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Ernest Hills: Witnessed Canada's last execution, in Don Jail in 1962.
Ernest Hills: Witnessed Canada's last execution, in Don Jail in 1962.

Ernest Hills: Witnessed Canada's last execution, in Don Jail in 1962.

Date3/26/1987
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0128427F
Last walk leads to door on left, opening into execution drop area in the Don Jail
Last walk leads to door on left, opening into execution drop area in the Don Jail
3/25/1987
It's all a trick, travel agent Paolo Gennaro says of so-called miracle cures he witnessed in the Philippines
It's all a trick, travel agent Paolo Gennaro says of so-called miracle cures he witnessed in the Philippines
6/30/1978
With wife and family Dvae Luciuk goes for an evening stroll along a stream that flows behind his new home in Rolling Hills near Oshawa
With wife and family Dvae Luciuk goes for an evening stroll along a stream that flows behind his new home in Rolling Hills near Oshawa
9/15/1972
Russ Miller (left) (Halton Hills mayor) Jim Christie (right) Pilar Deines (centre
Russ Miller (left) (Halton Hills mayor) Jim Christie (right) Pilar Deines (centre
5/25/1994
Derek Edwards, Albion Hills conservation area
Derek Edwards, Albion Hills conservation area
8/27/1998
Dr. Ernest Knapp. Chemist. At work in his Don Mills laboratory
Dr. Ernest Knapp. Chemist. At work in his Don Mills laboratory
10/24/1973
Panel controlling all locks in Rexdale's new $15 million jail is tested by Supt. W. L. Barber yesterday. Known officially as the Metropolitan Toronto West Detention Centre it will help ease chronic overcrowding at Toronto (Don) Jail - but my almost doubling its capacity. Officials are facing the challenge of housing 340 inmates in a building designed for 200. The cells will contain two prisoners instead of one.
Panel controlling all locks in Rexdale's new $15 million jail is tested by Supt. W. L. Barber yesterday. Known officially as the Metropolitan Toronto West Detention Centre it will help ease chronic overcrowding at Toronto (Don) Jail - but my almost doubling its capacity. Officials are facing the challenge of housing 340 inmates in a building designed for 200. The cells will contain two prisoners instead of one.
7/13/1977
Two Lives: Andrew MacDonald, 31, a stockbroker expecting to earn about $70,000 this year, spends his spare time helping Inmates at the Don jail.
Two Lives: Andrew MacDonald, 31, a stockbroker expecting to earn about $70,000 this year, spends his spare time helping Inmates at the Don jail.
12/23/1990
Riverdale Hospital director Alex S. Brown is concerned about effect on patients of turning Don Jail (in background) into pet centre
Riverdale Hospital director Alex S. Brown is concerned about effect on patients of turning Don Jail (in background) into pet centre
9/13/1978
John Caulfield Primlent Don Jail Wards
John Caulfield Primlent Don Jail Wards
1/9/1968
Dr. John Alan Lee, above, outside Don Jail, calls the institution a 19th century chamber of imminent terror.
Dr. John Alan Lee, above, outside Don Jail, calls the institution a 19th century chamber of imminent terror.
6/28/1977
His 31 years with the North York Board of Education give teacher Walker Dear (middle) the second-longest service record of high school teachers in the borough. Technical director at Downsview Secondary School since 1962, he retires June 30. With him are two of his former students who now are teachers at the school. Gordon Brown (left) and Stan Tsoki as they recall some of the years.
His 31 years with the North York Board of Education give teacher Walker Dear (middle) the second-longest service record of high school teachers in the borough. Technical director at Downsview Secondary School since 1962, he retires June 30. With him are two of his former students who now are teachers at the school. Gordon Brown (left) and Stan Tsoki as they recall some of the years.
5/16/1978