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Surprise: MacGirr, in vault filled with bankruptcy records, says booming Alberta economy is the most fertile territory for Canadian business failures
Surprise: MacGirr, in vault filled with bankruptcy records, says booming Alberta economy is the most fertile territory for Canadian business failures

Surprise: MacGirr, in vault filled with bankruptcy records, says booming Alberta economy is the most fertile territory for Canadian business failures

Date2/3/1982
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0064533F
No mortician: Ten years ago, trustees used to bury bankruptcies, today they try to revive them, says Garth MacGirr, vice-president of the Canadian Insolvency Association
No mortician: Ten years ago, trustees used to bury bankruptcies, today they try to revive them, says Garth MacGirr, vice-president of the Canadian Insolvency Association
7/23/1981
Delay on the cards: Two Canadian vacationers use a sombrero as a card table as they wait to be airlifted home from Cancun recently, following the odyssey-Thomson failures
Delay on the cards: Two Canadian vacationers use a sombrero as a card table as they wait to be airlifted home from Cancun recently, following the odyssey-Thomson failures
4/30/1990
Computerized thermometer: The Bioself 110 automatically records a woman's daily temperature, computes the findings and tells her whether she's fertile or infertile
Computerized thermometer: The Bioself 110 automatically records a woman's daily temperature, computes the findings and tells her whether she's fertile or infertile
9/25/1985
The Leftovers Cookbook written by Betty Jane Wylie is dedicated to her four children who ate my failures
The Leftovers Cookbook written by Betty Jane Wylie is dedicated to her four children who ate my failures
9/18/1981
Recent disasters from engine failures and competition from U
Recent disasters from engine failures and competition from U
2/18/1977
Recent disasters from engine failures and competition from U
Recent disasters from engine failures and competition from U
2/18/1977
Ex-convict Don Bailey has written a painfully honest book about failures.
Ex-convict Don Bailey has written a painfully honest book about failures.
6/29/1973
Rescuing the fallen: Bankruptcy trustee Cyril Sapiro says declaring you can't pay your debts is a terrible, stressful experience that is hitting more people every week in a tight economy
Rescuing the fallen: Bankruptcy trustee Cyril Sapiro says declaring you can't pay your debts is a terrible, stressful experience that is hitting more people every week in a tight economy
7/8/1990
Dental records: Dr. David Burman, a 46-year old Toronto dentist, shows his computerized barter statement. Trading keeps business in the community, he says
Dental records: Dr. David Burman, a 46-year old Toronto dentist, shows his computerized barter statement. Trading keeps business in the community, he says
1/4/1991
Suddenly got tired. Developer Gerhard Moog says municipal bureaucracy in Metro forces developers out to booming Alberta
Suddenly got tired. Developer Gerhard Moog says municipal bureaucracy in Metro forces developers out to booming Alberta
5/9/1975
Closing out: Leonard Court, whose Ross, Court and Co. answered the most outlandish requests for old records and music, is closing his store and is moving to England. A unique business will be lost.
Closing out: Leonard Court, whose Ross, Court and Co. answered the most outlandish requests for old records and music, is closing his store and is moving to England. A unique business will be lost.
3/15/1972
Veteran designer: Marilyn Brooks, 53, says she learned a lot from the bankruptcy of her business
Veteran designer: Marilyn Brooks, 53, says she learned a lot from the bankruptcy of her business
2/19/1986