbery Aftermath: An officer question a Birks employee yesterday after the Fairview Mall store was robbed
4/17/1991
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Buildings - Birks - Ellis - Ryrie
Canada - Ontario - Toronto - Buildings - Birks - Ellis - Ryrie
1/22/1993
Birks-Ellis-Ryrie, Limited, Younge St
Birks-Ellis-Ryrie, Limited, Younge St
5/19/1939
Golden idylls: From left, women's 18-karat gold rings from Birks: round solitaire, $15,000, pear-shaped solitaire, $5,300
Golden idylls: From left, women's 18-karat gold rings from Birks: round solitaire, $15,000, pear-shaped solitaire, $5,300
2/19/1988
All but sphinx and the Wedgwood vase at left, which are from Birks, are sold at the gallery's Tut Shop
All but sphinx and the Wedgwood vase at left, which are from Birks, are sold at the gallery's Tut Shop
9/11/1979
Troubled co-op: If Bob Down, UCO chairman (left), and Garth MacGirr, whose firm is overseeing a rescue, are looking a little wary, it could be because a firm official describes dealing with hungry creditors as a zoo where all the cages were left unlocked
Troubled co-op: If Bob Down, UCO chairman (left), and Garth MacGirr, whose firm is overseeing a rescue, are looking a little wary, it could be because a firm official describes dealing with hungry creditors as a zoo where all the cages were left unlocked
8/30/1984
Flying low. City Express' Dash-7's are carrying the load after its Dash-8s, above, were seized by creditors. Air Ontario, which also flies to Montreal(...)
Flying low. City Express' Dash-7's are carrying the load after its Dash-8s, above, were seized by creditors. Air Ontario, which also flies to Montreal(...)
8/2/1990
[Letter] To the creditors of the late William Winter, of Brantford
[Letter] To the creditors of the late William Winter, of Brantford
1866
Peter Demeter: Creditors say the former developer owes them a total of $337,668
Peter Demeter: Creditors say the former developer owes them a total of $337,668
9/6/1983
At a meeting of the stockholders and creditors of the Bank of Upper Canada, convened by advertisement at the Kingston Hotel on Tuesday the 31st. Jan., 1823
At a meeting of the stockholders and creditors of the Bank of Upper Canada, convened by advertisement at the Kingston Hotel on Tuesday the 31st. Jan., 1823
1823
Protesting Depositors: Bank of Credit and Commerce Canada account holder Khalid Usman questions Mel Zwaig, the court-appointed liquidator, at a marathon creditors' meeting yesterday
Protesting Depositors: Bank of Credit and Commerce Canada account holder Khalid Usman questions Mel Zwaig, the court-appointed liquidator, at a marathon creditors' meeting yesterday
8/28/1991
Will it fly? Dome Petroleum chairman Howard Macdonald, left, and Amoco Canada president Don Stacy spent four hours yesterday outlining for creditors the terms of Amoco's offer for shattered Dome Pete
Will it fly? Dome Petroleum chairman Howard Macdonald, left, and Amoco Canada president Don Stacy spent four hours yesterday outlining for creditors the terms of Amoco's offer for shattered Dome Pete
5/14/1987