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Gerrit de Boer with daughter Idette at new Idomo store in Downsview.
Gerrit de Boer with daughter Idette at new Idomo store in Downsview.

Gerrit de Boer with daughter Idette at new Idomo store in Downsview.

Date3/5/1993
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Family day urged: Employees are unanimously behind Idomo Furniture owner Gerrit de Boer, who wants the Ontario government to prevent wide-open Sunday shopping. Premier David Peterson said he won't back down on a plan to let municipalties control Sunday openings.
Family day urged: Employees are unanimously behind Idomo Furniture owner Gerrit de Boer, who wants the Ontario government to prevent wide-open Sunday shopping. Premier David Peterson said he won't back down on a plan to let municipalties control Sunday openings.
1/4/1988
James Lucas, left, John De Boer, centre, and Gordon Bacque tour complex
James Lucas, left, John De Boer, centre, and Gordon Bacque tour complex
3/22/1979
Michael Reves, co-owner of Decorium in Downsview, picks up items for his store while travelling around the world. The ceramic faces are $250 each.
Michael Reves, co-owner of Decorium in Downsview, picks up items for his store while travelling around the world. The ceramic faces are $250 each.
5/22/1990
Is there a rickshaw in your future? The gasoline shortage doesn't bother Lorne Shields, a 30-year-old Downsview manufacturers' agent, as he takes his wife Suzanne and their daughters Jessica, 2, and Rebecca, 7 months, for a spin in the rickshaw be just imported from Taiwan to add to bicycle collection
Is there a rickshaw in your future? The gasoline shortage doesn't bother Lorne Shields, a 30-year-old Downsview manufacturers' agent, as he takes his wife Suzanne and their daughters Jessica, 2, and Rebecca, 7 months, for a spin in the rickshaw be just imported from Taiwan to add to bicycle collection
11/6/1973
Plaza emporium: Simon Goldenthal's De Haviland Rare Book Service in Downsview survives on selling clothing and unusual books.
Plaza emporium: Simon Goldenthal's De Haviland Rare Book Service in Downsview survives on selling clothing and unusual books.
8/9/1979
Plane facts: De havilland's Dashj 8, being put together at Downsview, is a better aerodynamic product because of a bullet-proof material being used for strategic exterior surfaces, says program manager G
Plane facts: De havilland's Dashj 8, being put together at Downsview, is a better aerodynamic product because of a bullet-proof material being used for strategic exterior surfaces, says program manager G
2/16/1983
Upscale emporium: Marek Sutkiewicz and his daughter Irit Shay discuss merchandise from the street-level showcase of Sutkiewicz' new luxury gift store on Bloor St
Upscale emporium: Marek Sutkiewicz and his daughter Irit Shay discuss merchandise from the street-level showcase of Sutkiewicz' new luxury gift store on Bloor St
12/12/1985
Smiling broadly, Liberal Mike Spensieri (left) congratulates New Democrat Odoardo Di Santo, who defeated him by a narrow margin in Downsview riding
Smiling broadly, Liberal Mike Spensieri (left) congratulates New Democrat Odoardo Di Santo, who defeated him by a narrow margin in Downsview riding
9/18/1975
Air reserve command handed over, The new commander of Toronto's Air Reserve, Colonel Leslie Rowbottom, is welcomed at Canadian Forces Base Downsview with a handshake yesterday from retiring commander, Colonel Ernie Saunders
Air reserve command handed over, The new commander of Toronto's Air Reserve, Colonel Leslie Rowbottom, is welcomed at Canadian Forces Base Downsview with a handshake yesterday from retiring commander, Colonel Ernie Saunders
10/14/1984
A new start: Albert works on Philip Grenier's hair at Albert's Place in Downsview, Sander, who sold his shop last summer after 30 years in the hairstyling trade, just couldn't stay away so he bought back the shop again in February
A new start: Albert works on Philip Grenier's hair at Albert's Place in Downsview, Sander, who sold his shop last summer after 30 years in the hairstyling trade, just couldn't stay away so he bought back the shop again in February
3/2/1982
We used to drive downtown to do our shopping, says architect and planner Blandford Gates, with his wife Marja, left, and daughter Niina, 12, right, chatting at the corner store with Sharon Vignjevic. Then we noticed that when we needed winter goods, the d
We used to drive downtown to do our shopping, says architect and planner Blandford Gates, with his wife Marja, left, and daughter Niina, 12, right, chatting at the corner store with Sharon Vignjevic. Then we noticed that when we needed winter goods, the d
2/8/1978
Craziness pays: At first, Hy Lewis thought his daughter was crazy to buy out his old stores' owners
Craziness pays: At first, Hy Lewis thought his daughter was crazy to buy out his old stores' owners
3/20/1983