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Alex Raab owns seven garden centres. Picking a peach from your own tree is a special experience, he says.
Alex Raab owns seven garden centres. Picking a peach from your own tree is a special experience, he says.

Alex Raab owns seven garden centres. Picking a peach from your own tree is a special experience, he says.

Date5/17/1979
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0132466F
Denies blame: Executive director Eto E. of the African Experience Resource and Communications Centre says he's not to blame for centre's money problems.
Denies blame: Executive director Eto E. of the African Experience Resource and Communications Centre says he's not to blame for centre's money problems.
8/7/1991
Man with a special touch. Stanley Gill uses his 40 years of working on Rolls Royce vehicles to help restore them today. The retired Willowdale man, here polishing his 1954 Silver Wraithe, owns 5 Rolls, 3 of them restored and available for special rental.
Man with a special touch. Stanley Gill uses his 40 years of working on Rolls Royce vehicles to help restore them today. The retired Willowdale man, here polishing his 1954 Silver Wraithe, owns 5 Rolls, 3 of them restored and available for special rental.
10/5/1992
Business philosophy: After the oil price shock of 1973, the Japanese learned they had to bcome international in their outlook, says Masao Ikeda, president of Mitsui Canada, which owns 50 per cent of the stock of Toyoto Canada
Business philosophy: After the oil price shock of 1973, the Japanese learned they had to bcome international in their outlook, says Masao Ikeda, president of Mitsui Canada, which owns 50 per cent of the stock of Toyoto Canada
4/1/1982
te patterns and brilliant colors of handmade Oriental rugs are more and more Torontonians to buy these exotic and artistic crea an Mojtahedi, whose family owns Moj Persian Rugs on Yorkville, says a growing number of people want the carpets for practical and functional decor purposes at home
te patterns and brilliant colors of handmade Oriental rugs are more and more Torontonians to buy these exotic and artistic crea an Mojtahedi, whose family owns Moj Persian Rugs on Yorkville, says a growing number of people want the carpets for practical and functional decor purposes at home
1/6/1978
Accused of Nazi war crimes by the Soviet Union, Dmytro Kupiak, standing in front fo the restaurant he owns on the Queensway, is one of four alleged war criminals Moscow is attempting to have extradited from Canada
Accused of Nazi war crimes by the Soviet Union, Dmytro Kupiak, standing in front fo the restaurant he owns on the Queensway, is one of four alleged war criminals Moscow is attempting to have extradited from Canada
9/20/1974
Charles Milner is an officer of Ribot Investments which owns a tract of land that is the centre of a re-zoning controversy an Etobicoke
Charles Milner is an officer of Ribot Investments which owns a tract of land that is the centre of a re-zoning controversy an Etobicoke
5/8/1970
Open for Business: Juergen Bartels, president of Carlson Hospitality Group, which owns the Radisson hotel chain, is ready to meet guests at Radisson's Habourfront hotel with employees Dean Dumunt, centre, and Roderick Atkinson.
Open for Business: Juergen Bartels, president of Carlson Hospitality Group, which owns the Radisson hotel chain, is ready to meet guests at Radisson's Habourfront hotel with employees Dean Dumunt, centre, and Roderick Atkinson.
7/16/1991
He's No Chicken: Dennis Dowling, who owns chester Chicken Farm in King, is fighting mad over his weiis drying up over the past five years.
He's No Chicken: Dennis Dowling, who owns chester Chicken Farm in King, is fighting mad over his weiis drying up over the past five years.
4/2/1990
Frustrated: Max Orticello, director of the firm that owns Brenan's Gourmet Foods, shows how he's had to rope off half the store to comply with the provincial law governing store openings
Frustrated: Max Orticello, director of the firm that owns Brenan's Gourmet Foods, shows how he's had to rope off half the store to comply with the provincial law governing store openings
7/10/1983
Campaigning by horse and buggy, Gordon Clarke, running for alderman in Scarborough's Ward 12, hands a pamphlet to his neighbor Aubrey Crowhurst, who owns the horse, My Lenny Boy, and the buggy, an antique built by the McLaughlin Carriage Works. Clarke lives in a century-old farmhouse off Meadow-vale Rd. West Hill. He's also using a mobile home in his campaign. Advance polling in city and boroughs will be tomorrow, next Thrusday and next Saturday.
Campaigning by horse and buggy, Gordon Clarke, running for alderman in Scarborough's Ward 12, hands a pamphlet to his neighbor Aubrey Crowhurst, who owns the horse, My Lenny Boy, and the buggy, an antique built by the McLaughlin Carriage Works. Clarke lives in a century-old farmhouse off Meadow-vale Rd. West Hill. He's also using a mobile home in his campaign. Advance polling in city and boroughs will be tomorrow, next Thrusday and next Saturday.
11/21/1974
Factory skilled: Peter Delve, who owns Future Industries in Scarborough, programs a high-tech machine that will keep his plant operating all night while he goes home to relax.
Factory skilled: Peter Delve, who owns Future Industries in Scarborough, programs a high-tech machine that will keep his plant operating all night while he goes home to relax.
7/27/1987
Martin Faiers, 24, plays his guitar weekly at folk mass. Bachelor from England owns book store specializing in British publications
Martin Faiers, 24, plays his guitar weekly at folk mass. Bachelor from England owns book store specializing in British publications
3/17/1978