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Well-dressed wader. Waterfront commissioner David Crombie plants cattalls in Mimico Creek yesterday as part of a fish and wildlife project to rehabilitate waters in Metro
Well-dressed wader. Waterfront commissioner David Crombie plants cattalls in Mimico Creek yesterday as part of a fish and wildlife project to rehabilitate waters in Metro

Well-dressed wader. Waterfront commissioner David Crombie plants cattalls in Mimico Creek yesterday as part of a fish and wildlife project to rehabilitate waters in Metro

Date10/15/1992
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Original Toronto Star caption: Well-dressed wader. Waterfront commissioner David Crombie plants cattalls in Mimico Creek yesterday as part of a fish and wildlife project to rehabilitate waters in Metro.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0041108F
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      Ross, Fred
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      David Crombie: Waterfront commissioner believes Metro residents want to keep Harbourfront parks public
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      Crombie, David
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      Mahler, John
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      Urban wildlife: Critic Chris Hume says that even in the March gloom, Toronto's wall posters are like colorful plants that spring up overnight on our cold city streets
      Urban wildlife: Critic Chris Hume says that even in the March gloom, Toronto's wall posters are like colorful plants that spring up overnight on our cold city streets
      Loek, Dick
      15 March 1992
      Tha's my boy: Brandon Wells is the centre of attention at Pearson airport yesterday as his pop, pitcher David Wells, plants a kiss while mom Wendy looks on
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      Faught, Ken
      10/25/1992
      Premier David Peterson wades in the polluted waters of Taylor Creek with Environmental Youth Corps workers Joy Morris, 19, and Lisa Anderson, 18, yest(...)
      Premier David Peterson wades in the polluted waters of Taylor Creek with Environmental Youth Corps workers Joy Morris, 19, and Lisa Anderson, 18, yest(...)
      Peterson, David, 1943-
      7/20/1989
      Observers were recruited to don hip waders and place booms across Sixteen Mile Creek during demonstration
      Observers were recruited to don hip waders and place booms across Sixteen Mile Creek during demonstration
      Dinsmore, Ted
      11/16/1978
      Nothing like it: Councillor David Culham has spent years working to preserve the Credit River Valley. He supports the development of a public garden on the unique site and says the project will have a minimal impact on wildlife living in the area.
      Nothing like it: Councillor David Culham has spent years working to preserve the Credit River Valley. He supports the development of a public garden on the unique site and says the project will have a minimal impact on wildlife living in the area.
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      Dutton, Don
      4/1/1963
      The old lady takes a snack at the water's edge and after it she'll think nothing of hoisting that big wicker basket on her head and carrying her fish (...)
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      Toronto Star (Firm)
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