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Skot Fraser, backed by friends and relatives, plans to shake up the club scene with his downtown Factory, set to open this week.
Skot Fraser, backed by friends and relatives, plans to shake up the club scene with his downtown Factory, set to open this week.

Skot Fraser, backed by friends and relatives, plans to shake up the club scene with his downtown Factory, set to open this week.

Date3/8/1992
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0127448F
Shared loss: Matthew (Al) Cripps reads a protest sheet as Mark Toljagic looks on at a self-help meeting for the relatives of workers killed on the job. We have no rights at all, Cripps says.
Shared loss: Matthew (Al) Cripps reads a protest sheet as Mark Toljagic looks on at a self-help meeting for the relatives of workers killed on the job. We have no rights at all, Cripps says.
4/24/1992
Family alive: Faroog Abbo Mohammed of London, Ont., holds a photo of his relatives in a Kurdish refugee camp taken by The Star's Boris Spremo.
Family alive: Faroog Abbo Mohammed of London, Ont., holds a photo of his relatives in a Kurdish refugee camp taken by The Star's Boris Spremo.
5/1/1991
Grieving relatives: The family of Jamila Tissawak, who died in hospital after her complaints of pain were attributed to her mental health, say she would have lived if given proper treatment
Grieving relatives: The family of Jamila Tissawak, who died in hospital after her complaints of pain were attributed to her mental health, say she would have lived if given proper treatment
2/6/1981
Mother released: Stephen Mengesha, right, his daughter Araya and brother Jalye look at a photo of relatives of theirs with Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia
Mother released: Stephen Mengesha, right, his daughter Araya and brother Jalye look at a photo of relatives of theirs with Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia
5/22/1988
At 23, Chike Okechuku, a Biafran student here, is the sole support of 19 young relatives orphaned by the Biafran war
At 23, Chike Okechuku, a Biafran student here, is the sole support of 19 young relatives orphaned by the Biafran war
3/18/1970
Mattress factory at 41 Spruce St. in Cabbagetown will become $65,000 townhouses. Patrick Comerford studies the plans for the 16 units which have been exempted from the 24-foot height bylaw in the area. Comerford and architect Ferdinand Wagner planned the $900,000 project.
Mattress factory at 41 Spruce St. in Cabbagetown will become $65,000 townhouses. Patrick Comerford studies the plans for the 16 units which have been exempted from the 24-foot height bylaw in the area. Comerford and architect Ferdinand Wagner planned the $900,000 project.
2/14/1974
Marsha and Joel Cohen still live in the Markham home they bought during the 1982 recession and they have no plans to move. They took a chance and it paid off, allowing them to purchase factory space for their growing store-building business.
Marsha and Joel Cohen still live in the Markham home they bought during the 1982 recession and they have no plans to move. They took a chance and it paid off, allowing them to purchase factory space for their growing store-building business.
6/4/1990
Best friends: Ted Isnor, developmentally disabled and blind all his life, enjoys a richer life since community legal worker Lillith Finkler helped broaden his circle of friends
Best friends: Ted Isnor, developmentally disabled and blind all his life, enjoys a richer life since community legal worker Lillith Finkler helped broaden his circle of friends
12/15/1988
Fowl friends: Ken Quigley displays some of the many avian houseguests sent to him by friends after he complained of a dearth of penguin artifacts.
Fowl friends: Ken Quigley displays some of the many avian houseguests sent to him by friends after he complained of a dearth of penguin artifacts.
6/12/1990
Brian Doe, 29-year-old Briton, heads the British Ever Ready Co.'s assault on the Canadian battery market - estimated at $40 million a year. Doe, backed by a hefty advertising budget, hopes to capture 25 percent of battery sales in this country within five years. Growth rate in demand is about 8 per cent annually.
Brian Doe, 29-year-old Briton, heads the British Ever Ready Co.'s assault on the Canadian battery market - estimated at $40 million a year. Doe, backed by a hefty advertising budget, hopes to capture 25 percent of battery sales in this country within five years. Growth rate in demand is about 8 per cent annually.
10/29/1969
Spousal Ruling: Michael Leshner's fight to include Michael Stark, foreground, in all his benefits is backed by a human rights rtibunal.
Spousal Ruling: Michael Leshner's fight to include Michael Stark, foreground, in all his benefits is backed by a human rights rtibunal.
8/31/1992
Looking over Toronto's railway yards, Sanford Duplassie, 25, left White River in June when CP Rail laid off workers. There's a future here, he says. Only one of his friends has remained in the north. There's nothing there for the younger person. There's no industry. There's nothing. Over half the town is made up of pnsioners. His father is one of them. Sanford's 11 brothers and sisters are scattered across North America, from Texas to British Columbia.
Looking over Toronto's railway yards, Sanford Duplassie, 25, left White River in June when CP Rail laid off workers. There's a future here, he says. Only one of his friends has remained in the north. There's nothing there for the younger person. There's no industry. There's nothing. Over half the town is made up of pnsioners. His father is one of them. Sanford's 11 brothers and sisters are scattered across North America, from Texas to British Columbia.
12/5/1973