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Family stymied: Bagavathsingh Marakathalinga Sivam holds photo of father, whose letter, left, did not sway visa officials.
Family stymied: Bagavathsingh Marakathalinga Sivam holds photo of father, whose letter, left, did not sway visa officials.

Family stymied: Bagavathsingh Marakathalinga Sivam holds photo of father, whose letter, left, did not sway visa officials.

Date6/13/1991
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0130444F
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
James D. Robinson III, chairman of New York based American Express Co., pictured at the Toronto Stock Exchange where his company's shares were listed for the first time yesterday. The firm is currently facing a challenge to its domination of the travellers' cheque market from Visa and Master Charge, whose credit cards dominate the international bank card scene. Master Charge hopes to be in the business by next May and Visa will make a decision shortly.
James D. Robinson III, chairman of New York based American Express Co., pictured at the Toronto Stock Exchange where his company's shares were listed for the first time yesterday. The firm is currently facing a challenge to its domination of the travellers' cheque market from Visa and Master Charge, whose credit cards dominate the international bank card scene. Master Charge hopes to be in the business by next May and Visa will make a decision shortly.
9/18/1978
Unfinished business: Isaac Ehrlich prepares for jewelry sale and the eventual disposal of his father's jewelry store in Leaside. Ehrlich's father, Israel, who had operated the Bayview Ave. shop for 22 years, was gunned down Dec. 8. Now, says Isaac, the store holds too many memories for the family to keep it operating.
Unfinished business: Isaac Ehrlich prepares for jewelry sale and the eventual disposal of his father's jewelry store in Leaside. Ehrlich's father, Israel, who had operated the Bayview Ave. shop for 22 years, was gunned down Dec. 8. Now, says Isaac, the store holds too many memories for the family to keep it operating.
12/30/1987
Family alive: Faroog Abbo Mohammed of London, Ont., holds a photo of his relatives in a Kurdish refugee camp taken by The Star's Boris Spremo.
Family alive: Faroog Abbo Mohammed of London, Ont., holds a photo of his relatives in a Kurdish refugee camp taken by The Star's Boris Spremo.
5/1/1991
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.
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.
7/4/1978
Traiko Popovich: His bags packed 85-year-old man in waiting for a visa to go home to the country and family he left in 1930.
Traiko Popovich: His bags packed 85-year-old man in waiting for a visa to go home to the country and family he left in 1930.
11/21/1982
Bundles of support: Gordon Hutchinson (left), deputy commissioner of parks and recreation for North York, holds bundles of signatures from borough residents while Michael Nagy, chairman of the North York Olympic Committee, holds one of the bundles open to show some of signatures on a letter
Bundles of support: Gordon Hutchinson (left), deputy commissioner of parks and recreation for North York, holds bundles of signatures from borough residents while Michael Nagy, chairman of the North York Olympic Committee, holds one of the bundles open to show some of signatures on a letter
7/7/1976
By Joe Serge Toronto Star, Philippines-born Tomas Diaz says the stacks of letters, affidavits and other documents he's sent to immigration officials in the past five years pleading the case of his brother have all fallen on deaf ears.
By Joe Serge Toronto Star, Philippines-born Tomas Diaz says the stacks of letters, affidavits and other documents he's sent to immigration officials in the past five years pleading the case of his brother have all fallen on deaf ears.
12/8/1985
Memories remain: Gustav Dorovin holds a photo of himself as a World War II soldier and a photo of his daughter, Irene, taken at age 7. She was later killed by the Nazis.
Memories remain: Gustav Dorovin holds a photo of himself as a World War II soldier and a photo of his daughter, Irene, taken at age 7. She was later killed by the Nazis.
11/4/1987
Family Memories: Sandy Fitzpatrick, above, an inmate at Millhaven Penitentiary, was shot and killed by a prison guard Oct. 15, 1987, but his family found out he was dead from a television news report, not prison officials, says his brother Robert, right,
Family Memories: Sandy Fitzpatrick, above, an inmate at Millhaven Penitentiary, was shot and killed by a prison guard Oct. 15, 1987, but his family found out he was dead from a television news report, not prison officials, says his brother Robert, right,
2/25/1989
Turning heads: Art Metropole director John Goodwin holds Cube Book, by artist Jamie Lee Byars, whose intention was to make a book roughly the size of a human head
Turning heads: Art Metropole director John Goodwin holds Cube Book, by artist Jamie Lee Byars, whose intention was to make a book roughly the size of a human head
2/24/1988
Research breakthrough: Dr. Michael Glynn holds a dead water moccasin, a pit viper closely related to the snake whose venom was used to help save a man's life during a heart operation. Doctors Sally Teasdale and Vytas Zulys, also part of the hospital team,
Research breakthrough: Dr. Michael Glynn holds a dead water moccasin, a pit viper closely related to the snake whose venom was used to help save a man's life during a heart operation. Doctors Sally Teasdale and Vytas Zulys, also part of the hospital team,
3/17/1988