[2] He branched out into long-term care, by opening his first nursing home in Sydney, Nova Scotia.

The newly combined company built nine nursing homes across the country and controlled the Park Plaza Hotel, in downtown Toronto.

[7] From an early age he was involved with New Waterford's volunteer fire department, and ran blood donation drives.

[8] Headquartered in Sydney, it has provided humanitarian mine deactivation services in Bosnia, Mozambique, Kosovo and Jordan.

[2] Until his death on Yom Kippur, Saturday, September 18, 2010, he was active in both business and philanthropic endeavours, living in Sydney, with his wife of 52 years, Diana Schwartz (née Usher).