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Find shelter: Some of the Panamanian refugees who arrived Tuesday are housed at a downtown shelter (above)
Find shelter: Some of the Panamanian refugees who arrived Tuesday are housed at a downtown shelter (above)

Find shelter: Some of the Panamanian refugees who arrived Tuesday are housed at a downtown shelter (above)

Date9/1/1988
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Original Toronto Star caption: Find shelter: Some of the Panamanian refugees who arrived Tuesday are housed at a downtown shelter (above).
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0013062F
Some of the 46 Bosnian refugees who arrived at Pearson airport last night await processing by immigration officials
Some of the 46 Bosnian refugees who arrived at Pearson airport last night await processing by immigration officials
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Gathering gear: A refugee gathers up his family's luggage from the recreation room of the shelter where they have been staying to move in with a Buffalo family
Gathering gear: A refugee gathers up his family's luggage from the recreation room of the shelter where they have been staying to move in with a Buffalo family
2/23/1987
Marcella Grossova, 21, a Czechoslovakian refugee who arrived in Toronto Tuesday night, spent yesterday considering her future. Mercella was runner-up (...)
Marcella Grossova, 21, a Czechoslovakian refugee who arrived in Toronto Tuesday night, spent yesterday considering her future. Mercella was runner-up (...)
9/18/1968
Gimme shelter: While Toronto broils under 31C (88F) heat yesterday, this young woman finds some relief beneath the shady trees of Kew Gardens on the lakeshore
Gimme shelter: While Toronto broils under 31C (88F) heat yesterday, this young woman finds some relief beneath the shady trees of Kew Gardens on the lakeshore
7/26/1989
Ugandan refugees Mrs. Chiman Varu and her infant daughter Kishori arrived in Montreal this week and were presented with a Mountie doll. Asians living (...)
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9/28/1972
Soggy but smiling, some of the estimated 25,000 people who attended the International Picnic on Centre Island yesterday got some shelter from the rain(...)
Soggy but smiling, some of the estimated 25,000 people who attended the International Picnic on Centre Island yesterday got some shelter from the rain(...)
7/3/1978
Puppy love isn't saddling Metro with as many unwanted pets as it used to, says George Banton, chief animal control officer for the Borough of York. Above, he displays one of the York animal shelter's inmates, a young part-German Shepherd. The animal shelter now has empty cages and Banton gives the credit to the borough's low-cost spay-neuter program, begun two years ago.
Puppy love isn't saddling Metro with as many unwanted pets as it used to, says George Banton, chief animal control officer for the Borough of York. Above, he displays one of the York animal shelter's inmates, a young part-German Shepherd. The animal shelter now has empty cages and Banton gives the credit to the borough's low-cost spay-neuter program, begun two years ago.
6/15/1978
Generations will mix as famlies with young childrn find emergency shelter in top floors of former soldiers' club where veterans still live in first tw(...)
Generations will mix as famlies with young childrn find emergency shelter in top floors of former soldiers' club where veterans still live in first tw(...)
5/8/1967
Surely, he can find a home. The Toronto Humane Society shelter on Wellesley St. has a mystery on its hands. Anne Meredith of adoption staff holds Yor(...)
Surely, he can find a home. The Toronto Humane Society shelter on Wellesley St. has a mystery on its hands. Anne Meredith of adoption staff holds Yor(...)
8/25/1977
New space sought: Salvation Army Major David Stepto and his wife Evelyn need a new location for the shelter in which they house men and help them find their way back into society
New space sought: Salvation Army Major David Stepto and his wife Evelyn need a new location for the shelter in which they house men and help them find their way back into society
9/23/1985
Water lineup: Refugees, left, have to line up for everything at the camps but still more and more families in daily, above
Water lineup: Refugees, left, have to line up for everything at the camps but still more and more families in daily, above
5/3/1991
In Toronto, Refugees from Chile who will settle in Canada get answers to their questions and other help yesterday at the headquarters of the Scarborou(...)
In Toronto, Refugees from Chile who will settle in Canada get answers to their questions and other help yesterday at the headquarters of the Scarborou(...)
1/13/1974