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Hot seller: Bell vice-president Charles Labarge shows off Alex, a computer terminal that links to phone lines to provide users up to 300 services
Hot seller: Bell vice-president Charles Labarge shows off Alex, a computer terminal that links to phone lines to provide users up to 300 services

Hot seller: Bell vice-president Charles Labarge shows off Alex, a computer terminal that links to phone lines to provide users up to 300 services

Date4/30/1990
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      ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0129124F
      Musical phone plays the market. Touch-tone telephone, demonstrated by Bell vice-president M.N. Davies, can, via a computer link, buy your groceries, place your stock market orders or keep you nicely seperated from your bank manager by doing your banking.
      Musical phone plays the market. Touch-tone telephone, demonstrated by Bell vice-president M.N. Davies, can, via a computer link, buy your groceries, place your stock market orders or keep you nicely seperated from your bank manager by doing your banking.
      Darrell, Dick
      2/20/1969
      Easy boarding: Don Sheardown, of Ontario Bus Industries, shows off a low-slung Orion bus designed for wheelchair users
      Easy boarding: Don Sheardown, of Ontario Bus Industries, shows off a low-slung Orion bus designed for wheelchair users
      Beaty, Keith
      2/1/1984
      Much less foreign steel will be imported by Canadian users this year than in 1973-74 boom, according to Arthur McMurrich, marketing vice-president of (...)
      Much less foreign steel will be imported by Canadian users this year than in 1973-74 boom, according to Arthur McMurrich, marketing vice-president of (...)
      Bull, Ron
      6/24/1975
      Big break for Canada: David Knight demostrates a TV home computer terminal that uses Canadian Telidon technology to link home TVs to outside computers through telephone lines
      Big break for Canada: David Knight demostrates a TV home computer terminal that uses Canadian Telidon technology to link home TVs to outside computers through telephone lines
      McConnell, Colin
      5/20/1981
      Preventing AIDS: Bleachman shows how drug users can sterilize needles
      Preventing AIDS: Bleachman shows how drug users can sterilize needles
      Diseases & conditions
      10/18/1988
      For the links: Cooper Canada chairman Jack Cooper, left, vice-chairman John Cooper, centre, and president Henry Nolting display a golf bag.
      For the links: Cooper Canada chairman Jack Cooper, left, vice-chairman John Cooper, centre, and president Henry Nolting display a golf bag.
      Beaty, Keith
      1/6/1983
      This view of St. James-on-the-Lines Anglican church in Penetanguishene shows the choir during the 109th anniversary services. It's one of Canada's oldest churches
      This view of St. James-on-the-Lines Anglican church in Penetanguishene shows the choir during the 109th anniversary services. It's one of Canada's oldest churches
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      7/25/1945
      King st. atrium: David Stewart, vice-president of Campeau Corp., shows off huge model of the King St. entrance to the Scotia Plaza tower. he says we are trying to look ahead to the end of this century with our building design. It will offer completely computer-controlled lighting, heating, air conditioning and power.
      King st. atrium: David Stewart, vice-president of Campeau Corp., shows off huge model of the King St. entrance to the Scotia Plaza tower. he says we are trying to look ahead to the end of this century with our building design. It will offer completely computer-controlled lighting, heating, air conditioning and power.
      Brennan, Pat
      6/24/1986
      Visitors to Algonquin Park can rent canoes and travel throughout the 1,862,402 acres of the park, but campers, who make up 80 per cent of the park's users, are restricted to a 60-mile arc on its southern border.
      Visitors to Algonquin Park can rent canoes and travel throughout the 1,862,402 acres of the park, but campers, who make up 80 per cent of the park's users, are restricted to a 60-mile arc on its southern border.
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      9/10/1969
      Expensive Habit: Concaine's value to dealers and its attraction to users is enhanced when it is converted using this kind of freebase paraphenalia
      Expensive Habit: Concaine's value to dealers and its attraction to users is enhanced when it is converted using this kind of freebase paraphenalia
      Combs, Erin
      3/19/1982
      Snorting Cocaine: Punish the users and abusers
      Snorting Cocaine: Punish the users and abusers
      Loek, Dick
      8/27/1973
      Closed doors: Two men peer inside as they wait outside the Seaton House hostel, Many of the hostel users are young men who may work but can't afford housing, officials say
      Closed doors: Two men peer inside as they wait outside the Seaton House hostel, Many of the hostel users are young men who may work but can't afford housing, officials say
      Spremo, Boris
      3/31/1987