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Vince Murphy: North York's traffic commissioner stands at Metro's worst accident spot.
Vince Murphy: North York's traffic commissioner stands at Metro's worst accident spot.

Vince Murphy: North York's traffic commissioner stands at Metro's worst accident spot.

Date4/21/1986
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      ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0131344F
      Vince Murphy: North York's new traffic commissioner hopes for a north-south route across 401.
      Vince Murphy: North York's new traffic commissioner hopes for a north-south route across 401.
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      It has to be widened, says Metro traffic commissioner Sam Cass of the Don Valley Parkway as he stands on footbridge crossing it at Riverdale Zoo. Planners estimate it will cost $15 million to widen parkway an extra two lanes, and it's not the right solution adds Cass. In addition, two other street widening programs will cost another $9 million. Cass blames halting of the Spadina Expressway.
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      Theme of her mural is music. Donnalee Darling, a Grade 13 student at North Yorks Newtonbrook Secondary Schoo, stands beside the 8 by 12 foot mural she(...)
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      Beaty, Keith
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      On top of things: Glen Garwood, who's co-ordinating the building of North York's $250 million city centre, stands on the 24th floor. In the background is the centre's computer-controlled carillon, with 14 bells made in Holland. At just 32, Garwood has ris
      Russell, Jim
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      Dick Dodds. East York's education director is launching, at Marc Garneau College, Metro's first hi-tech academic program, intended to attract the brightest math and science students
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      Metro's new acting Chairman Paul Godfrey stands outside official limousine at City Hall yesterday with chauffeur, Gord Frankland. Godfrey conducted hi(...)
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      Godfrey, Paul Victor, 1939-
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      Shattered dream: Rob Murphy, 18, stands with his parents, Rose and Hugh, on the Mississauga lot where their new home was to have been.
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      Baseball fan Joseph Murphy can spend all summer second guessing Toronto Blue Jays manager Bobby Cox, thanks to Metro's paramedicts
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      Homicide victim's constant companion, Spot, stands between investigating policemen in front of man's home
      Cooper, David
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      Farmer Stan Wos stands at the spot by a deserted barn in the Bolton area where he discovered the body of Dan Beckon
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      Jockey fights back: Ron Turcotte, who was paralyzed in a racing accident at New York's Belmont Park last year, in undergoing extensive rehabilitation in Toronto
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