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In the forefront of word-processing technology, Stephen Dorsey's Micom Data Systems Ltd. has landed a contract for the U.S. space program. The tiny Montreal-based company, with sales last year of under $2 million competes on world markets against such heavyweights as IBM and Xerox.
In the forefront of word-processing technology, Stephen Dorsey's Micom Data Systems Ltd. has landed a contract for the U.S. space program. The tiny Montreal-based company, with sales last year of under $2 million competes on world markets against such heavyweights as IBM and Xerox.

In the forefront of word-processing technology, Stephen Dorsey's Micom Data Systems Ltd. has landed a contract for the U.S. space program. The tiny Montreal-based company, with sales last year of under $2 million competes on world markets against such heavyweights as IBM and Xerox.

Date10/5/1977
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Soft universities: Ike Blonder, head of Blonder-Tongue Laboratories of the U.S., believes Canadian and American educational systems must become much more demanding before the two countries can really compete with the excellently prepared and ambitious Japanese and Europeans.
Soft universities: Ike Blonder, head of Blonder-Tongue Laboratories of the U.S., believes Canadian and American educational systems must become much more demanding before the two countries can really compete with the excellently prepared and ambitious Japanese and Europeans.
6/10/1981
Adding it up: To compare U.S. and Canadian systems, says analyst Leon Muszynski, you have to factor in higher U.S. costs for medical care
Adding it up: To compare U.S. and Canadian systems, says analyst Leon Muszynski, you have to factor in higher U.S. costs for medical care
9/2/1987
People will never be replaced by computers or data systems, but their jobs can be simplified, according to Joel Slan talking to the staff which runs h(...)
People will never be replaced by computers or data systems, but their jobs can be simplified, according to Joel Slan talking to the staff which runs h(...)
2/3/1970
Pair of heavyweights: Hockey great Frank Mahovlich, left, and longtime heavyweight boxing contender George Chuvalo put up their dukes before last night's induction ceremonies at the Canadian Sports of Fame
Pair of heavyweights: Hockey great Frank Mahovlich, left, and longtime heavyweight boxing contender George Chuvalo put up their dukes before last night's induction ceremonies at the Canadian Sports of Fame
10/11/1990
One of the littlest heavyweights in the big league of showbiz is how Star staff writer Jack Miller describes Helen Reddy in review of her concert at t(...)
One of the littlest heavyweights in the big league of showbiz is how Star staff writer Jack Miller describes Helen Reddy in review of her concert at t(...)
8/22/1974
Heavyweights
Heavyweights
6/3/1986
Political heavyweights: Employment Minister Barbara McDougall (inset, left) is battling Liberal Senate leader Allar MacEachen over unemployment insurance reform
Political heavyweights: Employment Minister Barbara McDougall (inset, left) is battling Liberal Senate leader Allar MacEachen over unemployment insurance reform
2/22/1989
Lynn Dudley, holding control valve which is the heart of swimming pool solar heating system manufactured by Raypak Thermonics (Canada) Ltd., says solar heating may be closer than we think. Dudley, president of Rexdale-based Raypak, says solar assisted home heating systems already may be within the grasp of the average houseowner who wants to save on the fuel bills.
Lynn Dudley, holding control valve which is the heart of swimming pool solar heating system manufactured by Raypak Thermonics (Canada) Ltd., says solar heating may be closer than we think. Dudley, president of Rexdale-based Raypak, says solar assisted home heating systems already may be within the grasp of the average houseowner who wants to save on the fuel bills.
6/8/1977
Space-bound. Tom Young (right) of Spar Aerospace explains workings of Canarm, $100-million Canadian-built remote manipulator system to go into U.S. sp(...)
Space-bound. Tom Young (right) of Spar Aerospace explains workings of Canarm, $100-million Canadian-built remote manipulator system to go into U.S. sp(...)
2/11/1981
William R. Lilliott, chairman of U.S.-owned Merrill Lynch, Royal Securities Ltd. of Toronto, is scheduled to become the new chairman of the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) board of governors. The Georgia-born former U.S. submarine officer was the first representative of a foreign-owned brokerage firm to be elected to the exchange board. He's optimistic that markets will begin to rise.
William R. Lilliott, chairman of U.S.-owned Merrill Lynch, Royal Securities Ltd. of Toronto, is scheduled to become the new chairman of the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) board of governors. The Georgia-born former U.S. submarine officer was the first representative of a foreign-owned brokerage firm to be elected to the exchange board. He's optimistic that markets will begin to rise.
5/19/1977
Portables fill playground: From the roof of St. Roch Separate School on Duncanwoods Dr. in North York, Metro Separate School Board Chairman Bruno Suppa can see pupils play among 20 portable classrooms that occupy most of the playground. Yet a few streets away, Whitfield Public School is more than half empty. The province is trying to make the public and separate systems co-operate in using available space.
Portables fill playground: From the roof of St. Roch Separate School on Duncanwoods Dr. in North York, Metro Separate School Board Chairman Bruno Suppa can see pupils play among 20 portable classrooms that occupy most of the playground. Yet a few streets away, Whitfield Public School is more than half empty. The province is trying to make the public and separate systems co-operate in using available space.
2/15/1980
Niche success: Andy Plebalgs creates software for large comapanies to manage personnel data and his wife Cheryl Jack markets it
Niche success: Andy Plebalgs creates software for large comapanies to manage personnel data and his wife Cheryl Jack markets it
2/1/1992