by REM Editorial Team | Aug 9, 2010 | Featured, Profiles
By Katherine Fawcett As a promoter, salesman and announcer, Wilf Ray knows how to make his smooth voice heard. And for over 60 years, people have listened to what he’s had to say. In the 1940s, thousands of Vancouverites woke up to Ray, the morning disk jockey on CKMO...
by REM Editorial Team | Aug 3, 2010 | Featured, Profiles
By Kathy Bevan Atlantic Canada real estate legend Pat King officially retired from the industry this year, marking the end to a career that began shortly after the Second World War. King and his wife Hilda opened Pat King Insurance in downtown Dartmouth, N.S. in 1947....
by REM Editorial Team | Jul 30, 2010 | Featured, Profiles
Walking down a flight of stairs. Buttoning a shirt. Driving a car. These are activities many of us take for granted, but for Bennett Solway, these seemingly routine activities are challenges. Eight years ago, Solway was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, a...
by REM Editorial Team | Jul 19, 2010 | Featured, Profiles
By Connie Adair Nadine Mercey walked into a house in downtown Toronto and immediately knew she was not alone. Taking a deep breath, she moved farther into the house, goose bumps on her arms and a chill running down her spine. She closed her eyes, sensing the presence...
by REM Editorial Team | Jul 5, 2010 | Featured, News, Profiles
Century 21 Canada’s president and COO, Don Lawby, has been with the franchisor since 1976, two years after he began working in real estate. Lawby oversaw the significant restructuring of the corporation’s business model in the mid-1990s, in response to the surge of...
by REM Editorial Team | Jun 28, 2010 | Featured, Profiles
By John Bowes The old joke, “change is inevitable – except from a vending machine,” is as applicable today as it was 60 years ago. Although people are naturally wary about change, there’s no question that our lives have been vastly improved by the evolution of...
