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Intro: Chute-Hemmings hydroelectric development, © Hydro-Quebec Archives
1968-1980: Launch of Canada Steamship Lines' ship the Jean Parisien in 1977
1925-1950: MP-1988.59.59 – Photograph: Unemployed men playing ring toss game, Montreal, QC, about 1935, © McCord Museum
1925-1950: MP-0000.72.8 - Photograph: Victoria Rifles group at "Stores", Lachine Canal, Montreal, QC, 1939, © McCord Museum
1950-1967: View-17250 – Photograph: Interior of power station, Shawinigan Water and Power Co., Shawinigan, QC, 1917, © McCord Museum
1925-1950: Reference No.: PA-042992
1951-1967: Reference No.: Amicus 87144
1968-1980: Investors Group offices in Winnipeg
1990-2000: Great-West Life’s first foray into the United States
1951-1967: Maurice Strong
1925-1950: “Group of Power companies will be co-ordinated”; 1968-1980: “Power buys more Investors”; 1981-1989: “Power Financial and partner win control of Pargesa Holding”; “BCE offers $875M for Montreal Trustco”; “Power Corp. regroups for new thrusts”; 1990-2000: “Power’s Desmarais takes over at Pargesa”; “Power Financial and partner win control of Pargesa Holding”; “Taking Europe by strategy”.
1968-1980: “Power Corp. acquires Investors Group”; “Great West directors back offer”; “Power Corp. plans takeover”; “Power Corp. to accept all shares as Argus takeover attempt fails”; “Stock exchange take-over bid – The Investors Group”; “Paul Desmarais buys more Power”; “Analysts touts Power Corp.”; 1981-1989: “BCE to buy Montreal Trustco”; 1990-2000: “Powerful Paul leaves golden legacy”; 2001-present: “Sit tight, Canadians told”; “Crisis – By letting Lehman Brothers, U.S. will recover fast, analyst says”; “The Reckoning”; “Dominoes set to fall”; “Collateral damage north of 49th”; “Bank of America to buy Merrill”; “Confidence crunch hurts big firms”.
1951-1967: “B.C. Government Acts to Control Electric Power”.
1968-1980: “Imperial Buys Stake in Investors Group. Deal by Desmarais Interests” (Montreal Star, Oct. 19, 1965).
1925-1950: “Power Corporation”; 1968-1980: “L’Impériale acquiert un bloc d’actions d’Investors”; “Le Montreal Trust voit un avantage dans l’acquisition de la société Investors Trust”; “Power Corp. a accru ses parts dans Investors”; “Offre surprise de Power en vue d’acquérir Argus”; “Power tient 49.8% des actions d’Argus”; “Paul Desmarais augmente à 63 p.c. ses intérêts dans Power”; 1981-1989: “Montréal Trust : gain de $ 250 millions pour Power”; “La Financière Power accroît sa participation dans Pargesa”; “Power : le géant se réveille”; “Power gagne $44 millions dans une transaction de $680 millions”; “La vente de Consol à Stone”; 2001-present: “Percée américaine – Great-West, filiale de Power achète les fonds Putnam”; “11 milliards d’acquisitions en 10 ans”; “Une recherche qui a duré trois ans”; “Une bonne transaction… si tout va bien”; “Débâcle à Wall Street, la planète écope”; “La crise à son paroxysme à New York”; “Des jobs qui partent en fumée”; “Les Bourses plongent”; “Greenspan – Une crise historique”; “P.K. Subban – Personnalité de l’année 2015”; “Great-West devient le leader de l’assurance-vie en Irlande”.
1951-1967: “La nationalisation : $604 millions – L’Hydro Québec doit débourser comptant $303 millions”; 1981-1989: “L’expansion vigoureuse des services financiers devrait se poursuivre en 1986”; 1990-2000: “Paul Desmarais prend la tête de Pargesa”.
2000-present: “Great-West buys Putnam”; “Mega-purchase for Great-West”.
1981-1989: “Restructuration de Power Corp.” (Le Droit, édition du 12 avril 1984).
1981-1989: “BCE buying Montreal Trustco in deal worth up to $875 million”; “Trust firm expected to benefit the most from BCE buyout”.
2001-present : "Great-West Financial rebrands retirement business after acquisitions".
