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Wrye was reacting to a recent Star story that revealed how at least a dozen people together lost more than $1 million on franchises from a Toronto company called Holey Donuts run by David Platt
Wrye was reacting to a recent Star story that revealed how at least a dozen people together lost more than $1 million on franchises from a Toronto company called Holey Donuts run by David Platt

Wrye was reacting to a recent Star story that revealed how at least a dozen people together lost more than $1 million on franchises from a Toronto company called Holey Donuts run by David Platt

Date3/30/1989
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0132193F
Ex-pert donut maker, Tom Brazier, owner-operator of Tiny Tom Donuts at the Canadian National Exhibition, makes sure each donut flips properly
Ex-pert donut maker, Tom Brazier, owner-operator of Tiny Tom Donuts at the Canadian National Exhibition, makes sure each donut flips properly
8/25/1991
What's Bobby Baun up to these days? He operates the Tim Horton Donuts outlet at the corner of Whites Rd
What's Bobby Baun up to these days? He operates the Tim Horton Donuts outlet at the corner of Whites Rd
1/23/1987
Worried businessmen: Peter Manios, left, and partner Chris Pappas, of Old Mill Donuts and Deserts, are worried about the extra $26,764 in taxes under Metro's market value assessment scheme
Worried businessmen: Peter Manios, left, and partner Chris Pappas, of Old Mill Donuts and Deserts, are worried about the extra $26,764 in taxes under Metro's market value assessment scheme
9/23/1992
Franchise kingpin: David Platt, in his King St
Franchise kingpin: David Platt, in his King St
3/8/1989
Kidney specialist Dr. Paul Tam vowed to bring a $1 million kidney dialysis unit to Scarborough after Gary Belz died of a heart attack due to kidney failure more than two years ago. Tam said if Belz, then 37, hadn't had to wait a month for dialysis treatment at a downtown hospital, he would still be alive today. And Tam said the dozens of patients who travel downtown for dialysis would have a much, much better quality of life if a unit were Scaborough. But after [Incomplete]
Kidney specialist Dr. Paul Tam vowed to bring a $1 million kidney dialysis unit to Scarborough after Gary Belz died of a heart attack due to kidney failure more than two years ago. Tam said if Belz, then 37, hadn't had to wait a month for dialysis treatment at a downtown hospital, he would still be alive today. And Tam said the dozens of patients who travel downtown for dialysis would have a much, much better quality of life if a unit were Scaborough. But after [Incomplete]
11/24/1986
Max Ward and friends: He's pulled off a deal to finance his airline's expansion - adding a dozen jet planes with a total cost of more than $1 billion over 10 years
Max Ward and friends: He's pulled off a deal to finance his airline's expansion - adding a dozen jet planes with a total cost of more than $1 billion over 10 years
3/25/1981
Star staff writer Tom Harpur, above, travelled into the heart of Cree trapping country in northern Quebec to find how the Indians there were reacting (...)
Star staff writer Tom Harpur, above, travelled into the heart of Cree trapping country in northern Quebec to find how the Indians there were reacting (...)
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Canine companions: There are many irresponsible people using - or misusing - parks, says Craig Nicholson, and bylaw against dogs is over-reacting.
Canine companions: There are many irresponsible people using - or misusing - parks, says Craig Nicholson, and bylaw against dogs is over-reacting.
7/29/1981
Devlin, new executive director of Canadian Life Insurance Association, says varying policy costs for identical insurance, revealed in a recent consumer study, can often result from the differing views on risks held by the actuaries of the various insuranc
Devlin, new executive director of Canadian Life Insurance Association, says varying policy costs for identical insurance, revealed in a recent consumer study, can often result from the differing views on risks held by the actuaries of the various insuranc
3/7/1978
It's a start: Paul Hunter learns how to change gearing chains from millwright Merv Platt at the Lever Detergents plant in Toronto
It's a start: Paul Hunter learns how to change gearing chains from millwright Merv Platt at the Lever Detergents plant in Toronto
8/13/1980
Gordon Cardy, general manager of the Royal York Hotel and innkeeper extraordinaire, looks after more than one million people a year. People think my j(...)
Gordon Cardy, general manager of the Royal York Hotel and innkeeper extraordinaire, looks after more than one million people a year. People think my j(...)
4/9/1978
Well, have you? Proper maintenance of oil and oil filters in your car is more important to the livelihood of your engine than the use of the dozens of(...)
Well, have you? Proper maintenance of oil and oil filters in your car is more important to the livelihood of your engine than the use of the dozens of(...)
5/10/1982