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Fighting spirit: Peter McMurdo, who became a quadriplegic after a motorcycle accident, plans to return to work as sales and market researcher for a heavy equipment firm
Fighting spirit: Peter McMurdo, who became a quadriplegic after a motorcycle accident, plans to return to work as sales and market researcher for a heavy equipment firm

Fighting spirit: Peter McMurdo, who became a quadriplegic after a motorcycle accident, plans to return to work as sales and market researcher for a heavy equipment firm

Date3/1/1982
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Big plans: Bob Collins-Wright, president of Inglis, says his company will invest $60 million over the next five years and hire an additional 1,000 workers. He predicts his expanded firm will capture 35-to-40 per cent of all appliance sales in Canada this year.
Big plans: Bob Collins-Wright, president of Inglis, says his company will invest $60 million over the next five years and hire an additional 1,000 workers. He predicts his expanded firm will capture 35-to-40 per cent of all appliance sales in Canada this year.
3/29/1982
A sprinkling of orders is coming in for group washstation designed by Percy Camp, left, and sold by his son Bryan and a partner. The Thornhill men say the product is competition for a U.S. firm which has cornered the market-making it hard to break in. They blame bureaucracy for slow sales.
A sprinkling of orders is coming in for group washstation designed by Percy Camp, left, and sold by his son Bryan and a partner. The Thornhill men say the product is competition for a U.S. firm which has cornered the market-making it hard to break in. They blame bureaucracy for slow sales.
12/2/1970
Bugging equipment which he plans to turn over to provincial police is shown by William Sansom, 42, head of his own firm and Association of Investigators and Guard Agencies of Ontario
Bugging equipment which he plans to turn over to provincial police is shown by William Sansom, 42, head of his own firm and Association of Investigators and Guard Agencies of Ontario
5/8/1974
Sartorial splendor: Milton Eugene, owner of Eugene Manufacturing, displays some of the ties he has produced for 660 companies in Canada. Eugene says sales are up 30 per cent this year and he plans to expand by opening outlets in Atlanta and Dallas next ye
Sartorial splendor: Milton Eugene, owner of Eugene Manufacturing, displays some of the ties he has produced for 660 companies in Canada. Eugene says sales are up 30 per cent this year and he plans to expand by opening outlets in Atlanta and Dallas next ye
12/16/1982
Just ducky: Woodcaver Glenn McMurdo is one of many artisans who'll be demonstrating and selling their work at a craft show at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery in Oshawa's Civic Centre starting tomorrow from noon to 6 p
Just ducky: Woodcaver Glenn McMurdo is one of many artisans who'll be demonstrating and selling their work at a craft show at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery in Oshawa's Civic Centre starting tomorrow from noon to 6 p
10/9/1992
Giant step: Quadriplegic Garry Stockfish yesterday became the first patient in the Lyndhurst Hospital's education program to earn a Grade 13 diploma and received his certificate in a special ceremony
Giant step: Quadriplegic Garry Stockfish yesterday became the first patient in the Lyndhurst Hospital's education program to earn a Grade 13 diploma and received his certificate in a special ceremony
12/16/1982
Mystified: Why did I pay premiums for 24 years? asks Bruce Schwartzentruber, whose rate more than tripled after an accident, leaving his financial plans in ruins
Mystified: Why did I pay premiums for 24 years? asks Bruce Schwartzentruber, whose rate more than tripled after an accident, leaving his financial plans in ruins
1/24/1990
The motorist who stopped and fashioned a tourniquet that saved the life of Bob Perry when his leg was mangled in a motorcycle accident, Jim Kelly (right), yesterday met the 16-year-old youth for first time since the accident
The motorist who stopped and fashioned a tourniquet that saved the life of Bob Perry when his leg was mangled in a motorcycle accident, Jim Kelly (right), yesterday met the 16-year-old youth for first time since the accident
3/14/1968
No place like home: Paralyzed Ian Miller and welfare mother Lynn Smith, with son Jesse, are among a group of Metro residents who need low-cost housing and are protesting the province's lack of firm plans to build more subsidized housing in Metro this year
No place like home: Paralyzed Ian Miller and welfare mother Lynn Smith, with son Jesse, are among a group of Metro residents who need low-cost housing and are protesting the province's lack of firm plans to build more subsidized housing in Metro this year
3/12/1984
Dave Shannon: The quadriplegic paralyzed since a rugby accident last September, says you never stop hoping and praying about research that could lead to a cure
Dave Shannon: The quadriplegic paralyzed since a rugby accident last September, says you never stop hoping and praying about research that could lead to a cure
3/4/1982
Wendy Carwford: Cover girl, 19, became a quadriplegic after an accident with a drunk driver
Wendy Carwford: Cover girl, 19, became a quadriplegic after an accident with a drunk driver
11/25/1984
A grade six education didn't stop Harry Graham from rising to the top in Cummins Diesel, North America's leading manufacturer of diesel engines - or from prospering in his own firm, IDMD, which makes sales-promotion kits
A grade six education didn't stop Harry Graham from rising to the top in Cummins Diesel, North America's leading manufacturer of diesel engines - or from prospering in his own firm, IDMD, which makes sales-promotion kits
10/1/1985