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Peter Cooke: Mayor's assistant has resigned from his $42,000-a-year job
Peter Cooke: Mayor's assistant has resigned from his $42,000-a-year job

Peter Cooke: Mayor's assistant has resigned from his $42,000-a-year job

Date9/17/1981
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Peter Cooke, selected as Toronto Mayor Art Eggleton's new chief of staff from among dozens of applicants, is beginning to sweep away the chaos that built up in the mayor's office since he moved in Dec. 1.
Peter Cooke, selected as Toronto Mayor Art Eggleton's new chief of staff from among dozens of applicants, is beginning to sweep away the chaos that built up in the mayor's office since he moved in Dec. 1.
2/19/1981
New home for Hedgehog: Kim Dormaar, assistant director of new Metro zoo, holds a hedgehog from Asia, one of 5,000 animals, birds, reptiles and fish which will live in the 700-acre zoo. In order to raise funds for the new zoo, Metro's six mayors and thousands of zoo supporters are today walking 15 miles in hopes of raising $500,000 towards $6 million zoo fund objective. The zoo, being built in northeastern corner of Scarborough, will open next summer.
New home for Hedgehog: Kim Dormaar, assistant director of new Metro zoo, holds a hedgehog from Asia, one of 5,000 animals, birds, reptiles and fish which will live in the 700-acre zoo. In order to raise funds for the new zoo, Metro's six mayors and thousands of zoo supporters are today walking 15 miles in hopes of raising $500,000 towards $6 million zoo fund objective. The zoo, being built in northeastern corner of Scarborough, will open next summer.
5/31/1973
Peter Clutterbuck, assistant program director with the mental health association, who has travelled across Canada collecting research for the study in the past year, points out that reconstructing historical employment patterns also will allow working
Peter Clutterbuck, assistant program director with the mental health association, who has travelled across Canada collecting research for the study in the past year, points out that reconstructing historical employment patterns also will allow working
9/22/1984
North York - A former member of the Toronto Mayor's Committee on Community and Race Relations has been named executive director of a similar committee in North York
North York - A former member of the Toronto Mayor's Committee on Community and Race Relations has been named executive director of a similar committee in North York
3/15/1983
Stephen Best: Board member resigned to take a Humane Society job at $45,000 a year.
Stephen Best: Board member resigned to take a Humane Society job at $45,000 a year.
8/17/1986
New mayor for Uxbridge. The four-way race for the mayor's chair in Uxbridge was won last night by pharmacist Gord Davie, 40, in his first try for political office. Watching the election returns in his living-room he is flanked by campaign workers Bev Fellows (left) and Mary Lettau. Although he didn't campaign specifically on the issue. Davie was regarded by many citizens as an anti-penitentiary candidate. Major issue was proposed to build a $13 million prison reception centre in the township.
New mayor for Uxbridge. The four-way race for the mayor's chair in Uxbridge was won last night by pharmacist Gord Davie, 40, in his first try for political office. Watching the election returns in his living-room he is flanked by campaign workers Bev Fellows (left) and Mary Lettau. Although he didn't campaign specifically on the issue. Davie was regarded by many citizens as an anti-penitentiary candidate. Major issue was proposed to build a $13 million prison reception centre in the township.
12/6/1976
Printing passes the time and makes life interesting for George Brown who is 68 and has been retired for four years from his job as a postal worker. This is his first attempt at creating a finished painting after taking instruction as the Second Mile Club, a 120-year-old mansion is downtown Toronto that is crowded with old people every night of the week.
Printing passes the time and makes life interesting for George Brown who is 68 and has been retired for four years from his job as a postal worker. This is his first attempt at creating a finished painting after taking instruction as the Second Mile Club, a 120-year-old mansion is downtown Toronto that is crowded with old people every night of the week.
2/12/1969
Solid handlwork: Art Cooke spent the summer of '45 chiseling mortar off old bricks to build the home he and his wife still live in on Burnett Ave. Today, a high-rise looms near the site he bought for $350. Above, Cooke admires the sturdy bricks he bought for $352 and hauled in a rented truck from the Swift meatpacking plant.
Solid handlwork: Art Cooke spent the summer of '45 chiseling mortar off old bricks to build the home he and his wife still live in on Burnett Ave. Today, a high-rise looms near the site he bought for $350. Above, Cooke admires the sturdy bricks he bought for $352 and hauled in a rented truck from the Swift meatpacking plant.
10/7/1982
Stat wish. When Paul Easterbrook, 14, of Brantford, told us he wanted to be an archeologist, he didn't know what he was getting into. David L. Newlands, an archeologist at the Royal Ontario Museum, has Paul working as his assistant for three days, alanyzing material excavated from Old Fort York.
Stat wish. When Paul Easterbrook, 14, of Brantford, told us he wanted to be an archeologist, he didn't know what he was getting into. David L. Newlands, an archeologist at the Royal Ontario Museum, has Paul working as his assistant for three days, alanyzing material excavated from Old Fort York.
8/20/1978
Close to the chest: Veterinarian Myron Mills has embryos in tiny vials taped to his body by assistant Jim Vander Meer
Close to the chest: Veterinarian Myron Mills has embryos in tiny vials taped to his body by assistant Jim Vander Meer
5/8/1980
Hollcopter flight instructor Peter Crry pilots a Robinson R22 overr the Toronto waterfront. Curry, who has logged a lengthey 10,000 flying homourse in his career, has been beachig at toronto Island Airport of about years. Total cost to earna private helicopter licence is about $15,000 triple the cost in other aircraft.
Hollcopter flight instructor Peter Crry pilots a Robinson R22 overr the Toronto waterfront. Curry, who has logged a lengthey 10,000 flying homourse in his career, has been beachig at toronto Island Airport of about years. Total cost to earna private helicopter licence is about $15,000 triple the cost in other aircraft.
8/21/1990
Peter Steiner, the 14-year-old boy injured on a crosswalk by a car that killed the crossing guard, has visitors in his room East General Hospitals: John Thauberger, 14, a fellow pupil at St
Peter Steiner, the 14-year-old boy injured on a crosswalk by a car that killed the crossing guard, has visitors in his room East General Hospitals: John Thauberger, 14, a fellow pupil at St
3/8/1973