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Wintering ducks form background for Horace Lapp, retired orchestra leader, at his lakefront home as he tells of his long feud with Ontario Hydro whose diversion north of Lake Nipigon he blames for waters' encroachment on his property
Wintering ducks form background for Horace Lapp, retired orchestra leader, at his lakefront home as he tells of his long feud with Ontario Hydro whose diversion north of Lake Nipigon he blames for waters' encroachment on his property

Wintering ducks form background for Horace Lapp, retired orchestra leader, at his lakefront home as he tells of his long feud with Ontario Hydro whose diversion north of Lake Nipigon he blames for waters' encroachment on his property

Date1/23/1973
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Horace Lapp: The Uxbridge-born musician won't tell his age, but he's old enough to have played moviehouse piano to accompany a total of 37 Laurel and Hardy silent films
Horace Lapp: The Uxbridge-born musician won't tell his age, but he's old enough to have played moviehouse piano to accompany a total of 37 Laurel and Hardy silent films
5/2/1980
Housing boss packs it in. John Sewell, fired as chairman of the Metro Toronto Housing Authority, cleans out his desk yesterday. He blames the provinci(...)
Housing boss packs it in. John Sewell, fired as chairman of the Metro Toronto Housing Authority, cleans out his desk yesterday. He blames the provinci(...)
11/22/1988
Horace Lapp once conducted one of the most popular orchestras in Toronto
Horace Lapp once conducted one of the most popular orchestras in Toronto
1/13/1971
Swans join wild kin. The Swans from Gairloch Gardens in east Oakville have joined the growing number of ducks and Canada geese wintering along Lake On(...)
Swans join wild kin. The Swans from Gairloch Gardens in east Oakville have joined the growing number of ducks and Canada geese wintering along Lake On(...)
2/20/1977
Fair warning for water fowl. Ducks wintering on Grenadier Pond can ignore the warning sign but you had better not. It got as warm as 11C (52F) yesterd(...)
Fair warning for water fowl. Ducks wintering on Grenadier Pond can ignore the warning sign but you had better not. It got as warm as 11C (52F) yesterd(...)
12/20/1988
Paddling around in Grenadier Pond in High Park, wintering ducks blithely ignore the sign warning that the nonexistent ice is unsafe. It is likely to r(...)
Paddling around in Grenadier Pond in High Park, wintering ducks blithely ignore the sign warning that the nonexistent ice is unsafe. It is likely to r(...)
12/13/1971
Image shows a number of ducks on the lake with a part of the Harbour that has "Blow Horn" writt ...
yeah! . . . well let's see 'em try to enforce it. A squadon of ducks wintering in Toronto Harbor cruises past boat slip near the Harbor Police Station(...)
1/30/1968
Gerald Rosenberg: Father blames lack of communication for his daughter's death.
Gerald Rosenberg: Father blames lack of communication for his daughter's death.
8/24/1983
Ordering wreckers away yesterday fromhis expropriated home (in background), Jack Coltman, 60, argues with William Wasylyk (left), the owner of Lakeview Salvage Co., and Constable John Buchanan. Coltman says he has received no settlement yet for his expropriated property on Balfour Ave. and believes under this condition he can claim new rights under recent provincial expropriation legislation. His home was one of nine expropriated for new seperate school.
Ordering wreckers away yesterday fromhis expropriated home (in background), Jack Coltman, 60, argues with William Wasylyk (left), the owner of Lakeview Salvage Co., and Constable John Buchanan. Coltman says he has received no settlement yet for his expropriated property on Balfour Ave. and believes under this condition he can claim new rights under recent provincial expropriation legislation. His home was one of nine expropriated for new seperate school.
1/3/1969
He's disappointed but not shatttered by his unsuccessful bid for leadership of the Ontario Conservative party, Mines Minister Allan Lawrence tells The Star, as he and his wife, Moira, snowshoe around their winter retreat at Lindsay, Ont
He's disappointed but not shatttered by his unsuccessful bid for leadership of the Ontario Conservative party, Mines Minister Allan Lawrence tells The Star, as he and his wife, Moira, snowshoe around their winter retreat at Lindsay, Ont
2/17/1971
Despondent over loss: Diamon importer Charles Laiman leans against his Cadillac yesterday as he tells police how his briefcase full of gems was stolen when he put it down to pick up a $2 bill
Despondent over loss: Diamon importer Charles Laiman leans against his Cadillac yesterday as he tells police how his briefcase full of gems was stolen when he put it down to pick up a $2 bill
7/25/1990
His mother breaks up when Ontario NDP Leader Stephen Lewis tells audience at testimonial dinner for his father that she got angry and used language he'd never heard her use before when he pretended he didn't want to speak at dinner
His mother breaks up when Ontario NDP Leader Stephen Lewis tells audience at testimonial dinner for his father that she got angry and used language he'd never heard her use before when he pretended he didn't want to speak at dinner
3/28/1976