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Ready for launch: Master model maker John Craig shows off his latest warship - a scale model of HMCS Toronto. The exnavy man provides scale models of ships for the defence department and will soon have a fleet of 13 ready for delivery. Craig says the real HMCS Toronto will be a 'Humdinger' which will make Canadians proud of their navy again.
Ready for launch: Master model maker John Craig shows off his latest warship - a scale model of HMCS Toronto. The exnavy man provides scale models of ships for the defence department and will soon have a fleet of 13 ready for delivery. Craig says the real HMCS Toronto will be a 'Humdinger' which will make Canadians proud of their navy again.

Ready for launch: Master model maker John Craig shows off his latest warship - a scale model of HMCS Toronto. The exnavy man provides scale models of ships for the defence department and will soon have a fleet of 13 ready for delivery. Craig says the real HMCS Toronto will be a 'Humdinger' which will make Canadians proud of their navy again.

Date1/12/1986
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  • Ready for launch: Master model maker John Craig shows off his latest warship - a scale model of HMCS Toronto. The exnavy man provides scale models of ships for the defence department and will soon have a fleet of 13 ready for delivery. Craig says the real HMCS Toronto will be a 'Humdinger' which will make Canadians proud of their navy again.
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In concert: Commander Frank Stockwell of the HMCS Haida will give the order for the four-inch-wide A and B guns of the famous warship moored at Ontario Place to open fire - during a Toronto Symphony performance of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture
In concert: Commander Frank Stockwell of the HMCS Haida will give the order for the four-inch-wide A and B guns of the famous warship moored at Ontario Place to open fire - during a Toronto Symphony performance of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture
Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
6/26/1985
Happy Birthday, HMCS Haida
Happy Birthday, HMCS Haida
Power, Peter
8/30/1993
Retired Railroader, Alfred Bunker, who died this week, built and ran a 9-foot scale model of the engine he operated as an engineer and fireman for Canadian Pacific for 44 years. He started out cleaning engines 11 hours a day.
Retired Railroader, Alfred Bunker, who died this week, built and ran a 9-foot scale model of the engine he operated as an engineer and fireman for Canadian Pacific for 44 years. He started out cleaning engines 11 hours a day.
Teskey, Frank
8/9/1973
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
Meticulous handcrafting: That's what keeps renowned architects and major developers knocking on Ed Cotton's door. His model for Fidinam Inc. of a 37-storey tower in Chicago's banking district involved sculpting to scale elaborate 90-year-old carvings on its first three floors.
Meticulous handcrafting: That's what keeps renowned architects and major developers knocking on Ed Cotton's door. His model for Fidinam Inc. of a 37-storey tower in Chicago's banking district involved sculpting to scale elaborate 90-year-old carvings on its first three floors.
Brennan, Pat
11/8/1983
Ready to help: Ed Gough, a teaching assistant in the Bathurst-Eglinton area, volunteered for a program aimed at putting more male role models into Metro's elementary school classrooms
Ready to help: Ed Gough, a teaching assistant in the Bathurst-Eglinton area, volunteered for a program aimed at putting more male role models into Metro's elementary school classrooms
Toronto Star (Firm)
8/12/1992
On her way: Budding model Brandy Kusmack goes shopping with agent Elmer Olsen. Below, she's ready for the camera.
On her way: Budding model Brandy Kusmack goes shopping with agent Elmer Olsen. Below, she's ready for the camera.
Combs, Erin
5/28/1992
Canada booster: Per Bergsland, left, president of Norway's Wideroes Airlines, takes delivery of another aircraft to add to his all-de Havilland fleet from president John Sandford.
Canada booster: Per Bergsland, left, president of Norway's Wideroes Airlines, takes delivery of another aircraft to add to his all-de Havilland fleet from president John Sandford.
Spremo, Boris
7/11/1980
Famiily business: Eric Sutkiewicz, left, his sister Irit Shay and her husband, Michael Shay with the scale on which they weigh gold jewelry in their store, European Jewellery
Famiily business: Eric Sutkiewicz, left, his sister Irit Shay and her husband, Michael Shay with the scale on which they weigh gold jewelry in their store, European Jewellery
Bull, Ron
2/1/1982
Gallery owner Frank Costin prepares Dry Scale for exhibit of impressive landscapes by David Alexander.
Gallery owner Frank Costin prepares Dry Scale for exhibit of impressive landscapes by David Alexander.
Bock, Tony
9/3/1992
Historic name: Ajax Mayor Bill McLean shows the scale replica of H
Historic name: Ajax Mayor Bill McLean shows the scale replica of H
Dunlop, Alan
6/6/1988
This is not an amnesty program but a process to replace full-scale prosecution, assistant crown attorney Marvin Morton warned the shoplifters
This is not an amnesty program but a process to replace full-scale prosecution, assistant crown attorney Marvin Morton warned the shoplifters
Calleja, Frank
4/30/1992