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Mr. Joseph R. Laben

  • Deceased

    • Reserve Mines, Nova Scotia, Canada

    Order of Canada

    • Member of the Order of Canada

      Awarded on: 1984-12-17
      Invested on: 1985-04-10
      A former coal miner who became a nationally-known authority on the subject of Co-op housing after leading a group which, against great odds, built the first such housing project in Nova Scotia.