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Chris Cook reads the newspaper to roommate Vern Dineen, who has multiple scierosis and is nearly blind.
Chris Cook reads the newspaper to roommate Vern Dineen, who has multiple scierosis and is nearly blind.

Chris Cook reads the newspaper to roommate Vern Dineen, who has multiple scierosis and is nearly blind.

Date4/15/1993
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0126111F
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Bedtime treat: Ted Potochniak, 42, who has a strong interest in his Ukrainian cultural heritage and a love of the ancient tradition of storytelling, reads Ukrainian folk tales to his son, Michael, 5 in their Weston home
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By Janica Dineen, Toronto Star, Mike Baida, 29, says he has a comfortable life as part-owner of a toy factory and co-founder of a communications company.
By Janica Dineen, Toronto Star, Mike Baida, 29, says he has a comfortable life as part-owner of a toy factory and co-founder of a communications company.
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Officers assaulted me man tells police panel, By Chris Welner, Toronto Star, A Scarborough steamfitter was handcuffed and beaten by police after swearing at them for ticketing a friend who had been drinking on the street, a public complaints tribunal has
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Agincourt Gurkha family of Hari Narain Singh Gurung listens as he reads letter from one of 25 Gurkha soldiers who would like to settle in Canada
Agincourt Gurkha family of Hari Narain Singh Gurung listens as he reads letter from one of 25 Gurkha soldiers who would like to settle in Canada
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Wait's over: Chris Copas, 18, will be able to return home to Bloorview Children's Hospital, along with Jim Geissinger, now that the province has agreed to provide a ventilator.
Wait's over: Chris Copas, 18, will be able to return home to Bloorview Children's Hospital, along with Jim Geissinger, now that the province has agreed to provide a ventilator.
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Inventor: Richmond Hill High School student Chris Hook has developed a device that can help the severely disabled type on a computer by whistling, nooding or flexging a muscle
Inventor: Richmond Hill High School student Chris Hook has developed a device that can help the severely disabled type on a computer by whistling, nooding or flexging a muscle
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Blind for 29 years, Florence Carter reads what she has written on her Braille typewriter
Blind for 29 years, Florence Carter reads what she has written on her Braille typewriter
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Art Linder: North York man whose wife has multiple sclerosis started a one-man crusade to find the cause of the disease after reading about Henribourg, which has an incredibly high incidence of MS
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Fighting back: Failing eyesight caused by multiple sclerosis means chartered accountant Mel Posesorski needs the help of a monocular to work at his computer, one of many adjustments he has had to make in adapting to his disability with dignity and determination
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