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Awarded license to operate Vancouver AM radio station CJOR.
Acquired Neon Products and Seaboard Outdoor Advertising.
Acquired Overwaitea Foods.
Acquired Provincial News.
Acquired Mountain City News.
Started Group Opportunities (GO) Program.
Acquired Claude Neon.
Started Jim Pattison Real Estate Group; Opened Jim Pattison Toyota dealerships in BC’s Lower Mainland.
Acquired Hook Outdoor Advertising.
Acquired Gould Outdoor Advertising; Launched Save-On-Foods.
Acquired Canadian Fishing Company.
Acquired Ripley International Limited.
Awarded license to operate Vancouver FM radio station CJJR; Acquired radio and TV stations in Kamloops, BC.
Acquired Metro Toyota dealerships in Victoria and Duncan, BC.
Acquired periodical distribution companies in Anchorage, AK and Atlanta, GA.
Acquired packaging companies, including Genpak, Coroplast and Montebello; Awarded Lexus franchise in Victoria, BC.
Started Financial Services division – Great Pacific Capital Corp.
Assumed management control over Westar Group Ltd., including Westshore Terminals’ bulk loading facility, Roberts Bank, BC.
Acquired periodical distribution business in Charlotte, NC.
Acquired Buy-Low Foods; periodical distribution business in Jacksonville, FL.
Acquired various periodical distribution companies in the US and Canada, rebranded as The News Group.
Started Select Media Services; Opened Ripley’s Aquarium, Myrtle Beach, SC.
Acquired Enseignes Imperial Signs, Edmundston, NB; Formed The News Group, L.P.
Acquired Cooper’s Foods; and assets of B.C. Packers Ltd. in BC and Alaska.
Opened Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies, Gatlinburg, TN; Formed magazine Information network.
Acquired Monarch Broadcasting, Bulkley Valley Wholesale and Van-Whole Produce; Launched PriceSmart Foods.
Started ProLogix Distribution Services, AccuLogix Distribution Services; Acquired Ever Corp’s aluminum tube business.
Acquired Nesters Market, Keller Foods and US Foam Packaging Business of Lin Pac, Inc.
Acquired Classic Attractions, Sightseeing Trains, auto leasing & periodical distribution companies.
Acquired seafood, auto & corrugated plastic sheet businesses; Formed ProLogix & News Group in US.
Acquired Carthage Cup, Creative Outdoor Ads, 8 FM stations, A&W Fixtures & started Great Pacific Bank Ltd.
Canfisco & Ocean Fisheries Ltd. form alliance; Acquired Toyota dealership, West Lease, Hino Trucks & outdoor ad companies.
Acquired Guinness World Records, out-of-home ad companies, aluminum tube business, & radio station.
Expanded The News Group into WV, AL, KY, NE, CO and AZ following demise of Anderson News; formed Islander New Group joint venture in Hawaii.
Ripley's acquired attractions & Guiness World Records acquired Bragster.com.
Acquired remaining 60% of Media Logix, Stenak Corporation & assets of Spanish Periodicals.
Acquired the assets of Baywatch Seafoods, Dover Cup, Yakama Juice & Leader Creek Fisheries.
