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Horrific memories: This 26-year-old woman has endured 18 years of pain as a result of sexual abuse suffered at the hands of her uncle when she was 8
Horrific memories: This 26-year-old woman has endured 18 years of pain as a result of sexual abuse suffered at the hands of her uncle when she was 8

Horrific memories: This 26-year-old woman has endured 18 years of pain as a result of sexual abuse suffered at the hands of her uncle when she was 8

Date1/25/1993
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Original Toronto Star caption: Horrific memories: This 26-year-old woman has endured 18 years of pain as a result of sexual abuse suffered at the hands of her uncle when she was 8.
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Distraught Mother: Clutching her daughter's doll, this 24-year-old Regent Park woman says she has overcome her cocaine abuse and will fight to win back custody of her three young children
Distraught Mother: Clutching her daughter's doll, this 24-year-old Regent Park woman says she has overcome her cocaine abuse and will fight to win back custody of her three young children
11/16/1989
Hall of memories: For John J. Withrow (inset), old Massey Hall has many memories. His grandfather was founder and first president, his father was manager for 22 years
Hall of memories: For John J. Withrow (inset), old Massey Hall has many memories. His grandfather was founder and first president, his father was manager for 22 years
9/5/1974
Life's work: Tom Creber stands amid a selection of monuments at Hilltop Memories in Richmond Hill where he now works as manager. The 77-year-old monument-maker has been in the business since the age of 14 when he started out as a tool sharpener.
Life's work: Tom Creber stands amid a selection of monuments at Hilltop Memories in Richmond Hill where he now works as manager. The 77-year-old monument-maker has been in the business since the age of 14 when he started out as a tool sharpener.
9/30/1982
An Indian Chief is presented to the Queen yesterday in Thunder Bay. She shook hands with five chiefs; including 86-year-old Frank Pelletier. His grandson, Chief Leonard Pelletier, gave the Queen a beaded stole; in behalf of nine bands who came under the Robinson Superior Treaty; and his crippled granddaughter; 8-year-old Trina Pelletier; gave the Queen bouquet of roses and carnations from her wheelchair.
An Indian Chief is presented to the Queen yesterday in Thunder Bay. She shook hands with five chiefs; including 86-year-old Frank Pelletier. His grandson, Chief Leonard Pelletier, gave the Queen a beaded stole; in behalf of nine bands who came under the Robinson Superior Treaty; and his crippled granddaughter; 8-year-old Trina Pelletier; gave the Queen bouquet of roses and carnations from her wheelchair.
7/3/1973
Uncle Frank Dawson tends to one of his injured wildfowl at his 3 3/4-acre conservation area on Elmcrest Rd. The 83-year-old bachelor has been patching up injured birds for as long as anyone can remember. With a small creek running through the back, his property has become a haven for hundreds of waterfowl. He has lived in the same house for over 50 years and has raised a varietyof birds. But Dawson can't recall when people started to bring birds to him, he said.
Uncle Frank Dawson tends to one of his injured wildfowl at his 3 3/4-acre conservation area on Elmcrest Rd. The 83-year-old bachelor has been patching up injured birds for as long as anyone can remember. With a small creek running through the back, his property has become a haven for hundreds of waterfowl. He has lived in the same house for over 50 years and has raised a varietyof birds. But Dawson can't recall when people started to bring birds to him, he said.
9/1/1978
Lost years: Lorl Horton: 60: as she looks now -- and in 1959 when she was married to the late hockey star Tim Horton -- says she lost 20 years of her life to alcohol and drug abuse
Lost years: Lorl Horton: 60: as she looks now -- and in 1959 when she was married to the late hockey star Tim Horton -- says she lost 20 years of her life to alcohol and drug abuse
12/9/1992
Unfinished business: Isaac Ehrlich prepares for jewelry sale and the eventual disposal of his father's jewelry store in Leaside. Ehrlich's father, Israel, who had operated the Bayview Ave. shop for 22 years, was gunned down Dec. 8. Now, says Isaac, the store holds too many memories for the family to keep it operating.
Unfinished business: Isaac Ehrlich prepares for jewelry sale and the eventual disposal of his father's jewelry store in Leaside. Ehrlich's father, Israel, who had operated the Bayview Ave. shop for 22 years, was gunned down Dec. 8. Now, says Isaac, the store holds too many memories for the family to keep it operating.
12/30/1987
Vivid memories: Harold Murray, 87, has seen the world evolve during the 75 years since he went around Kettleby as a boy and lit the gas lamps every evening
Vivid memories: Harold Murray, 87, has seen the world evolve during the 75 years since he went around Kettleby as a boy and lit the gas lamps every evening
1/21/1982
Posing as a 35-year-old Forest Hill married woman seeking a private adoption, Star staff writer, Doris Hopper, chats with Metro Lawyer Irving Copeland in his office. Copeland said he has handled 1,400 private adoptions in 18 years of practice as a lawyer as a lawyer and charges fees of $800 to $1,000 for his services. He said he has travelled widely to bring babies to Metro. I've travelled as far as St. John's and Vancouver. he said.
Posing as a 35-year-old Forest Hill married woman seeking a private adoption, Star staff writer, Doris Hopper, chats with Metro Lawyer Irving Copeland in his office. Copeland said he has handled 1,400 private adoptions in 18 years of practice as a lawyer as a lawyer and charges fees of $800 to $1,000 for his services. He said he has travelled widely to bring babies to Metro. I've travelled as far as St. John's and Vancouver. he said.
3/23/1978
Jean-Pierre Donahue: Physician says he's endured enough abuse
Jean-Pierre Donahue: Physician says he's endured enough abuse
3/9/1992
Painful memories: Bob and Janet Jessop are selling their 168-year-old farm house in Queensville after four nightmarish years following the death of their 9-year-old daughter Christine
Painful memories: Bob and Janet Jessop are selling their 168-year-old farm house in Queensville after four nightmarish years following the death of their 9-year-old daughter Christine
5/20/1988
Nancy Fisher, 36-year-old model who has been starring in fashion shows for 20 years, is the epitome of the sophisticated lady in her gold brocade harem pants
Nancy Fisher, 36-year-old model who has been starring in fashion shows for 20 years, is the epitome of the sophisticated lady in her gold brocade harem pants
11/20/1969