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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 ...
Dominion's leadership was not resolved until 1939, when J. William Horsey became president. [3] He in turn sold Dominion Stores to Argus Corporation. Smaller stores were consolidated from 574 to 195 by 1954. [2] In the 1950s, Dominion began to build large stores with airy ceilings and large glass fronts. [4]
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. A location in the Avalon Mall in St. John's also opened when the mall opened in ...
The Stavanger Drive Shopping Area (also known as Cabot Square Power Centre) is a commercial district in the northeastern part of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador It is located at the intersection of Torbay Road and Stavanger Drive , just north of Route 1 ( Trans-Canada Highway or Outer Ring Road).
St. John's served as the capital city of the Colony of Newfoundland and the Dominion of Newfoundland before Newfoundland became Canada's tenth province in 1949. [167] The city now serves as the capital of Newfoundland and Labrador ; therefore, the provincial legislature is in the city. [ 168 ]
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Newfoundland and Labrador 1924 Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro: Electricity generation & distribution Eastern Canada and North-eastern United States: 1954 Newfoundland and Labrador Liquor Corporation: Retail Newfoundland and Labrador 1954 North Atlantic Refining: Petroleum refining and marketing Canada 1994 Pope Productions: Production: Canada 1998