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Loren Oxley, chairman of the Toronto Planning Board, prepared this waterfront map illustrating graphically the issues involved in waterfront development plans
Loren Oxley, chairman of the Toronto Planning Board, prepared this waterfront map illustrating graphically the issues involved in waterfront development plans

Loren Oxley, chairman of the Toronto Planning Board, prepared this waterfront map illustrating graphically the issues involved in waterfront development plans

Date5/4/1970
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0131788F
Ready for fight: Tom Chandler, vice-president of Redpath Sugar on Queen's Quay, says he's opposed to extensive housing plans for the city's waterfront between Leslie and Yonge Sts., which industry spokesmen say could put many employees out of work. We're prepared to fight to the limit, tooth and nail, all the way to the Ontario Municipal Board and the courts, he says.
Ready for fight: Tom Chandler, vice-president of Redpath Sugar on Queen's Quay, says he's opposed to extensive housing plans for the city's waterfront between Leslie and Yonge Sts., which industry spokesmen say could put many employees out of work. We're prepared to fight to the limit, tooth and nail, all the way to the Ontario Municipal Board and the courts, he says.
3/23/1983
Support needed: John Malcolm, who is studying waterfront development at York University, says the success of projects such as Harbourfront depends on strong-local political support
Support needed: John Malcolm, who is studying waterfront development at York University, says the success of projects such as Harbourfront depends on strong-local political support
9/10/1981
Michael Davies: Publisher of Kingston Whig-Standard which ran daily columns bashing Tory policies, said: The issues? The issues were that I was away in Greece. I only came back election day.
Michael Davies: Publisher of Kingston Whig-Standard which ran daily columns bashing Tory policies, said: The issues? The issues were that I was away in Greece. I only came back election day.
5/9/1985
W. H. Thornburn, chairman of the Toronto Stock Exchange board of governors, sees a small revival of confidence by Canadian investors, but much less than I had expected by this time. He forecasts continued sluggishness in trading until corporate earnings improve. Thornburn thinks there could be new speculation in oil and gas stocks when results of winter drilling become available. Cost-cutting and other controls have prepared brokers for any new storms, he says.
W. H. Thornburn, chairman of the Toronto Stock Exchange board of governors, sees a small revival of confidence by Canadian investors, but much less than I had expected by this time. He forecasts continued sluggishness in trading until corporate earnings improve. Thornburn thinks there could be new speculation in oil and gas stocks when results of winter drilling become available. Cost-cutting and other controls have prepared brokers for any new storms, he says.
12/31/1970
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
Terry Flanagan, outside the Toronto Stock Exchange, heads a group that wants to start a new exchange to deal strictly in speculative mining issues. Small mine explorers, chafing under stiff regulations, see the exchange as one idea to ease chronic shortag
Terry Flanagan, outside the Toronto Stock Exchange, heads a group that wants to start a new exchange to deal strictly in speculative mining issues. Small mine explorers, chafing under stiff regulations, see the exchange as one idea to ease chronic shortag
9/6/1978
On track: Juri Pill, TTC's general manager, is involved in planning Metro's projected transit needs, which include possible extensions of subway routes, 'busways' and light rapid transit lines, shown left
On track: Juri Pill, TTC's general manager, is involved in planning Metro's projected transit needs, which include possible extensions of subway routes, 'busways' and light rapid transit lines, shown left
1/20/1986
Hot issue: Environment Minister Ruth Grier was accused of going back on her word yesterday, while Erv McIntyre, head of a provincial waster agency, says it plans to inspect 57 possible dump sites
Hot issue: Environment Minister Ruth Grier was accused of going back on her word yesterday, while Erv McIntyre, head of a provincial waster agency, says it plans to inspect 57 possible dump sites
6/4/1992
Be prepared: No smart family will be without four incomes in the 1980s, Peter Pekar, a Chicago consultant told his audience of planning executives yesterday
Be prepared: No smart family will be without four incomes in the 1980s, Peter Pekar, a Chicago consultant told his audience of planning executives yesterday
3/12/1980
Clive Beck heads a provincial research project in the field of moral and values education. We need to help kids see the complexity of moral issues, he says.
Clive Beck heads a provincial research project in the field of moral and values education. We need to help kids see the complexity of moral issues, he says.
2/7/1978
John Couvell, 56. Retired from Canada Post, Couvell says affordable housing is his prime concern. He says council needs to address issues of children and women's safety, and he'd work to provide more job opportunities in the ward.
John Couvell, 56. Retired from Canada Post, Couvell says affordable housing is his prime concern. He says council needs to address issues of children and women's safety, and he'd work to provide more job opportunities in the ward.
10/27/1988
Ritchie, a 41-year-old public accountant, is waging his first political campaign as an Independent, stressing economic issues.
Ritchie, a 41-year-old public accountant, is waging his first political campaign as an Independent, stressing economic issues.
11/14/1979