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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 19 Mar 1986, p. 11

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A businessman, a tennis player and a chartered accountant are this year‘s finalists for the Waâ€" terloo Jaycee Outstanding Young Citizen Award. Nominees Wayne Deyarmand, owner of O.W. Sports in Uptown Waterloo, Bob McMane, a partner in Bennett, McMane, Innovation Centre annual meeting ©1984/85 was a bench mark year in the development of the Canadian Industrial Innovation Centre,"‘ noted Dr. Frank Maine, Chairman of the Board, at the Innovation Centre‘s Annual General Meeting, held recently at the Walper Terrace Hotel in Kitchener. As tfivefiééfiire {'(;mpleted five years of service to Canadian innovators with the assistance of a startâ€"up grant from the Department of Regional Industrial OQOutstanding young citizen finalists Expansion, Maine noted that the Centre is continuing to move towards its goal of financial selfâ€"sufficiency. In viewing the Innovation Centre‘s performance during fiscal 1984/85, Jim McPherson, chief executive officer of the Innovation Centre reported that total earned revenues increased to $748,382, up over 31% from one year ago. Highlights of the 1984/85 fiscal year also included: e The founding of the Entrepreneurship Institute of Canada, and the hbiring of its first Executive Director, Keith McPherson. e The completion of the Innovation Centre‘s first international project, the Canadianâ€"Malaysian Enâ€" trepreneurial Development Program. e A record year for the Inventor‘s Assistance Program, which received 580 inventions for assessâ€" ment and evaluation from all across Canada. The twoâ€"day annual meeting was highlighted by Weight No C Longer 4z» 6 5 i ES /C in " .| & ® ‘; EP / ha 3 T idâ€"biz Sweeney, and Jane Young, 1985 Canadian National Tennis Chamâ€" pion, will be honored with a dinner March 25, when the award winner will be announced. Reservations for the evening, which will be held at the Waterâ€" loo Inn, can be made by calling Rick Mooradian at 745â€"1873. At Diet Center we offer: over The Natural Way to Lose Weight! CALL TODAY 885â€"2760 free consultation free stabilization free lifetime maintenance free nutritionâ€"behaviour modification classes 360 Regina St. Waterioo 2000 locations to serve you keynote addresses from John Wilson, Vice President of Fabricating Technology at Alcan International Ltd., Gordon Laurie, Manager of Market Research at Cominco Ltd., Roy Woodbridge, President of the Canadian Advanced Technology Association, and Chuck Bonza, General Manager of Hewlettâ€"Packard (Canada) Ltd. Panacom Division. The Canadian Industrial Innovation Centre is a notâ€"forâ€"profit corporation which helps individuals, companies and investors with the early stages of commercializing technologyâ€"based innovations. Consumers warned not to purchase Amcan warranties Consumers purchasing extended warranties on used cars are being warned not to buy them from Amean Protection Incorporated of Ottawa. The company appears to have gone out of business, but used car dealers who are unaware of the situation may still be selling the warranties, says Tom Johnson of the Ontario Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations (MCCR). The ministry is also warning everyone who has already signed a contract with the company to postpone any warranty work until an investigation of the firm has been completed. ra 3 EK i s $ Sfle! & hes & hss ‘ 4 i4 en w e * Apvad x ;. T I h. n oc | m * M hss 0 mM C | \‘ | C 9 * $ NAE b s3 L ’ % Fa a I .2 & eeemers ?‘h 2 T" P | ;&"? "&3;_!" l & \: ::‘: ~ ; hss P.s* 1k 3a : y % A $ | TeR ©| L P d & .::--» S : | HCHE % Te ; P $ * <8J llk _ f “ j h "»-,L‘:J_;» ,. ; R 3 Q é; ® m j t . { t o & ut wile | t .. & _ | es $ m * o o * . é : >3 E # Nes ' m skAi.sfp L * ~° o‘ lks : Bve l SENIRNE ......... »..osconccocsccesatontt Give a student that first big break. Give them a summer job. WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, "Consumers who try to get repairs done under one of these contracts may not be covered and could face paying for the work themselves," says Johnson. "From what we know now, it appears more than 10,000 warranties have been sold in Ontario alone."‘ Concerns about the company surfaced recently when the ministry received calls from Amcan customers who had been unable to reach the company. Most of these people were trying unsucâ€" cessfully to get outstanding claims honored. According to Johnson, the company has vacated its office at 215 Cooper St. in Ottawa and cannot be located. The same firm closed an office in St. Foy, Quebec last November. Most of the warranties involved were sold through used car dealers. The apparent closure may not affect Amcan warranties sold in Canada west of Thunder Bay. Those contracts are administered by a separate Amcan company working out of Winnipeg. The Winnipeg firm was formed only a few months ago when Amcan underwent a corporate split. Ministry staff are investigating the situation to find out how it will affect consumers who have already bought warranties through Amcan of Ottawa. In most instances, when a company goes out of business, its warranties are useless. ‘"We don‘t know if there‘s any w.y existing warranties can be honored, but certainly, no one should buy one now," Johnson says. any sort of work available, but ideally, they would like to find employment related to their field of study This would help ease the transition from school to work, and help eliminate the "no experience/no job" bias that they may face when seeking full time employment Hiring students makes good business sense. For every type of job you can offer, there‘s a student more than willing to work. Cangg(fé'__,‘ 1986 â€" PAGE 11

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