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Determined to Stay: Lawyer Irvine P. Dickier, 87, was too busy making phone calls in his 16th-floor office to leave because of a fire nine floors below, to the frustration of Toronto Firefighter Rich Gunns.
Determined to Stay: Lawyer Irvine P. Dickier, 87, was too busy making phone calls in his 16th-floor office to leave because of a fire nine floors below, to the frustration of Toronto Firefighter Rich Gunns.

Determined to Stay: Lawyer Irvine P. Dickier, 87, was too busy making phone calls in his 16th-floor office to leave because of a fire nine floors below, to the frustration of Toronto Firefighter Rich Gunns.

Date12/19/1991
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  • Determined to Stay: Lawyer Irvine P. Dickier, 87, was too busy making phone calls in his 16th-floor office to leave because of a fire nine floors below, to the frustration of Toronto Firefighter Rich Gunns.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0126678F
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Mr. Clean: Wally Power, of North Star Janitor Services, displays products at his cleaning supplies outlet. Power says an average size house in Toronto would start at about $500 for a basic cleaning of walls, ceilings, windows and floors.
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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
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Jack Dubiner's industrial supply shop is closing after 53 years, giving way to boutiques and art galleries on King St. E. The last items from five floors of stuff will be sold off over the next few weeks.
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Floors o' the forest: Alan Macaulay has been piping for five years. He plays weddings for scotch whiskey.
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Russell
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It's a switch for retired Ontario Hydro employee Bill Pratt to be washing floors for two women who both go out to work
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Combs, Erin
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Just park it: Greg Cotreau doesn't have much time for long-distance bicycle riding any more. That's because he's too busy spreading the word about the bicycle storage system his business is built around. The device was designed by a retired RCMP sergeant, Terry Smith, and it promises to end the clutter of bikes parked every which way.
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Brennan, Pat
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Manning The Phone at his Christian Distress Clinic, Bruce Doney offers spiritual comfrot and practical help to anyone who calls in distress. He started the clinic 3 1/2 years ago and now he and a staff of 11 volunteers handle an average of 18-19 calls a day.
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Alvin McGrath, general-secretary of the Lord's Day Alliance of Canada, received only two worried phone calls the day the province announced it might permit horse racing and betting on Sundays
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