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Battling two-foot waves, a 46-year-old Oshawa grandmother, Barbara Loreno, is well under way toward swimming Lake Ontario
Battling two-foot waves, a 46-year-old Oshawa grandmother, Barbara Loreno, is well under way toward swimming Lake Ontario

Battling two-foot waves, a 46-year-old Oshawa grandmother, Barbara Loreno, is well under way toward swimming Lake Ontario

Date8/3/1976
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Exhausted Angela Kondrak collapses after conquering Lake Ontario, watched by Barbara Loreno, 46, left, Oshawa grandmother who failed in her bid to swim the lake and Debbie Roach, who swam lake in relays with family
Exhausted Angela Kondrak collapses after conquering Lake Ontario, watched by Barbara Loreno, 46, left, Oshawa grandmother who failed in her bid to swim the lake and Debbie Roach, who swam lake in relays with family
8/22/1976
In a bid to become the oldest woman and first grandmother to swim across Lake Ontario, 44-year-old Barbara Loreno of Oshawa was training yesterday at Lakeview Park
In a bid to become the oldest woman and first grandmother to swim across Lake Ontario, 44-year-old Barbara Loreno of Oshawa was training yesterday at Lakeview Park
7/9/1975
Ed Ciantar, supervisor of security at Ontario Place, drives a truck along the road by the breakwall as 3-metre (10-foot) Lake Ontario waves pelt down (...)
Ed Ciantar, supervisor of security at Ontario Place, drives a truck along the road by the breakwall as 3-metre (10-foot) Lake Ontario waves pelt down (...)
4/6/1995
Barbara Loreno. Challenged Lake Ontario
Barbara Loreno. Challenged Lake Ontario
8/3/1976
One Of Three Canoes that tipped in four-foot waves on Lake Timiskaming in examined by members of the Quebec provincial police force investigating the (...)
One Of Three Canoes that tipped in four-foot waves on Lake Timiskaming in examined by members of the Quebec provincial police force investigating the (...)
6/13/1978
Ontario place is making waves, An old pile of rubble in Lake Ontario off Ontario Place went up with a big bang and a big splash yesterday. The rubble (...)
Ontario place is making waves, An old pile of rubble in Lake Ontario off Ontario Place went up with a big bang and a big splash yesterday. The rubble (...)
7/22/1975
Waves Threaten Oakville Lakeshore Homes yesterday as winds of up to 40 miles an hour threw 10-foot waves hundreds of feet inland. Ten acres of area pa(...)
Waves Threaten Oakville Lakeshore Homes yesterday as winds of up to 40 miles an hour threw 10-foot waves hundreds of feet inland. Ten acres of area pa(...)
4/9/1973
Goodbye waves, hello slopes. The Port Credit Marina is jammed with bleached boats as Lake Ontario sailors abandon the waves for winter. But the same w(...)
Goodbye waves, hello slopes. The Port Credit Marina is jammed with bleached boats as Lake Ontario sailors abandon the waves for winter. But the same w(...)
11/11/1986
Barbara Loreno, 45 years young. I know it can, I'm going to do it.
Barbara Loreno, 45 years young. I know it can, I'm going to do it.
8/13/1975
GST-Busters: Barbara Janes waves an effigy of Finance Minister Michael Wilson yesterday at a protest against the proposed goods and services tax outside his west-end constituency office
GST-Busters: Barbara Janes waves an effigy of Finance Minister Michael Wilson yesterday at a protest against the proposed goods and services tax outside his west-end constituency office
4/7/1990
Are they Jogging or Trottering? Lest anyone think they are merely getting in a little healthy jogging, 16-year-old Harold Merten (left) and 18-year-old Chris Kuczynski wear placards to hammer home the message that they are really Trotting for Trotter, Parkdale riding's Liberal candidate, who waves encouragement to them as they pass his campaign headquarters
Are they Jogging or Trottering? Lest anyone think they are merely getting in a little healthy jogging, 16-year-old Harold Merten (left) and 18-year-old Chris Kuczynski wear placards to hammer home the message that they are really Trotting for Trotter, Parkdale riding's Liberal candidate, who waves encouragement to them as they pass his campaign headquarters
9/29/1971
Pounding waves and inclement weather making inroads on 30-foot-bluffs at Bronte have opened graves at lakeside Bronte cemetery where U.E.L. pioneers and Napoleonic war veterans lie
Pounding waves and inclement weather making inroads on 30-foot-bluffs at Bronte have opened graves at lakeside Bronte cemetery where U.E.L. pioneers and Napoleonic war veterans lie
6/6/1946