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Parting gift: Retiring postman Bob Cooper holds a miniature mailbox filled with money given to him by residents on his route in the Keele St. Eglinton Ave. area on the weekend. About 75 neighbors turned out for the retirement party for Cooper, who has a delivered their mail for 32 years.
Parting gift: Retiring postman Bob Cooper holds a miniature mailbox filled with money given to him by residents on his route in the Keele St. Eglinton Ave. area on the weekend. About 75 neighbors turned out for the retirement party for Cooper, who has a delivered their mail for 32 years.

Parting gift: Retiring postman Bob Cooper holds a miniature mailbox filled with money given to him by residents on his route in the Keele St. Eglinton Ave. area on the weekend. About 75 neighbors turned out for the retirement party for Cooper, who has a delivered their mail for 32 years.

Date4/11/1987
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Diagnosis: Depart. Dr. Robert Cooper of O'Connor Dr. was contravening zoning regulations by having his offie in his home. The neighbors objected and the doctor now is on the move
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11/2/1972
Landfill neighbors: Residents from Vaughan shouted down Environment Minister Ruth Grier in a protest at Queen's Park yesterday over the government's proposed Waste Management Act
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11/19/1991
Neighbors Interviewed: In a desperate bid for witnesses, officers talked to residents yesterday in the area where Andrea Atkinson disappeared
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10/15/1990
Just Molly and me are all that are left after cars have killed two previous horses that hauled his tattered mail buggy during the last 23 years, says rural route postman Harold Miller, 74
Just Molly and me are all that are left after cars have killed two previous horses that hauled his tattered mail buggy during the last 23 years, says rural route postman Harold Miller, 74
9/15/1971
Mail fight: Walter Stewart, 82, checks the mailbox near his Tottenham-area home for news on his dispute with Canada Post over a delay in delivering documents he sent by registered mail
Mail fight: Walter Stewart, 82, checks the mailbox near his Tottenham-area home for news on his dispute with Canada Post over a delay in delivering documents he sent by registered mail
1/15/1987
The new look for posties, Postman David Dorge wears shorts on his route today, now that Postmaster-General Andre Ouellet has given them his approval f(...)
The new look for posties, Postman David Dorge wears shorts on his route today, now that Postmaster-General Andre Ouellet has given them his approval f(...)
7/5/1973
Pensioner swims mile a day: Frank Cooper (middle), 78, swims at least a mile a day this month to raise money for Mississauga Heart Fund. Fund chairman Jack Kehoe (left), Cooper, and Seth Taylor, of Mississauga Real Estate Board, hold $1,000 cheque to fund raised by board's sponsorship of Cooper's swim.
Pensioner swims mile a day: Frank Cooper (middle), 78, swims at least a mile a day this month to raise money for Mississauga Heart Fund. Fund chairman Jack Kehoe (left), Cooper, and Seth Taylor, of Mississauga Real Estate Board, hold $1,000 cheque to fund raised by board's sponsorship of Cooper's swim.
2/21/1974
The big chill. With his son Glen, 15, ready with tongs, Lionel Core holds one of the bags of ice that will help Metro-area residents through another heat wave. Core's Peel Ice and Fuel Inc. - operated for three generations by his family in Brampton - expects to sell 12 tonnes of ice to the Caribram festival over the weekend.
The big chill. With his son Glen, 15, ready with tongs, Lionel Core holds one of the bags of ice that will help Metro-area residents through another heat wave. Core's Peel Ice and Fuel Inc. - operated for three generations by his family in Brampton - expects to sell 12 tonnes of ice to the Caribram festival over the weekend.
7/7/1994
Still friends are Marsh Cooper, right, president of Falconbridge Nickel Mines, who talks with sharehoder E. M. Beals, 74, who flew in from Boston to question plan to create 3 million new special preferred shares. Stockholders gave company the right to raise up to $75 million by selling shares, primarily to banks.
Still friends are Marsh Cooper, right, president of Falconbridge Nickel Mines, who talks with sharehoder E. M. Beals, 74, who flew in from Boston to question plan to create 3 million new special preferred shares. Stockholders gave company the right to raise up to $75 million by selling shares, primarily to banks.
7/20/1976
Alex Balfour, who is retiring as principal of Pine Grove Public School after 33 years as a teacher and principal, reclines in the chaise longue given him as a farewell present and shows Jim Singleton of the Halton County Board of Education what he's going to do in retirement. Balfour's been in Oakville since 1952.
Alex Balfour, who is retiring as principal of Pine Grove Public School after 33 years as a teacher and principal, reclines in the chaise longue given him as a farewell present and shows Jim Singleton of the Halton County Board of Education what he's going to do in retirement. Balfour's been in Oakville since 1952.
6/27/1973
Good neighbors: Bridge players enjoy a game at the Good Neighbors' Club in downtown Toronto
Good neighbors: Bridge players enjoy a game at the Good Neighbors' Club in downtown Toronto
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Miniature game of bowls at the metro Toronto Legion Village is enjoyed by Larry Bullock, left, one of the residents, and the designer Nicolaas Ypes. Y(...)
Miniature game of bowls at the metro Toronto Legion Village is enjoyed by Larry Bullock, left, one of the residents, and the designer Nicolaas Ypes. Y(...)
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