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Tales of travel: Bernie Howgate, the Etobicoke electrical engineer who spent eight years touring the world on his bike, enthrals students at John English School
Tales of travel: Bernie Howgate, the Etobicoke electrical engineer who spent eight years touring the world on his bike, enthrals students at John English School

Tales of travel: Bernie Howgate, the Etobicoke electrical engineer who spent eight years touring the world on his bike, enthrals students at John English School

Date1/19/1989
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Good to be back: Bernie Howgate dumped his job and left his Etobicoke home in 1980 to tour 23 countries on his 10-speed
Good to be back: Bernie Howgate dumped his job and left his Etobicoke home in 1980 to tour 23 countries on his 10-speed
9/12/1988
His 31 years with the North York Board of Education give teacher Walker Dear (middle) the second-longest service record of high school teachers in the borough. Technical director at Downsview Secondary School since 1962, he retires June 30. With him are two of his former students who now are teachers at the school. Gordon Brown (left) and Stan Tsoki as they recall some of the years.
His 31 years with the North York Board of Education give teacher Walker Dear (middle) the second-longest service record of high school teachers in the borough. Technical director at Downsview Secondary School since 1962, he retires June 30. With him are two of his former students who now are teachers at the school. Gordon Brown (left) and Stan Tsoki as they recall some of the years.
5/16/1978
Former prisoner of war, Etobicoke Controller Pete Farrow and his wife, Dorothy, model the sweatshirts they'll wear at a reunion of former air force PoWs in England next weekend. He spent three years as prisoner in World War II after being captured by Germ
Former prisoner of war, Etobicoke Controller Pete Farrow and his wife, Dorothy, model the sweatshirts they'll wear at a reunion of former air force PoWs in England next weekend. He spent three years as prisoner in World War II after being captured by Germ
5/5/1977
The life and adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, mariner: who lived eight and twenty years alone in an uninhabited island, on the coast of America, near the mouth of the great river Oroonoque : with an account of his travels round three parts of the globe, volume 1
The life and adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, mariner: who lived eight and twenty years alone in an uninhabited island, on the coast of America, near the mouth of the great river Oroonoque : with an account of his travels round three parts of the globe, volume 1
1790
The life and adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, mariner: who lived eight and twenty years alone in an uninhabited island, on the coast of America, near the mouth of the great river Oroonoque : with an account of his travels round three parts of the globe, volume 2
The life and adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, mariner: who lived eight and twenty years alone in an uninhabited island, on the coast of America, near the mouth of the great river Oroonoque : with an account of his travels round three parts of the globe, volume 2
1790
High on literature, Stan Baker, principal of Immanuel Christian School, recently spent the day at his desk on the school roof after students exceeded (...)
High on literature, Stan Baker, principal of Immanuel Christian School, recently spent the day at his desk on the school roof after students exceeded (...)
5/9/1986
Marxists may hold the key to the power struggle for Iran, says a senior petroleum engineer who spent 10 years in the Middle Eastern country before being forced out last month
Marxists may hold the key to the power struggle for Iran, says a senior petroleum engineer who spent 10 years in the Middle Eastern country before being forced out last month
2/25/1979
Sheets of joy: Ron Misfud of Etobicoke spent nine months touring with Up with People, a non-religious, non-political, non-profit organization
Sheets of joy: Ron Misfud of Etobicoke spent nine months touring with Up with People, a non-religious, non-political, non-profit organization
12/27/1980
The new Miss teen Canada, A Regina high school student who spent three years in Ghana with her family and who wants to be a dentist, Katherine Eckel, (...)
The new Miss teen Canada, A Regina high school student who spent three years in Ghana with her family and who wants to be a dentist, Katherine Eckel, (...)
3/3/1975
Inventive Spirit: Raja Tull, 25, began working on his wide facsimile machine in 1988 after seeing how much his father and other engineers spent sending large documents around the world
Inventive Spirit: Raja Tull, 25, began working on his wide facsimile machine in 1988 after seeing how much his father and other engineers spent sending large documents around the world
10/14/1991
Cautionary tales for children : designed for the admonition of children between the ages of eight and fourteen years
Cautionary tales for children : designed for the admonition of children between the ages of eight and fourteen years
1908
Class of '87: Dr. Hilroy Thomas, right, is opening private schools in Scarborough and Etobicoke to help students, labled under-achievers, make the grade. He says individual attention and small classes can raise a student's grade by one year. These students are catching up this summer.
Class of '87: Dr. Hilroy Thomas, right, is opening private schools in Scarborough and Etobicoke to help students, labled under-achievers, make the grade. He says individual attention and small classes can raise a student's grade by one year. These students are catching up this summer.
8/17/1987