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Happy Birthday, Canada: Metro's Centennial Baby has grown up. Born one second after midnight on July 1, 1967, Jason Ringas is 15 today.
Happy Birthday, Canada: Metro's Centennial Baby has grown up. Born one second after midnight on July 1, 1967, Jason Ringas is 15 today.

Happy Birthday, Canada: Metro's Centennial Baby has grown up. Born one second after midnight on July 1, 1967, Jason Ringas is 15 today.

Date6/29/1982
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Object NumberTSPA_0132788F
Baby Mandy Ann is admired by her parents, Clay and Josie Hatfield, in their Kipling Ave. home where Mandy Ann was born
Baby Mandy Ann is admired by her parents, Clay and Josie Hatfield, in their Kipling Ave. home where Mandy Ann was born
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New home for Hedgehog: Kim Dormaar, assistant director of new Metro zoo, holds a hedgehog from Asia, one of 5,000 animals, birds, reptiles and fish which will live in the 700-acre zoo. In order to raise funds for the new zoo, Metro's six mayors and thousands of zoo supporters are today walking 15 miles in hopes of raising $500,000 towards $6 million zoo fund objective. The zoo, being built in northeastern corner of Scarborough, will open next summer.
New home for Hedgehog: Kim Dormaar, assistant director of new Metro zoo, holds a hedgehog from Asia, one of 5,000 animals, birds, reptiles and fish which will live in the 700-acre zoo. In order to raise funds for the new zoo, Metro's six mayors and thousands of zoo supporters are today walking 15 miles in hopes of raising $500,000 towards $6 million zoo fund objective. The zoo, being built in northeastern corner of Scarborough, will open next summer.
5/31/1973
Farewell to The Dell: Owner Bill De Laurentis and waitresses Jean Ramsdell, left, and Christal Shambrook, raise a final toast to The Dell Restaurant and Tavern at Simcoe and Elm streets, which has been open since 1948. The official closing date is July 15.
Farewell to The Dell: Owner Bill De Laurentis and waitresses Jean Ramsdell, left, and Christal Shambrook, raise a final toast to The Dell Restaurant and Tavern at Simcoe and Elm streets, which has been open since 1948. The official closing date is July 15.
7/3/1986
Constable Bruce Ellenor (left), now on trial for criminal negligence in the shooting of a 15-year-old boy Easter Sunday, is shown entering court yesterday. At right is Bill Dwight, 17, who said he saw shooting while baby sitting.
Constable Bruce Ellenor (left), now on trial for criminal negligence in the shooting of a 15-year-old boy Easter Sunday, is shown entering court yesterday. At right is Bill Dwight, 17, who said he saw shooting while baby sitting.
6/3/1968
Cats galore: Harvey and Lorraine Crockford play with just a few of the 54 cats that share their home. The couple were fined $50 yesterday for breaking North York's cat bylaw - it allows only six grown cats per household. The couple spend $200 a week on cat food and litter.
Cats galore: Harvey and Lorraine Crockford play with just a few of the 54 cats that share their home. The couple were fined $50 yesterday for breaking North York's cat bylaw - it allows only six grown cats per household. The couple spend $200 a week on cat food and litter.
6/29/1984
Karl Eder, principal of the City Adult Education Centre, says he's winning the battle to get his grown students to butt out.
Karl Eder, principal of the City Adult Education Centre, says he's winning the battle to get his grown students to butt out.
4/7/1988
Home-grown: Oakville's John Donelian, who teaches a course on perfume at Seneca College, creates, produces and markets his own fragrances.
Home-grown: Oakville's John Donelian, who teaches a course on perfume at Seneca College, creates, produces and markets his own fragrances.
6/6/1984
Home-grown silicon: Peter Gregory, Ted White show off Myrias' supercomputer.
Home-grown silicon: Peter Gregory, Ted White show off Myrias' supercomputer.
6/20/1989
Hartt's house: Reg Hartt's Cineforum has grown from a 40-seat theatre on Mercer st. to 250 seats in two locations.
Hartt's house: Reg Hartt's Cineforum has grown from a 40-seat theatre on Mercer st. to 250 seats in two locations.
8/27/1982
Debt-free: That's how Corey Snow, 12, (left) and Regan Collings, 11, both of Bradford, want to see Canada when they're grown up, so they sold their toys to help reduce deficit
Debt-free: That's how Corey Snow, 12, (left) and Regan Collings, 11, both of Bradford, want to see Canada when they're grown up, so they sold their toys to help reduce deficit
11/9/1990
Untainted Produce, David Suarez, propietor of Chicaro Organic Green Grocers, complains that publicity about Kensington market being filled with pesticide sprays damages reputation of stores such as his, which sells organically grown produce
Untainted Produce, David Suarez, propietor of Chicaro Organic Green Grocers, complains that publicity about Kensington market being filled with pesticide sprays damages reputation of stores such as his, which sells organically grown produce
10/27/1988
Warning: Dresden Mayor Leslie Hawgood says the midnight curfew is a message to parents that they are responsible for . . . their under 16-year-olds.
Warning: Dresden Mayor Leslie Hawgood says the midnight curfew is a message to parents that they are responsible for . . . their under 16-year-olds.
7/12/1988