Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Pagurian Press Ltd.
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Description area
Dates of existence
1975-
History
Pagurian began as Interpublishing Limited and Pagurian Press Ltd., which was founded by Philip Christopher Ondaatje. It was incorporated in Ontario in 1975 and changed its name to The Pagurian Corporation Limited in 1977. Ondaatje sold it to Hees International in 1988 and became vice-chairman of Hees. Pagurian was controlled by Hees Bancorp's Jack Cockwell and the senior Edper ( Edper Investments Ltd. was the primary holding company and investment vehicle for brothers Edward Bronfman and Peter Bronfman) In 1997, what began as a subsidiary of a subsidiary of Edper's, took over Edper and adopted its former corporate grandparent's name; Pagurian was renamed The Edper Group Ltd.