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Bargain rates: Samuel Bresler's Budget Car Rentals may lead the business in Toronto but he is worried about stiff competition which he claims is squeezing profits.
Bargain rates: Samuel Bresler's Budget Car Rentals may lead the business in Toronto but he is worried about stiff competition which he claims is squeezing profits.

Bargain rates: Samuel Bresler's Budget Car Rentals may lead the business in Toronto but he is worried about stiff competition which he claims is squeezing profits.

Date7/8/1981
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0125586F
      No.1?: Samuel Bresler, owner of Budget Car Rentals, says its a tough business. But his company is now considered Canada's biggest agency by some transport officials and carmakers.
      No.1?: Samuel Bresler, owner of Budget Car Rentals, says its a tough business. But his company is now considered Canada's biggest agency by some transport officials and carmakers.
      Bull, Ron
      6/15/1983
      Edwin (Honest Ed) Mirvish stands outside his Royal Alexandra Theatre which he claims may be forced to close due to competition from city-owned theatres
      Edwin (Honest Ed) Mirvish stands outside his Royal Alexandra Theatre which he claims may be forced to close due to competition from city-owned theatres
      Goode, Jeff
      1/24/1969
      A Toronto publisher says he may take business worth $750,000 south of the border because he has been unable to get second-class mailing rates for one (...)
      A Toronto publisher says he may take business worth $750,000 south of the border because he has been unable to get second-class mailing rates for one (...)
      Dunlop, Al
      2/9/1987
      Herb Singer Discount car and truck Rentals
      Herb Singer Discount car and truck Rentals
      Dexter, Brian
      10/19/1993
      Wheeling and dealing: The Lord may not buy you a Mercedes Benz but you can rent yourself one from Executive Choice Auto Rentals
      Wheeling and dealing: The Lord may not buy you a Mercedes Benz but you can rent yourself one from Executive Choice Auto Rentals
      Dinsmore, Ted
      7/4/1984
      John A. Sawyer. Canadian businessmen are reasonably optimistic about the economy next year, a University of Toronto forum was told yesterday. Two economists, Douglas Peters, of the Toronto-Dominion Bank, and John A. Sawyer, of the U of T School of Business, saw a strong economic recovery. Jerry McAfee, president of Gulf Oil Canada, predicted an increase in natural gas and oil sales, and J.S. Dewar, president of Union Carbide Canada saw modest profits in chemicals.
      John A. Sawyer. Canadian businessmen are reasonably optimistic about the economy next year, a University of Toronto forum was told yesterday. Two economists, Douglas Peters, of the Toronto-Dominion Bank, and John A. Sawyer, of the U of T School of Business, saw a strong economic recovery. Jerry McAfee, president of Gulf Oil Canada, predicted an increase in natural gas and oil sales, and J.S. Dewar, president of Union Carbide Canada saw modest profits in chemicals.
      Spremo, Boris
      12/9/1970
      College Rentals & Hardware, College Street, southeast corner of Sheridan Avenue, Toronto, Ont.
      College Rentals & Hardware, College Street, southeast corner of Sheridan Avenue, Toronto, Ont.
      College Rentals & Hardware (Toronto, Ont.)
      1980
      John Bulloch, defender of small business, says the oil companies are squeezing independent car wash operators
      John Bulloch, defender of small business, says the oil companies are squeezing independent car wash operators
      Bulloch, John
      6/15/1972
      Toronto's oldest Redcap, Jake Charendoff, sits waiting for new business at Toronto's Union Station, while behind him sits redcap Bert Fortune. Charendoff picked up his first piece of baggage at Union Station on the day it opened in 1927. But, although he claims the title oldest, he refuses to say exactly how old he is.
      Toronto's oldest Redcap, Jake Charendoff, sits waiting for new business at Toronto's Union Station, while behind him sits redcap Bert Fortune. Charendoff picked up his first piece of baggage at Union Station on the day it opened in 1927. But, although he claims the title oldest, he refuses to say exactly how old he is.
      Spremo, Boris
      1/24/1972
      Tortured. By Peter Rickwood Toronto Star. A 33-year-old Canadian Sikh say he got on help from the Canadian High Commission when police in India detained and tortured him as he was about to fly home. Dalbar Sidhu, a Kitchener auto worker, told a Toronto news conference yesterday he was held at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport for two days. He claims he was denied foor and seep, was threatened with revolver and had his fingernails pulled and hair tugged out of his beard and scalp. His wife Satwant, who was travelling with him, contacted the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi after his arrest said. [Incomplete]
      Tortured. By Peter Rickwood Toronto Star. A 33-year-old Canadian Sikh say he got on help from the Canadian High Commission when police in India detained and tortured him as he was about to fly home. Dalbar Sidhu, a Kitchener auto worker, told a Toronto news conference yesterday he was held at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport for two days. He claims he was denied foor and seep, was threatened with revolver and had his fingernails pulled and hair tugged out of his beard and scalp. His wife Satwant, who was travelling with him, contacted the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi after his arrest said. [Incomplete]
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      1/29/1986
      Don't be stumped: This machine can be rented from First Choice Rentals to remove stumps
      Don't be stumped: This machine can be rented from First Choice Rentals to remove stumps
      Faught, Ken
      5/23/1989
      Can you dig College Street?, Fernando Pinheiro, manager of Real Rentals, drives the company's newest acquisition across to his College St. W. store. T(...)
      Can you dig College Street?, Fernando Pinheiro, manager of Real Rentals, drives the company's newest acquisition across to his College St. W. store. T(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      3/24/1990