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Finally, a winner: It took Samuel Borins a year and he had to take his case to The Star but this Toronto lawyer has won his battle to make City Hall renovate old city hall, now a courthouse, so it isn't a padlocked firetrap at night.
Finally, a winner: It took Samuel Borins a year and he had to take his case to The Star but this Toronto lawyer has won his battle to make City Hall renovate old city hall, now a courthouse, so it isn't a padlocked firetrap at night.

Finally, a winner: It took Samuel Borins a year and he had to take his case to The Star but this Toronto lawyer has won his battle to make City Hall renovate old city hall, now a courthouse, so it isn't a padlocked firetrap at night.

Date10/8/1981
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0125530F
      Too much freedom?: Whatever happened to the concept of the individual being responsible for his own wellbeing, asks Jerry Borins, owner of the Wheat Sheaf Tavern, in reply to letter to The Star calling for a ban on beer ads. Surely we are being legislated to death, he says.
      Too much freedom?: Whatever happened to the concept of the individual being responsible for his own wellbeing, asks Jerry Borins, owner of the Wheat Sheaf Tavern, in reply to letter to The Star calling for a ban on beer ads. Surely we are being legislated to death, he says.
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      7/30/1980
      Closed book: Edward Borins, part owner of Edwards Books and Art store, was planning to open for regular business this Sunday - but has changed his mind under threat of injunctions
      Closed book: Edward Borins, part owner of Edwards Books and Art store, was planning to open for regular business this Sunday - but has changed his mind under threat of injunctions
      Borins, Edward
      12/18/1986
      Celebration cigars: Lottery winner Samuel Chica, left, holds a cheque for $273,059 with his brother-in-law Cesar Quezada after he bought five newspapers to be sure he had won
      Celebration cigars: Lottery winner Samuel Chica, left, holds a cheque for $273,059 with his brother-in-law Cesar Quezada after he bought five newspapers to be sure he had won
      Cusano, Jack
      8/30/1983
      Borins, Edward & Eva
      Borins, Edward & Eva
      Borins, Edward
      12/18/1986
      The Donut Station's Paul Borins
      The Donut Station's Paul Borins
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      7/18/1979
      Edward and Eva Borins launched their first bookstore in a recession
      Edward and Eva Borins launched their first bookstore in a recession
      Borins, Edward
      1/16/1985
      Edward Borins: Bookstore owner is taking the existing Sunday closing law to court
      Edward Borins: Bookstore owner is taking the existing Sunday closing law to court
      Borins, Edward
      5/19/1983
      Classics: Bookstore owner Eva Borins is wearing her favorite Anne Klein co-ordinates collected over several seasons accessorized with cheap junk earrings
      Classics: Bookstore owner Eva Borins is wearing her favorite Anne Klein co-ordinates collected over several seasons accessorized with cheap junk earrings
      Borovoy, A. Alan (Alfred Alan), 1932-
      10/15/1990
      Edward Borins: Merchant defies Sunday closing law because he thinks it ludicrous
      Edward Borins: Merchant defies Sunday closing law because he thinks it ludicrous
      Borins, Edward
      12/16/1986
      Edward Borins (Sun. Shopping)
      Edward Borins (Sun. Shopping)
      Borins, Edward
      12/1/1987
      Edward Borins/Sun. Shopping
      Edward Borins/Sun. Shopping
      Borins, Edward
      12/1/1987
      Stephen Borins: Judge can't tell what's going on in minds of distressed kids.
      Stephen Borins: Judge can't tell what's going on in minds of distressed kids.
      Calleja, Frank
      9/27/1981