It was just time, says Mountain Cable's Boris

HAMILTON – After half a century in cable, Owen Boris decided this year, at the age of 77, it was finally time to retire.In July of 1959, Boris launched Mountain Cable in a brand new Hamilton subdivision where aerial utilities (phone and power) weren’t allowed, meaning his system was one of the first, if not the first, to go underground.Just prior to the launch of the cable company, Boris had been a member of the engineering team who helped create the famous, and infamous, Avro Arrow jet. When that project was killed, Boris needed something to do. He had a...