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Top of the heap: Ron Thiessen's Laidlaw Waste Management is the biggest private garbage-processing outfit in a billion-dollar Canadian market
Top of the heap: Ron Thiessen's Laidlaw Waste Management is the biggest private garbage-processing outfit in a billion-dollar Canadian market

Top of the heap: Ron Thiessen's Laidlaw Waste Management is the biggest private garbage-processing outfit in a billion-dollar Canadian market

Date9/1/1983
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In the forefront of word-processing technology, Stephen Dorsey's Micom Data Systems Ltd. has landed a contract for the U.S. space program. The tiny Montreal-based company, with sales last year of under $2 million competes on world markets against such heavyweights as IBM and Xerox.
In the forefront of word-processing technology, Stephen Dorsey's Micom Data Systems Ltd. has landed a contract for the U.S. space program. The tiny Montreal-based company, with sales last year of under $2 million competes on world markets against such heavyweights as IBM and Xerox.
10/5/1977
Disposal dilemma: John Thelander's Pathological Waste Management provides needed service to hospitals
Disposal dilemma: John Thelander's Pathological Waste Management provides needed service to hospitals
6/4/1985
Future applications for the amazing laser seem limited only by the imagination. As an industrial tool, the laser - a beam of light - is expected to serve a $1 billion market within a few years. University of Toronto physics professor Dr. B. P. Stoicheff demonstrates laser with help from graduate student Bob McCaren.
Future applications for the amazing laser seem limited only by the imagination. As an industrial tool, the laser - a beam of light - is expected to serve a $1 billion market within a few years. University of Toronto physics professor Dr. B. P. Stoicheff demonstrates laser with help from graduate student Bob McCaren.
7/20/1970
Solving consumer complaints concerning the computer is James Finch's newest job. He's toronto's first computer ombudsman and will head a service organized by Canadian Information Processing Society and the Consumer Association of Canada. Here he handles a
Solving consumer complaints concerning the computer is James Finch's newest job. He's toronto's first computer ombudsman and will head a service organized by Canadian Information Processing Society and the Consumer Association of Canada. Here he handles a
2/15/1977
Travelling salesman: Credit cards haven't hurt the prospects for travellers' cheques, says Sir John Cuckney, chairman of the Thomas Cook group. He told Canadian bankers yesterday the company has major plans for Canada, the second-biggest market in the world.
Travelling salesman: Credit cards haven't hurt the prospects for travellers' cheques, says Sir John Cuckney, chairman of the Thomas Cook group. He told Canadian bankers yesterday the company has major plans for Canada, the second-biggest market in the world.
10/19/1981
Ron MacKinnon of Muller Waste systems
Ron MacKinnon of Muller Waste systems
4/12/1994
15-year Tenant: Andy McCrorie, who runs a dell at the St. Lawrence Market, says he's being evicted because he spoke out against market management.
15-year Tenant: Andy McCrorie, who runs a dell at the St. Lawrence Market, says he's being evicted because he spoke out against market management.
10/8/1992
Sitting on the Garbage, Robert Litz, a private contractor hired by the borough of Etobicoke to collect and dispose of bulky items, takes notes as worker loads furniture on truck
Sitting on the Garbage, Robert Litz, a private contractor hired by the borough of Etobicoke to collect and dispose of bulky items, takes notes as worker loads furniture on truck
1/13/1972
Following the market: When the market is at a low - as it is these days - that could be a good timie for a novice to get into the action, advises Dave Conway, a broker with Davidson Partners Ltd. in Toronto. But it's important not to jump in blind, he cautions. The biggest mistake prospective investors make is not being aware of what their objective are, he say.
Following the market: When the market is at a low - as it is these days - that could be a good timie for a novice to get into the action, advises Dave Conway, a broker with Davidson Partners Ltd. in Toronto. But it's important not to jump in blind, he cautions. The biggest mistake prospective investors make is not being aware of what their objective are, he say.
2/15/1982
Top of the heap: Walter Tilden, chairman of Tilden, chairman of Tilden Rent-A-Car System Ltd
Top of the heap: Walter Tilden, chairman of Tilden, chairman of Tilden Rent-A-Car System Ltd
6/30/1981
Emissary: On behalf of taxpayers, John Pickard, Metro treasurer and commissioner of finance, is the man who swings multi-million-dollar deals in the Eurobond market
Emissary: On behalf of taxpayers, John Pickard, Metro treasurer and commissioner of finance, is the man who swings multi-million-dollar deals in the Eurobond market
8/20/1987
Top dollar: Donald Paterson, a Don Mills graphic designer, displays a drawing of the 1980 silver dollar, which he designed
Top dollar: Donald Paterson, a Don Mills graphic designer, displays a drawing of the 1980 silver dollar, which he designed
2/5/1980