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Empty acres of Metro office space are Eddie Okun's problem
Empty acres of Metro office space are Eddie Okun's problem

Empty acres of Metro office space are Eddie Okun's problem

Date11/9/1976
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0131679F
A reassuring word is given to Ada Clark by Ray Tomlinson, Metro social services commissioner, during his visit yesterday to Hilltop Acres
A reassuring word is given to Ada Clark by Ray Tomlinson, Metro social services commissioner, during his visit yesterday to Hilltop Acres
2/22/1978
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
American Economist Arthur Okun. Idle men and idle machines ominous
American Economist Arthur Okun. Idle men and idle machines ominous
12/28/1972
The donors: Patricia and Fred Benson, of Campbellville, donated this century-old stone house and 43 hectares (107 acres) of rolling farmland to the Mennonite relief committee after watching a television program in November about the famine and drought in Ethiopia.
The donors: Patricia and Fred Benson, of Campbellville, donated this century-old stone house and 43 hectares (107 acres) of rolling farmland to the Mennonite relief committee after watching a television program in November about the famine and drought in Ethiopia.
1/15/1985
Wants his money: Bill McDonald, a retired businessman who assembled land for the Ontario government in 1968, says he was never paid the money he feels he is owed for bonuses and mark-ups on more than 3,000 acres of land
Wants his money: Bill McDonald, a retired businessman who assembled land for the Ontario government in 1968, says he was never paid the money he feels he is owed for bonuses and mark-ups on more than 3,000 acres of land
8/19/1991
The donors: Patricia and Fred Benson, of Campbellville, donated this century-old stone house and 43 hectares (107 acres) of rolling farmland to the Mennonite relief committee after watching a televison program in November about the famine and drought in Ethiopia.
The donors: Patricia and Fred Benson, of Campbellville, donated this century-old stone house and 43 hectares (107 acres) of rolling farmland to the Mennonite relief committee after watching a televison program in November about the famine and drought in Ethiopia.
12/16/1984
Proud Mayor: East Gwillimbury's Bob Featherstonhaugh stands on Leslie St. in village of Queensville. If a development consortium's plan go through, the village of 700 will grow to 30,000 on 1,250 hectares (3,000 acres) of land.
Proud Mayor: East Gwillimbury's Bob Featherstonhaugh stands on Leslie St. in village of Queensville. If a development consortium's plan go through, the village of 700 will grow to 30,000 on 1,250 hectares (3,000 acres) of land.
1/30/1990
The vision: Eli Ophek wants to reclaim about 3,000 acres from the lake and use the Inner Harbor purely for recreation
The vision: Eli Ophek wants to reclaim about 3,000 acres from the lake and use the Inner Harbor purely for recreation
2/25/1982
Ready to burn: Paul Bunyan Munsterman displays part of the five acres of firewood he has for sale
Ready to burn: Paul Bunyan Munsterman displays part of the five acres of firewood he has for sale
9/18/1986
Troubled future: Robert Maciag and Lisa Kraehling fear their fieldstone home and 21 hectares (52 acres) east of Jane St
Troubled future: Robert Maciag and Lisa Kraehling fear their fieldstone home and 21 hectares (52 acres) east of Jane St
11/23/1992
Puppy love isn't saddling Metro with as many unwanted pets as it used to, says George Banton, chief animal control officer for the Borough of York. Above, he displays one of the York animal shelter's inmates, a young part-German Shepherd. The animal shelter now has empty cages and Banton gives the credit to the borough's low-cost spay-neuter program, begun two years ago.
Puppy love isn't saddling Metro with as many unwanted pets as it used to, says George Banton, chief animal control officer for the Borough of York. Above, he displays one of the York animal shelter's inmates, a young part-German Shepherd. The animal shelter now has empty cages and Banton gives the credit to the borough's low-cost spay-neuter program, begun two years ago.
6/15/1978
Walter Beath has traded in his chain of office and gavel for the rural life on his 200-acre beef farm in Oshawa.
Walter Beath has traded in his chain of office and gavel for the rural life on his 200-acre beef farm in Oshawa.
3/24/1981