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Stephen Best: Board member resigned to take a Humane Society job at $45,000 a year.
Stephen Best: Board member resigned to take a Humane Society job at $45,000 a year.

Stephen Best: Board member resigned to take a Humane Society job at $45,000 a year.

Date8/17/1986
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The executive director of the Toronto Humane Society has been fired less than two months after taking the job created for him. Stephen Best, who was working on a monthly contract, said yesterday he was shocked by the decision dismissing him from $45,000-a-year position.
The executive director of the Toronto Humane Society has been fired less than two months after taking the job created for him. Stephen Best, who was working on a monthly contract, said yesterday he was shocked by the decision dismissing him from $45,000-a-year position.
2/24/1986
Stephen Best: Executive director of Toronto Humane Society called a radical.
Stephen Best: Executive director of Toronto Humane Society called a radical.
7/30/1986
Peter Cooke: Mayor's assistant has resigned from his $42,000-a-year job
Peter Cooke: Mayor's assistant has resigned from his $42,000-a-year job
9/17/1981
Inspector Wilf Patey, stays on the job last night at the Toronto Humane Society after being hit on forehead by a rock
Inspector Wilf Patey, stays on the job last night at the Toronto Humane Society after being hit on forehead by a rock
9/19/1973
The 10 cats 47-year-old Joseph Pechoc kept in a tent on the roof of the office building where he is a maintenance man were taken away by agents of the Toronto Humane Society yesterday, so he took out the electric heater with which he'd kept them warm
The 10 cats 47-year-old Joseph Pechoc kept in a tent on the roof of the office building where he is a maintenance man were taken away by agents of the Toronto Humane Society yesterday, so he took out the electric heater with which he'd kept them warm
11/25/1975
Toronto Humane Society President Tim Trow survived of confidence at a d of directors meeting ight, but the controversy the society's operations appears far from over
Toronto Humane Society President Tim Trow survived of confidence at a d of directors meeting ight, but the controversy the society's operations appears far from over
9/19/1983
Critical of society: Dr. Angelo Filiplic says the humane society's directors are to blame for the spread of disease at the shelter.
Critical of society: Dr. Angelo Filiplic says the humane society's directors are to blame for the spread of disease at the shelter.
9/16/1983
NF sufferer: Stuart Drew, shown here at his job as a machinist with the Toronto Board of Education, is forming a Durham Region chapter of the NF (neurofibromatosis) Society of Ontario.
NF sufferer: Stuart Drew, shown here at his job as a machinist with the Toronto Board of Education, is forming a Durham Region chapter of the NF (neurofibromatosis) Society of Ontario.
11/6/1987
Happy Ending: Detective Constable Heinz Kruk and the humane society's Martha Schissler flank a dog found stabbed Sunday. The dog has now recovered.
Happy Ending: Detective Constable Heinz Kruk and the humane society's Martha Schissler flank a dog found stabbed Sunday. The dog has now recovered.
4/1/1991
Zany Zoo: Being chief inspector to the Newmarket-based Ontario Humane Society brought Don Hepworth face to face with critters he'd rather forget, including a gorilla in a Thornhill garage
Zany Zoo: Being chief inspector to the Newmarket-based Ontario Humane Society brought Don Hepworth face to face with critters he'd rather forget, including a gorilla in a Thornhill garage
4/28/1988
Roy Sherritt and his chihuahua, Bamby, are still together - even though the rules of a senior citizens' apartment building in Mississauga prohibit pets. Dr. Kenneth Easton of Ontario Humane Society got the rule waived for Bamby.
Roy Sherritt and his chihuahua, Bamby, are still together - even though the rules of a senior citizens' apartment building in Mississauga prohibit pets. Dr. Kenneth Easton of Ontario Humane Society got the rule waived for Bamby.
6/6/1973
Humane Society Inspector Wilf Patey holds two make peacocks he captured last night on Balliol St
Humane Society Inspector Wilf Patey holds two make peacocks he captured last night on Balliol St
9/16/1973