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Back protector: Albert Marcucci, a Mississauga inventor, plans to invent full-time next year if a recent safety light pays off
Back protector: Albert Marcucci, a Mississauga inventor, plans to invent full-time next year if a recent safety light pays off

Back protector: Albert Marcucci, a Mississauga inventor, plans to invent full-time next year if a recent safety light pays off

Date1/10/1984
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0130483F
Gamble pays off: Bill Fritz, president of Associated National Couriers, gambled his savings to set up a national network of independent couriers to challenge the post office and large U.S. courier services with a promise of on time delivery.
Gamble pays off: Bill Fritz, president of Associated National Couriers, gambled his savings to set up a national network of independent couriers to challenge the post office and large U.S. courier services with a promise of on time delivery.
10/23/1986
A 100-year-old inventor, Henry Albert Mitchell of Scarborough, is sure no one can take the bulb out of this lamp: It's a non-swipable one he patented that hasn't gone into production
A 100-year-old inventor, Henry Albert Mitchell of Scarborough, is sure no one can take the bulb out of this lamp: It's a non-swipable one he patented that hasn't gone into production
2/8/1972
Hunger and Terror are remembered by Musleh Haqqi, 32, and his wife, Suraiya, 22, as they sit with their children, 18-month-old daughter, Ayeshe, and 3-year-old son, Shaheer, now back at their home in Mississauga, as they tell how they were caught in war between India and Pakistan, and struggled to safety
Hunger and Terror are remembered by Musleh Haqqi, 32, and his wife, Suraiya, 22, as they sit with their children, 18-month-old daughter, Ayeshe, and 3-year-old son, Shaheer, now back at their home in Mississauga, as they tell how they were caught in war between India and Pakistan, and struggled to safety
1/10/1972
Camera confrontation: Brockville Mayor Stephan Clark, 22, the country's youngest mayor, meets the media at city hall before presiding over his first session of council. The unemployed would-be cartoonist won the post in a surprise victory. Promising to be a full-time mayor, Clark plans to emphasize job creation. Promoting tourism may be one way, he says.
Camera confrontation: Brockville Mayor Stephan Clark, 22, the country's youngest mayor, meets the media at city hall before presiding over his first session of council. The unemployed would-be cartoonist won the post in a surprise victory. Promising to be a full-time mayor, Clark plans to emphasize job creation. Promoting tourism may be one way, he says.
12/7/1982
Fight pays off: Former Majestic workers Yasmin Moledina, Jim Spanks, centre, and Robert E
Fight pays off: Former Majestic workers Yasmin Moledina, Jim Spanks, centre, and Robert E
1/6/1989
Fight pays off: Former Majestic workers Yasmin Moledina, Jim Spanks, centre, and Robert E
Fight pays off: Former Majestic workers Yasmin Moledina, Jim Spanks, centre, and Robert E
1/6/1989
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
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
Court fight faces John and Larysa Stockton of Mississauga, who are questioning the fairness of the Ontario government's demand that they pay back the 1,250 home buyers grants they've received over the past two years
Court fight faces John and Larysa Stockton of Mississauga, who are questioning the fairness of the Ontario government's demand that they pay back the 1,250 home buyers grants they've received over the past two years
8/4/1977
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
Andrew Nethery, an accountant with a taxable in come of about $20,000 a year, figured out that he pays about $152 a week in taxes
Andrew Nethery, an accountant with a taxable in come of about $20,000 a year, figured out that he pays about $152 a week in taxes
11/17/1971
Teaching history and bookkeeping grosses Michael Crawford $10,000 a year - far less than industry pays men with his training and experience.
Teaching history and bookkeeping grosses Michael Crawford $10,000 a year - far less than industry pays men with his training and experience.
2/25/1967