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Bilked of their savings of $1,000 by men posing as bank inspectors, 80-year-old Mr. and Mrs. Alex Downie stand outside their home on Kenwood Ave., where they have lived 40 years, as they tell they were swindled. A man took away fifty $20 bills to check s
Bilked of their savings of $1,000 by men posing as bank inspectors, 80-year-old Mr. and Mrs. Alex Downie stand outside their home on Kenwood Ave., where they have lived 40 years, as they tell they were swindled. A man took away fifty $20 bills to check s

Bilked of their savings of $1,000 by men posing as bank inspectors, 80-year-old Mr. and Mrs. Alex Downie stand outside their home on Kenwood Ave., where they have lived 40 years, as they tell they were swindled. A man took away fifty $20 bills to check s

Date9/24/1970
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Swindled Couple Get $100 Donation, Mrs, Mary Downey, 81, and her husband Alex, 80, smile happily as she holds a $100 bill donated by Ed Edwards, of Etobicoke, who heard how they had been fleeced of their life savings of $1,000 by a man posing as a bank in
Swindled Couple Get $100 Donation, Mrs, Mary Downey, 81, and her husband Alex, 80, smile happily as she holds a $100 bill donated by Ed Edwards, of Etobicoke, who heard how they had been fleeced of their life savings of $1,000 by a man posing as a bank in
9/25/1970
Empty pocket tells its tale as 32-year-old Guido Biance shows his 20-year-old wife, Fanny, where their $2,800 life savings were kept before he lost them yesterday.
Empty pocket tells its tale as 32-year-old Guido Biance shows his 20-year-old wife, Fanny, where their $2,800 life savings were kept before he lost them yesterday.
1/2/1970
An Income Tax Act provision that compels 71-year-olds to cash in their retirement savings plans or buy annuities is not unlawful discrimination based on age, a Supreme Court of Ontario judge has ruled. Mr. Justice Alvin Rosenberg yesterday dismissed an ap
An Income Tax Act provision that compels 71-year-olds to cash in their retirement savings plans or buy annuities is not unlawful discrimination based on age, a Supreme Court of Ontario judge has ruled. Mr. Justice Alvin Rosenberg yesterday dismissed an ap
11/13/1985
No optical illusions will fool Mrs. Harriet Horseman, who is making a parallax test. The supplies which the girl inspectors must pass or reject go to United Nations' forces in all parts of the world
No optical illusions will fool Mrs. Harriet Horseman, who is making a parallax test. The supplies which the girl inspectors must pass or reject go to United Nations' forces in all parts of the world
3/7/1942
Look of relief: Mr. and Mrs. Guido Bianco, the immigrants who lost their $2,800 life-savings on the street after being in the country only three weeks, show their happiness after receiving cheque to help Guido buy tools and get a job.
Look of relief: Mr. and Mrs. Guido Bianco, the immigrants who lost their $2,800 life-savings on the street after being in the country only three weeks, show their happiness after receiving cheque to help Guido buy tools and get a job.
1/6/1970
First new car: Inspectors check over one of the 24 new rapidtransit cars that will be used on the new transit system linking Scarborough City Centre with the Bloor-Danforth subway line
First new car: Inspectors check over one of the 24 new rapidtransit cars that will be used on the new transit system linking Scarborough City Centre with the Bloor-Danforth subway line
4/17/1984
Tax-deferred savings: See those rising curves in stockbroker Barnaby Ross's chart? They track the path your savings could take if you put a little aside every year in an RRSP
Tax-deferred savings: See those rising curves in stockbroker Barnaby Ross's chart? They track the path your savings could take if you put a little aside every year in an RRSP
1/9/1985
Big savings: Martin Foster, general foreman in Algoma's maintenance department, says machine maintenance costs have been cut by 40 per cent
Big savings: Martin Foster, general foreman in Algoma's maintenance department, says machine maintenance costs have been cut by 40 per cent
8/13/1992
Posing as a 35-year-old Forest Hill married woman seeking a private adoption, Star staff writer, Doris Hopper, chats with Metro Lawyer Irving Copeland in his office. Copeland said he has handled 1,400 private adoptions in 18 years of practice as a lawyer as a lawyer and charges fees of $800 to $1,000 for his services. He said he has travelled widely to bring babies to Metro. I've travelled as far as St. John's and Vancouver. he said.
Posing as a 35-year-old Forest Hill married woman seeking a private adoption, Star staff writer, Doris Hopper, chats with Metro Lawyer Irving Copeland in his office. Copeland said he has handled 1,400 private adoptions in 18 years of practice as a lawyer as a lawyer and charges fees of $800 to $1,000 for his services. He said he has travelled widely to bring babies to Metro. I've travelled as far as St. John's and Vancouver. he said.
3/23/1978
Synthetic savings: Terry Preston says SOF-7, which he distributes through his firm, Canadian Molecular Oil, cuts fuel consumption by up to 20 per cent
Synthetic savings: Terry Preston says SOF-7, which he distributes through his firm, Canadian Molecular Oil, cuts fuel consumption by up to 20 per cent
3/25/1982
Home District Savings Bank for the earnings of journeymen, tradesmen, mechanics, servants, labourers, &c
Home District Savings Bank for the earnings of journeymen, tradesmen, mechanics, servants, labourers, &c
1842
The brothers, or, Consequences : a story of what happens every day : with a short account of savings banks, and other essays, upon various subjects
The brothers, or, Consequences : a story of what happens every day : with a short account of savings banks, and other essays, upon various subjects
1820