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Reduced heating costs
Reduced heating costs

Reduced heating costs

Date4/7/1987
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Original Toronto Star caption: Reduced heating costs: Whitby firefighters hoses down and check a truck in front of Fire Hall 2 on Thickson Rd. The station's annual heating costs were reduced when it converted from oil to natural gas in 1982. It recouped its $7,600 investment in five years.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0108685F
Hot new idea: Rock Cameron, manager of engineering at Christie Brown and Co. Ltd., stands on the solar-panelled roof of the company's Lakeshore Blvd. plant, where the solar heating system is expected to save $4,000 a year on heating costs.
Hot new idea: Rock Cameron, manager of engineering at Christie Brown and Co. Ltd., stands on the solar-panelled roof of the company's Lakeshore Blvd. plant, where the solar heating system is expected to save $4,000 a year on heating costs.
8/1/1982
Price difference: Hans Endl, who suffers from Parkinson's disease, holds a bottle of Jumex, the European Equivalent of deprenyl - which costs about $7 for a month's supply. He has no insurance and the Canadian drug, Elderpryl, costs $130 a month.
Price difference: Hans Endl, who suffers from Parkinson's disease, holds a bottle of Jumex, the European Equivalent of deprenyl - which costs about $7 for a month's supply. He has no insurance and the Canadian drug, Elderpryl, costs $130 a month.
4/18/1992
High costs: A trust fund has been set up to help pay the legal costs of Jim and Anna Stephenson incurred during an inquest probing their son's murder
High costs: A trust fund has been set up to help pay the legal costs of Jim and Anna Stephenson incurred during an inquest probing their son's murder
12/10/1992
High costs: A trust fund has been set up to help pay the legal costs of Jim and Anna Stephenson incurred during an inquest probing their son's murder
High costs: A trust fund has been set up to help pay the legal costs of Jim and Anna Stephenson incurred during an inquest probing their son's murder
12/10/1992
Dr. Ramsay MacDonald of the Sheppard Veterinary Hospital checks the heartbeat of Genya, a six-month-old tri-colored St. Bernard he had earlier spayed. Spaying - at up to $50 - is one of costs to be figured when you consider accepting a free puppy. It can cost you $200 for the first year.
Dr. Ramsay MacDonald of the Sheppard Veterinary Hospital checks the heartbeat of Genya, a six-month-old tri-colored St. Bernard he had earlier spayed. Spaying - at up to $50 - is one of costs to be figured when you consider accepting a free puppy. It can cost you $200 for the first year.
7/19/1973
Garden Scrapped? Plans to turn brickworks into study centre cum botanical garden may be scrapped because of high costs
Garden Scrapped? Plans to turn brickworks into study centre cum botanical garden may be scrapped because of high costs
4/10/1990
Businessmen need incentive to make the large financial outlays necessary to purchase plants and production systems which will help reduce costs
Businessmen need incentive to make the large financial outlays necessary to purchase plants and production systems which will help reduce costs
10/5/1967
Building system which dates back to 1912 is being revived in the Metro area in an effort to keep costs down
Building system which dates back to 1912 is being revived in the Metro area in an effort to keep costs down
11/26/1971
brian Noppe: Doing laundry and cooking after 11 p.m. cuts electricity costs.
brian Noppe: Doing laundry and cooking after 11 p.m. cuts electricity costs.
5/17/1983
Monopoly intact: Brewers' Warehousing preserved its monopoly by convincing Liberals that corner-store beer would have the perverse effect of raising distribution costs and thus cutting sales
Monopoly intact: Brewers' Warehousing preserved its monopoly by convincing Liberals that corner-store beer would have the perverse effect of raising distribution costs and thus cutting sales
2/22/1985
Offbeat: Indian inspired twisted Lurex silver and white headband, above, is a top teen trend and costs $15 at Le Chateau, pearlized Lucite bangles threaded with gold cord are $10 each at KSP
Offbeat: Indian inspired twisted Lurex silver and white headband, above, is a top teen trend and costs $15 at Le Chateau, pearlized Lucite bangles threaded with gold cord are $10 each at KSP
10/5/1981
Rising costs mean the United Appeal this year must raise $14,120,000 for its 72 participating agencies, Fred Pope, sales manager for Campbell Soup Co
Rising costs mean the United Appeal this year must raise $14,120,000 for its 72 participating agencies, Fred Pope, sales manager for Campbell Soup Co
9/7/1972