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Inside, On Sunday, Ralph Bishop looked out of his window, saw the freezing rain, and decided to see how things were at Toronto Hydro's control centre.
Inside, On Sunday, Ralph Bishop looked out of his window, saw the freezing rain, and decided to see how things were at Toronto Hydro's control centre.

Inside, On Sunday, Ralph Bishop looked out of his window, saw the freezing rain, and decided to see how things were at Toronto Hydro's control centre.

Date1/20/1968
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Outside. Lineman Norm Olan was planning to have a quiet dinner Sunday. But an 'emergency' telephone call abruptly changed his plans. Instead he spent the next 23 hours shinning up and down icy power lines in freezing rain. It didn't take Olan long to see that the so called emergency was, in fact, a disaster.
Outside. Lineman Norm Olan was planning to have a quiet dinner Sunday. But an 'emergency' telephone call abruptly changed his plans. Instead he spent the next 23 hours shinning up and down icy power lines in freezing rain. It didn't take Olan long to see that the so called emergency was, in fact, a disaster.
1/18/1968
Once the janitor, Far-out Ralph Osborne is now the general manager of Rochdale College because he proved that at Rochdale, and at schools in the Prairies, he could get things done efficiently
Once the janitor, Far-out Ralph Osborne is now the general manager of Rochdale College because he proved that at Rochdale, and at schools in the Prairies, he could get things done efficiently
4/8/1970
Frank Crane: The opera singer turned antique dealer was tired of the urban jungle so he retreated into the woods with his wife, Verena, and built himself a log cabin. And you can see the cabin Frank built! It's cathedral sized. Just the thing for housing such treasures as the Chinese tomb figure from the T'ang period (618 to 906 A.D.) which he is holding. These things are on trust, he says.
Frank Crane: The opera singer turned antique dealer was tired of the urban jungle so he retreated into the woods with his wife, Verena, and built himself a log cabin. And you can see the cabin Frank built! It's cathedral sized. Just the thing for housing such treasures as the Chinese tomb figure from the T'ang period (618 to 906 A.D.) which he is holding. These things are on trust, he says.
11/4/1983
Reading to his daughter about the beauty of animals and the way they care for their young has educated me to see things in a different light, says Newfoundlander Nick Laite, who once was enthused about the seal hunt
Reading to his daughter about the beauty of animals and the way they care for their young has educated me to see things in a different light, says Newfoundlander Nick Laite, who once was enthused about the seal hunt
2/17/1978
From the space-age control centre at Hydro's Pickering nuclear station, one of two disabled reactors will be brought back to life soon after three years of repairs
From the space-age control centre at Hydro's Pickering nuclear station, one of two disabled reactors will be brought back to life soon after three years of repairs
6/30/1987
Two are enough for George and Barbara Pratt who decided there are other things in life besides babies and diapers
Two are enough for George and Barbara Pratt who decided there are other things in life besides babies and diapers
11/24/1972
Hydro's Bill Morrison
Hydro's Bill Morrison
3/23/1979
On the Job: Dr. Mory Gutman saw patients as usual at his office in the Toronto General Hospital yesterday because all the doctors at the clinic had decided earlier to put their patients first and boycott the doctors' walkout.
On the Job: Dr. Mory Gutman saw patients as usual at his office in the Toronto General Hospital yesterday because all the doctors at the clinic had decided earlier to put their patients first and boycott the doctors' walkout.
4/27/1982
Idea paid off: When Jack Nissen saw the exhibits at the Ontario Science Centre he decided to manufacture replicas of them for worldwide sale
Idea paid off: When Jack Nissen saw the exhibits at the Ontario Science Centre he decided to manufacture replicas of them for worldwide sale
10/11/1982
Hands up: Student Rob Ralph said officers made him put his hands up on his head after a bus driver saw him playing with a rifle and called police.
Hands up: Student Rob Ralph said officers made him put his hands up on his head after a bus driver saw him playing with a rifle and called police.
11/11/1991
The brilliant engineer behind Hydro's system of generating plants, Richard Hearn is 90 today and, he says, ''I'm reasonably in control of my faculties.''
The brilliant engineer behind Hydro's system of generating plants, Richard Hearn is 90 today and, he says, ''I'm reasonably in control of my faculties.''
5/7/1980
Atomic men see pickering. Members of the international Atomic Industrial Forum don hard hats for a close-up tour of Ontario Hydro's nuclear power stat(...)
Atomic men see pickering. Members of the international Atomic Industrial Forum don hard hats for a close-up tour of Ontario Hydro's nuclear power stat(...)
11/19/1968