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Cyril Hare: Chief is lobbying for bylaw requiring sprinklers in new homes.
Cyril Hare: Chief is lobbying for bylaw requiring sprinklers in new homes.

Cyril Hare: Chief is lobbying for bylaw requiring sprinklers in new homes.

Date12/15/1993
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Nerve centre: Tom Christoff programs the Brian (on wall above computer screen), which controls household operations like furnace, smoke alarms and lawn sprinklers. Doll house behind Christoff is fitted with lights and mini-TV to show off Brian's powers.
Nerve centre: Tom Christoff programs the Brian (on wall above computer screen), which controls household operations like furnace, smoke alarms and lawn sprinklers. Doll house behind Christoff is fitted with lights and mini-TV to show off Brian's powers.
6/2/1986
Splish-splash, taking a bath, Tildo Peltz found a way to beat yesterday's 25C heat at Sunnyside beach -- she ran into the sprinklers. Hot weather will(...)
Splish-splash, taking a bath, Tildo Peltz found a way to beat yesterday's 25C heat at Sunnyside beach -- she ran into the sprinklers. Hot weather will(...)
8/3/1984
Yes Says John Graham, cable television executive, The Canadian television viewer continues to be a victim of the Canadian Radio Television Commission's policy of requiring football blackouts on cable television and over-the-air televison stations
Yes Says John Graham, cable television executive, The Canadian television viewer continues to be a victim of the Canadian Radio Television Commission's policy of requiring football blackouts on cable television and over-the-air televison stations
8/25/1978
Differing opinions: Charlie Terzo, left, says players should follow rules requiring them to compete with boys their own age
Differing opinions: Charlie Terzo, left, says players should follow rules requiring them to compete with boys their own age
1/17/1985
Disappearing act: Henry Skritek and his pet lion, photographed before Scarborough's new bylaw banning exotic pets from residential areas, appear to have been separated. Neighboring Centennial Dr. residents had complained about the lion and it hasn't been seen for at least the last two weeks even though Skritek vowed to fight the bylaw and keep the lion.
Disappearing act: Henry Skritek and his pet lion, photographed before Scarborough's new bylaw banning exotic pets from residential areas, appear to have been separated. Neighboring Centennial Dr. residents had complained about the lion and it hasn't been seen for at least the last two weeks even though Skritek vowed to fight the bylaw and keep the lion.
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Lobbying continues: Norman Otis Richmond of the Black Music Association (Toronto) last night protested lack of separate Juno categories for reggae and calypso
Lobbying continues: Norman Otis Richmond of the Black Music Association (Toronto) last night protested lack of separate Juno categories for reggae and calypso
3/12/1989
George Post: Federal official says lobbying in necessary but should be opened up and better regulated.
George Post: Federal official says lobbying in necessary but should be opened up and better regulated.
6/11/1990
Rich Loopholes: Law professor Neil Brooks says tax subsidies for business meals, lobbying and advertising cost the government billions in revenue each year.
Rich Loopholes: Law professor Neil Brooks says tax subsidies for business meals, lobbying and advertising cost the government billions in revenue each year.
3/13/1991
Cats galore: Harvey and Lorraine Crockford play with just a few of the 54 cats that share their home. The couple were fined $50 yesterday for breaking North York's cat bylaw - it allows only six grown cats per household. The couple spend $200 a week on cat food and litter.
Cats galore: Harvey and Lorraine Crockford play with just a few of the 54 cats that share their home. The couple were fined $50 yesterday for breaking North York's cat bylaw - it allows only six grown cats per household. The couple spend $200 a week on cat food and litter.
6/29/1984
Myer Godfrey, chairman of the Toronto Home Builders' Association (THBA) government liasion committee and the vice-president of Yorkwood Homes, believes proposed safety provisions may give new-home buyers a false - and expensive - sense of security
Myer Godfrey, chairman of the Toronto Home Builders' Association (THBA) government liasion committee and the vice-president of Yorkwood Homes, believes proposed safety provisions may give new-home buyers a false - and expensive - sense of security
1/15/1990
Same home: Though he has sold thousands of new homes during the past 30 years, Mike Rogow and his wife Anita still live in the same Don Mills bungalow they bought in 1957
Same home: Though he has sold thousands of new homes during the past 30 years, Mike Rogow and his wife Anita still live in the same Don Mills bungalow they bought in 1957
1/28/1985
Stuck in the mud: It's so bad on the construction site that even backhoes are getting stuck says Mendy Finkelstein of the home builders' sales and marketing council. Builders want Ottawa to extend the deadline on $3,000 grants for new homes because of the
Stuck in the mud: It's so bad on the construction site that even backhoes are getting stuck says Mendy Finkelstein of the home builders' sales and marketing council. Builders want Ottawa to extend the deadline on $3,000 grants for new homes because of the
4/11/1983