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The Garys. Promoters. Ten years along, Gary Cormier and Gary Topp (in photo at right) - a/k/a The Garys - are still flinty pioneers in the high-mortality field of concert promotion. Legendary for their early shows with The Police, including a gig at the Horseshoe Tavern that has swelled to near-mythic status, Cormier and Topp still take chances on great unknowns while hoisting the banner for enduring punks such as Iggy Pop and The Ramones. [Incomplete]
The Garys. Promoters. Ten years along, Gary Cormier and Gary Topp (in photo at right) - a/k/a The Garys - are still flinty pioneers in the high-mortality field of concert promotion. Legendary for their early shows with The Police, including a gig at the Horseshoe Tavern that has swelled to near-mythic status, Cormier and Topp still take chances on great unknowns while hoisting the banner for enduring punks such as Iggy Pop and The Ramones. [Incomplete]

The Garys. Promoters. Ten years along, Gary Cormier and Gary Topp (in photo at right) - a/k/a The Garys - are still flinty pioneers in the high-mortality field of concert promotion. Legendary for their early shows with The Police, including a gig at the Horseshoe Tavern that has swelled to near-mythic status, Cormier and Topp still take chances on great unknowns while hoisting the banner for enduring punks such as Iggy Pop and The Ramones. [Incomplete]

Date9/22/1988
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0126182F
Gary's vital stats. Name: Gary Dolson. Hometown: Toronto. Age: 25. Height: 5 ft.11. Weight: 160 lbs. Position: Plays centre, shoots right. Experience:(...)
Gary's vital stats. Name: Gary Dolson. Hometown: Toronto. Age: 25. Height: 5 ft.11. Weight: 160 lbs. Position: Plays centre, shoots right. Experience:(...)
9/24/1980
Gary's home after 8-storey fall
Gary's home after 8-storey fall
4/13/1971
Running a railroad, even if it's government-owned, means behaving like a business. Jean Cormier, vice-president of public relations for Canadian National, says many people don't understand that. Cormier said that because of its government association, many people view the railway as inefficient, bureaucratic, wasteful. CN is out to change that, although it has many problems because it still is an Ottawa-operated and deficit-plagued entity.
Running a railroad, even if it's government-owned, means behaving like a business. Jean Cormier, vice-president of public relations for Canadian National, says many people don't understand that. Cormier said that because of its government association, many people view the railway as inefficient, bureaucratic, wasteful. CN is out to change that, although it has many problems because it still is an Ottawa-operated and deficit-plagued entity.
8/17/1976
Joey Ramone, the Ramones lead singer: Updated Chuck Berry, but much nastler
Joey Ramone, the Ramones lead singer: Updated Chuck Berry, but much nastler
6/12/1983
One bad round has kept spoiling Gary Pitchford's chances of winning a tournament
One bad round has kept spoiling Gary Pitchford's chances of winning a tournament
7/8/1970
A fine newsboy: Star carrier Alan Macdonald of Etobicoke won warm congratuations from Gary Lautens, executive managing editor, for phoning The Star immediately when he saw a man going over Horseshoe Falls in Niagara last Sept
A fine newsboy: Star carrier Alan Macdonald of Etobicoke won warm congratuations from Gary Lautens, executive managing editor, for phoning The Star immediately when he saw a man going over Horseshoe Falls in Niagara last Sept
10/27/1982
Friend indeed: Gary Wilcox, 34, and stroke patient Noel Keenan, 54, still meet regularly, though Keenan has moved to Riverdale Hospital
Friend indeed: Gary Wilcox, 34, and stroke patient Noel Keenan, 54, still meet regularly, though Keenan has moved to Riverdale Hospital
10/20/1989
Still playing Hermie, as he did in Summer of '42, Gary Grimes is in Toronto making Class of '44
Still playing Hermie, as he did in Summer of '42, Gary Grimes is in Toronto making Class of '44
7/7/1972
David Craven's huge canvases shot him to a position of eminence among Canadian artists, says art critic Gary Michael Dault. He still makes lavish use (...)
David Craven's huge canvases shot him to a position of eminence among Canadian artists, says art critic Gary Michael Dault. He still makes lavish use (...)
12/14/1977
Kidney specialist Dr. Paul Tam vowed to bring a $1 million kidney dialysis unit to Scarborough after Gary Belz died of a heart attack due to kidney failure more than two years ago. Tam said if Belz, then 37, hadn't had to wait a month for dialysis treatment at a downtown hospital, he would still be alive today. And Tam said the dozens of patients who travel downtown for dialysis would have a much, much better quality of life if a unit were Scaborough. But after [Incomplete]
Kidney specialist Dr. Paul Tam vowed to bring a $1 million kidney dialysis unit to Scarborough after Gary Belz died of a heart attack due to kidney failure more than two years ago. Tam said if Belz, then 37, hadn't had to wait a month for dialysis treatment at a downtown hospital, he would still be alive today. And Tam said the dozens of patients who travel downtown for dialysis would have a much, much better quality of life if a unit were Scaborough. But after [Incomplete]
11/24/1986
John Gellner, Rev.C. Cormier, C. D. Milani. At biculturalism commission hearing
John Gellner, Rev.C. Cormier, C. D. Milani. At biculturalism commission hearing
4/1/1965
Fireman Duke Mitchell helps window-washers Ron Lyons and Bruce Cormier, both 25, climb to an aerial ladder after they were trapped today on their plat(...)
Fireman Duke Mitchell helps window-washers Ron Lyons and Bruce Cormier, both 25, climb to an aerial ladder after they were trapped today on their plat(...)
8/7/1985