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Metro prejudice: Robert Ralph, 23, who wants to be a lawyer, says he no longer drwams of racial harmony in Metro. He finds too much blas here.
Metro prejudice: Robert Ralph, 23, who wants to be a lawyer, says he no longer drwams of racial harmony in Metro. He finds too much blas here.

Metro prejudice: Robert Ralph, 23, who wants to be a lawyer, says he no longer drwams of racial harmony in Metro. He finds too much blas here.

Date5/31/1992
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      ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0132522F
      Above: The most exotic islands in the Caribbean are the San Blas group, off Panama, where the old matriarchal culture lingers on
      Above: The most exotic islands in the Caribbean are the San Blas group, off Panama, where the old matriarchal culture lingers on
      Bryant, George
      3/6/1974
      On the right track: Renowed architect Ralph Erskine of Sweden says Toronto's downtown and waterfront areas will undergo an exciting transformation by the year 2001. Where railways now divide city dwellers from the lake. Erskine sees gardens, housing, shops and theatres springing up over the next 20 years - adding new life to the city. But he wants that Metro's highrise suburbs could become ghettos.
      On the right track: Renowed architect Ralph Erskine of Sweden says Toronto's downtown and waterfront areas will undergo an exciting transformation by the year 2001. Where railways now divide city dwellers from the lake. Erskine sees gardens, housing, shops and theatres springing up over the next 20 years - adding new life to the city. But he wants that Metro's highrise suburbs could become ghettos.
      Goode, Jeff
      11/4/1981
      Metro Chairman Albert Campbell finds evergreen branches a little prickly as he helps his wife Helen and son David, 23, with the Christmas decorating c(...)
      Metro Chairman Albert Campbell finds evergreen branches a little prickly as he helps his wife Helen and son David, 23, with the Christmas decorating c(...)
      Campbell, Albert McTaggart (Ab), 1910-1973
      12/24/1971
      At odds over conversation of Metro ravine land are naturalist Dr. Bruce Cruickshank, left, and Grant Henderson, right, chairman of the Metro Toronto Regional Conservation Authority. We enhance habitat, says Henderson, shown beside a flood control structure at Woodbridge. Cruickshank, shown in ravine land near Metro's Sunnybrook Park, fears Henderson's authority wants to take over and manicure this, too.
      At odds over conversation of Metro ravine land are naturalist Dr. Bruce Cruickshank, left, and Grant Henderson, right, chairman of the Metro Toronto Regional Conservation Authority. We enhance habitat, says Henderson, shown beside a flood control structure at Woodbridge. Cruickshank, shown in ravine land near Metro's Sunnybrook Park, fears Henderson's authority wants to take over and manicure this, too.
      McConnell, Colin
      5/25/1976
      At odds over conservation of Metro ravine land are naturalist Dr. Bruce Cruickshank, left, and Grant Henderson, right, chairman of the Metro Toronto Regional Conservation Authority. We enhance habitat, says Henderson, shown beside a flood control structure at Woodbridge. Cruickshank, shown in ravine land near Metro's Sunnybrook Park, fears Henderson's authority wants to take over and manicure this, too.
      At odds over conservation of Metro ravine land are naturalist Dr. Bruce Cruickshank, left, and Grant Henderson, right, chairman of the Metro Toronto Regional Conservation Authority. We enhance habitat, says Henderson, shown beside a flood control structure at Woodbridge. Cruickshank, shown in ravine land near Metro's Sunnybrook Park, fears Henderson's authority wants to take over and manicure this, too.
      McConnell, Colin
      5/20/1976
      Startled motorists think be's outs when they bear security man Mark Carter sitting at a stoplight, singing and clicking his fingers, but most drive off with a smile. Mark, a 26-year-old native of Barbados, feels Metro people are much too glum and take life too seriously. You start singing, you feel better, he says.
      Startled motorists think be's outs when they bear security man Mark Carter sitting at a stoplight, singing and clicking his fingers, but most drive off with a smile. Mark, a 26-year-old native of Barbados, feels Metro people are much too glum and take life too seriously. You start singing, you feel better, he says.
      Loek, Dick
      6/1/1977
      Booting the sign: Robert Keillor points out the sign telling drivers to stay back from fire engines - only one of the rules he finds Metro drivers disobey when firefighters are rushing to an emergency
      Booting the sign: Robert Keillor points out the sign telling drivers to stay back from fire engines - only one of the rules he finds Metro drivers disobey when firefighters are rushing to an emergency
      Spremo, Boris
      1/14/1982
      Here come the judge, or does he? Court congestion is the single biggest headache I have, says senior County Court Judge Douglas Coo. Judges have too much work. They're all busy and dizzy, says another judge.
      Here come the judge, or does he? Court congestion is the single biggest headache I have, says senior County Court Judge Douglas Coo. Judges have too much work. They're all busy and dizzy, says another judge.
      Bezant, Graham
      11/9/1979
      The Kippin family finds that being of different races isn't a bar to harmony
      The Kippin family finds that being of different races isn't a bar to harmony
      Goode, Jeff
      2/7/1977
      I'm always meeting people,' streetcleaner Fred Bowers, 64, says as he talks with George Fallis, an attorney who lives on Strathallan Blvd. Most persons on his beat know Bowers, who finds lost children and delivers messages - and, off duty, collect cameras, processes still and movie films, fishes and ties flies.
      I'm always meeting people,' streetcleaner Fred Bowers, 64, says as he talks with George Fallis, an attorney who lives on Strathallan Blvd. Most persons on his beat know Bowers, who finds lost children and delivers messages - and, off duty, collect cameras, processes still and movie films, fishes and ties flies.
      Teskey, Frank
      6/9/1972
      Ben Cramer is the man who set up the computer system at City Hall to centralize all the information from all the city departments. Anyone who wants to find out how much has been spent on a particular program has to do no more than push a computer button to get the answer in seconds.
      Ben Cramer is the man who set up the computer system at City Hall to centralize all the information from all the city departments. Anyone who wants to find out how much has been spent on a particular program has to do no more than push a computer button to get the answer in seconds.
      Geo, Mario
      4/24/1969
      er being made an Honorary member of Canadian uncil for Racial Harmony, James Carson (right), is congratulated by uce McLeod, former moderator of Unite(...)
      er being made an Honorary member of Canadian uncil for Racial Harmony, James Carson (right), is congratulated by uce McLeod, former moderator of Unite(...)
      Barkley, Harold
      1/16/1977