Skip to main content
Digital Archive Ontario Homepage
In the information, Wilson said he was told Feb
In the information, Wilson said he was told Feb

In the information, Wilson said he was told Feb

Date11/26/1984
Names
(photographer)
Format
Notes
Original Toronto Star caption: In the information, Wilson said he was told Feb. 11 by RCMP in Coquitlam, B.C., they had information from an unnamed but reliable informant that Margaret would be sent a pound of marijuana by mail in eight separate packages.
Medium
Language
ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0059341F
Vernon Dollard, president and general manager of Toronto Better Business Bureau, says the bureau will dig up the facts on business promotions, but that anyone who asks it for advice or information will have to do some thinking for himself. Some people, he says, look for favorable answers and will ignore warnings nine times out of ten. Bureau staff is told to stick to facts and not make judgments.
Vernon Dollard, president and general manager of Toronto Better Business Bureau, says the bureau will dig up the facts on business promotions, but that anyone who asks it for advice or information will have to do some thinking for himself. Some people, he says, look for favorable answers and will ignore warnings nine times out of ten. Bureau staff is told to stick to facts and not make judgments.
8/23/1971
A heart specialist at the Hospital for Sick Children said he told another physician at the hospital the night before the death of Justin Cook that, if this baby dies we have a murderer in our midst. Dr. Robert Freedom, a senior staff cardiologist, said
A heart specialist at the Hospital for Sick Children said he told another physician at the hospital the night before the death of Justin Cook that, if this baby dies we have a murderer in our midst. Dr. Robert Freedom, a senior staff cardiologist, said
9/8/1983
Tortured. By Peter Rickwood Toronto Star. A 33-year-old Canadian Sikh say he got on help from the Canadian High Commission when police in India detained and tortured him as he was about to fly home. Dalbar Sidhu, a Kitchener auto worker, told a Toronto news conference yesterday he was held at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport for two days. He claims he was denied foor and seep, was threatened with revolver and had his fingernails pulled and hair tugged out of his beard and scalp. His wife Satwant, who was travelling with him, contacted the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi after his arrest said. [Incomplete]
Tortured. By Peter Rickwood Toronto Star. A 33-year-old Canadian Sikh say he got on help from the Canadian High Commission when police in India detained and tortured him as he was about to fly home. Dalbar Sidhu, a Kitchener auto worker, told a Toronto news conference yesterday he was held at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport for two days. He claims he was denied foor and seep, was threatened with revolver and had his fingernails pulled and hair tugged out of his beard and scalp. His wife Satwant, who was travelling with him, contacted the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi after his arrest said. [Incomplete]
1/29/1986
He'll be home for Christmas, to stay, if he can, said Toronto heart transplant patient Pietro Ongaro told his wife as he returned to hospital yesterda(...)
He'll be home for Christmas, to stay, if he can, said Toronto heart transplant patient Pietro Ongaro told his wife as he returned to hospital yesterda(...)
12/15/1968
Andre Rivera: Friend said he was told millionaire was held in a cabin at Bala. [Incomplete]
Andre Rivera: Friend said he was told millionaire was held in a cabin at Bala. [Incomplete]
2/19/1980
plan. told reporters later there is new about the fact a larger of specialists than general are outside OHIP. known since the beginning of he said. Th(...)
plan. told reporters later there is new about the fact a larger of specialists than general are outside OHIP. known since the beginning of he said. Th(...)
12/19/1979
At right Vancell Latchford, a 13-year-old handicapped boy who lives on Summerhill Gardens, told Dennison He could stop anything, Not quite, the mayor said
At right Vancell Latchford, a 13-year-old handicapped boy who lives on Summerhill Gardens, told Dennison He could stop anything, Not quite, the mayor said
7/18/1969
Business couldn't be better, said clerk Jessie Munro at the information Canada bookstore on Yonge St
Business couldn't be better, said clerk Jessie Munro at the information Canada bookstore on Yonge St
6/19/1971
The province needs new conflict of interest legislation to prevent senior civil servants from benefitting personally from inside public information after they leave government, Premier David Peterson said today
The province needs new conflict of interest legislation to prevent senior civil servants from benefitting personally from inside public information after they leave government, Premier David Peterson said today
3/2/1985
Walked out unharmed with Emergency Task Force police, Karleane Wilson, 13, later told her mother she was too afraid to move from a downstairs living r(...)
Walked out unharmed with Emergency Task Force police, Karleane Wilson, 13, later told her mother she was too afraid to move from a downstairs living r(...)
7/24/1977
J. T. MacLeod, a political science professor at the University of Toronto, told a Star Forum on hospital costs last night that hospital trustees act as a rubber stamp for the doctors. McLeod, former research director of Ontario Committee on the Healing Arts, said hospital trustees have very little power.
J. T. MacLeod, a political science professor at the University of Toronto, told a Star Forum on hospital costs last night that hospital trustees act as a rubber stamp for the doctors. McLeod, former research director of Ontario Committee on the Healing Arts, said hospital trustees have very little power.
4/10/1973
The devilish developers. Not all apartment developers are horned and tailed perils, East York Reeve True Davidson said last night. She told 125 member(...)
The devilish developers. Not all apartment developers are horned and tailed perils, East York Reeve True Davidson said last night. She told 125 member(...)
1/25/1966