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Tickets to ride: Despite all the $5 parking tickets he has had Emile Trottier is now a happier man
Tickets to ride: Despite all the $5 parking tickets he has had Emile Trottier is now a happier man

Tickets to ride: Despite all the $5 parking tickets he has had Emile Trottier is now a happier man

Date9/29/1977
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0135010F
Last summer, he sold encyclopedias. This summer, university student Mark Dingman is selling himself - as the first prize in an unusual raffle. Dingman 21, of Toronto, has decided to raffle himself - or more precisely, 16 hours of his time - to make money for school. I wanted to run my own business. This took minimum capitalization and had minimal risk, should it fail, said Dingman, a McGill University student. And it seems like a good skill to learn, to sell yourself. Dingman is going door-to-door with his Student Slaves raffle and a very professional pitch. Tickets go for $1.99 each (or three for $5) and there are 200 in each draw. The first raffle is scheduled for Tuesday and the winner gets Dingman for 16 hours to do anything from cleaning ovens to fixing eavestroughs.
Last summer, he sold encyclopedias. This summer, university student Mark Dingman is selling himself - as the first prize in an unusual raffle. Dingman 21, of Toronto, has decided to raffle himself - or more precisely, 16 hours of his time - to make money for school. I wanted to run my own business. This took minimum capitalization and had minimal risk, should it fail, said Dingman, a McGill University student. And it seems like a good skill to learn, to sell yourself. Dingman is going door-to-door with his Student Slaves raffle and a very professional pitch. Tickets go for $1.99 each (or three for $5) and there are 200 in each draw. The first raffle is scheduled for Tuesday and the winner gets Dingman for 16 hours to do anything from cleaning ovens to fixing eavestroughs.
7/5/1984
Counterfeit rides: Staff Sgt. Roy Fast with TTC tickets seized during an investigation into what police say was a major ring distributing the tickets in Metro.
Counterfeit rides: Staff Sgt. Roy Fast with TTC tickets seized during an investigation into what police say was a major ring distributing the tickets in Metro.
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Alf Bunker, doesn't charge for rides on his Cherrywood Pickering Railway but his sister, Dorothy, 75, likes to wear a conductor's cap and punch tickets just for the fun of it. Bunker also has been banding wild birds for 20 years.
Alf Bunker, doesn't charge for rides on his Cherrywood Pickering Railway but his sister, Dorothy, 75, likes to wear a conductor's cap and punch tickets just for the fun of it. Bunker also has been banding wild birds for 20 years.
8/9/1973
Traffic tickets are a recurring pain to ad designer Fred Piddington whenever his firm has to make a downtown delivery
Traffic tickets are a recurring pain to ad designer Fred Piddington whenever his firm has to make a downtown delivery
10/19/1973
Disgruntled: Reader John Needham holds copy of ad and tickets to John Denver councert, all of which listed the price as $10 a head
Disgruntled: Reader John Needham holds copy of ad and tickets to John Denver councert, all of which listed the price as $10 a head
2/26/1981
Tickets return. Metro police began doling out parking tickets again Tuesday after ending a 14-day work-to-rule over a contrct dispute. They will vote (...)
Tickets return. Metro police began doling out parking tickets again Tuesday after ending a 14-day work-to-rule over a contrct dispute. They will vote (...)
8/26/1980
Victory costs $10. Controller William Archer, whose campaign to have wording on parking tickets make clear the offenders has five working days to pay (...)
Victory costs $10. Controller William Archer, whose campaign to have wording on parking tickets make clear the offenders has five working days to pay (...)
1/16/1964
Number 1 Fan: Jim Millar says he was the first person to request season's tickets after the Blue Jays franchise was announced in 1976
Number 1 Fan: Jim Millar says he was the first person to request season's tickets after the Blue Jays franchise was announced in 1976
5/27/1989
Walter Stefaniuk, Toronto Star, Robert McDonald won the trip any Toronto Argonaut fan would give has season tickets for - and he can't go
Walter Stefaniuk, Toronto Star, Robert McDonald won the trip any Toronto Argonaut fan would give has season tickets for - and he can't go
11/24/1983
Opera night: Carlo Rota of Noodles restaurant in white dress shirt, $44 from Brogue, with tickets to The Canadian Opera Company's The Magic Flute, $25 each
Opera night: Carlo Rota of Noodles restaurant in white dress shirt, $44 from Brogue, with tickets to The Canadian Opera Company's The Magic Flute, $25 each
2/2/1980
Norman Morris: Scratch-and-win tickets cancelled.
Norman Morris: Scratch-and-win tickets cancelled.
7/8/1986
Mr. and Mrs. Percy H. Tacon tend shrubs in the courtyard of their Valleyanna Dr. home which is also on tour. The Tacons moved many of their plants into city from their farm home two years ago. Cost of touring the Bayview area gardens is $1. Tickets can be bought at the Garden Centre or at any of the gardens on days of the tour.
Mr. and Mrs. Percy H. Tacon tend shrubs in the courtyard of their Valleyanna Dr. home which is also on tour. The Tacons moved many of their plants into city from their farm home two years ago. Cost of touring the Bayview area gardens is $1. Tickets can be bought at the Garden Centre or at any of the gardens on days of the tour.
5/7/1967