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In business: Roy Porter and Mary Laarakkers took over the bone china factory they were operating when it was headed for the auction block
In business: Roy Porter and Mary Laarakkers took over the bone china factory they were operating when it was headed for the auction block

In business: Roy Porter and Mary Laarakkers took over the bone china factory they were operating when it was headed for the auction block

Date4/18/1992
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0132277F
Marsha and Joel Cohen still live in the Markham home they bought during the 1982 recession and they have no plans to move. They took a chance and it paid off, allowing them to purchase factory space for their growing store-building business.
Marsha and Joel Cohen still live in the Markham home they bought during the 1982 recession and they have no plans to move. They took a chance and it paid off, allowing them to purchase factory space for their growing store-building business.
6/4/1990
Factory skilled: Peter Delve, who owns Future Industries in Scarborough, programs a high-tech machine that will keep his plant operating all night while he goes home to relax.
Factory skilled: Peter Delve, who owns Future Industries in Scarborough, programs a high-tech machine that will keep his plant operating all night while he goes home to relax.
7/27/1987
Last Resort: Ken Maynard, who moves property for vendors by putting it on the auction block, says the sales method creates urgency where none exists.
Last Resort: Ken Maynard, who moves property for vendors by putting it on the auction block, says the sales method creates urgency where none exists.
11/14/1991
Staking out territory: John Sacchetti holds Canadian flag on 10-acre Dufferin St. lot put on the auction block by Ottawa for $3.73 million.
Staking out territory: John Sacchetti holds Canadian flag on 10-acre Dufferin St. lot put on the auction block by Ottawa for $3.73 million.
4/15/1985
Business ain't peanuts for popcorn king Sid Spiegel: His Super Puffit factory grosses over $2 million a year.
Business ain't peanuts for popcorn king Sid Spiegel: His Super Puffit factory grosses over $2 million a year.
6/15/1979
Nick Mirkopoulos is operating an important solar energy business.
Nick Mirkopoulos is operating an important solar energy business.
5/31/1983
Unfinished business: Isaac Ehrlich prepares for jewelry sale and the eventual disposal of his father's jewelry store in Leaside. Ehrlich's father, Israel, who had operated the Bayview Ave. shop for 22 years, was gunned down Dec. 8. Now, says Isaac, the store holds too many memories for the family to keep it operating.
Unfinished business: Isaac Ehrlich prepares for jewelry sale and the eventual disposal of his father's jewelry store in Leaside. Ehrlich's father, Israel, who had operated the Bayview Ave. shop for 22 years, was gunned down Dec. 8. Now, says Isaac, the store holds too many memories for the family to keep it operating.
12/30/1987
Treating the trauma: Dr. James Murray, head of Sunnybrook Medical Centre's hand unit straps a finger manipluator onto the palm of 23-year-old John Boothby of Orilla. Boothby's right hand was smashed in an car accident in June, 1982. There were 23 different pieces of bone. Says Murray: . . . the hand is such an important part of the body, not just physically but aesthetically.
Treating the trauma: Dr. James Murray, head of Sunnybrook Medical Centre's hand unit straps a finger manipluator onto the palm of 23-year-old John Boothby of Orilla. Boothby's right hand was smashed in an car accident in June, 1982. There were 23 different pieces of bone. Says Murray: . . . the hand is such an important part of the body, not just physically but aesthetically.
1/1/1984
Shady affair: John Mucenieks and his pet, Milk Bone, were not at all happy today after the city dismantled the dog's street-corner shelter
Shady affair: John Mucenieks and his pet, Milk Bone, were not at all happy today after the city dismantled the dog's street-corner shelter
8/3/1984
Smile of success: Roy Herbert lost an arm and a leg when a huge railway car ran over him when he was a CPR brakeman.
Smile of success: Roy Herbert lost an arm and a leg when a huge railway car ran over him when he was a CPR brakeman.
5/4/1981
John Crosby kept the buildings at Exhibition Park busy with trade shows and conventions when the Canadian National Exhibition was not operating.
John Crosby kept the buildings at Exhibition Park busy with trade shows and conventions when the Canadian National Exhibition was not operating.
8/6/1992
Cory Maracle: Amateur archeologist was fishing with his son when he found bones, pottery shards.
Cory Maracle: Amateur archeologist was fishing with his son when he found bones, pottery shards.
5/22/1980