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$14 million white elephant
$14 million white elephant

$14 million white elephant

Date11/2/1979
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Original Toronto Star caption: $14 million white elephant: The Ontario government has sunk $14 million into buying and improving posh Minaki Lodge; 40 miles northwest of Kenora; but it still hasn't held one paying guest since then. It's trying to come up with a plan to open the massive resort; but it would have to spend another $10 million.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0106707F
Wonderful venue': John MacLean, Keswick library's chief executive officer and Louann Sanders, manager of the theatre attached to the library, are proud of the success of the theatre, which critics once said would be a white elephant
Wonderful venue': John MacLean, Keswick library's chief executive officer and Louann Sanders, manager of the theatre attached to the library, are proud of the success of the theatre, which critics once said would be a white elephant
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Sitting pretty, Overseeing his domain, general manager Michael Nagy says Olympium's no longer a white elephant
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White elephant
White elephant
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White elephant Aida (above) dwarfs opera giant Joan Sutherland (at right in inset) and Tatians Troyanos
White elephant Aida (above) dwarfs opera giant Joan Sutherland (at right in inset) and Tatians Troyanos
10/26/1989
Roy Ascott stands in front of the Ontario College of Art building which, he claims, is an expensive white elephant for the taxpayer to feed
Roy Ascott stands in front of the Ontario College of Art building which, he claims, is an expensive white elephant for the taxpayer to feed
7/4/1972
Montgomery's Inn at Dundas St. W. and Islington Ave, is a white elephant two factions have been wrangling over for some time. The Etobicoke Historical(...)
Montgomery's Inn at Dundas St. W. and Islington Ave, is a white elephant two factions have been wrangling over for some time. The Etobicoke Historical(...)
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Rail and harbor terminal, Hailed at the outset as a potential white elephant by business men this fine modern storage warehouse on Toronto's harbor fr(...)
Rail and harbor terminal, Hailed at the outset as a potential white elephant by business men this fine modern storage warehouse on Toronto's harbor fr(...)
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The $14 million train at the metro Zoo has trouble getting up a hill with a full load aboard, and there are predictions it will lose $1 million a year(...)
The $14 million train at the metro Zoo has trouble getting up a hill with a full load aboard, and there are predictions it will lose $1 million a year(...)
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Paragiotis Fassoulas (13 blue) Greece, Vladar Alarovic (8 white) Croatia, Dino Radja (14 white) Croatia
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8/14/1994
After Opening the $14 million Scarborough Civic Centre today the Queen stands by a model of it with Mayor Paul Cosgrove
After Opening the $14 million Scarborough Civic Centre today the Queen stands by a model of it with Mayor Paul Cosgrove
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Taking A Walkabout through part of the crowd of 15,000 that saw her open the $14 million Scarborough Civic Centre, the Queen stops to chat with citize(...)
Taking A Walkabout through part of the crowd of 15,000 that saw her open the $14 million Scarborough Civic Centre, the Queen stops to chat with citize(...)
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On top of things: Glen Garwood, who's co-ordinating the building of North York's $250 million city centre, stands on the 24th floor. In the background is the centre's computer-controlled carillon, with 14 bells made in Holland. At just 32, Garwood has ris
On top of things: Glen Garwood, who's co-ordinating the building of North York's $250 million city centre, stands on the 24th floor. In the background is the centre's computer-controlled carillon, with 14 bells made in Holland. At just 32, Garwood has ris
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