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Millionaire at 30, Lorne Leibel set up his own company, Canada Homes, three years ago, building low-cost, high-volume housing
Millionaire at 30, Lorne Leibel set up his own company, Canada Homes, three years ago, building low-cost, high-volume housing

Millionaire at 30, Lorne Leibel set up his own company, Canada Homes, three years ago, building low-cost, high-volume housing

Date8/27/1980
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      ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0129351F
      Doctor Design: Michael Blythin, former head designer at the ROM, set up his own company to do everything from building home additions to designing Victorian homes.
      Doctor Design: Michael Blythin, former head designer at the ROM, set up his own company to do everything from building home additions to designing Victorian homes.
      Dunlop, Alan
      1/13/1985
      Israeli-Born faith healer Benny Hinn, 24, began holding meeting in Toronto homes about two years ago and now heads his own incorporated association.
      Israeli-Born faith healer Benny Hinn, 24, began holding meeting in Toronto homes about two years ago and now heads his own incorporated association.
      Darrell, Dick
      n.d.
      No place like home: Paralyzed Ian Miller and welfare mother Lynn Smith, with son Jesse, are among a group of Metro residents who need low-cost housing and are protesting the province's lack of firm plans to build more subsidized housing in Metro this year
      No place like home: Paralyzed Ian Miller and welfare mother Lynn Smith, with son Jesse, are among a group of Metro residents who need low-cost housing and are protesting the province's lack of firm plans to build more subsidized housing in Metro this year
      McConnell, Colin
      3/12/1984
      The high cost of housing: Most sales of homes are made to people who live in the houses that are purchased and not to speculators, says real estate executive Henry Floyd, in letter below.
      The high cost of housing: Most sales of homes are made to people who live in the houses that are purchased and not to speculators, says real estate executive Henry Floyd, in letter below.
      Griffin, Doug
      5/6/1981
      Lorne Leibel. Took banned drug
      Lorne Leibel. Took banned drug
      Bull, Ron
      7/25/1976
      Puppy love isn't saddling Metro with as many unwanted pets as it used to, says George Banton, chief animal control officer for the Borough of York. Above, he displays one of the York animal shelter's inmates, a young part-German Shepherd. The animal shelter now has empty cages and Banton gives the credit to the borough's low-cost spay-neuter program, begun two years ago.
      Puppy love isn't saddling Metro with as many unwanted pets as it used to, says George Banton, chief animal control officer for the Borough of York. Above, he displays one of the York animal shelter's inmates, a young part-German Shepherd. The animal shelter now has empty cages and Banton gives the credit to the borough's low-cost spay-neuter program, begun two years ago.
      Lennon, Frank
      6/15/1978
      Housing Costs High: East into low-income budgets
      Housing Costs High: East into low-income budgets
      Barkley, Harold
      3/9/1971
      Lorne Lelbel, president of Canada Homes, sits atop his canada Homes Challenger at the International Centre.
      Lorne Lelbel, president of Canada Homes, sits atop his canada Homes Challenger at the International Centre.
      Brennan, Pat
      3/28/1988
      Same home: Though he has sold thousands of new homes during the past 30 years, Mike Rogow and his wife Anita still live in the same Don Mills bungalow they bought in 1957
      Same home: Though he has sold thousands of new homes during the past 30 years, Mike Rogow and his wife Anita still live in the same Don Mills bungalow they bought in 1957
      Brennan, Pat
      1/28/1985
      Dream home: Although Gene Colman loves his Balmoral home, behind him, he wishes he had waited three years to buy it. Some homes now built in his luxury subdivision sell for much less than the 1988 list price.
      Dream home: Although Gene Colman loves his Balmoral home, behind him, he wishes he had waited three years to buy it. Some homes now built in his luxury subdivision sell for much less than the 1988 list price.
      Combs, Erin
      4/2/1992
      Gus Mavridis: Two years after coming to Canada, he gambled his savings and set up his own fur business
      Gus Mavridis: Two years after coming to Canada, he gambled his savings and set up his own fur business
      Russell, Jim
      2/20/1981
      Sailing majestically from Toronto Harbor, the brigantine Pathfinder sets out for a cruise on Lake Ontario, carrying most of its 22,000 square yards of sail. She cost $150,000 seven years ago
      Sailing majestically from Toronto Harbor, the brigantine Pathfinder sets out for a cruise on Lake Ontario, carrying most of its 22,000 square yards of sail. She cost $150,000 seven years ago
      Bezant, Graham
      7/27/1970