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Under two bits: You can get a tax-free peanut-butter-on-soda-cracker special for 20 cents at Fran's Restaurants - one way owner Fran Deck is protesting move to tax meals over 25 cents.
Under two bits: You can get a tax-free peanut-butter-on-soda-cracker special for 20 cents at Fran's Restaurants - one way owner Fran Deck is protesting move to tax meals over 25 cents.

Under two bits: You can get a tax-free peanut-butter-on-soda-cracker special for 20 cents at Fran's Restaurants - one way owner Fran Deck is protesting move to tax meals over 25 cents.

Date6/9/1982
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Over The Years Canadians have seen the $1 bill, a 25-cent bill and coins worth 25 cents, 1 cent, $1 (the loony) and 50 cents. The 25-cent bill and 1-c(...)
Over The Years Canadians have seen the $1 bill, a 25-cent bill and coins worth 25 cents, 1 cent, $1 (the loony) and 50 cents. The 25-cent bill and 1-c(...)
8/24/1988
It was 20 cents a pint when retiring bartender Jimmy Robertson, 71, first started slinging beer at the Winchester Hotel 43 years ago, and its now 70 cents
It was 20 cents a pint when retiring bartender Jimmy Robertson, 71, first started slinging beer at the Winchester Hotel 43 years ago, and its now 70 cents
7/11/1977
The patient people of Haiti, who endure poverty and a repressive political system and still retain their dignity, are gentle and would lend you their last gourde (20 cents)
The patient people of Haiti, who endure poverty and a repressive political system and still retain their dignity, are gentle and would lend you their last gourde (20 cents)
10/30/1982
Eating can be as expensive as you care to make it-be it a 50 cent hamburg or a meal in one of the deluxe restaurants
Eating can be as expensive as you care to make it-be it a 50 cent hamburg or a meal in one of the deluxe restaurants
4/22/1967
The old 25-cent ticket John Mahoney is holding outside the Osgoode subway station should still pay for a ride, without the extra 10 cents, he says, and he's suing the TTC to get back the dime he had to pay Monday morning
The old 25-cent ticket John Mahoney is holding outside the Osgoode subway station should still pay for a ride, without the extra 10 cents, he says, and he's suing the TTC to get back the dime he had to pay Monday morning
4/9/1975
Liquor is up. 24 cents on 25 ounces
Liquor is up. 24 cents on 25 ounces
5/11/1973
$2.50 paid for a day's parking yesterday in the Toronto Parking Authority's underground garage at City Hall, but today it's 25 cents for each half hou(...)
$2.50 paid for a day's parking yesterday in the Toronto Parking Authority's underground garage at City Hall, but today it's 25 cents for each half hou(...)
1/31/1974
Warnings that coffee will soon cost 25 cents a cup have incensed readers
Warnings that coffee will soon cost 25 cents a cup have incensed readers
3/1/1974
Enemy Aliens interned in Canada are paid 20 cents a day for their work cutting wood and improving campsites
Enemy Aliens interned in Canada are paid 20 cents a day for their work cutting wood and improving campsites
3/23/1940
Dan Heap: Toronto alderman calls the new rate of 20 cents for a pay phone call outrageous
Dan Heap: Toronto alderman calls the new rate of 20 cents for a pay phone call outrageous
4/1/1975
Reford Francottie, 48, who was kept in jail for 11 days because he couldn't raise $20 bail after being charged with the theft of 60 cents, leaves cour(...)
Reford Francottie, 48, who was kept in jail for 11 days because he couldn't raise $20 bail after being charged with the theft of 60 cents, leaves cour(...)
4/14/1971
The price of gasoline is up 10 cents today under the gloomy budget Finance Minister John Turner introduced last night, and Otis Stewart was changing t(...)
The price of gasoline is up 10 cents today under the gloomy budget Finance Minister John Turner introduced last night, and Otis Stewart was changing t(...)
6/24/1975