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Ontario Place is back in business for the summer (if it ever gets here)
Ontario Place is back in business for the summer (if it ever gets here)

Ontario Place is back in business for the summer (if it ever gets here)

Date5/13/1984
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Object NumberTSPA_0029044F
Ontario Place in back in business for the summer (if it ever gets here)
Ontario Place in back in business for the summer (if it ever gets here)
Mahler, John
5/12/1984
Last summer, he sold encyclopedias. This summer, university student Mark Dingman is selling himself - as the first prize in an unusual raffle. Dingman 21, of Toronto, has decided to raffle himself - or more precisely, 16 hours of his time - to make money for school. I wanted to run my own business. This took minimum capitalization and had minimal risk, should it fail, said Dingman, a McGill University student. And it seems like a good skill to learn, to sell yourself. Dingman is going door-to-door with his Student Slaves raffle and a very professional pitch. Tickets go for $1.99 each (or three for $5) and there are 200 in each draw. The first raffle is scheduled for Tuesday and the winner gets Dingman for 16 hours to do anything from cleaning ovens to fixing eavestroughs.
Last summer, he sold encyclopedias. This summer, university student Mark Dingman is selling himself - as the first prize in an unusual raffle. Dingman 21, of Toronto, has decided to raffle himself - or more precisely, 16 hours of his time - to make money for school. I wanted to run my own business. This took minimum capitalization and had minimal risk, should it fail, said Dingman, a McGill University student. And it seems like a good skill to learn, to sell yourself. Dingman is going door-to-door with his Student Slaves raffle and a very professional pitch. Tickets go for $1.99 each (or three for $5) and there are 200 in each draw. The first raffle is scheduled for Tuesday and the winner gets Dingman for 16 hours to do anything from cleaning ovens to fixing eavestroughs.
Goode, Jeff
7/5/1984
Off to summer camp, John Leclair, 9, gets piggy-back ride from brother Michael, 12, today after they arrive in Toronto from Sudbury en route to Camp Trillium in Picton
Off to summer camp, John Leclair, 9, gets piggy-back ride from brother Michael, 12, today after they arrive in Toronto from Sudbury en route to Camp Trillium in Picton
Gower, Patti
7/31/1989
Sir Thomas Lipton gets back to business. The photograph was taken in his New York office, on his 82nd birthday.
Sir Thomas Lipton gets back to business. The photograph was taken in his New York office, on his 82nd birthday.
Lipton, Thomas Johnstone, Sir, 1850-1931
1/3/1931
The legislature gets girl pages, The first girls ever appointed pages in the Ontario Legislature will be working with the 18 boys when the session opens next Tuesday
The legislature gets girl pages, The first girls ever appointed pages in the Ontario Legislature will be working with the 18 boys when the session opens next Tuesday
Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
3/23/1971
Saturday in Toronto . . . The ever-popular Tony Bennett always gets a full house when he comes to town and Saturday at the Forum was no exception when(...)
Saturday in Toronto . . . The ever-popular Tony Bennett always gets a full house when he comes to town and Saturday at the Forum was no exception when(...)
Andrew, Cindy
8/5/1989
Borge's back. That Danish delight, Victor Borge, is a regular fixture every summer at the Forum in Ontario Place, and last night his fans were out in (...)
Borge's back. That Danish delight, Victor Borge, is a regular fixture every summer at the Forum in Ontario Place, and last night his fans were out in (...)
Borge, Victor
7/20/1981
Get you tickets here! For the second summer in a row, Five Star Tickets will operate a booth outside the Royal Ontario Museum on Queen's Park Cresc. A(...)
Get you tickets here! For the second summer in a row, Five Star Tickets will operate a booth outside the Royal Ontario Museum on Queen's Park Cresc. A(...)
Faught, Ken
6/18/1986
Roberta romance crowd: Roberta Flack gets caught up in the sheer essence of the music as she romances 5,000 fans at the Forum in Ontario Place
Roberta romance crowd: Roberta Flack gets caught up in the sheer essence of the music as she romances 5,000 fans at the Forum in Ontario Place
Cooper, David
6/3/1985
Scale model: Canada's Baseball Hall of Fame gets official welcome yesterday at Ontario Place, its new home, by Tourism minister John Eakins, left, Jays vice-president Paul Beeston and Bruce Prentice, the hall's president
Scale model: Canada's Baseball Hall of Fame gets official welcome yesterday at Ontario Place, its new home, by Tourism minister John Eakins, left, Jays vice-president Paul Beeston and Bruce Prentice, the hall's president
Faught, Ken
2/25/1986
First scrubdown for city hall, City Hall gets its first wash since it opened in the summer of 1965
First scrubdown for city hall, City Hall gets its first wash since it opened in the summer of 1965
Spremo, Boris
10/2/1968
Clean start: McIntosh Stables trainer Jim McInnis gets his harness sulkies in spick-and-span shape for the opening of the summer meeting at Greenwood
Clean start: McIntosh Stables trainer Jim McInnis gets his harness sulkies in spick-and-span shape for the opening of the summer meeting at Greenwood
Eglinton, Rick
5/27/1991