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No Christmas: Atiya Burney, 11, left, her father Ali, mother Sabiha and brother llyas, 12, feel free to be different.
No Christmas: Atiya Burney, 11, left, her father Ali, mother Sabiha and brother llyas, 12, feel free to be different.

No Christmas: Atiya Burney, 11, left, her father Ali, mother Sabiha and brother llyas, 12, feel free to be different.

Date12/13/1989
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0125696F
Debt-free: That's how Corey Snow, 12, (left) and Regan Collings, 11, both of Bradford, want to see Canada when they're grown up, so they sold their toys to help reduce deficit
Debt-free: That's how Corey Snow, 12, (left) and Regan Collings, 11, both of Bradford, want to see Canada when they're grown up, so they sold their toys to help reduce deficit
11/9/1990
Past Master: Amateur historian Danny Dickhoff, 12, left, plays street shinny with his brother Leon, 10, right, and pal Brent McGill, 11.
Past Master: Amateur historian Danny Dickhoff, 12, left, plays street shinny with his brother Leon, 10, right, and pal Brent McGill, 11.
2/16/1995
Looking over Toronto's railway yards, Sanford Duplassie, 25, left White River in June when CP Rail laid off workers. There's a future here, he says. Only one of his friends has remained in the north. There's nothing there for the younger person. There's no industry. There's nothing. Over half the town is made up of pnsioners. His father is one of them. Sanford's 11 brothers and sisters are scattered across North America, from Texas to British Columbia.
Looking over Toronto's railway yards, Sanford Duplassie, 25, left White River in June when CP Rail laid off workers. There's a future here, he says. Only one of his friends has remained in the north. There's nothing there for the younger person. There's no industry. There's nothing. Over half the town is made up of pnsioners. His father is one of them. Sanford's 11 brothers and sisters are scattered across North America, from Texas to British Columbia.
12/5/1973
Looking over Toronto's railway yards, Sanford Duplassie, 25, left White River in June when CP Rail laid off workers. There's a future here, he says. Only one of his friends has remained in the north. There's nothing there for the younger person. There's no industry. There's nothing. Over half the town is made up of pnsioners. His father is one of them. Sanford's 11 brothers and sisters are scattered across North America, from Texas to British Columbia.
Looking over Toronto's railway yards, Sanford Duplassie, 25, left White River in June when CP Rail laid off workers. There's a future here, he says. Only one of his friends has remained in the north. There's nothing there for the younger person. There's no industry. There's nothing. Over half the town is made up of pnsioners. His father is one of them. Sanford's 11 brothers and sisters are scattered across North America, from Texas to British Columbia.
12/5/1973
Serious readers: The McNamaras, from left, mother Irene, Andy, 11, Adam, 9, and father John, are Pickering Library's Family of the year.
Serious readers: The McNamaras, from left, mother Irene, Andy, 11, Adam, 9, and father John, are Pickering Library's Family of the year.
11/14/1992
Seeking visas: Mahmood Moghul's family, (from left) brothers Shahid, 23, and Shabbir, 22, mother Zorha and father Abdul, are stalled in their attempts to join him in Canada
Seeking visas: Mahmood Moghul's family, (from left) brothers Shahid, 23, and Shabbir, 22, mother Zorha and father Abdul, are stalled in their attempts to join him in Canada
4/29/1986
The Nawaz family prepares to break their fast for the day during Ramadan, left to right, Muddaththir, 12, Zarqa, 20, father Ali, Muzammil, 19, and mother Parveen
The Nawaz family prepares to break their fast for the day during Ramadan, left to right, Muddaththir, 12, Zarqa, 20, father Ali, Muzammil, 19, and mother Parveen
5/13/1988
Out of commission: It will be at least Christmas before David Spencer is free to halo brace, an appliance screwed into his skull to restrict its movement so bones in his neck will heal
Out of commission: It will be at least Christmas before David Spencer is free to halo brace, an appliance screwed into his skull to restrict its movement so bones in his neck will heal
11/8/1986
You wash and I'll dry: Toronto Kirjakou and brother Tony do the dishes the way their father Jerry Kiriakon, right, did for years to bring them and their mother, Peggy, seated, from their native Greece
You wash and I'll dry: Toronto Kirjakou and brother Tony do the dishes the way their father Jerry Kiriakon, right, did for years to bring them and their mother, Peggy, seated, from their native Greece
12/21/1977
On the run: Sean, 8 (foreground), and (from left) Kevin, 11, Mac, 11, Steven, 10, and Chris, 12 squeeze in meals between activities.
On the run: Sean, 8 (foreground), and (from left) Kevin, 11, Mac, 11, Steven, 10, and Chris, 12 squeeze in meals between activities.
1/15/1991
An Italian custom at Chritmas is the eating of a traditional cade-bread called panettone, which many Italian-Canadian families will partake of on Christmas Day. Enjoying it her are Italian Trade Commissioner Mario Castagna, his wife, and children Palo, 10, and Diana, 7, before their Christmas tree.
An Italian custom at Chritmas is the eating of a traditional cade-bread called panettone, which many Italian-Canadian families will partake of on Christmas Day. Enjoying it her are Italian Trade Commissioner Mario Castagna, his wife, and children Palo, 10, and Diana, 7, before their Christmas tree.
12/23/1967
Season of hope: John Taylor admires Christmas tree his mother leaves up year-round
Season of hope: John Taylor admires Christmas tree his mother leaves up year-round
12/20/1985