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Empty pocket tells its tale as 32-year-old Guido Biance shows his 20-year-old wife, Fanny, where their $2,800 life savings were kept before he lost them yesterday.
Empty pocket tells its tale as 32-year-old Guido Biance shows his 20-year-old wife, Fanny, where their $2,800 life savings were kept before he lost them yesterday.

Empty pocket tells its tale as 32-year-old Guido Biance shows his 20-year-old wife, Fanny, where their $2,800 life savings were kept before he lost them yesterday.

Date1/2/1970
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0125421F
Look of relief: Mr. and Mrs. Guido Bianco, the immigrants who lost their $2,800 life-savings on the street after being in the country only three weeks, show their happiness after receiving cheque to help Guido buy tools and get a job.
Look of relief: Mr. and Mrs. Guido Bianco, the immigrants who lost their $2,800 life-savings on the street after being in the country only three weeks, show their happiness after receiving cheque to help Guido buy tools and get a job.
1/6/1970
Bilked of their savings of $1,000 by men posing as bank inspectors, 80-year-old Mr. and Mrs. Alex Downie stand outside their home on Kenwood Ave., where they have lived 40 years, as they tell they were swindled. A man took away fifty $20 bills to check s
Bilked of their savings of $1,000 by men posing as bank inspectors, 80-year-old Mr. and Mrs. Alex Downie stand outside their home on Kenwood Ave., where they have lived 40 years, as they tell they were swindled. A man took away fifty $20 bills to check s
9/24/1970
Hunger and Terror are remembered by Musleh Haqqi, 32, and his wife, Suraiya, 22, as they sit with their children, 18-month-old daughter, Ayeshe, and 3-year-old son, Shaheer, now back at their home in Mississauga, as they tell how they were caught in war between India and Pakistan, and struggled to safety
Hunger and Terror are remembered by Musleh Haqqi, 32, and his wife, Suraiya, 22, as they sit with their children, 18-month-old daughter, Ayeshe, and 3-year-old son, Shaheer, now back at their home in Mississauga, as they tell how they were caught in war between India and Pakistan, and struggled to safety
1/10/1972
Life savings and passport were lost by Hassibah and Samson of Lansing, Mich
Life savings and passport were lost by Hassibah and Samson of Lansing, Mich
8/20/1978
The 10 cats 47-year-old Joseph Pechoc kept in a tent on the roof of the office building where he is a maintenance man were taken away by agents of the Toronto Humane Society yesterday, so he took out the electric heater with which he'd kept them warm
The 10 cats 47-year-old Joseph Pechoc kept in a tent on the roof of the office building where he is a maintenance man were taken away by agents of the Toronto Humane Society yesterday, so he took out the electric heater with which he'd kept them warm
11/25/1975
Some seniors who have Registered Retirement Savings Plans are under the misconception that they have to cash them and take them in income by Dec. 31 of the year they turn 71, says Dale Ennis of Bath, publisher of The Canadian Money Saver. Unfortunately,
Some seniors who have Registered Retirement Savings Plans are under the misconception that they have to cash them and take them in income by Dec. 31 of the year they turn 71, says Dale Ennis of Bath, publisher of The Canadian Money Saver. Unfortunately,
3/9/1984
This will be my last effort, 82-year-old Fred Gardiner tells Mayor David Crombie before appearing before a committee meeting yesterday to seek one mor(...)
This will be my last effort, 82-year-old Fred Gardiner tells Mayor David Crombie before appearing before a committee meeting yesterday to seek one mor(...)
2/16/1977
An Income Tax Act provision that compels 71-year-olds to cash in their retirement savings plans or buy annuities is not unlawful discrimination based on age, a Supreme Court of Ontario judge has ruled. Mr. Justice Alvin Rosenberg yesterday dismissed an ap
An Income Tax Act provision that compels 71-year-olds to cash in their retirement savings plans or buy annuities is not unlawful discrimination based on age, a Supreme Court of Ontario judge has ruled. Mr. Justice Alvin Rosenberg yesterday dismissed an ap
11/13/1985
Canadian government war-savings stamps : what they are and why you should buy them : the war-savings plan
Canadian government war-savings stamps : what they are and why you should buy them : the war-savings plan
1918
Heads up: Ernie Clegg, with the hammer, and Doug Mepham, holding the spike, have invested their life savings in introducing the Metpost to Canada. They expect to sell $3.5 million worth of the post supports in hardware and building supply stores across Canada this year.
Heads up: Ernie Clegg, with the hammer, and Doug Mepham, holding the spike, have invested their life savings in introducing the Metpost to Canada. They expect to sell $3.5 million worth of the post supports in hardware and building supply stores across Canada this year.
4/29/1988
Out of work: Norm Sawchuk lost his job at Barrymore Carpet in Toronto and lost interest on savings bonds he was buying by payroll deduction.
Out of work: Norm Sawchuk lost his job at Barrymore Carpet in Toronto and lost interest on savings bonds he was buying by payroll deduction.
3/8/1991
Tax-deferred savings: See those rising curves in stockbroker Barnaby Ross's chart? They track the path your savings could take if you put a little aside every year in an RRSP
Tax-deferred savings: See those rising curves in stockbroker Barnaby Ross's chart? They track the path your savings could take if you put a little aside every year in an RRSP
1/9/1985