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Big wheels: This team - (from left) Martin Vellend, Wallace Sherriff, Joe Gardin and Jocely Lovell - is trying to raise funds for a velodrome in Metro
Big wheels: This team - (from left) Martin Vellend, Wallace Sherriff, Joe Gardin and Jocely Lovell - is trying to raise funds for a velodrome in Metro

Big wheels: This team - (from left) Martin Vellend, Wallace Sherriff, Joe Gardin and Jocely Lovell - is trying to raise funds for a velodrome in Metro

Date11/22/1988
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0063870F
Big wheels: Bicycle manufacturer Joe Gardin, owner of Cambio Rino in Mississauga, watches as Giorgio Ferrali, from Toscanna, Italy, constructs a bicycle frame
Big wheels: Bicycle manufacturer Joe Gardin, owner of Cambio Rino in Mississauga, watches as Giorgio Ferrali, from Toscanna, Italy, constructs a bicycle frame
8/15/1984
Jocely Lovell (front) and Gordon Singleton congratulate each other after winning the semi final against Australia in the tandem sprint
Jocely Lovell (front) and Gordon Singleton congratulate each other after winning the semi final against Australia in the tandem sprint
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New home for Hedgehog: Kim Dormaar, assistant director of new Metro zoo, holds a hedgehog from Asia, one of 5,000 animals, birds, reptiles and fish which will live in the 700-acre zoo. In order to raise funds for the new zoo, Metro's six mayors and thousands of zoo supporters are today walking 15 miles in hopes of raising $500,000 towards $6 million zoo fund objective. The zoo, being built in northeastern corner of Scarborough, will open next summer.
New home for Hedgehog: Kim Dormaar, assistant director of new Metro zoo, holds a hedgehog from Asia, one of 5,000 animals, birds, reptiles and fish which will live in the 700-acre zoo. In order to raise funds for the new zoo, Metro's six mayors and thousands of zoo supporters are today walking 15 miles in hopes of raising $500,000 towards $6 million zoo fund objective. The zoo, being built in northeastern corner of Scarborough, will open next summer.
5/31/1973
York mayor Philip White, and his son Kevin, 8, were among an estimated crowd of more than 50,000 walkers who turned out today to tackle the 15-mile walk to raise funds for the new Metro Toronto Zoo
York mayor Philip White, and his son Kevin, 8, were among an estimated crowd of more than 50,000 walkers who turned out today to tackle the 15-mile walk to raise funds for the new Metro Toronto Zoo
6/2/1973
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
Visited Romania: Mary-Lee Conte, left, and Dawn Luker, with adopted Romanian children Nadine, Megan and Steven, formed a non-profit group to raise funds for an orphanage in that country
Visited Romania: Mary-Lee Conte, left, and Dawn Luker, with adopted Romanian children Nadine, Megan and Steven, formed a non-profit group to raise funds for an orphanage in that country
12/21/1991
Mainstays of CKFM/Westin Hotel's Light A Bulb, Help A Child campaign to raise funds for the Hospital for Sick Children, Don Daynard, left, and Rick Vaive had a perfect 15 for 15 score on our quiz
Mainstays of CKFM/Westin Hotel's Light A Bulb, Help A Child campaign to raise funds for the Hospital for Sick Children, Don Daynard, left, and Rick Vaive had a perfect 15 for 15 score on our quiz
11/13/1984
Driving for a cause: Wheels writer Jim Kenzie (left) and Dave White will drive this Suzuki Swift in Firestone Firehawk Challenge series to raise money to fight drug use
Driving for a cause: Wheels writer Jim Kenzie (left) and Dave White will drive this Suzuki Swift in Firestone Firehawk Challenge series to raise money to fight drug use
7/6/1990
Joyful Moment for Leafs is pinpointed by Darryl Sittler who raises stick as he wheels away from fallen St
Joyful Moment for Leafs is pinpointed by Darryl Sittler who raises stick as he wheels away from fallen St
2/9/1975
Students raise money, Grade 2 student Jeevan Rajaratnam and others at General Crerer Public School in Scarborough held a skipathon recently to raise funds for the Heart and Stroke Foundation
Students raise money, Grade 2 student Jeevan Rajaratnam and others at General Crerer Public School in Scarborough held a skipathon recently to raise funds for the Heart and Stroke Foundation
4/28/1988
Big wheels: Here are three of the 20 bicycle couriers in our Leisure and Home survey, from left to right: Stuart Douglas, Susie Steinfeld and a courier known only as Bone
Big wheels: Here are three of the 20 bicycle couriers in our Leisure and Home survey, from left to right: Stuart Douglas, Susie Steinfeld and a courier known only as Bone
5/6/1992
That long distance feeling: Jim Kinlin takes a rest in his swim - his mileage now exceeds the width of Canada - to raise funds for cancer research.
That long distance feeling: Jim Kinlin takes a rest in his swim - his mileage now exceeds the width of Canada - to raise funds for cancer research.
1/11/1989