It was sad to hear that Herb Doman passed away this week. I used to work for Western Forest Products, a company owned by Doman Industries, back in the mid 90's. Western had interests in pulp and lumber. Some time after I left the company ran into problems with too much debt, and eventually went bankrupt before re-emerging with a new share structure. That must have been tough to take for a business owner. Herb Doman started out as a truck driver in forestry and slowly built his company over time, acquiring mills and tenures. He came to Canada as a young boy with his family, actually by mistake from what I was told. His family thought the boat was going to a different destination. With all the consolidation and turmoil in the forest industry these days, there won't be many more stories like Herb Doman's in the future.
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=3d020ac3-fa74-46ca-bc09-2b99b6e19b81&k=33269
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