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Unwelcome surprise: Reader Arthur Forer holds jug of milk with the word gas marked on it
Unwelcome surprise: Reader Arthur Forer holds jug of milk with the word gas marked on it

Unwelcome surprise: Reader Arthur Forer holds jug of milk with the word gas marked on it

Date2/9/1981
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0127386F
It's a gas: Michael Sefton holds the stain-length passive dosimeter he invented with Carmen Lombardi
It's a gas: Michael Sefton holds the stain-length passive dosimeter he invented with Carmen Lombardi
1/1/1981
Specialty product: Madonia holds litre of Lacteeze, a milk product for people who can't drink milk because they are sensitive to the sugar lactose.
Specialty product: Madonia holds litre of Lacteeze, a milk product for people who can't drink milk because they are sensitive to the sugar lactose.
3/6/1985
Energy war: Bob Thompson is the new chairman of the Canadian Gas Association and the gas industry's general in a war with electric utilities over the consumer's heating dollar
Energy war: Bob Thompson is the new chairman of the Canadian Gas Association and the gas industry's general in a war with electric utilities over the consumer's heating dollar
5/24/1984
Gassing it up: Jack Halpert, left, a gas station owner who is defying Ottawa by selling gas by the gallon, puts a headlock on Ken Long, sporting a Pierre Trudeau mask
Gassing it up: Jack Halpert, left, a gas station owner who is defying Ottawa by selling gas by the gallon, puts a headlock on Ken Long, sporting a Pierre Trudeau mask
11/1/1982
Disgruntled: Reader John Needham holds copy of ad and tickets to John Denver councert, all of which listed the price as $10 a head
Disgruntled: Reader John Needham holds copy of ad and tickets to John Denver councert, all of which listed the price as $10 a head
2/26/1981
Close call: Arthur Pike, a former paper boy who turns 90 today, holds a copy of the Toronto Daily Star issue that reported his near-fatal accident in 1913
Close call: Arthur Pike, a former paper boy who turns 90 today, holds a copy of the Toronto Daily Star issue that reported his near-fatal accident in 1913
8/3/1992
Putting people first: The gas company, plagued with a poor image, has launched an ambitious program to improve both customer and employee relations, says president Bob Martin
Putting people first: The gas company, plagued with a poor image, has launched an ambitious program to improve both customer and employee relations, says president Bob Martin
7/30/1985
W. H. Thornburn, chairman of the Toronto Stock Exchange board of governors, sees a small revival of confidence by Canadian investors, but much less than I had expected by this time. He forecasts continued sluggishness in trading until corporate earnings improve. Thornburn thinks there could be new speculation in oil and gas stocks when results of winter drilling become available. Cost-cutting and other controls have prepared brokers for any new storms, he says.
W. H. Thornburn, chairman of the Toronto Stock Exchange board of governors, sees a small revival of confidence by Canadian investors, but much less than I had expected by this time. He forecasts continued sluggishness in trading until corporate earnings improve. Thornburn thinks there could be new speculation in oil and gas stocks when results of winter drilling become available. Cost-cutting and other controls have prepared brokers for any new storms, he says.
12/31/1970
Demonstrator Michael Field was in complete control of the situation as he opened the annual 'Art of Cooking' series in the Blue Flame Room of the Consumers' Gas Co. last night before a packed audience. Without a trace of effort he made a Terrine de Maison
Demonstrator Michael Field was in complete control of the situation as he opened the annual 'Art of Cooking' series in the Blue Flame Room of the Consumers' Gas Co. last night before a packed audience. Without a trace of effort he made a Terrine de Maison
11/7/1967
Tony Szego / safety gas tank. Investors need federal support but they also need someone to tell them when they're on the wrong track.
Tony Szego / safety gas tank. Investors need federal support but they also need someone to tell them when they're on the wrong track.
10/4/1978
Fundraising leader: Consumer's Gas president Robert W
Fundraising leader: Consumer's Gas president Robert W
9/22/1988
Manu Malcani, vice-president of sevices at wellesley Hospital in downtown Toronto, saved hundreds of thousands of dollars by signing a deal directly with western Canadian natural gas suppliers to fuel the institution's massive boiler room
Manu Malcani, vice-president of sevices at wellesley Hospital in downtown Toronto, saved hundreds of thousands of dollars by signing a deal directly with western Canadian natural gas suppliers to fuel the institution's massive boiler room
5/14/1990