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Fighting hard: At 87, George Norman says he has the answers to acid rain, and campaigns tirelessly on the issue
Fighting hard: At 87, George Norman says he has the answers to acid rain, and campaigns tirelessly on the issue

Fighting hard: At 87, George Norman says he has the answers to acid rain, and campaigns tirelessly on the issue

Date8/19/1983
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0131602F
Islington inventor: Bob Shannon's process uses dirty coal and oil sands sludge to make cheap oil while fighting acid rain to boot.
Islington inventor: Bob Shannon's process uses dirty coal and oil sands sludge to make cheap oil while fighting acid rain to boot.
Toronto Star (Firm)
8/7/1986
Three who helped make a revolution: When Michael Perley left, and Adele Hurley first approached communications expoert jeffrey Shearer, right, he thourgh their acid-rain campaign was the craziest idea in the entire would
Three who helped make a revolution: When Michael Perley left, and Adele Hurley first approached communications expoert jeffrey Shearer, right, he thourgh their acid-rain campaign was the craziest idea in the entire would
Lennon, Frank
6/29/1989
Looking for answers: George Przybylowski works on Ontario project examining potential for additional flats in houses.
Looking for answers: George Przybylowski works on Ontario project examining potential for additional flats in houses.
Bull, Ron
1/19/1984
Patrick Quinn: He wants to know why there are no official answers to the many questions raised by the massacre of 14 Montreal women.
Patrick Quinn: He wants to know why there are no official answers to the many questions raised by the massacre of 14 Montreal women.
Stawicki, Andrew
6/11/1990
Vernon Dollard, president and general manager of Toronto Better Business Bureau, says the bureau will dig up the facts on business promotions, but that anyone who asks it for advice or information will have to do some thinking for himself. Some people, he says, look for favorable answers and will ignore warnings nine times out of ten. Bureau staff is told to stick to facts and not make judgments.
Vernon Dollard, president and general manager of Toronto Better Business Bureau, says the bureau will dig up the facts on business promotions, but that anyone who asks it for advice or information will have to do some thinking for himself. Some people, he says, look for favorable answers and will ignore warnings nine times out of ten. Bureau staff is told to stick to facts and not make judgments.
Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
8/23/1971
M. T. Laderoute: Toronto resident's foray into the City's bureaucracy got lots of aggravation, but no answers.
M. T. Laderoute: Toronto resident's foray into the City's bureaucracy got lots of aggravation, but no answers.
Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
2/24/1982
Seeking answers: Scientist Eric Chaisson says a code of global ethics - which is not base on religion alone - is needed in order to save a technological society that has the potential to destroy itself.
Seeking answers: Scientist Eric Chaisson says a code of global ethics - which is not base on religion alone - is needed in order to save a technological society that has the potential to destroy itself.
Spremo, Boris
12/8/1992
No easy answers: Bookstore owner Charles Taylor warns neophytes to beware of charlatans.
No easy answers: Bookstore owner Charles Taylor warns neophytes to beware of charlatans.
Loek, Dick
9/13/1991
Looking for answers: Paul McAuliffe, a Scarborough children's aid worker, heads an advisory group on sexual abuse in the church.
Looking for answers: Paul McAuliffe, a Scarborough children's aid worker, heads an advisory group on sexual abuse in the church.
Loek, Dick
12/11/1990
NDP candidate Ed Brown answers some tough questions aimed at him by 8-year-olds at Rawlinson Jr. public school
NDP candidate Ed Brown answers some tough questions aimed at him by 8-year-olds at Rawlinson Jr. public school
Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
4/25/1978
Looking for answers: Some suggestions to aid jobless young people with their problems, and to help find employment are offered by life-skills class of teacher Bill Bochar, above.
Looking for answers: Some suggestions to aid jobless young people with their problems, and to help find employment are offered by life-skills class of teacher Bill Bochar, above.
Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
4/1/1981
Trashy campaign: Marketing consultant Anthony Stokan calls ad campaigns by Calvin Klein and other companies sleazy, and says they portray women in the most negative light possible
Trashy campaign: Marketing consultant Anthony Stokan calls ad campaigns by Calvin Klein and other companies sleazy, and says they portray women in the most negative light possible
Loek, Dick
6/8/1987