THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck, Seven new cases of COVID-19 in The Pas announced Oct. 27, Have the Thompson Citizen delivered to your Inbox every week! David Braley died at his home in Burlington, Ont. There are some great owners right now in the CFL. 1995  {  Aluminum Die Cast facilities expanded at 411 Parkdale Avenue North.
1997  {  Machining facilities expanded at 411 Parkdale Avenue North.

He received the Order of Canada in 2019 for his contributions to the CFL, and for his entrepreneurial and philanthropic leadership in his community. “David was a very, very strategic guy and decided to expand into the automotive field when automotive was going absolutely crazy,” said Ron Foxcroft, a prominent businessman in the trucking business and a longtime friend of Braley. 2010  {  Aluminum Die Cast facilities expanded at Teal Avenue. Orlick Industries has also provided jobs for hundreds of workers in the Hamilton area. The owner and chairman of the B.C. “He clearly has been — and is — a Canadian icon," LeLacheur said. Braley entered the CFL in 1989 as the owner of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Between his health and his age.

He then purchased William Orlick Industries (now known as Orlick Industries) in 1969, and over the next several years transformed it from a small business into one of the leading manufactures of aluminum die-cast auto parts.

"Most of all, though, he championed an idea with passion and purpose: that the Grey Cup, the CFL and Canadian football play an incredibly important role in Canadian life and culture, and they deserve to be supported and cherished.".
Braley was also a philanthropist and contributed $5 million to the athletic centre at McMaster.

There are 5 companies in the Orlick Industries Limited corporate family. Also owner of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats from 1989 to 1990 and the Toronto Argonauts from 2010 to 2015, Braley served as interim commissioner of the CFL and chair of its board of governors. The businessman is survived by his wife, three sons, stepson and stepdaughter. Braley returned to football ownership in 1997 when he bought the Lions. He remained the company’s owner and … He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 2012 and the athletic centre at McMaster bears his name. In 1979 Braley formed a tool-and-die division and subsequently expanded the business in 1985, with an aluminum die casting division.

", "He also championed the CFL itself, as a member of its board of governors, its chair and as an interim commissioner," Ambrosie said.

He also owned soccer's Vancouver 86ers and later the A-League's Vancouver Whitecaps, until 2000.

Braley was born in Montreal but raised in Hamilton. You can, Driver dies of injuries suffered when cement truck rolls in Snow Lake, Two handguns and 1.6 kilos of cocaine seized during searches in Thompson, Northern Manitoba passes 100-case threshold with 10 new cases of COVID-19 announced Oct. 26, Impaired driver hits parked car and injures occupant, Canadian businesses overconfident about data security: survey, Kids Help Phone offering counsellor program to Thompson students with help from Vale, Proposed zoning bylaw change would specify cannabis stores as permitted uses in two commercial zones, Asked again about firefighter/paramedic program in Thompson, UCN still says it can’t lead delivery. He loved the club so fiercely that it appeared difficult for him to think about selling it in recent years, even as his health failed, LeLacheur said. His legacy will go on for years and years.". A Hamilton businessman who owned three CFL franchises is being remembered as a Canadian icon. Some people got the wrong impression of Braley, said Lions' president Rick LeLacheur.

The Lions' president said he has spoken with some potential owners recently, but uncertainty around the 2021 CFL season has complicated the issue. Orlick Industries Limited has 750 total employees across all of its locations and generates $305.38 million in sales (USD). He also owned two professional soccer teams. In 1969, Braley acquired a machine company named William Orlick Limited, founded by Bill Orlick in 1947 in the west end of Hamilton, Braley renamed it Orlick Industries and began expanding the business. He also bought William Orlick Limited (now Orlick Industries Ltd) — an auto parts manufacturer in Stoney Creek, Ont. 1985  {  Aluminum Die Casting Division started at 441 Seaman Street.

Braley, a native of Montreal, had been well-known as a sportsman, owning several Canadian Football League teams.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 26, 2020. He loved the club so fiercely that it appeared difficult for him to think about selling it in recent years, even as his health failed, LeLacheur said. He levered the profits to get into the real estate business and acquired land greater than the size of most cities.”. Some people got the wrong impression of Braley, said Lions' president Rick LeLacheur. "He really did.”, CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie said in a statement that the former owner will "forever be remembered as a CFL legend."

David Braley, the owner of the B.C. on Monday morning.

“This little machine shop continued machine shop work and when it got connected with Honda it basically exploded its business. He was a member of the board overseeing preparations for the Games but was forced to resign upon being appointed to the Senate in May 2010 by then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper. He loved the club so fiercely … Braley was also a philanthropist and contributed $5 million to the athletic centre at McMaster.