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Heat's on at bus stop: Controller Mel Lastman, North York mayoralty candidate, presses the button to turn on heating unit in first of four bus shelters in the borough to be heated
Heat's on at bus stop: Controller Mel Lastman, North York mayoralty candidate, presses the button to turn on heating unit in first of four bus shelters in the borough to be heated

Heat's on at bus stop: Controller Mel Lastman, North York mayoralty candidate, presses the button to turn on heating unit in first of four bus shelters in the borough to be heated

Date11/23/1972
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Puppy love isn't saddling Metro with as many unwanted pets as it used to, says George Banton, chief animal control officer for the Borough of York. Above, he displays one of the York animal shelter's inmates, a young part-German Shepherd. The animal shelter now has empty cages and Banton gives the credit to the borough's low-cost spay-neuter program, begun two years ago.
Puppy love isn't saddling Metro with as many unwanted pets as it used to, says George Banton, chief animal control officer for the Borough of York. Above, he displays one of the York animal shelter's inmates, a young part-German Shepherd. The animal shelter now has empty cages and Banton gives the credit to the borough's low-cost spay-neuter program, begun two years ago.
6/15/1978
Bus shelters gave a good - although messy - view
Bus shelters gave a good - although messy - view
11/29/1983
Scott Venton, 2 1/2, wears a Mel Lastman button but he's still sceptical of the dougnut the North York mayor offered him last night as he kicked off his campaign as the Progressive Conservative candidate in Armordale
Scott Venton, 2 1/2, wears a Mel Lastman button but he's still sceptical of the dougnut the North York mayor offered him last night as he kicked off his campaign as the Progressive Conservative candidate in Armordale
9/4/1975
We don't like to gloat, but . . . The first car down the Spadina ditch was driven by North York Alderman Esther Shiner accompanied by the borough's mayor, Mel Lastman. [Incomplete]
We don't like to gloat, but . . . The first car down the Spadina ditch was driven by North York Alderman Esther Shiner accompanied by the borough's mayor, Mel Lastman. [Incomplete]
9/8/1976
Quite a team: Esther Shiner, who topped the polls for North York board of control and Mayor Mel Lastman, who easily defeated his one opponent in the mayoralty race, share a hug in mutual celebration last night
Quite a team: Esther Shiner, who topped the polls for North York board of control and Mayor Mel Lastman, who easily defeated his one opponent in the mayoralty race, share a hug in mutual celebration last night
11/10/1980
On election night, Marilyn and Mel Lastman were happy in his victory in the North York mayoralty race
On election night, Marilyn and Mel Lastman were happy in his victory in the North York mayoralty race
1/15/1973
Bus Service for people over 60 in North York was started yesterday with Mayor Mel Lastman on hand to greet passengers Lillian Robinson and (behind) Ed(...)
Bus Service for people over 60 in North York was started yesterday with Mayor Mel Lastman on hand to greet passengers Lillian Robinson and (behind) Ed(...)
11/10/1975
Metro's big wheels get their lumps, While Mayor Phil White (left) of York Borough, Mayor Mel Lastman of North York and Metro Chairman Paul Godfrey listen in
Metro's big wheels get their lumps, While Mayor Phil White (left) of York Borough, Mayor Mel Lastman of North York and Metro Chairman Paul Godfrey listen in
3/15/1974
Peel me a grape: North York Mayor Mel Lastman - dressed as Bacchus, the Greek god of wine - gets personal attention from York borough Mayor Gayle Christie, sporting the costume of Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture
Peel me a grape: North York Mayor Mel Lastman - dressed as Bacchus, the Greek god of wine - gets personal attention from York borough Mayor Gayle Christie, sporting the costume of Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture
9/4/1981
North York Mayor Mel Lastman (right), lawyer Barry Swadron (centre) and Alderman Jack Bedder hold a press conference on the case of Alderman John Knox, who has admitted he took a trip to the Bahamas on the $470 he received from the borough to study road m
North York Mayor Mel Lastman (right), lawyer Barry Swadron (centre) and Alderman Jack Bedder hold a press conference on the case of Alderman John Knox, who has admitted he took a trip to the Bahamas on the $470 he received from the borough to study road m
8/13/1973
North York Mayor Mel Lastman (left) addresses a press conference announcing a $25 million federal office building (architect's sketch behind him) will be built in the borough
North York Mayor Mel Lastman (left) addresses a press conference announcing a $25 million federal office building (architect's sketch behind him) will be built in the borough
5/22/1973
Reel Room, in basement level directly under presses, feed rolls of paper into presses automatically
Reel Room, in basement level directly under presses, feed rolls of paper into presses automatically
1/1/1941