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Subcompact Sedan: American Motors Canada president Maurice Fertey unveiled its new Alliance yesterday. It boasts the best fuel economy of any gasoline-fueled car built in North America - 4.5 litres per 100 kilometres, or 62 miles per gallon, on the highwa
Subcompact Sedan: American Motors Canada president Maurice Fertey unveiled its new Alliance yesterday. It boasts the best fuel economy of any gasoline-fueled car built in North America - 4.5 litres per 100 kilometres, or 62 miles per gallon, on the highwa

Subcompact Sedan: American Motors Canada president Maurice Fertey unveiled its new Alliance yesterday. It boasts the best fuel economy of any gasoline-fueled car built in North America - 4.5 litres per 100 kilometres, or 62 miles per gallon, on the highwa

Date9/8/1982
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  • Subcompact Sedan: American Motors Canada president Maurice Fertey unveiled its new Alliance yesterday. It boasts the best fuel economy of any gasoline-fueled car built in North America - 4.5 litres per 100 kilometres, or 62 miles per gallon, on the highwa
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      AMC blows its top: The '85 convertible Renault Alliance was unveiled yesterday, a larger-engined model AMC president Maurice Fertey thinks will help boost company sales. It has a 1.7 litre engine that will also be standard in Encore GS and Alliance Limite
      AMC blows its top: The '85 convertible Renault Alliance was unveiled yesterday, a larger-engined model AMC president Maurice Fertey thinks will help boost company sales. It has a 1.7 litre engine that will also be standard in Encore GS and Alliance Limite
      Stuparyk, Michael
      9/19/1984
      Metric Conversions: 1 litre=.22 gallons, 10 litres=2.20 gallons, 25 litres=5.50 gallons, 50 litres=11.00 gallons, 75 litres=16.50 gallons, 1 gallon=4.(...)
      Metric Conversions: 1 litre=.22 gallons, 10 litres=2.20 gallons, 25 litres=5.50 gallons, 50 litres=11.00 gallons, 75 litres=16.50 gallons, 1 gallon=4.(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      4/9/1975
      Gas miser: This three-wheeled, lightweight vehicle designed by University of Saskatchewan students set a world fuel economy record in Oakville yesterday - 5,691 miles per gallon
      Gas miser: This three-wheeled, lightweight vehicle designed by University of Saskatchewan students set a world fuel economy record in Oakville yesterday - 5,691 miles per gallon
      Stuparyk, Michael
      5/29/1986
      No risk here: Tomson Highway's The Rez Sisters boasts innovative writing, imaginative direction and exuberant ensemble acting that would stand up to scrutiny on any professional stage
      No risk here: Tomson Highway's The Rez Sisters boasts innovative writing, imaginative direction and exuberant ensemble acting that would stand up to scrutiny on any professional stage
      Highway, Tomson, 1951-
      12/2/1986
      Line-up wasn't worth it: Motorists drove up to 100 kilometres, lined up 50 cars long ad waited as long as 12 hours, all in vain, for gasoline prices to drop at a Cargo service station
      Line-up wasn't worth it: Motorists drove up to 100 kilometres, lined up 50 cars long ad waited as long as 12 hours, all in vain, for gasoline prices to drop at a Cargo service station
      Bock, Tony
      5/15/1983
      General Motors' van plant in Scarborough: Ontario now provides about 30 per cent of North America's light-truck production
      General Motors' van plant in Scarborough: Ontario now provides about 30 per cent of North America's light-truck production
      General Motors Corporation
      30 January 1981
      Waiting and hoping: AMC Canada president Maurice Fertey says he will know by the end of April whether the Brampton plant will build a new line of cars. The model could replace the Eagle, shown with Fertey, and create possibly hundreds of new jobs. The Bra
      Waiting and hoping: AMC Canada president Maurice Fertey says he will know by the end of April whether the Brampton plant will build a new line of cars. The model could replace the Eagle, shown with Fertey, and create possibly hundreds of new jobs. The Bra
      Bull, Ron
      2/29/1984
      Overhead shot: Robert Stacey shows off posters of the Golden Horseshoe and the Ottawa area, made by his company from photos taken 705 kilometres (405 miles) up
      Overhead shot: Robert Stacey shows off posters of the Golden Horseshoe and the Ottawa area, made by his company from photos taken 705 kilometres (405 miles) up
      Brennan, Pat
      5/19/1988
      Muke Book: Jack Muir, corporate relations officer for Ontario Hydro at the Pickering nuclear station (in background), holds pamphlet distributed to citizens within 10 kilometres (603 miles) of the plant advising them how to respond to a nuclear emergency
      Muke Book: Jack Muir, corporate relations officer for Ontario Hydro at the Pickering nuclear station (in background), holds pamphlet distributed to citizens within 10 kilometres (603 miles) of the plant advising them how to respond to a nuclear emergency
      Russell, Jim
      11/25/1989
      University of Toronto Rowing Club yesterday marched 10 miles (16 kilometres) to Harbourfront carrying a rowing shell on their shoulders
      University of Toronto Rowing Club yesterday marched 10 miles (16 kilometres) to Harbourfront carrying a rowing shell on their shoulders
      Russell, Jim
      1/31/1981
      Using a jet of hot water, a worker tries to scrub crude oil from the rocky shore of Green island, 112 kilometres (70 miles) southeast of Valdez, Alask(...)
      Using a jet of hot water, a worker tries to scrub crude oil from the rocky shore of Green island, 112 kilometres (70 miles) southeast of Valdez, Alask(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      5/29/1989
      Pedalling poet: David Seaman, a professor at a West Virginia college, says he found his poetic output greatly stimulated during his ride to Toronto, a distance of 1,330 kilometres (800 miles)
      Pedalling poet: David Seaman, a professor at a West Virginia college, says he found his poetic output greatly stimulated during his ride to Toronto, a distance of 1,330 kilometres (800 miles)
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      8/6/1982