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Lemon insurance: Jamie Gairdner, president of Johnston and Daniel, is prime mover behind scheme to offer insurance to protect buyers and resale homes against lemons
Lemon insurance: Jamie Gairdner, president of Johnston and Daniel, is prime mover behind scheme to offer insurance to protect buyers and resale homes against lemons

Lemon insurance: Jamie Gairdner, president of Johnston and Daniel, is prime mover behind scheme to offer insurance to protect buyers and resale homes against lemons

Date11/22/1970
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0127531F
Lemon's Royal Hotel at the corner of Yonge and Mosley Streets. Aurora, Ontario
Lemon's Royal Hotel at the corner of Yonge and Mosley Streets. Aurora, Ontario
1890
Myer Godfrey, chairman of the Toronto Home Builders' Association (THBA) government liasion committee and the vice-president of Yorkwood Homes, believes proposed safety provisions may give new-home buyers a false - and expensive - sense of security
Myer Godfrey, chairman of the Toronto Home Builders' Association (THBA) government liasion committee and the vice-president of Yorkwood Homes, believes proposed safety provisions may give new-home buyers a false - and expensive - sense of security
1/15/1990
Game of chinese checkers is enjoyed by Professor James Lemon, his wife Carolyn and children Catherine, 1, Janet, 4, and margaret, 9, in their Walmer Road home. Although earning a salary of $15,000 teaching geography at the University of Toronto, Dr. Lemon describes his living as relatively frugal and finds the family budget getting tight. Although he has a car, he walks to work.
Game of chinese checkers is enjoyed by Professor James Lemon, his wife Carolyn and children Catherine, 1, Janet, 4, and margaret, 9, in their Walmer Road home. Although earning a salary of $15,000 teaching geography at the University of Toronto, Dr. Lemon describes his living as relatively frugal and finds the family budget getting tight. Although he has a car, he walks to work.
7/10/1969
First President of the newly-formed Occidental Life Insurance Co. of Canada is Michael Barnes, 52, left, with Earl Clark, president of the California-based parent company. The two spent an hour and a half yesterday signing hundreds of documents required to launch the firm, which will offer new product lines.
First President of the newly-formed Occidental Life Insurance Co. of Canada is Michael Barnes, 52, left, with Earl Clark, president of the California-based parent company. The two spent an hour and a half yesterday signing hundreds of documents required to launch the firm, which will offer new product lines.
1/12/1971
Henry (Ernie) Stewart, 80, the keeper of the general store at Pioneer Village, demonstrates an old wooden lemon squeezer to his wife, Jenny, 74, and grandsons Glenn, 5, Dean, 11, and Andrew Stewart, 7
Henry (Ernie) Stewart, 80, the keeper of the general store at Pioneer Village, demonstrates an old wooden lemon squeezer to his wife, Jenny, 74, and grandsons Glenn, 5, Dean, 11, and Andrew Stewart, 7
3/20/1973
Group rates feared: Plans for group coverage for home and auto insurance could harm small inndependent agents, says Don Jamieson, president of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Ontario
Group rates feared: Plans for group coverage for home and auto insurance could harm small inndependent agents, says Don Jamieson, president of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Ontario
10/30/1979
Mr. Life Insurance for 1975-76 is W. James D. Lewis, president, Canadian operations, of Prudential Insurance of America, who has been elected president of Canadian Life Insurance Association. A mathematics whiz, Lewis never sold a policy directly - but don't remind him of the little oddity, too often.
Mr. Life Insurance for 1975-76 is W. James D. Lewis, president, Canadian operations, of Prudential Insurance of America, who has been elected president of Canadian Life Insurance Association. A mathematics whiz, Lewis never sold a policy directly - but don't remind him of the little oddity, too often.
5/21/1975
Court fight faces John and Larysa Stockton of Mississauga, who are questioning the fairness of the Ontario government's demand that they pay back the 1,250 home buyers grants they've received over the past two years
Court fight faces John and Larysa Stockton of Mississauga, who are questioning the fairness of the Ontario government's demand that they pay back the 1,250 home buyers grants they've received over the past two years
8/4/1977
Not good enough: Robert Bethell, chairman of the federal legislation committee of the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) and president of the Canadian General Insurance Group, says an insurance guarantee fund isn't adequate.
Not good enough: Robert Bethell, chairman of the federal legislation committee of the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) and president of the Canadian General Insurance Group, says an insurance guarantee fund isn't adequate.
7/12/1982
New Insurance Director: William A. Clement, senior vice-president of North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance CO., yesterday was elected the first blank director of U.S-based Life Insurance Agency Management Association.
New Insurance Director: William A. Clement, senior vice-president of North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance CO., yesterday was elected the first blank director of U.S-based Life Insurance Agency Management Association.
11/10/1970
Trouble shooter: Keith Mills, general manager of the Ontario Share and Deposit Insurance Corporation, can offer the province's struggling credit unions or caisses populaires both financial advice and cash assistance
Trouble shooter: Keith Mills, general manager of the Ontario Share and Deposit Insurance Corporation, can offer the province's struggling credit unions or caisses populaires both financial advice and cash assistance
9/16/1981
Second french Canadian to head Canadian Life Insurance Association in its 84-year history is Marcellin Tremblay, President of Montreal-based insurance firm, Tremblay says he plans to stick with Quebec whether it seperates from Canada or not
Second french Canadian to head Canadian Life Insurance Association in its 84-year history is Marcellin Tremblay, President of Montreal-based insurance firm, Tremblay says he plans to stick with Quebec whether it seperates from Canada or not
5/25/1978