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Below, Shane Farberman owns Farco Enterprises, one of dozens of Metro companies offering concept party planning.
Below, Shane Farberman owns Farco Enterprises, one of dozens of Metro companies offering concept party planning.

Below, Shane Farberman owns Farco Enterprises, one of dozens of Metro companies offering concept party planning.

Date5/8/1988
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0127154F
Clean sweep: George Moffat, president of Halo Enterprises, holds the kit his company is retailing for dog owners to help them clean up after their pets
Clean sweep: George Moffat, president of Halo Enterprises, holds the kit his company is retailing for dog owners to help them clean up after their pets
6/24/1985
Star Wish. I have always been very curious about the publishing industry and must confess to a fascination with Harlequin Enterprises, wrote Shanti Raktoe of Guelph. So we took her to meet Fred Kerner, Harlequin's director of publishing. These books are harder to write than they look, she reports.
Star Wish. I have always been very curious about the publishing industry and must confess to a fascination with Harlequin Enterprises, wrote Shanti Raktoe of Guelph. So we took her to meet Fred Kerner, Harlequin's director of publishing. These books are harder to write than they look, she reports.
6/15/1978
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.
9/27/1983
Data dishes: Samuel Singer, chairman of the Satellite Communications Association of Canada, stands amid some of the dozens of satellite receiving dishes at the Skyline Hotel
Data dishes: Samuel Singer, chairman of the Satellite Communications Association of Canada, stands amid some of the dozens of satellite receiving dishes at the Skyline Hotel
6/9/1986
Ron Fawcett has been hooked on cars longer than he can remember and he's worked painstakingly over the years restoring dozens of antique and classic models on the outskirts of Whitby.
Ron Fawcett has been hooked on cars longer than he can remember and he's worked painstakingly over the years restoring dozens of antique and classic models on the outskirts of Whitby.
1/2/1969
Peter Cooke, selected as Toronto Mayor Art Eggleton's new chief of staff from among dozens of applicants, is beginning to sweep away the chaos that built up in the mayor's office since he moved in Dec. 1.
Peter Cooke, selected as Toronto Mayor Art Eggleton's new chief of staff from among dozens of applicants, is beginning to sweep away the chaos that built up in the mayor's office since he moved in Dec. 1.
2/19/1981
Kidney specialist Dr. Paul Tam vowed to bring a $1 million kidney dialysis unit to Scarborough after Gary Belz died of a heart attack due to kidney failure more than two years ago. Tam said if Belz, then 37, hadn't had to wait a month for dialysis treatment at a downtown hospital, he would still be alive today. And Tam said the dozens of patients who travel downtown for dialysis would have a much, much better quality of life if a unit were Scaborough. But after [Incomplete]
Kidney specialist Dr. Paul Tam vowed to bring a $1 million kidney dialysis unit to Scarborough after Gary Belz died of a heart attack due to kidney failure more than two years ago. Tam said if Belz, then 37, hadn't had to wait a month for dialysis treatment at a downtown hospital, he would still be alive today. And Tam said the dozens of patients who travel downtown for dialysis would have a much, much better quality of life if a unit were Scaborough. But after [Incomplete]
11/24/1986
Curtis Jarvis: Electrolux vaccum cleaner salesman Curtis Jarvis faces rejection dozens of times for every time he gets inside a door
Curtis Jarvis: Electrolux vaccum cleaner salesman Curtis Jarvis faces rejection dozens of times for every time he gets inside a door
10/13/1981
Financial thanks: Robert and Ann Corcoran showed their appreciation for the care given at York-Finch hopsital by donating a gift of $250,000 to the building fund. Corcoran owns a company in Mississauga that makes paint-finishing systems for industry.
Financial thanks: Robert and Ann Corcoran showed their appreciation for the care given at York-Finch hopsital by donating a gift of $250,000 to the building fund. Corcoran owns a company in Mississauga that makes paint-finishing systems for industry.
9/27/1989
Alfred Chan: An engineer by training, Chan never set out to be a fashion mogul. Today his company owns ports, Tabi, Britches and the Dual Control clothing labels.
Alfred Chan: An engineer by training, Chan never set out to be a fashion mogul. Today his company owns ports, Tabi, Britches and the Dual Control clothing labels.
5/16/1990
Reuben Dennis, one of Metro's largest developers, leaves courtroom where he and six companies pleaded guilty to making false statements in income tax returns.
Reuben Dennis, one of Metro's largest developers, leaves courtroom where he and six companies pleaded guilty to making false statements in income tax returns.
7/19/1967
He currently owns an even dozen - four Cadillacs, three Rolls-Royces, two Mercedes, two Lincoln Continentals and a Packard
He currently owns an even dozen - four Cadillacs, three Rolls-Royces, two Mercedes, two Lincoln Continentals and a Packard
10/4/1982