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Prime Minister Brian Mulroney meets Michael Gerstweiler, a Gold Medal winner at the National Conference on Technology and Innovation at the Sheraton Centre last week. Gerstwiler won the award for his work on robots.
Prime Minister Brian Mulroney meets Michael Gerstweiler, a Gold Medal winner at the National Conference on Technology and Innovation at the Sheraton Centre last week. Gerstwiler won the award for his work on robots.

Prime Minister Brian Mulroney meets Michael Gerstweiler, a Gold Medal winner at the National Conference on Technology and Innovation at the Sheraton Centre last week. Gerstwiler won the award for his work on robots.

Date1/19/1988
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  • Prime Minister Brian Mulroney meets Michael Gerstweiler, a Gold Medal winner at the National Conference on Technology and Innovation at the Sheraton Centre last week. Gerstwiler won the award for his work on robots.
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Stuparyk, Michael
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Cooper, David
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You don't say!: Dr. Paul Turner and his wife, Annice, from Perth, Ont. stopped to chat with two talking robots when they registered for the annual OMA meeting yesterday at the Harbour Castle Hilton hotel. Geigy is not from Star Wars, but he is one of the latest technicological advances.
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Spremo, Boris
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By Frank Calleja, Toronto Star, A campaign by a Brampton man to award rower Silken Laumann a gold medal for her inspirational Olympic performance is gaining support across the country.
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Calleja, Frank
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Curb climber: Tim Skene, representing the Quebec firm that developed the new wheelchair with a grant from Transport Canada, shows off its curb-climbing ability to Jim Gerrond, a cerebral palsy victim, at the first international Conference on Rehabilitation Engineering at the Sheraton Centre
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Brazao, Dale
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Brennan, Pat
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Vic Emery, A gold medal in 1964
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