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Full speed ahead: Chairman Ken Simpson is getting ready to add about 560 employees to a payrool of about 1,800 at A
Full speed ahead: Chairman Ken Simpson is getting ready to add about 560 employees to a payrool of about 1,800 at A

Full speed ahead: Chairman Ken Simpson is getting ready to add about 560 employees to a payrool of about 1,800 at A

Date2/5/1987
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Angry father Ken Chesher was sent to mental institution, then jailed, after he fired shots near two men during search for his runaway 15-year-old daughter. He was worried about her getting mixed up with the wrong people.
Angry father Ken Chesher was sent to mental institution, then jailed, after he fired shots near two men during search for his runaway 15-year-old daughter. He was worried about her getting mixed up with the wrong people.
12/2/1976
Ready for takeoff: With a Boeing 757 in the background, John Lecky, chairman of Air 2000 Canada, tells employees that the Deluce family has brought a 25 percent interest. With him are Robert Deluce, left, and Paul Jervis.
Ready for takeoff: With a Boeing 757 in the background, John Lecky, chairman of Air 2000 Canada, tells employees that the Deluce family has brought a 25 percent interest. With him are Robert Deluce, left, and Paul Jervis.
11/8/1988
Up in arms: Owen Leach, a spokesman from the Jane-Finch area, takes the stage at last night's meeting of angry black residents at the Lawrence Heights Community Centre to add his complaints about police treatment of blacks in the area
Up in arms: Owen Leach, a spokesman from the Jane-Finch area, takes the stage at last night's meeting of angry black residents at the Lawrence Heights Community Centre to add his complaints about police treatment of blacks in the area
10/29/1986
Dr. Barry Rosen: Director of the provincially funded DES Registry at Wellesley Hospital has the names of 560 DES-exposed people on file so far and hopes to have 1,000 by the time he sends out the registry's first health questionnaire.
Dr. Barry Rosen: Director of the provincially funded DES Registry at Wellesley Hospital has the names of 560 DES-exposed people on file so far and hopes to have 1,000 by the time he sends out the registry's first health questionnaire.
11/4/1985
Super super, Benjamin Burke, superintendent at Prudential House on York St. for 50 years, gets a cigar lit for him by Jean May at a party the employees there threw for him. They gave him a headdress, tom-tom and $4,800. He's 69, but not about to retire.
Super super, Benjamin Burke, superintendent at Prudential House on York St. for 50 years, gets a cigar lit for him by Jean May at a party the employees there threw for him. They gave him a headdress, tom-tom and $4,800. He's 69, but not about to retire.
5/23/1980
Arranging Ballard Funeral. Don McKenzie, right, building superintendent at Maple Leaf Gardens, talks to some senior employees about the funeral arrangements for Harold Ballard, who died yesterday at age 86. The funeral is to be a private affair.
Arranging Ballard Funeral. Don McKenzie, right, building superintendent at Maple Leaf Gardens, talks to some senior employees about the funeral arrangements for Harold Ballard, who died yesterday at age 86. The funeral is to be a private affair.
4/12/1990
Canada's biggest service in booming temporary-help field is Office Overload Ltd. Clare Copeland, president, is shown in Toronto headquarters, ringed by employees (left to right) Lois Young, Laura Smith, Debi Perkins, Gayle Farnes, Janice Chivers-Wilson and Helen Wood. In an ironic switch, Laura Smith came in to look for a temporary job and wound up with permanent job-working full-time for Office Overload.
Canada's biggest service in booming temporary-help field is Office Overload Ltd. Clare Copeland, president, is shown in Toronto headquarters, ringed by employees (left to right) Lois Young, Laura Smith, Debi Perkins, Gayle Farnes, Janice Chivers-Wilson and Helen Wood. In an ironic switch, Laura Smith came in to look for a temporary job and wound up with permanent job-working full-time for Office Overload.
5/10/1976
Just Dozin: National Slag president Ken Spencer isn't shy about singing the praises of his company's product: stag from the steel mills, stored in piles at Hamilton Harbor
Just Dozin: National Slag president Ken Spencer isn't shy about singing the praises of his company's product: stag from the steel mills, stored in piles at Hamilton Harbor
2/9/1989
You can Rap with the chief, said one 17-year-old youth about Burlington police chief Ken Skerrett, centre, who tries to help young people before they get into trouble
You can Rap with the chief, said one 17-year-old youth about Burlington police chief Ken Skerrett, centre, who tries to help young people before they get into trouble
4/28/1970
Ready for fight: Tom Chandler, vice-president of Redpath Sugar on Queen's Quay, says he's opposed to extensive housing plans for the city's waterfront between Leslie and Yonge Sts., which industry spokesmen say could put many employees out of work. We're prepared to fight to the limit, tooth and nail, all the way to the Ontario Municipal Board and the courts, he says.
Ready for fight: Tom Chandler, vice-president of Redpath Sugar on Queen's Quay, says he's opposed to extensive housing plans for the city's waterfront between Leslie and Yonge Sts., which industry spokesmen say could put many employees out of work. We're prepared to fight to the limit, tooth and nail, all the way to the Ontario Municipal Board and the courts, he says.
3/23/1983
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
1,800 women head down confused trail, Little knowing the hazards and confusion that lay ahead, more than 1,800 women start out yesterday on Bonne Bell(...)
1,800 women head down confused trail, Little knowing the hazards and confusion that lay ahead, more than 1,800 women start out yesterday on Bonne Bell(...)
8/13/1978