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Heading North: Apprentice Lineman Gary Lavallie says he will be better off in Sudbury with next to no mortgage on his cheaper house despite having to take a reduction in pay
Heading North: Apprentice Lineman Gary Lavallie says he will be better off in Sudbury with next to no mortgage on his cheaper house despite having to take a reduction in pay

Heading North: Apprentice Lineman Gary Lavallie says he will be better off in Sudbury with next to no mortgage on his cheaper house despite having to take a reduction in pay

Date2/16/1989
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Scotty Dunbar, a guard at Canadian Tire's Brampton warehouse, says the company's profit-sharing plan has given him incomparable security for his old age. Dunbar, 49, has used his equity in Canadian Tire shares to pay off his mortgage and start a business that later failed. He still has more than $120,000 left. He hopes to retire in few years.
Scotty Dunbar, a guard at Canadian Tire's Brampton warehouse, says the company's profit-sharing plan has given him incomparable security for his old age. Dunbar, 49, has used his equity in Canadian Tire shares to pay off his mortgage and start a business that later failed. He still has more than $120,000 left. He hopes to retire in few years.
6/18/1975
Outside. Lineman Norm Olan was planning to have a quiet dinner Sunday. But an 'emergency' telephone call abruptly changed his plans. Instead he spent the next 23 hours shinning up and down icy power lines in freezing rain. It didn't take Olan long to see that the so called emergency was, in fact, a disaster.
Outside. Lineman Norm Olan was planning to have a quiet dinner Sunday. But an 'emergency' telephone call abruptly changed his plans. Instead he spent the next 23 hours shinning up and down icy power lines in freezing rain. It didn't take Olan long to see that the so called emergency was, in fact, a disaster.
1/18/1968
Empty Pockets: Hydro apprentice Bonnie Urry, on picket duty yesterday, says there's next to nothing of her pay left after she covers basic house and living costs
Empty Pockets: Hydro apprentice Bonnie Urry, on picket duty yesterday, says there's next to nothing of her pay left after she covers basic house and living costs
2/16/1989
Startled motorists think be's outs when they bear security man Mark Carter sitting at a stoplight, singing and clicking his fingers, but most drive off with a smile. Mark, a 26-year-old native of Barbados, feels Metro people are much too glum and take life too seriously. You start singing, you feel better, he says.
Startled motorists think be's outs when they bear security man Mark Carter sitting at a stoplight, singing and clicking his fingers, but most drive off with a smile. Mark, a 26-year-old native of Barbados, feels Metro people are much too glum and take life too seriously. You start singing, you feel better, he says.
6/1/1977
Joe Perez, above, with mom Maria in front of their house, dreams of being able to pay off the mortgage. The student works summer and winter.
Joe Perez, above, with mom Maria in front of their house, dreams of being able to pay off the mortgage. The student works summer and winter.
7/3/1986
Norman Browne rolls his own cigarettes, it's cheaper. Regardless of his income he lives on $25 a week. This insures that I stay poor and thus safeguards my freedom and independence. Being poor, he says, is fun.
Norman Browne rolls his own cigarettes, it's cheaper. Regardless of his income he lives on $25 a week. This insures that I stay poor and thus safeguards my freedom and independence. Being poor, he says, is fun.
6/6/1969
Al Coleclough: Top enforcement officer in Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Affairs admits the government isn't doing an adequate job of inspecting the firms it has licensed to operate. He is revamping and retraining his division to better handle mortgage-brokerage firms.
Al Coleclough: Top enforcement officer in Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Affairs admits the government isn't doing an adequate job of inspecting the firms it has licensed to operate. He is revamping and retraining his division to better handle mortgage-brokerage firms.
6/26/1980
Up in arms: Roy Sharpe, a member of London's bingo task force and head of a group that raises money from bingo for athletic programs, says free bus rides to Brantford, with its cheaper games and bigger prizes, is cutting into the take for London charities and community groups
Up in arms: Roy Sharpe, a member of London's bingo task force and head of a group that raises money from bingo for athletic programs, says free bus rides to Brantford, with its cheaper games and bigger prizes, is cutting into the take for London charities and community groups
9/28/1984
Sign of success: David Cooke of Prudential-Bach Securities shows off the upbeat license plate on his Mercedes-Benz. Now he's considering trading the car for a cheaper model.
Sign of success: David Cooke of Prudential-Bach Securities shows off the upbeat license plate on his Mercedes-Benz. Now he's considering trading the car for a cheaper model.
12/9/1987
Cheaper cars: Mel Stein, president of AHA, says it's his state-of-the-art Brampton plant, not subsidies, that allows him to sell strech limousines more cheeply than his U
Cheaper cars: Mel Stein, president of AHA, says it's his state-of-the-art Brampton plant, not subsidies, that allows him to sell strech limousines more cheeply than his U
9/20/1989
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
Wall St. meets Sudbury: Chuck Baird, greeted by Wint Newman (right) president of Inco Metals' Ontario division, dresses as much for Wall St. as Sudbury - and his step still says: Leatherneck, echoing his days as a U.S. Marine.
Wall St. meets Sudbury: Chuck Baird, greeted by Wint Newman (right) president of Inco Metals' Ontario division, dresses as much for Wall St. as Sudbury - and his step still says: Leatherneck, echoing his days as a U.S. Marine.
5/5/1981