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Sculptor Bill Lishman is trying to sell his 23-foot model of the lunar-lander Eagle to a museum, if he doesn't, he says he'll move his family into it when government expropriates land near Brougham for the proposed new airport
Sculptor Bill Lishman is trying to sell his 23-foot model of the lunar-lander Eagle to a museum, if he doesn't, he says he'll move his family into it when government expropriates land near Brougham for the proposed new airport

Sculptor Bill Lishman is trying to sell his 23-foot model of the lunar-lander Eagle to a museum, if he doesn't, he says he'll move his family into it when government expropriates land near Brougham for the proposed new airport

Date5/15/1973
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Clearing the way for the proposed Pickering airport, Tom Gretton rams his bulldozer into an old shed north of Brougham yesterday and goes right up on (...)
Clearing the way for the proposed Pickering airport, Tom Gretton rams his bulldozer into an old shed north of Brougham yesterday and goes right up on (...)
8/20/1975
Billy Bayles, whose 87-acre farm lies just south of Brougham, decided there was no use trying to fight Queen's Park and sold the farm to the government. Now many of his neighbors won't speak to him
Billy Bayles, whose 87-acre farm lies just south of Brougham, decided there was no use trying to fight Queen's Park and sold the farm to the government. Now many of his neighbors won't speak to him
5/8/1973
Chinatown clash: Mayor Art Eggleton, left, says he'll expropriate if he has to, but John Sewell is opposed
Chinatown clash: Mayor Art Eggleton, left, says he'll expropriate if he has to, but John Sewell is opposed
3/10/1983
A taxing problem: Darren Rintoul, owner of an airport area parking lot, says a proposed government land tax will drive his company out of business.
A taxing problem: Darren Rintoul, owner of an airport area parking lot, says a proposed government land tax will drive his company out of business.
9/28/1989
Showing how his wares work - almost all at the same time - is Ballon King Otto Bishof. He estimates he'll sell about 50,000 balloons and about 30,000 party hats, horns, noise-makers, bells and whistles to bring in the New Year. After 11 years in the business, he says he still has a lot of fun. Bischof also rents out canisters of helium gas to fill balloons, and he and staff also decorate some hotels for the festivities.
Showing how his wares work - almost all at the same time - is Ballon King Otto Bishof. He estimates he'll sell about 50,000 balloons and about 30,000 party hats, horns, noise-makers, bells and whistles to bring in the New Year. After 11 years in the business, he says he still has a lot of fun. Bischof also rents out canisters of helium gas to fill balloons, and he and staff also decorate some hotels for the festivities.
12/29/1977
A sculptor at work on as Crazy Horse doesn't use a chisel and tiny six million tons of rock to move he uses dynamite, jackhammers and bulldozers and h(...)
A sculptor at work on as Crazy Horse doesn't use a chisel and tiny six million tons of rock to move he uses dynamite, jackhammers and bulldozers and h(...)
6/28/1973
President of firm that rents and sells bulk vending machines, Al La Porter says move by government to mint new, light and smaller one-cent coins could cost his company as much as $100,000
President of firm that rents and sells bulk vending machines, Al La Porter says move by government to mint new, light and smaller one-cent coins could cost his company as much as $100,000
8/18/1977
Space art: Sculptor Bill Lishman of Blackstock works on a full-scale model of the Canadarm, the remote-control arm used by the United States space shuttle Columbia
Space art: Sculptor Bill Lishman of Blackstock works on a full-scale model of the Canadarm, the remote-control arm used by the United States space shuttle Columbia
11/2/1983
Treasure of Whiterock Estates, Ronald Bluestein sits in his office in downtown Toronto explaining his company's real estate operations in Ontario. He is one of three principals in the firm which subdivides farm land, and then aggressively sells lots with the slogan Own a Piece of Canada. A team of Star investigators has disclosed that titles to many of the Whiterock Estates lots are faulty.
Treasure of Whiterock Estates, Ronald Bluestein sits in his office in downtown Toronto explaining his company's real estate operations in Ontario. He is one of three principals in the firm which subdivides farm land, and then aggressively sells lots with the slogan Own a Piece of Canada. A team of Star investigators has disclosed that titles to many of the Whiterock Estates lots are faulty.
9/10/1971
This is a view of the main street of the villlage of Brougham, slated to make way for the proposed Pickering airport
This is a view of the main street of the villlage of Brougham, slated to make way for the proposed Pickering airport
3/10/1972
On the move from land expropriated for the proposed Pickering airport, a three-bedroom house was transported up Brock Rd. yesterday toward new site on(...)
On the move from land expropriated for the proposed Pickering airport, a three-bedroom house was transported up Brock Rd. yesterday toward new site on(...)
8/14/1975
He'll stay until Lake Ontario freezes over, says Guido Merkl of Dryden who pitched his tent at Queen's Park on Wednesday to bolster his claim that the provincial government owes him $2,000 for damages when a house was removed from a construction site he was working on last year
He'll stay until Lake Ontario freezes over, says Guido Merkl of Dryden who pitched his tent at Queen's Park on Wednesday to bolster his claim that the provincial government owes him $2,000 for damages when a house was removed from a construction site he was working on last year
10/13/1978