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Inside entertainment. Off Toronto's Off-Broadway, one man has become Canada's Mr. Show Business.
Inside entertainment. Off Toronto's Off-Broadway, one man has become Canada's Mr. Show Business.

Inside entertainment. Off Toronto's Off-Broadway, one man has become Canada's Mr. Show Business.

Date1/7/1967
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0064020F
Looking over Toronto's railway yards, Sanford Duplassie, 25, left White River in June when CP Rail laid off workers. There's a future here, he says. Only one of his friends has remained in the north. There's nothing there for the younger person. There's no industry. There's nothing. Over half the town is made up of pnsioners. His father is one of them. Sanford's 11 brothers and sisters are scattered across North America, from Texas to British Columbia.
Looking over Toronto's railway yards, Sanford Duplassie, 25, left White River in June when CP Rail laid off workers. There's a future here, he says. Only one of his friends has remained in the north. There's nothing there for the younger person. There's no industry. There's nothing. Over half the town is made up of pnsioners. His father is one of them. Sanford's 11 brothers and sisters are scattered across North America, from Texas to British Columbia.
12/5/1973
Looking over Toronto's railway yards, Sanford Duplassie, 25, left White River in June when CP Rail laid off workers. There's a future here, he says. Only one of his friends has remained in the north. There's nothing there for the younger person. There's no industry. There's nothing. Over half the town is made up of pnsioners. His father is one of them. Sanford's 11 brothers and sisters are scattered across North America, from Texas to British Columbia.
Looking over Toronto's railway yards, Sanford Duplassie, 25, left White River in June when CP Rail laid off workers. There's a future here, he says. Only one of his friends has remained in the north. There's nothing there for the younger person. There's no industry. There's nothing. Over half the town is made up of pnsioners. His father is one of them. Sanford's 11 brothers and sisters are scattered across North America, from Texas to British Columbia.
12/5/1973
What went wrong for Mitchell sharp? Here The Star's Ottawa bureau Chief, Frank Jones, tells how Sharp, once one of Canada's most able Cabinet Ministers, has now become weak link in Trudeau team
What went wrong for Mitchell sharp? Here The Star's Ottawa bureau Chief, Frank Jones, tells how Sharp, once one of Canada's most able Cabinet Ministers, has now become weak link in Trudeau team
9/25/1968
Home is a castle, or soon will be for Stuart family of Donlea Dr. in East York. Charles Stuart has taken out a 20-year lease on a castle near Inverness, Scotland, built in 1625 by the third Earl of Moray. The rent - $95.50 a year, but Stuart says it will need about $38,000 worth of work to make it habitable. It has a ghost, but a friendly one, Stuart said. He and his wife, Elizabeth, show off a photo of their new home with daugher Lucie, who is 13.
Home is a castle, or soon will be for Stuart family of Donlea Dr. in East York. Charles Stuart has taken out a 20-year lease on a castle near Inverness, Scotland, built in 1625 by the third Earl of Moray. The rent - $95.50 a year, but Stuart says it will need about $38,000 worth of work to make it habitable. It has a ghost, but a friendly one, Stuart said. He and his wife, Elizabeth, show off a photo of their new home with daugher Lucie, who is 13.
10/7/1977
Hiroshima, 25 years after being struck by the first atomic bomb set off to kill, has become a planned and strangely unattractive city of shacks and co(...)
Hiroshima, 25 years after being struck by the first atomic bomb set off to kill, has become a planned and strangely unattractive city of shacks and co(...)
7/18/1970
Les Rubie, who has been in and around Toronto's show business for 33 years
Les Rubie, who has been in and around Toronto's show business for 33 years
9/9/1982
Role Model: Richard Barton, 42, has become a sought-after speaker in Toronto's black community since becoming president of Xerox Canada last May.
Role Model: Richard Barton, 42, has become a sought-after speaker in Toronto's black community since becoming president of Xerox Canada last May.
2/2/1992
Taking aim along the barrel of one cannon, Clarence I, Scott shows off the collection of 23 minature antique cannons he has collected over the past seven years
Taking aim along the barrel of one cannon, Clarence I, Scott shows off the collection of 23 minature antique cannons he has collected over the past seven years
8/1/1972
Inside story: Robert Penman shows off liver and kidneys that will be part of his gourmet group's gastronomic fare
Inside story: Robert Penman shows off liver and kidneys that will be part of his gourmet group's gastronomic fare
2/15/1987
Sal Mineo's production of Fortune and Men's Eyes opens Wednesday off Broadway and Toronto author John Herbert is unhappy about alterations that emphas(...)
Sal Mineo's production of Fortune and Men's Eyes opens Wednesday off Broadway and Toronto author John Herbert is unhappy about alterations that emphas(...)
10/18/1969
Scotty Dunbar, a guard at Canadian Tire's Brampton warehouse, says the company's profit-sharing plan has given him incomparable security for his old age. Dunbar, 49, has used his equity in Canadian Tire shares to pay off his mortgage and start a business that later failed. He still has more than $120,000 left. He hopes to retire in few years.
Scotty Dunbar, a guard at Canadian Tire's Brampton warehouse, says the company's profit-sharing plan has given him incomparable security for his old age. Dunbar, 49, has used his equity in Canadian Tire shares to pay off his mortgage and start a business that later failed. He still has more than $120,000 left. He hopes to retire in few years.
6/18/1975
Salesman Bernie Morin of The Peacock men's shop shows off one of new wide ties, part of a booming new $20 million-a-year business. Output, sales are soaring
Salesman Bernie Morin of The Peacock men's shop shows off one of new wide ties, part of a booming new $20 million-a-year business. Output, sales are soaring
2/27/1970