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Rev. Joseph MacDonald sits at a table in his Shoppers' Drop-in which provides a haven for lonely or troubled people downtown
Rev. Joseph MacDonald sits at a table in his Shoppers' Drop-in which provides a haven for lonely or troubled people downtown

Rev. Joseph MacDonald sits at a table in his Shoppers' Drop-in which provides a haven for lonely or troubled people downtown

Date7/28/1978
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Original Toronto Star caption: Rev. Joseph MacDonald sits at a table in his Shoppers' Drop-in which provides a haven for lonely or troubled people downtown
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0022153F
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John Cocker, with his magazines, says he always enjoyed making people laugh, especially my patients. The 58-year-old doctor also provides guffaws as an after-dinner speaker.
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Treasure of Whiterock Estates, Ronald Bluestein sits in his office in downtown Toronto explaining his company's real estate operations in Ontario. He is one of three principals in the firm which subdivides farm land, and then aggressively sells lots with the slogan Own a Piece of Canada. A team of Star investigators has disclosed that titles to many of the Whiterock Estates lots are faulty.
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