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Too near
Too near

Too near

Date6/9/1976
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Original Toronto Star caption: Too near: An informal Star survey found that many of Metro's family cornerstores have adult skin magazines in easy teach and view of youngsters. In some stores; the adult soft-core porn magazines; with graphic descriptions and pictures of sexual deviations were displayed near to popsicles; candy and kids' magazines.
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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_0011080F
Sex magazine publisher David Wells (left) says Toronto has a very big sex scene
Sex magazine publisher David Wells (left) says Toronto has a very big sex scene
1/6/1983
Bill C-54 disappeared after months of fierce debate
Bill C-54 disappeared after months of fierce debate
5/14/1980
Shivering protest
Shivering protest
1/18/1983
Yonge Raid
Yonge Raid
12/8/1988
Parents concerned, an Ajax group, asked shops there to put sex magazines out of reach of children
Parents concerned, an Ajax group, asked shops there to put sex magazines out of reach of children
5/7/1976
Crackdown coming on corner store smut? A10
Crackdown coming on corner store smut? A10
5/5/1976
At odds over conversation of Metro ravine land are naturalist Dr. Bruce Cruickshank, left, and Grant Henderson, right, chairman of the Metro Toronto Regional Conservation Authority. We enhance habitat, says Henderson, shown beside a flood control structure at Woodbridge. Cruickshank, shown in ravine land near Metro's Sunnybrook Park, fears Henderson's authority wants to take over and manicure this, too.
At odds over conversation of Metro ravine land are naturalist Dr. Bruce Cruickshank, left, and Grant Henderson, right, chairman of the Metro Toronto Regional Conservation Authority. We enhance habitat, says Henderson, shown beside a flood control structure at Woodbridge. Cruickshank, shown in ravine land near Metro's Sunnybrook Park, fears Henderson's authority wants to take over and manicure this, too.
5/25/1976
At odds over conservation of Metro ravine land are naturalist Dr. Bruce Cruickshank, left, and Grant Henderson, right, chairman of the Metro Toronto Regional Conservation Authority. We enhance habitat, says Henderson, shown beside a flood control structure at Woodbridge. Cruickshank, shown in ravine land near Metro's Sunnybrook Park, fears Henderson's authority wants to take over and manicure this, too.
At odds over conservation of Metro ravine land are naturalist Dr. Bruce Cruickshank, left, and Grant Henderson, right, chairman of the Metro Toronto Regional Conservation Authority. We enhance habitat, says Henderson, shown beside a flood control structure at Woodbridge. Cruickshank, shown in ravine land near Metro's Sunnybrook Park, fears Henderson's authority wants to take over and manicure this, too.
5/20/1976
Dangerous perch. These fishermen near the Hearn Generating Station are hoping the fish will ignore the sign, too, while one of their mates takes up a (...)
Dangerous perch. These fishermen near the Hearn Generating Station are hoping the fish will ignore the sign, too, while one of their mates takes up a (...)
12/28/1980
Don't Lend to Yonkers, It's too near You Know Where
Don't Lend to Yonkers, It's too near You Know Where
9/17/1974
Don't walt: Robert Macpherson, manager of the federal government's Business information Centre in Toronto, says too many enterpreneurs wait too long before seeking government aid
Don't walt: Robert Macpherson, manager of the federal government's Business information Centre in Toronto, says too many enterpreneurs wait too long before seeking government aid
12/21/1982
Startled motorists think be's outs when they bear security man Mark Carter sitting at a stoplight, singing and clicking his fingers, but most drive off with a smile. Mark, a 26-year-old native of Barbados, feels Metro people are much too glum and take life too seriously. You start singing, you feel better, he says.
Startled motorists think be's outs when they bear security man Mark Carter sitting at a stoplight, singing and clicking his fingers, but most drive off with a smile. Mark, a 26-year-old native of Barbados, feels Metro people are much too glum and take life too seriously. You start singing, you feel better, he says.
6/1/1977