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Laser cane used by Rick Bernier is the first in Canada to be used by a blind person
Laser cane used by Rick Bernier is the first in Canada to be used by a blind person

Laser cane used by Rick Bernier is the first in Canada to be used by a blind person

Date5/25/1978
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FormatPicture
ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0020779F
A laser gun, connected to a computer and set up in a seven-ton truck, is being used at York University to measure pollution and analyze weather condit(...)
A laser gun, connected to a computer and set up in a seven-ton truck, is being used at York University to measure pollution and analyze weather condit(...)
Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
7/9/1975
Balancing act: Gordie Anderson (above) keeps as Laser II on course while a student tries out the trapeze, which is used to keep the small boat balanced in racking
Balancing act: Gordie Anderson (above) keeps as Laser II on course while a student tries out the trapeze, which is used to keep the small boat balanced in racking
Loek, Dick
8/20/1982
Laser gun radar used by Peel Region Police
Laser gun radar used by Peel Region Police
Calleja, Frank
11/24/1994
Cane-like sticks are handier for tripping field hockey opponents than for controlling the ball, but the Canadian Olympic team used them well enough ye(...)
Cane-like sticks are handier for tripping field hockey opponents than for controlling the ball, but the Canadian Olympic team used them well enough ye(...)
Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
7/20/1976
This sailor relies on hearing to make her way over the waves, Sue Pavlicic is blind but she's learning to sail a Laser, thanks to a buoy designed at S(...)
This sailor relies on hearing to make her way over the waves, Sue Pavlicic is blind but she's learning to sail a Laser, thanks to a buoy designed at S(...)
Bennett, Julie
7/3/1987
Instant friends: Lieutenant-Governor Lincoln Alexander and Kevin, a choir member at the Hollywood School for the Blind, meet yesterday at the opening of White Cane Week at CNIB
Instant friends: Lieutenant-Governor Lincoln Alexander and Kevin, a choir member at the Hollywood School for the Blind, meet yesterday at the opening of White Cane Week at CNIB
Alexander, Lincoln M. (Lincoln MacCauley), 1922-2012
2/3/1986
Federal Health Minister Jake Epp helps Dr. Euclid Herie, of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, cross the street on the way to ceremonies at CNIB headquarters on Bayview Ave. yesterday to kick off White Cane Week. Come See With Me, is the week's theme.
Federal Health Minister Jake Epp helps Dr. Euclid Herie, of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, cross the street on the way to ceremonies at CNIB headquarters on Bayview Ave. yesterday to kick off White Cane Week. Come See With Me, is the week's theme.
Spremo, Boris
2/5/1988
Quiet chat: Peggy Harvie, 86, who has been blind for 13 years, talks with Ontario Citizenship Minister Elaine Ziemba at yesterday's kickoff for White Cane Week
Quiet chat: Peggy Harvie, 86, who has been blind for 13 years, talks with Ontario Citizenship Minister Elaine Ziemba at yesterday's kickoff for White Cane Week
Power, Peter
2/4/1991
Guide dog Trina helps Wally McWilliams, 23, blind since birth, get to places too difficult for a cane, he says
Guide dog Trina helps Wally McWilliams, 23, blind since birth, get to places too difficult for a cane, he says
Mahler, John
9/13/1977
Key blow: The Jays' Jimmy Key, left, could have used some of the home run power supplied by Milwaukee's Rick Dempsey (14) last night
Key blow: The Jays' Jimmy Key, left, could have used some of the home run power supplied by Milwaukee's Rick Dempsey (14) last night
Dempsey, Rick
8/21/1991
Key blow: The Jays' Jimmy Key, left, could have used some of the home run power supplied by Milwaukee's Rick Dempsey (14) last night
Key blow: The Jays' Jimmy Key, left, could have used some of the home run power supplied by Milwaukee's Rick Dempsey (14) last night
Key, Jimmy
8/21/1991
Employees of the Ontario department of lands and forests look over a new-type parachute being used to drop emergency supplies to persons stranded in i(...)
Employees of the Ontario department of lands and forests look over a new-type parachute being used to drop emergency supplies to persons stranded in i(...)
Toronto Star (Firm)
4/6/1943