Skip to main content
Digital Archive Toronto Public Library Homepage
A trip through South East Asia convinced hotel man Geoffrey Bennun there were more important things in life than the perfect meal. He hopes to set up $100,00 peace award, to be awarded annually.
A trip through South East Asia convinced hotel man Geoffrey Bennun there were more important things in life than the perfect meal. He hopes to set up $100,00 peace award, to be awarded annually.

A trip through South East Asia convinced hotel man Geoffrey Bennun there were more important things in life than the perfect meal. He hopes to set up $100,00 peace award, to be awarded annually.

Date1/26/1984
Names
(photographer)
Format
Medium
Language
ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0125370F
Things looking up: Catcher Jeff Hearron hopes to hang in there as a Jays catcher
Things looking up: Catcher Jeff Hearron hopes to hang in there as a Jays catcher
3/7/1986
Brian Doe, 29-year-old Briton, heads the British Ever Ready Co.'s assault on the Canadian battery market - estimated at $40 million a year. Doe, backed by a hefty advertising budget, hopes to capture 25 percent of battery sales in this country within five years. Growth rate in demand is about 8 per cent annually.
Brian Doe, 29-year-old Briton, heads the British Ever Ready Co.'s assault on the Canadian battery market - estimated at $40 million a year. Doe, backed by a hefty advertising budget, hopes to capture 25 percent of battery sales in this country within five years. Growth rate in demand is about 8 per cent annually.
10/29/1969
New home for Hedgehog: Kim Dormaar, assistant director of new Metro zoo, holds a hedgehog from Asia, one of 5,000 animals, birds, reptiles and fish which will live in the 700-acre zoo. In order to raise funds for the new zoo, Metro's six mayors and thousands of zoo supporters are today walking 15 miles in hopes of raising $500,000 towards $6 million zoo fund objective. The zoo, being built in northeastern corner of Scarborough, will open next summer.
New home for Hedgehog: Kim Dormaar, assistant director of new Metro zoo, holds a hedgehog from Asia, one of 5,000 animals, birds, reptiles and fish which will live in the 700-acre zoo. In order to raise funds for the new zoo, Metro's six mayors and thousands of zoo supporters are today walking 15 miles in hopes of raising $500,000 towards $6 million zoo fund objective. The zoo, being built in northeastern corner of Scarborough, will open next summer.
5/31/1973
Outstanding player: Queen's fullback Larry Mohr, the country's leading average rusher, won the Hec Crighton Trophy, awarded annually to Canadian college football's premier player
Outstanding player: Queen's fullback Larry Mohr, the country's leading average rusher, won the Hec Crighton Trophy, awarded annually to Canadian college football's premier player
11/28/1985
Shows a houseboat leaving Toronto harbour with the Toronto Star building in the background. Two ...
Practice runs behind them, Star travel editor Gerry Hall and photographer Fred Ross set out for the real thing—a four-week trip through Ontario by houseboat. Their odyssey takes them from the Star building at One Yonge St. to Sault Ste. Marie at Lake Superior's mouth.
6 June 1978
The way it was: By time designer Roland Jutras, above, is through with the old King Edward Hotel, he hopes it will be the new five-star hotel of the city, at tracting people who want to see, and be seen in, what is best in its field
The way it was: By time designer Roland Jutras, above, is through with the old King Edward Hotel, he hopes it will be the new five-star hotel of the city, at tracting people who want to see, and be seen in, what is best in its field
9/26/1979
President Kennedy did more to help the Civil Rights movement because he set a lot of things in motion and Johnson took up the unfinished paths. In his(...)
President Kennedy did more to help the Civil Rights movement because he set a lot of things in motion and Johnson took up the unfinished paths. In his(...)
5/13/1966
High Hopes: Australian Ian Baker-Finch set his sights on a good showing in opening round and his shots were on target as he fired a five-under-par 67
High Hopes: Australian Ian Baker-Finch set his sights on a good showing in opening round and his shots were on target as he fired a five-under-par 67
6/22/1989
Priciest horseflesh in town, Central Canada's farmers gather annually in Metro at the Farm Show in Exhibition Place to do more than chew hayseeds and be neighborly
Priciest horseflesh in town, Central Canada's farmers gather annually in Metro at the Farm Show in Exhibition Place to do more than chew hayseeds and be neighborly
1/30/1980
More than 100,000 of these 500-pound aerial bombs are produced in Canada annually, says the caption
More than 100,000 of these 500-pound aerial bombs are produced in Canada annually, says the caption
1/1/1941
Sometimes called the most powerful man in Toronto, because he can get things fixed fast, works commissioner Ray Bremner says he doesn't play politics with city aidermen: 'I would never try to get a politician through his constituents.'
Sometimes called the most powerful man in Toronto, because he can get things fixed fast, works commissioner Ray Bremner says he doesn't play politics with city aidermen: 'I would never try to get a politician through his constituents.'
1/21/1985
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