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Canada should hop aboard the Star Wars spacewagon before the U
Canada should hop aboard the Star Wars spacewagon before the U

Canada should hop aboard the Star Wars spacewagon before the U

Date6/12/1985
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0127883F
You don't say!: Dr. Paul Turner and his wife, Annice, from Perth, Ont. stopped to chat with two talking robots when they registered for the annual OMA meeting yesterday at the Harbour Castle Hilton hotel. Geigy is not from Star Wars, but he is one of the latest technicological advances.
You don't say!: Dr. Paul Turner and his wife, Annice, from Perth, Ont. stopped to chat with two talking robots when they registered for the annual OMA meeting yesterday at the Harbour Castle Hilton hotel. Geigy is not from Star Wars, but he is one of the latest technicological advances.
6/8/1980
From the wars: Wearing a French helmet from World War, Rick Davies works on the figure of a British soldier in the Napoleonic wars. His shop in Oshawa is full of military momentos (below and right), some miniatures of medieval soldiers and others the real thing, such as a Nazi uniform from World War II.
From the wars: Wearing a French helmet from World War, Rick Davies works on the figure of a British soldier in the Napoleonic wars. His shop in Oshawa is full of military momentos (below and right), some miniatures of medieval soldiers and others the real thing, such as a Nazi uniform from World War II.
5/11/1983
Uncertain lifestyle: Redekop, with PhD, on the hop at U of T
Uncertain lifestyle: Redekop, with PhD, on the hop at U of T
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Service station dealer John Sharpe. Price wars leave him a victim.
Service station dealer John Sharpe. Price wars leave him a victim.
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Now, where did I park that Death Star?, Gary Harvey of Rexdale, a Star Wars fan who's seen the original 20 times, dressed up as galactic baddie Darth (...)
Now, where did I park that Death Star?, Gary Harvey of Rexdale, a Star Wars fan who's seen the original 20 times, dressed up as galactic baddie Darth (...)
3/28/1985
Mr. and Mrs. Ludwig Henkel check their list to see that everything - and everyone - is aboard their minibus before setting off for another engagement. The seven Henkel children, Rosalind, Barbara, Arnold, Doris, Walter, George Peter, all play musical instruments and are known as the Flatland Yodellers. They have been awarded the Metropolitan Toronto Good Citizen Medal for May.
Mr. and Mrs. Ludwig Henkel check their list to see that everything - and everyone - is aboard their minibus before setting off for another engagement. The seven Henkel children, Rosalind, Barbara, Arnold, Doris, Walter, George Peter, all play musical instruments and are known as the Flatland Yodellers. They have been awarded the Metropolitan Toronto Good Citizen Medal for May.
5/26/1972
At opera hop: The bunny (Michael Howell) hugging leady Judith Forst and Robert Baillie, chairman of the Canadian Opera Guild, warmed up guests at the guild's Ice House party last night, after the opening of Massenet's Werther.
At opera hop: The bunny (Michael Howell) hugging leady Judith Forst and Robert Baillie, chairman of the Canadian Opera Guild, warmed up guests at the guild's Ice House party last night, after the opening of Massenet's Werther.
3/19/1980
With a hop, Alan Miceli shows why he's Metro's best flyer.
With a hop, Alan Miceli shows why he's Metro's best flyer.
5/13/1987
Munch, crunch: Hop on the Buffalo bandwagon at The Wing King Restaurant in Toronto which Tom Pasquale has opened for chicken-wing lovers
Munch, crunch: Hop on the Buffalo bandwagon at The Wing King Restaurant in Toronto which Tom Pasquale has opened for chicken-wing lovers
1/15/1982
Big Jim Leeson parks his Cessna Skyplane, zips up his jacket and goes to pay a house call. By flying, Wiarton's Dr. Leeson figures he's beaten one of the biggest problems facing the progessive rural doctor today: Isolation from his colleagues and the big city medical centres. With his Cessna he can hop down to Toronto in an hour for a lecture. Still, he admits, a rural practice might not be every doctor's cup of tea, I'm a farm boy myself...I'm used to it, he says.
Big Jim Leeson parks his Cessna Skyplane, zips up his jacket and goes to pay a house call. By flying, Wiarton's Dr. Leeson figures he's beaten one of the biggest problems facing the progessive rural doctor today: Isolation from his colleagues and the big city medical centres. With his Cessna he can hop down to Toronto in an hour for a lecture. Still, he admits, a rural practice might not be every doctor's cup of tea, I'm a farm boy myself...I'm used to it, he says.
3/10/1970
Lord Chalfont: Canadian firms should be in Europe before 1992, expert says.
Lord Chalfont: Canadian firms should be in Europe before 1992, expert says.
1/30/1990
Controversy rages over whether a CNE landmark and one of its oldest restaurants should remain closed during Blue Jay games to give new stadium concessionaries more business. Gregory Dallas (above), owner of the 60-year-old Dugan's, says he's been asked to shut down an hour before each game.
Controversy rages over whether a CNE landmark and one of its oldest restaurants should remain closed during Blue Jay games to give new stadium concessionaries more business. Gregory Dallas (above), owner of the 60-year-old Dugan's, says he's been asked to shut down an hour before each game.
6/20/1977