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In business: Owens of adult video stores say they can safely offer films that aren't violent or degrading
In business: Owens of adult video stores say they can safely offer films that aren't violent or degrading

In business: Owens of adult video stores say they can safely offer films that aren't violent or degrading

Date2/27/1992
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Original Toronto Star caption: In business: Owens of adult video stores say they can safely offer films that aren't violent or degrading.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0015285F
      Mike Pilon: The owner of Oshawa's National Home Video stores objects to a court decision ruling 11 films were obscene and must be removed from stores
      Mike Pilon: The owner of Oshawa's National Home Video stores objects to a court decision ruling 11 films were obscene and must be removed from stores
      Russell, Jim
      10/31/1983
      Horns of a dilemma: Dan Iannuzzi, president of Channel 47, says the Italian films shown Saturday nights aren't soft-core, It's just part of normal adult Italian filmmaking
      Horns of a dilemma: Dan Iannuzzi, president of Channel 47, says the Italian films shown Saturday nights aren't soft-core, It's just part of normal adult Italian filmmaking
      Iannuzzi, Dan
      3/13/1987
      Labor of love: Pamella Amster and Gerald Beeston, owners of After Dark, started their specialty store because We used to go to video stores and we used to get angry because there weren't any videos that we liked, Amster says.
      Labor of love: Pamella Amster and Gerald Beeston, owners of After Dark, started their specialty store because We used to go to video stores and we used to get angry because there weren't any videos that we liked, Amster says.
      Stawicki, Andrew
      1/29/1989
      Mace Armstron, of the Joint Forces Project P Special Investigation Branch, as he loads Porno magazines into box along with (confiscated) 8MM films & Video Tapes
      Mace Armstron, of the Joint Forces Project P Special Investigation Branch, as he loads Porno magazines into box along with (confiscated) 8MM films & Video Tapes
      Lennon, Frank
      1/1/1981
      Collective Biography - Men - Owen, Owens, A - Z
      Collective Biography - Men - Owen, Owens, A - Z
      Beaty, Keith
      10/10/1973
      Peter Anson, guitarist with the Canadian Creative Music Collective, and saxophonist Bill Smith perform this week at A Space, where the group will offer a New Year's Eve party and films
      Peter Anson, guitarist with the Canadian Creative Music Collective, and saxophonist Bill Smith perform this week at A Space, where the group will offer a New Year's Eve party and films
      Lennon, Frank
      12/13/1975
      X-rated video crackdown. Peel police have warned seven stores selling sexually explicit videos, including pleasure Palace Video on Lakeshore Rd. E. in(...)
      X-rated video crackdown. Peel police have warned seven stores selling sexually explicit videos, including pleasure Palace Video on Lakeshore Rd. E. in(...)
      Faught, Ken
      9/18/1991
      Paterson: Owns adult video store in Ajax.
      Paterson: Owns adult video store in Ajax.
      Madonik, Rick
      8/27/1992
      Delia and Mark Owens have fought armed elephant poachers and governments in their bid to help the people and endangered animals of Africa
      Delia and Mark Owens have fought armed elephant poachers and governments in their bid to help the people and endangered animals of Africa
      Combs, Erin
      12/3/1992
      Buck Owen's sound is full of simple melodies
      Buck Owen's sound is full of simple melodies
      Owens, Buck, 1929-2006
      8/28/1969
      American is just too big, Bearded Ed Owens of U
      American is just too big, Bearded Ed Owens of U
      Mahler, John
      8/11/1976
      Buck Owens
      Buck Owens
      James, Norman
      10/1/1964