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Gurbakhsh Nanar was turned down when he appiled for the old age security pension at age 68
Gurbakhsh Nanar was turned down when he appiled for the old age security pension at age 68

Gurbakhsh Nanar was turned down when he appiled for the old age security pension at age 68

Date8/19/1991
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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
Life's work: Tom Creber stands amid a selection of monuments at Hilltop Memories in Richmond Hill where he now works as manager. The 77-year-old monument-maker has been in the business since the age of 14 when he started out as a tool sharpener.
Life's work: Tom Creber stands amid a selection of monuments at Hilltop Memories in Richmond Hill where he now works as manager. The 77-year-old monument-maker has been in the business since the age of 14 when he started out as a tool sharpener.
9/30/1982
W. B. Rooney, above right, is vice-president, consumer products division, Canadian General Electric. He said that 15 years is the average age of a refrigerator when it is traded in by the consumer.
W. B. Rooney, above right, is vice-president, consumer products division, Canadian General Electric. He said that 15 years is the average age of a refrigerator when it is traded in by the consumer.
11/8/1973
Record holder for 400 metres in his age group, 68-year-old Roy Barrand runs about 8 miles every second day to keep in trim. He started running 9 years ago
Record holder for 400 metres in his age group, 68-year-old Roy Barrand runs about 8 miles every second day to keep in trim. He started running 9 years ago
6/2/1979
Tribute to hard work, the Bak family's architect- designed roadside open-air market, is in the background as Casey Bak and his wife Freda look at the architect's drawings on how it will appear when the windmill is completed as a landmark in the Holland area. The market was planned by Casey's father, Walter, who died in January at age of 74.
Tribute to hard work, the Bak family's architect- designed roadside open-air market, is in the background as Casey Bak and his wife Freda look at the architect's drawings on how it will appear when the windmill is completed as a landmark in the Holland area. The market was planned by Casey's father, Walter, who died in January at age of 74.
7/22/1974
Facts of life: Life insurance companies consider age, sex and physical handicaps when setting rates, and industry needs relief from human rights laws which were written without regard to such facts of life, says industry's top spokemen Edward Crawford.
Facts of life: Life insurance companies consider age, sex and physical handicaps when setting rates, and industry needs relief from human rights laws which were written without regard to such facts of life, says industry's top spokemen Edward Crawford.
5/26/1980
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
Mrs. Ann Fenn, the retired nurse who believes her misison is to operate a boarding house that women on old-age pensions can afford, gives a comforting(...)
Mrs. Ann Fenn, the retired nurse who believes her misison is to operate a boarding house that women on old-age pensions can afford, gives a comforting(...)
5/1/1967
Higher old age pensions must wait until the economy is sound enough to pay for them, Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau told a television interviewer in New Zealand on May 14
Higher old age pensions must wait until the economy is sound enough to pay for them, Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau told a television interviewer in New Zealand on May 14
5/25/1970
There is nowhere, any place, for young people like David except perhaps an old-age home, says William Smith (right) after talking with his son at Lyndhurst Hospital
There is nowhere, any place, for young people like David except perhaps an old-age home, says William Smith (right) after talking with his son at Lyndhurst Hospital
6/1/1977
An Income Tax Act provision that compels 71-year-olds to cash in their retirement savings plans or buy annuities is not unlawful discrimination based on age, a Supreme Court of Ontario judge has ruled. Mr. Justice Alvin Rosenberg yesterday dismissed an ap
An Income Tax Act provision that compels 71-year-olds to cash in their retirement savings plans or buy annuities is not unlawful discrimination based on age, a Supreme Court of Ontario judge has ruled. Mr. Justice Alvin Rosenberg yesterday dismissed an ap
11/13/1985
Lego masterpiece: Eight-year-old Richard McDuff of Quebec won in the 6 to 9 age group of the Canadian National Lego Building Contest yesterday at the Eaton Centre
Lego masterpiece: Eight-year-old Richard McDuff of Quebec won in the 6 to 9 age group of the Canadian National Lego Building Contest yesterday at the Eaton Centre
1/25/1992