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Hot stuff: Chromalox president John Fowler hopes others will follow Pennsylvania and encourage the use of its electric furnace built around a core of bricks
Hot stuff: Chromalox president John Fowler hopes others will follow Pennsylvania and encourage the use of its electric furnace built around a core of bricks

Hot stuff: Chromalox president John Fowler hopes others will follow Pennsylvania and encourage the use of its electric furnace built around a core of bricks

Date11/22/1990
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Hydro Chairman Robert Franklin hopes $10 discounts off energy-efficient shower heads will encourage residential hydro customers to use less hot water and save electricity
Hydro Chairman Robert Franklin hopes $10 discounts off energy-efficient shower heads will encourage residential hydro customers to use less hot water and save electricity
4/6/1990
A 100-year-old building on Port Hope's busy main street was wrecked yesterday when an explosion sent the roof and piles of bricks crashing down on thr(...)
A 100-year-old building on Port Hope's busy main street was wrecked yesterday when an explosion sent the roof and piles of bricks crashing down on thr(...)
8/18/1975
Solid handlwork: Art Cooke spent the summer of '45 chiseling mortar off old bricks to build the home he and his wife still live in on Burnett Ave. Today, a high-rise looms near the site he bought for $350. Above, Cooke admires the sturdy bricks he bought for $352 and hauled in a rented truck from the Swift meatpacking plant.
Solid handlwork: Art Cooke spent the summer of '45 chiseling mortar off old bricks to build the home he and his wife still live in on Burnett Ave. Today, a high-rise looms near the site he bought for $350. Above, Cooke admires the sturdy bricks he bought for $352 and hauled in a rented truck from the Swift meatpacking plant.
10/7/1982
Tools of trade: Mike Manley, left, hopes to make as much as $100,000 at repossessing cars using many tools, above, that would be illegal for others.
Tools of trade: Mike Manley, left, hopes to make as much as $100,000 at repossessing cars using many tools, above, that would be illegal for others.
12/7/1990
It's all for Women's Lib, say 18-year-old Bev Wooton (left) and 17-year-old Lorrie Wilson as they hammer and chip away at a huge pile of bricks on dem(...)
It's all for Women's Lib, say 18-year-old Bev Wooton (left) and 17-year-old Lorrie Wilson as they hammer and chip away at a huge pile of bricks on dem(...)
8/25/1971
Richard Cyyde Larkin: United States deputy consul-general. Pickets don't worry him as long as they don't throw bricks
Richard Cyyde Larkin: United States deputy consul-general. Pickets don't worry him as long as they don't throw bricks
12/2/1964
John Houlding: He's been working on the Polar Gas project for seven years and hopes the $10-$15 billion pipeline will ultimately be built in the 1990s
John Houlding: He's been working on the Polar Gas project for seven years and hopes the $10-$15 billion pipeline will ultimately be built in the 1990s
11/15/1979
Perilous work: Firefighter John DiFrancesco is treated by paramedics after 90 kilograms (200 pounds) of bricks fell on his head from blazing hotel yesterday
Perilous work: Firefighter John DiFrancesco is treated by paramedics after 90 kilograms (200 pounds) of bricks fell on his head from blazing hotel yesterday
10/15/1991
A touchdown. Argos Condredge Holloway: left: and John Foubert knock some bricks from the old Alexandra Wing to Toronto Western Hospital to mark the st(...)
A touchdown. Argos Condredge Holloway: left: and John Foubert knock some bricks from the old Alexandra Wing to Toronto Western Hospital to mark the st(...)
6/22/1981
Yellow brick farmhouse contains offices and is hub of steel empire organized by its president, Gerald Heffernan, 58
Yellow brick farmhouse contains offices and is hub of steel empire organized by its president, Gerald Heffernan, 58
3/29/1978
How it works: Dr. John MacKenzie, who recently retired as co-ordinator of the hand clinic at the Workers' Compensation Board's Downsview Rehabilitation Centre, uses a diagram to explain injuries to workers who are sent to the clinic for treatment. he hopes to continue his research into hand injuries.
How it works: Dr. John MacKenzie, who recently retired as co-ordinator of the hand clinic at the Workers' Compensation Board's Downsview Rehabilitation Centre, uses a diagram to explain injuries to workers who are sent to the clinic for treatment. he hopes to continue his research into hand injuries.
7/2/1985
James D. Robinson III, chairman of New York based American Express Co., pictured at the Toronto Stock Exchange where his company's shares were listed for the first time yesterday. The firm is currently facing a challenge to its domination of the travellers' cheque market from Visa and Master Charge, whose credit cards dominate the international bank card scene. Master Charge hopes to be in the business by next May and Visa will make a decision shortly.
James D. Robinson III, chairman of New York based American Express Co., pictured at the Toronto Stock Exchange where his company's shares were listed for the first time yesterday. The firm is currently facing a challenge to its domination of the travellers' cheque market from Visa and Master Charge, whose credit cards dominate the international bank card scene. Master Charge hopes to be in the business by next May and Visa will make a decision shortly.
9/18/1978