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Ad ban

Ad ban

Date3/26/1990
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Original Toronto Star caption: Ad ban: Metro politicians want to stop paid advertisments like this one on taxi cabs. Some call the ads an eyesore but cab drivers say they can use the revenue.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0001256F
Too much freedom?: Whatever happened to the concept of the individual being responsible for his own wellbeing, asks Jerry Borins, owner of the Wheat Sheaf Tavern, in reply to letter to The Star calling for a ban on beer ads. Surely we are being legislated to death, he says.
Too much freedom?: Whatever happened to the concept of the individual being responsible for his own wellbeing, asks Jerry Borins, owner of the Wheat Sheaf Tavern, in reply to letter to The Star calling for a ban on beer ads. Surely we are being legislated to death, he says.
7/30/1980
The Mail and Empire, Toronto, Canada, classified ad
The Mail and Empire, Toronto, Canada, classified ad
1918
Ad man Jerry Goodis: Hard word for retailers
Ad man Jerry Goodis: Hard word for retailers
6/11/1968
Esso tiger made a comeback in '92, Labatt's La Dry campaign caught on before it was dropped, and kids kept spooning up Campbell's soups, but the ad firms behind all three got the gate
Esso tiger made a comeback in '92, Labatt's La Dry campaign caught on before it was dropped, and kids kept spooning up Campbell's soups, but the ad firms behind all three got the gate
10/29/1991
David Ellis (Left) and Andrew Benedetto transit shelter ad for Mistreated elderly
David Ellis (Left) and Andrew Benedetto transit shelter ad for Mistreated elderly
9/8/1994
Evsebii Cesariẽsis Episcopi Chronicon: quod Hieronymus presbyter...Latinũ facere curauit...Ad quem & Prosper & Matteus Palmerius, & Matthias Palmerius, demum & Ioannes Multialiis complura que ad hec vsq[ue] tempora subsecuta sũt adiecere
Evsebii Cesariẽsis Episcopi Chronicon: quod Hieronymus presbyter...Latinũ facere curauit...Ad quem & Prosper & Matteus Palmerius, & Matthias Palmerius, demum & Ioannes Multialiis complura que ad hec vsq[ue] tempora subsecuta sũt adiecere
1512
Co-founder: Glen Dennis of Tel-Ad Advisors Ltd. says it counsels clients on how to cut the cost of advertising in the Yellow Pages and has had no trouble placing such ads for clients from B.C. to Manitoba.
Co-founder: Glen Dennis of Tel-Ad Advisors Ltd. says it counsels clients on how to cut the cost of advertising in the Yellow Pages and has had no trouble placing such ads for clients from B.C. to Manitoba.
7/10/1984
Ben Johnson: Runner was slapped with a lifetime ban after Seoul Olympics
Ben Johnson: Runner was slapped with a lifetime ban after Seoul Olympics
9/5/1989
Ban the bomb: Guarding against those long passes will be the primary assignment for Hank Williams, right, who got in to break up this one in yesterday's workout
Ban the bomb: Guarding against those long passes will be the primary assignment for Hank Williams, right, who got in to break up this one in yesterday's workout
8/4/1981
Won battle: Dashminder Sedhev's parents have been vindicated in their challenge to a private school's ban on the turbans Sikhs wear
Won battle: Dashminder Sedhev's parents have been vindicated in their challenge to a private school's ban on the turbans Sikhs wear
3/16/1988
Ban-the-dump
Ban-the-dump
7/14/1981
Snarly protest: Animal trainer Mike Klingbell takes exception to a proposed North York ban on exotic animals and, to prove they can be tamed, he brought a 150-pound cougar to the legislation committe
Snarly protest: Animal trainer Mike Klingbell takes exception to a proposed North York ban on exotic animals and, to prove they can be tamed, he brought a 150-pound cougar to the legislation committe
3/11/1981