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In 1976, Dominion Stores announced a joint venture with Newfoundland conglomerate Baine, Johnston & Co., to operate the latter's wholesale division, which was renamed Donovans Wholesale Ltd. [2] Eight years later, in 1984, the companies agreed to combine their retail and wholesale food operations under local management, adding the 13 Dominion ...
Corner Brook (2021 population: 19,333 [1] CA 29,762) is a city located on the west coast of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Corner Brook is the fifth largest settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador, and the largest outside the Avalon Peninsula .
The chain was formed in 1859 in St. John's, Newfoundland by Charles R. Ayre. Ayre opened his flagship store on Water Street in St. John's in 1859. After Newfoundland joined the Canadian confederation in 1949, Ayre's opened some more stores across the province in the 1960s, with locations in Mount Pearl, Carbonear, Corner Brook, and Wabush.
The Newfoundland locations are the only ones to continue under the Dominion banner; see Dominion Stores. New Brunswick : Shortly after the A&P acquisition, these stores were sold to Food Group Inc., which operated them under the Village banner until Food Group was sold to Loblaw and merged into its Atlantic Superstore unit in 1995.
Newfoundland and Labrador has three cities that had a total population of 152,335 in the 2021 Canadian Census. [2] The provincial capital of St. John's is the largest city by population and land area, with 110,525 residents and 446.02 km 2 (172.21 sq mi). [2] Corner Brook is the smallest city by population in the province, with 19,333 residents.
The base also precipitated an economic boom of sorts on Newfoundland's southwest coast during the 1940s. Corner Brook was the major population centre for the region, given its industrial base, harbour, and nearby recreational opportunities in the Humber Valley. With the investment of the USAAF in Stephenville, the St. George's Bay area began to ...
The RCAF 'Bombers' [6] and 'Fliers' played exhibition games at other Newfoundland hockey centres during World War II including Corner Brook [7] and Grand Falls. [ 8 ] Gander first joined the Newfoundland Amateur Hockey Association , and the race for the Herder Memorial Trophy , in 1947 as part of the Central Division with teams from Bishop's ...
After Newfoundland's Confederation with the Dominion of Canada was enacted in 1949, the first cross-province long-distance call was placed from St. John's to Port aux Basques in 1949. [1] Newfoundland was added to area code 902, which already covered the three Maritime provinces, and which remains in use throughout Nova Scotia and Prince Edward ...