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JULY-AUGUST 2023
REPORTER
Serving the lumber & building materials, hardware
and home improvement industry in Ontario
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COLUMNS DEPARTMENTS
4 Letter from the Vice Chair: "Prepare for Emergency, Preserve 9 Industry News
Your Data" 22 Index to Advertisers
by Barbara Schering 22 Obituary
6 Message from the President "Hiring Woes"
by Trevor Small FEATURES
8 Insurance Update "Managing Long-Term Disability Benefits:
Start With Policy" 16 Housing Market Crisis in Ontario
by HUB International Ltd 19 Beverley Edey Memorial Bursary 2023
20 Taiga Celebrates 50 th Anniversary
21 LBMAO Eastern Golf Report
THE LUMBER AND BUILDING MATERIALS ASSOCIATION OF ONTARIO
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE STAFF Return undeliverable Canadian- PRINTING
addressed mail to:
CHAIR PRESIDENT/EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Mini Giants
Rebecca Gravelle, Renfrew Trevor Small The Lumber and Building Canada Post Canadian
Materials Association of Ontario
VICE CHAIR DESIGN & COMPOSITION/MARKETING 120 Traders Blvd E, Unit 112 Publication Mail Sales Product
Barbara Schering, North Bay Carolyn Buffa Agreement PM#40970027
Mississauga, ON L4Z 2H7
IMMEDIATE PAST-CHAIR ASSISTANT EDITOR/ACCOUNTING Tel: 905.625.1084
Ken Forbes, Severn ADMINISTRATOR/AD SALES Fax: 905.625.3006
Joanne Moquin TF: 888.365.2626 /LBMAO
SUPPLIER DIRECTOR E-mail:
Lynn Edey, Meaford ACCOUNTANT tsmall@lbmao.on.ca
Nick Tsimidis
RETAILER DIRECTOR Web: www.lbmao.on.ca
Harvey de Leeuw, Kincardine /LBMAO
PROUD MEMBER OF THE BMCC
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