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After 25 year behind bars, Tony McGilvary is working, helping other former inmates find jobs
After 25 year behind bars, Tony McGilvary is working, helping other former inmates find jobs

After 25 year behind bars, Tony McGilvary is working, helping other former inmates find jobs

Date7/21/1982
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Writing behind bars: The prose and cons Can writing be a form of rehabilitation for prison inmates?
Writing behind bars: The prose and cons Can writing be a form of rehabilitation for prison inmates?
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Behind bars: Inmates speak about frustration over long prison terms, low wages and simmering conflicts
Behind bars: Inmates speak about frustration over long prison terms, low wages and simmering conflicts
2/16/1989
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
Helping hand: Rosemarie and David Sanderson-Kirby of Sanderson-Kirby and Associates belong to a new counselling industry which offers advice on firing and helps employees find new jobs
Helping hand: Rosemarie and David Sanderson-Kirby of Sanderson-Kirby and Associates belong to a new counselling industry which offers advice on firing and helps employees find new jobs
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Recovering: Charlie Patterson, who developed the modern hockey helmet, convalesces by working on parallel bars.
Recovering: Charlie Patterson, who developed the modern hockey helmet, convalesces by working on parallel bars.
10/25/1984
Puppy love isn't saddling Metro with as many unwanted pets as it used to, says George Banton, chief animal control officer for the Borough of York. Above, he displays one of the York animal shelter's inmates, a young part-German Shepherd. The animal shelter now has empty cages and Banton gives the credit to the borough's low-cost spay-neuter program, begun two years ago.
Puppy love isn't saddling Metro with as many unwanted pets as it used to, says George Banton, chief animal control officer for the Borough of York. Above, he displays one of the York animal shelter's inmates, a young part-German Shepherd. The animal shelter now has empty cages and Banton gives the credit to the borough's low-cost spay-neuter program, begun two years ago.
6/15/1978
On the job: Former construction worker Vito Giovannetti, right, who now runs his own company, talks with Ed Boone, one of his new employees who was hired under a program set up by the Workers' Compensation Board to find jobs for disabled workers
On the job: Former construction worker Vito Giovannetti, right, who now runs his own company, talks with Ed Boone, one of his new employees who was hired under a program set up by the Workers' Compensation Board to find jobs for disabled workers
6/5/1983
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
Family affair: James Taylor, grandson of the man who started the family firm in 1865, employs 60 people to produce 30 million bars of soap a year
Family affair: James Taylor, grandson of the man who started the family firm in 1865, employs 60 people to produce 30 million bars of soap a year
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Christmas delights: Tony Simonetta, 35, inmate in a Kingston-area prison, displays some of the toys he and seven other convicts have made for needy youngsters
Christmas delights: Tony Simonetta, 35, inmate in a Kingston-area prison, displays some of the toys he and seven other convicts have made for needy youngsters
3/6/1985
Vanier - inmates walk freely about grounds between cottages - on their way to supper with one of the cottages that house inmates behind. - 96 acres of land
Vanier - inmates walk freely about grounds between cottages - on their way to supper with one of the cottages that house inmates behind. - 96 acres of land
3/15/1995
No easy task: Student placement officers Leanne Laughlin, left, and penny lee, are working hard to find jobs for about 25 Scarborough students with special needs
No easy task: Student placement officers Leanne Laughlin, left, and penny lee, are working hard to find jobs for about 25 Scarborough students with special needs
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