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G. Ross Lord strolls through one of the conservation area parks near his home
G. Ross Lord strolls through one of the conservation area parks near his home

G. Ross Lord strolls through one of the conservation area parks near his home

Date2/13/1979
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Staying in touch: Pollick likes to take regular strolls around Electro-home's plants
Staying in touch: Pollick likes to take regular strolls around Electro-home's plants
6/21/1981
High-flying salesman Mike Kilburn, who helped beat a sales deadline for the Dash 7 Short-takeoff-and-landing airplane by selling five of tghe craft to Ethopian Airlines, strolls back home in North York with wife Pat and daughter Erika
High-flying salesman Mike Kilburn, who helped beat a sales deadline for the Dash 7 Short-takeoff-and-landing airplane by selling five of tghe craft to Ethopian Airlines, strolls back home in North York with wife Pat and daughter Erika
6/27/1975
Uncle Frank Dawson tends to one of his injured wildfowl at his 3 3/4-acre conservation area on Elmcrest Rd. The 83-year-old bachelor has been patching up injured birds for as long as anyone can remember. With a small creek running through the back, his property has become a haven for hundreds of waterfowl. He has lived in the same house for over 50 years and has raised a varietyof birds. But Dawson can't recall when people started to bring birds to him, he said.
Uncle Frank Dawson tends to one of his injured wildfowl at his 3 3/4-acre conservation area on Elmcrest Rd. The 83-year-old bachelor has been patching up injured birds for as long as anyone can remember. With a small creek running through the back, his property has become a haven for hundreds of waterfowl. He has lived in the same house for over 50 years and has raised a varietyof birds. But Dawson can't recall when people started to bring birds to him, he said.
9/1/1978
Hear ye, hear ye: Town crier Frank Knight wears an authentic 1790s costume as he strolls around the Scarborugh Civic Centre spreading the latest news
Hear ye, hear ye: Town crier Frank Knight wears an authentic 1790s costume as he strolls around the Scarborugh Civic Centre spreading the latest news
8/5/1987
With wife and family Dvae Luciuk goes for an evening stroll along a stream that flows behind his new home in Rolling Hills near Oshawa
With wife and family Dvae Luciuk goes for an evening stroll along a stream that flows behind his new home in Rolling Hills near Oshawa
9/15/1972
Exposed kids: Father Roger Beals says his two kids, Travis and Cameron, were soaked with poisonous insecticides when a Toronto parks worker, wearing a gas mask, began spraying trees around the Kew Gardens area.
Exposed kids: Father Roger Beals says his two kids, Travis and Cameron, were soaked with poisonous insecticides when a Toronto parks worker, wearing a gas mask, began spraying trees around the Kew Gardens area.
7/16/1985
Bursting with energy, TV producer Elsa Franklin strolls through a park dreaming up ideas for new shows
Bursting with energy, TV producer Elsa Franklin strolls through a park dreaming up ideas for new shows
4/13/1970
On air: Premier Bob Rae strolls through Queen's Park just after last night's television address was taped
On air: Premier Bob Rae strolls through Queen's Park just after last night's television address was taped
1/21/1992
Environmental concerns, Lois James, secretary of Save the Rouge Valley System, strolls along the edge of the Rouge River near her home. Her group fears new housing will hurt the land
Environmental concerns, Lois James, secretary of Save the Rouge Valley System, strolls along the edge of the Rouge River near her home. Her group fears new housing will hurt the land
9/13/1985
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
At odds over conservation of Metro ravine land are naturalist Dr. Bruce Cruickshank, left, and Grant Henderson, right, chairman of the Metro Toronto Regional Conservation Authority. We enhance habitat, says Henderson, shown beside a flood control structure at Woodbridge. Cruickshank, shown in ravine land near Metro's Sunnybrook Park, fears Henderson's authority wants to take over and manicure this, too.
At odds over conservation of Metro ravine land are naturalist Dr. Bruce Cruickshank, left, and Grant Henderson, right, chairman of the Metro Toronto Regional Conservation Authority. We enhance habitat, says Henderson, shown beside a flood control structure at Woodbridge. Cruickshank, shown in ravine land near Metro's Sunnybrook Park, fears Henderson's authority wants to take over and manicure this, too.
5/20/1976
George Ross, 41, An automotive sales representative and a former martial arts instructor for Mississauga Parks and Recreation.
George Ross, 41, An automotive sales representative and a former martial arts instructor for Mississauga Parks and Recreation.
10/10/1991