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Labor of love: Ted Moores puts more than 100 hours of his time into the construction of each Bear Mountain canoe
Labor of love: Ted Moores puts more than 100 hours of his time into the construction of each Bear Mountain canoe

Labor of love: Ted Moores puts more than 100 hours of his time into the construction of each Bear Mountain canoe

Date1/10/1980
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0131110F
Last summer, he sold encyclopedias. This summer, university student Mark Dingman is selling himself - as the first prize in an unusual raffle. Dingman 21, of Toronto, has decided to raffle himself - or more precisely, 16 hours of his time - to make money for school. I wanted to run my own business. This took minimum capitalization and had minimal risk, should it fail, said Dingman, a McGill University student. And it seems like a good skill to learn, to sell yourself. Dingman is going door-to-door with his Student Slaves raffle and a very professional pitch. Tickets go for $1.99 each (or three for $5) and there are 200 in each draw. The first raffle is scheduled for Tuesday and the winner gets Dingman for 16 hours to do anything from cleaning ovens to fixing eavestroughs.
Last summer, he sold encyclopedias. This summer, university student Mark Dingman is selling himself - as the first prize in an unusual raffle. Dingman 21, of Toronto, has decided to raffle himself - or more precisely, 16 hours of his time - to make money for school. I wanted to run my own business. This took minimum capitalization and had minimal risk, should it fail, said Dingman, a McGill University student. And it seems like a good skill to learn, to sell yourself. Dingman is going door-to-door with his Student Slaves raffle and a very professional pitch. Tickets go for $1.99 each (or three for $5) and there are 200 in each draw. The first raffle is scheduled for Tuesday and the winner gets Dingman for 16 hours to do anything from cleaning ovens to fixing eavestroughs.
7/5/1984
Varnishing act: Ted Moores has a loving audience as he applies yet another coat of resin to one of his classic canoes
Varnishing act: Ted Moores has a loving audience as he applies yet another coat of resin to one of his classic canoes
1/17/1985
By Lynn Moore Toronto Star. Shean Campbell, a man with a checkered past, is a vibrant link in a chain providing food to the working poor and disadvantaged. Campbell, 55, has been operating a food bank out of his family's Brampton apartment for more than a year, providing a conduit for mountains of donated food. Three weeknights and on Saturdays, his three-bedroom apartment is crammed with people and food. [Incomplete]
By Lynn Moore Toronto Star. Shean Campbell, a man with a checkered past, is a vibrant link in a chain providing food to the working poor and disadvantaged. Campbell, 55, has been operating a food bank out of his family's Brampton apartment for more than a year, providing a conduit for mountains of donated food. Three weeknights and on Saturdays, his three-bedroom apartment is crammed with people and food. [Incomplete]
12/10/1987
A respite: Aaron Davis puts his feet up before continuing his record performance of bowling non-stop for more than 11 days.
A respite: Aaron Davis puts his feet up before continuing his record performance of bowling non-stop for more than 11 days.
2/11/1985
Sam Puts in 80 hours like this every week. It brings him an average weekly income of $30
Sam Puts in 80 hours like this every week. It brings him an average weekly income of $30
1/19/1966
Visiting old city hall with pupils from Grade 5 of Dewson Public School, volunteer school helper 86-year-old Ida Seigal chats with Judge Tupper Bigelow in his chambers after the group sat in on his court for more than two hours. Judge Bigelow and Mrs. Seigal served on school board together during 1930s.
Visiting old city hall with pupils from Grade 5 of Dewson Public School, volunteer school helper 86-year-old Ida Seigal chats with Judge Tupper Bigelow in his chambers after the group sat in on his court for more than two hours. Judge Bigelow and Mrs. Seigal served on school board together during 1930s.
12/14/1971
Brothers Ron, left, and Gary Prosserman of Moores The Suit People stand in front of their flagship store, which opened this month in the old Fair weathers building at 100 Yonge St
Brothers Ron, left, and Gary Prosserman of Moores The Suit People stand in front of their flagship store, which opened this month in the old Fair weathers building at 100 Yonge St
9/26/1990
Earle Birney: University Of Toronto's writer-in-residence, A teacher who doesn't teach but who puts in more hours than a professor
Earle Birney: University Of Toronto's writer-in-residence, A teacher who doesn't teach but who puts in more hours than a professor
6/2/1966
Having fun: David Smith put more than $80,000 into his franchised Kwik Kopy business, plus working up to 20-hour days in first months
Having fun: David Smith put more than $80,000 into his franchised Kwik Kopy business, plus working up to 20-hour days in first months
9/25/1980
His domain: Roy Moore's airline, Worldways Canada, has five planes that take anyone - or anything - almost anywhere.
His domain: Roy Moore's airline, Worldways Canada, has five planes that take anyone - or anything - almost anywhere.
4/22/1982
It's his fault: Union manager Max Federman, left, and furrier Joe Kerbel, above blame each other for the loss of Toronto's once-thriving fur industry to Montreal. They've been each other 60 years - back to a time when workers were paid $3 for a 60-hour we
It's his fault: Union manager Max Federman, left, and furrier Joe Kerbel, above blame each other for the loss of Toronto's once-thriving fur industry to Montreal. They've been each other 60 years - back to a time when workers were paid $3 for a 60-hour we
7/25/1984
Richard Hyatt: Former volunteer donated 300 hours of his time to write a program linking Central Hospital's mainframe computer system to the laboratory's new Beckman sample analyzer
Richard Hyatt: Former volunteer donated 300 hours of his time to write a program linking Central Hospital's mainframe computer system to the laboratory's new Beckman sample analyzer
8/11/1992