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Storm centre: Hydro commissioner William Peden drives his $15,000 BMW 3201 downtown this morning after City Council members criticized the deal under which he sold it to Toronto Hydro and got the use of it
Storm centre: Hydro commissioner William Peden drives his $15,000 BMW 3201 downtown this morning after City Council members criticized the deal under which he sold it to Toronto Hydro and got the use of it

Storm centre: Hydro commissioner William Peden drives his $15,000 BMW 3201 downtown this morning after City Council members criticized the deal under which he sold it to Toronto Hydro and got the use of it

Date2/7/1980
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Storm centre: Undetrred by the controversy swirling around himself and his BMW car, Toronto hydro commissioner William Peden drove the $15,000 vehicle downtown to commission offices today
Storm centre: Undetrred by the controversy swirling around himself and his BMW car, Toronto hydro commissioner William Peden drove the $15,000 vehicle downtown to commission offices today
2/7/1980
Bill Peden: The $14,000 BMW he sold to Toronto Hydro can now be used only for official business.
Bill Peden: The $14,000 BMW he sold to Toronto Hydro can now be used only for official business.
2/7/1980
Shown in right centre is new Hydro Commissioners building, under construction with eye to future seaway needs
Shown in right centre is new Hydro Commissioners building, under construction with eye to future seaway needs
1/11/1954
Dennison does a smokest ack double-take, Mayor William Dennison, left, tells an astounded City Council how a noon-hour phone call from Hydro commissio(...)
Dennison does a smokest ack double-take, Mayor William Dennison, left, tells an astounded City Council how a noon-hour phone call from Hydro commissio(...)
4/26/1968
Fred Gardiner at first meeting of Toronto Hydro after he became commissioner with chairman John McMechar
Fred Gardiner at first meeting of Toronto Hydro after he became commissioner with chairman John McMechar
2/1/1965
No nuclear future: Greenpeace members march yesterday to protest Ontario Hydro's proposal to build three more nuclear plant by 2012
No nuclear future: Greenpeace members march yesterday to protest Ontario Hydro's proposal to build three more nuclear plant by 2012
12/20/1989
They're raging: Members of the Raging Grannies perform at a Queen's Park rally yesterday before a march to Ontario Hydro headquarters
They're raging: Members of the Raging Grannies perform at a Queen's Park rally yesterday before a march to Ontario Hydro headquarters
4/8/1990
Atomic men see pickering. Members of the international Atomic Industrial Forum don hard hats for a close-up tour of Ontario Hydro's nuclear power stat(...)
Atomic men see pickering. Members of the international Atomic Industrial Forum don hard hats for a close-up tour of Ontario Hydro's nuclear power stat(...)
11/19/1968
Hydro Mississauga employees picket the agency's office as members of Local 636 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers walk off the job(...)
Hydro Mississauga employees picket the agency's office as members of Local 636 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers walk off the job(...)
8/1/1973
Ruck still smoulders after a blast at a Hydro sub-station blacked out downtown Toronto yesterday for 43 minutes
Ruck still smoulders after a blast at a Hydro sub-station blacked out downtown Toronto yesterday for 43 minutes
7/31/1969
The Eaton centre plan which would alter the city's skyline was shown in scal models to Metro and City Council members
The Eaton centre plan which would alter the city's skyline was shown in scal models to Metro and City Council members
3/1/1965
Oxygen treatment: North York firefighter Paul Rosati uses an oxygen mask after suffering heat exhaustion and dizziness fighting a hydro transformer fire yesterday
Oxygen treatment: North York firefighter Paul Rosati uses an oxygen mask after suffering heat exhaustion and dizziness fighting a hydro transformer fire yesterday
9/5/1990