Marc and Claire Lafrance have been operating Lafrance Furs together, but feel it s time to devote more days to their kids and grandchildren.(Supplied by Claire Lafrance)
He added that shutting down was one of the hardest decisions he had to make in his career. I d been in it all my life, he said. I started first when I was 14 years old, and I ve been there pretty well ever since, you know. But before something bad happens, health wise, I figured we re better to do it while we re we have all our senses.
Lafrance said one of his earliest memories in the family business was talking to his dad and uncles as a youngster about the kinds of fur they were dealing in.