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Shooting victim: John Deak, 70, has lost the sight in his right eye after being hit with a BB gun the night before Halloween.
Shooting victim: John Deak, 70, has lost the sight in his right eye after being hit with a BB gun the night before Halloween.

Shooting victim: John Deak, 70, has lost the sight in his right eye after being hit with a BB gun the night before Halloween.

Date11/15/1990
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Gift of sight: Mornine Poonah, 56, was blind in one eye, and had only 1 per cent vision in the other, before an operation last year by mississauga ophthalmologist Dr. Brian Newbigin. Now she has 25 per cent vision in one eye, which is improving steadily as she becomes accustomed to her glasses.
3/4/1982
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A thief and his victim face each other: Ron Darling, right, lost $2,400 when cheques were forged over his name. David, left, one of the men who did it, is working to pay back part of that money. He holds a job by day and lives in special quarters by night as part of a program new to Metro.
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2/28/1977
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1/25/1980
Victims of violence: Don Sullivan and Shirley Harrison, founders of a self-help group for those who have lost loved ones to murder, discuss their plans before the group's first meeting last night
Victims of violence: Don Sullivan and Shirley Harrison, founders of a self-help group for those who have lost loved ones to murder, discuss their plans before the group's first meeting last night
2/2/1982
Bad news bearer: Lloyd Gravengaard, chief executive officer with precious metals dealer Deak-Perera, says his dark economic forecasts are based on realism, not pessimism
Bad news bearer: Lloyd Gravengaard, chief executive officer with precious metals dealer Deak-Perera, says his dark economic forecasts are based on realism, not pessimism
11/20/1982
Louis Proulx: Victim says he has been mugged near his home before.
Louis Proulx: Victim says he has been mugged near his home before.
8/1/1989
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Unusual surgery: Fred Richards of Welland, who lost most of his right hand in an industrial accident, has been given an unusual skin flap from his forearm and a transplanted toe as a finger
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Stroke victim: Specialists told Dr. Douglas Dalgleish he'd be blind on the left side and never walk again after his massive stroke, but he proved them wrong and has resumed his medical practice.
5/14/1984
Cliff Moss: 73-year-old Whitchurch-Stouffville man, who lost his sight 10 years ago, was recently honored by United Way for his volunteer work.
Cliff Moss: 73-year-old Whitchurch-Stouffville man, who lost his sight 10 years ago, was recently honored by United Way for his volunteer work.
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Kenneth Burnett, shown mixing one of his special luminous formulas, wants to sell the business which has saturated most of his 70 years in imitation glamor. He has spent most of his life creating new uses for glowing paints.
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John Letnik: Restaurant owner had tears in his eyes as his ship hit the harbor bottom.
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