Earl Barish (born 1943 in
Fort William, Ontario
Fort William was a city in Ontario, Canada, located on the Kaministiquia River, at its entrance to Lake Superior. It amalgamated with Port Arthur and the townships of Neebing and McIntyre to form the city of Thunder Bay in January 1970. Since th ...
) is a businessman from
Winnipeg
Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. , Winnipeg had a city population of 749,6 ...
,
Manitoba
Manitoba ( ) is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada at the Centre of Canada, longitudinal centre of the country. It is Canada's Population of Canada by province and territory, fifth-most populous province, with a population o ...
, Canada. His family developed the
Dickie Dee ice cream mobile brand.
He also owned the IBA (the
International Basketball Association
The International Basketball Association (IBA) was founded in 1995 by a group of businessmen led by Tom Anderson. The original owners of franchises in the league were George Daniel (Black Hills Posse-Rapid City, SD), John Korsmo, Al Gardner, and A ...
) team, the
Winnipeg Cyclone The Winnipeg Cyclone was a professional basketball club based in Winnipeg, Manitoba that competed in the International Basketball Association from 1995 to 2001. The Cyclone played its home games at the Winnipeg Convention Centre (dubbed the "Wind Tu ...
.
In March 2006, Barish was appointed President and CEO of 4328796 Manitoba Ltd. This
numbered company
A numbered company is a corporation given a generic name based on its sequentially assigned registration number. For instance, an entity incorporated under the Canada Business Corporations Act and assigned the corporation number 1234567 would be e ...
was the major shareholder in
Salisbury House, a chain of 22 (at the time of Barish's nomination) restaurants in the Winnipeg area. The chain was sold in December 2017 to a partnership that includes restaurateur Noel Bernier, the Metis Economic Development Fund (MEDF), David Filmon, and several senior managers of Salisbury House. In July 2019, it was announced that Barish had purchased Noel Bernier's shares in the Salisbury House chain back less than two years after selling it.
In June 2008, Barish was appointed the Chairman of the Board of
B'nai Brith Canada
B'nai Brith Canada ( ; BBC; from he, בני ברית, b'né brit, Children of the Covenant) is a Canadian Jewish service organization and advocacy group. It is the Canadian chapter of B'nai B'rith International.
Mission
The organization prese ...
.
Barish also served on the Executive Committee of
Maccabi Canada.
Maccabi website
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See also
*Alan Gould
Alan Gould (born 22 March 1949) is a contemporary Australian novelist, essayist and poet.
Life and career
Gould was born in London to an English father and an Icelandic mother. His family lived in Northern Ireland, Germany and Singapore before ...
, ''From Winnipeg to the World, How sweet it is!'', The story of Earl Barish, Dickie Dee, CAY and the IBA, 2000.
References
Canadian Jews
Businesspeople from Ontario
Businesspeople from Winnipeg
People from Thunder Bay
1944 births
Living people
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