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By Lois Kalchman Special to The Star, The script for paraplegic athlete Ron Robillard's life reads more like a TV mini-series than the real world.
By Lois Kalchman Special to The Star, The script for paraplegic athlete Ron Robillard's life reads more like a TV mini-series than the real world.

By Lois Kalchman Special to The Star, The script for paraplegic athlete Ron Robillard's life reads more like a TV mini-series than the real world.

Date9/26/1986
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0132865F
Yea. To Principal John Plumpton of Jane Junior High School in North York for trying to get more students to read books. Twice a week staff and students are given 50 minutes of the day just to read - anything they like. Some of them may discover that reading is a joy, even though it's a little more work than watching a TV scree. It's a nice idea.
Yea. To Principal John Plumpton of Jane Junior High School in North York for trying to get more students to read books. Twice a week staff and students are given 50 minutes of the day just to read - anything they like. Some of them may discover that reading is a joy, even though it's a little more work than watching a TV scree. It's a nice idea.
11/11/1977
Rick Moranis (left) and Ken Finkleman, at work on the script of a pilot show for a TV comedy series, have been appearing regularly on CBC-TV's 90 Minu(...)
Rick Moranis (left) and Ken Finkleman, at work on the script of a pilot show for a TV comedy series, have been appearing regularly on CBC-TV's 90 Minu(...)
10/25/1977
Back together again to do a segment for Global TV's Caught In The Act series, singer Shirley Harmer and Billy O'Connor go over script as they look bac(...)
Back together again to do a segment for Global TV's Caught In The Act series, singer Shirley Harmer and Billy O'Connor go over script as they look bac(...)
1/31/1977
Rikki Ducornet: Author of series of novels reads tomorrow at Habourfront
Rikki Ducornet: Author of series of novels reads tomorrow at Habourfront
5/19/1989
Bestseller goes to TV: I'll Take Manhattan author Judith Krantz with actor Barry Bostwick at the Royal Bank Plaza, which is being used as a set for the mini-series of her novel
Bestseller goes to TV: I'll Take Manhattan author Judith Krantz with actor Barry Bostwick at the Royal Bank Plaza, which is being used as a set for the mini-series of her novel
7/21/1986
Violin master Yehudi Menuhin was in Toronto yesterday to explain at a press conference how a six-part TV mini-series he is working on, The Music Of Ma(...)
Violin master Yehudi Menuhin was in Toronto yesterday to explain at a press conference how a six-part TV mini-series he is working on, The Music Of Ma(...)
1/9/1978
Serge Robidas, Seven-year-old Serge Robidas reads very well and I especially like the math that we have to do -- stuff like one plus one and three plus two
Serge Robidas, Seven-year-old Serge Robidas reads very well and I especially like the math that we have to do -- stuff like one plus one and three plus two
8/9/1989
Lois Hannal Elliot does the final work at a Georgetown foundry on a bronze statue of a young athlete
Lois Hannal Elliot does the final work at a Georgetown foundry on a bronze statue of a young athlete
1/7/1988
One for the road. Ron Robillard, 23, the fastest wheelchair racer in the world, congratulates fiancee Marni Abbot, 22, with a smooch yesterday after h(...)
One for the road. Ron Robillard, 23, the fastest wheelchair racer in the world, congratulates fiancee Marni Abbot, 22, with a smooch yesterday after h(...)
6/4/1988
Let's go, Jays: John Sutherland, 90 today, loves the Blue Jays - and the only thing that would make him love them more is if they could win the World Series
Let's go, Jays: John Sutherland, 90 today, loves the Blue Jays - and the only thing that would make him love them more is if they could win the World Series
7/27/1984
Agincourt Gurkha family of Hari Narain Singh Gurung listens as he reads letter from one of 25 Gurkha soldiers who would like to settle in Canada
Agincourt Gurkha family of Hari Narain Singh Gurung listens as he reads letter from one of 25 Gurkha soldiers who would like to settle in Canada
3/23/1974
Nerve centre: Tom Christoff programs the Brian (on wall above computer screen), which controls household operations like furnace, smoke alarms and lawn sprinklers. Doll house behind Christoff is fitted with lights and mini-TV to show off Brian's powers.
Nerve centre: Tom Christoff programs the Brian (on wall above computer screen), which controls household operations like furnace, smoke alarms and lawn sprinklers. Doll house behind Christoff is fitted with lights and mini-TV to show off Brian's powers.
6/2/1986