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Brian Hickey: Harlequin market of all, China, where exactly, but more interested in the dream . . . [Incomplete]
Brian Hickey: Harlequin market of all, China, where exactly, but more interested in the dream . . . [Incomplete]

Brian Hickey: Harlequin market of all, China, where exactly, but more interested in the dream . . . [Incomplete]

Date1/26/1999
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Northern Metro's most famous family owned hardware store is located in two-storey, pre-Confederation building at northwest corner of Yonge St. and Sheppard Ave. Dempsey Bros. Ltd., founded in 1921, stocks more than 140,000 items and its sales staff knows where every item is. Bob Dempsey (middle) and his brother, James, run iness their father began. Their sons, James Jr. and Mark (right) are interested in carrying [Incomplete]
Northern Metro's most famous family owned hardware store is located in two-storey, pre-Confederation building at northwest corner of Yonge St. and Sheppard Ave. Dempsey Bros. Ltd., founded in 1921, stocks more than 140,000 items and its sales staff knows where every item is. Bob Dempsey (middle) and his brother, James, run iness their father began. Their sons, James Jr. and Mark (right) are interested in carrying [Incomplete]
2/18/1977
Star Wish. I have always been very curious about the publishing industry and must confess to a fascination with Harlequin Enterprises, wrote Shanti Raktoe of Guelph. So we took her to meet Fred Kerner, Harlequin's director of publishing. These books are harder to write than they look, she reports.
Star Wish. I have always been very curious about the publishing industry and must confess to a fascination with Harlequin Enterprises, wrote Shanti Raktoe of Guelph. So we took her to meet Fred Kerner, Harlequin's director of publishing. These books are harder to write than they look, she reports.
6/15/1978
Bouquet of flowers tossed out by Harlequin vice-president Fred Kerner at Toronto's first Harlequin Reader Party, was caught by a non-reader Diane Fontaine, 30, of Hamilton, who attended with a friend
Bouquet of flowers tossed out by Harlequin vice-president Fred Kerner at Toronto's first Harlequin Reader Party, was caught by a non-reader Diane Fontaine, 30, of Hamilton, who attended with a friend
11/5/1981
We never counted them, say Ambrose Nesbitt and his wife, Mary, so they don't know exactly how many foster children they have cared for in the past 25 years-but it is more than 50
We never counted them, say Ambrose Nesbitt and his wife, Mary, so they don't know exactly how many foster children they have cared for in the past 25 years-but it is more than 50
3/11/1971
We never counted them, say Ambrose Nesbitt and his wife, mary, so they don't know exactly how many foster children they have cared for in the past 25-year - but it is more than 50
We never counted them, say Ambrose Nesbitt and his wife, mary, so they don't know exactly how many foster children they have cared for in the past 25-year - but it is more than 50
8/6/1980
Pin ho fled China to avoid arrest, now he puts out a newspaper and dreams of returning
Pin ho fled China to avoid arrest, now he puts out a newspaper and dreams of returning
6/27/1990
David M. Stone of Pickering and Harry Stone of television's Night Court have a couple of things in common. Both are judges and self-confessed hams. On June 1, David Stone became a judge. For Stone - previously a criminal lawyer and crown attorney - the appointment to the provincial court (criminal division) in Oshawa is a dream come true. [Incomplete]
David M. Stone of Pickering and Harry Stone of television's Night Court have a couple of things in common. Both are judges and self-confessed hams. On June 1, David Stone became a judge. For Stone - previously a criminal lawyer and crown attorney - the appointment to the provincial court (criminal division) in Oshawa is a dream come true. [Incomplete]
7/19/1990
Jean Marc Labrosse, a divorce court judge, deals with broken dreams and bitterness every day: I wonder about the future of marriage [Incomplete]
Jean Marc Labrosse, a divorce court judge, deals with broken dreams and bitterness every day: I wonder about the future of marriage [Incomplete]
3/23/1978
Martin Parker: What exactly did he do that was wrong?
Martin Parker: What exactly did he do that was wrong?
5/12/1979
Toronto's oldest Redcap, Jake Charendoff, sits waiting for new business at Toronto's Union Station, while behind him sits redcap Bert Fortune. Charendoff picked up his first piece of baggage at Union Station on the day it opened in 1927. But, although he claims the title oldest, he refuses to say exactly how old he is.
Toronto's oldest Redcap, Jake Charendoff, sits waiting for new business at Toronto's Union Station, while behind him sits redcap Bert Fortune. Charendoff picked up his first piece of baggage at Union Station on the day it opened in 1927. But, although he claims the title oldest, he refuses to say exactly how old he is.
1/24/1972
Cool cash representing the United Way's $16.2 million goal surrounds campaign chairman William Christener deep in vaults of a Metro Bank. There is is folks . . . that's exactly what we need. Let's go out and get it, Christener said as he kicked off campaign early yesterday for the media. Official appeal kick-off starts tomorrow at 11 a.m. at Nathan Phillips Square and you're invited.
Cool cash representing the United Way's $16.2 million goal surrounds campaign chairman William Christener deep in vaults of a Metro Bank. There is is folks . . . that's exactly what we need. Let's go out and get it, Christener said as he kicked off campaign early yesterday for the media. Official appeal kick-off starts tomorrow at 11 a.m. at Nathan Phillips Square and you're invited.
9/22/1977
Still interested: Metro Zoo director Peter Crowcroft doesn't have a lot of time to spend with residents like Mikisi the eagle, but God help me if I'm not interested in them.
Still interested: Metro Zoo director Peter Crowcroft doesn't have a lot of time to spend with residents like Mikisi the eagle, but God help me if I'm not interested in them.
8/28/1981