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I'm not trying to get a halo, says Bill McMaster, a counsellor at The 519 Church Street Community Centre.
I'm not trying to get a halo, says Bill McMaster, a counsellor at The 519 Church Street Community Centre.

I'm not trying to get a halo, says Bill McMaster, a counsellor at The 519 Church Street Community Centre.

Date4/12/1988
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Habibur Rahman: Rexdale businessman and volunteer immigrant-aid counsellor says promotion of ethnic communities causes fragmentation of Canada.
Habibur Rahman: Rexdale businessman and volunteer immigrant-aid counsellor says promotion of ethnic communities causes fragmentation of Canada.
7/26/1990
The 519. Ted Merrick, 44 at the AIDS Memorial in the park behind the 519 - his former partner is listed on a plague. He's a volunteer on the 519's AIDS Memorial Committee.
The 519. Ted Merrick, 44 at the AIDS Memorial in the park behind the 519 - his former partner is listed on a plague. He's a volunteer on the 519's AIDS Memorial Committee.
4/10/1997
A former shoeshine boy, David Blackmore, left, is now known as the 'Pied Piper of Cabbagetown'. He founded the Cabbagetown Community Arts Centre which, he says, 'keeps kids out of the kind of trouble I used to get into.'
A former shoeshine boy, David Blackmore, left, is now known as the 'Pied Piper of Cabbagetown'. He founded the Cabbagetown Community Arts Centre which, he says, 'keeps kids out of the kind of trouble I used to get into.'
6/20/1984
Community Centres Misc. 519 Church St
Community Centres Misc. 519 Church St
5/13/1997
Stil homeless: Ulysses Curtis has been trying for 30 years to find a home in the Canadian Football League Hall of Fame in Hamilton. 'Crazy Legs', a former Argo, drank champagne from two Grey Cups. He's now a guidance counsellor at Downsview Secondary School.
Stil homeless: Ulysses Curtis has been trying for 30 years to find a home in the Canadian Football League Hall of Fame in Hamilton. 'Crazy Legs', a former Argo, drank champagne from two Grey Cups. He's now a guidance counsellor at Downsview Secondary School.
1/10/1984
Big Jim Leeson parks his Cessna Skyplane, zips up his jacket and goes to pay a house call. By flying, Wiarton's Dr. Leeson figures he's beaten one of the biggest problems facing the progessive rural doctor today: Isolation from his colleagues and the big city medical centres. With his Cessna he can hop down to Toronto in an hour for a lecture. Still, he admits, a rural practice might not be every doctor's cup of tea, I'm a farm boy myself...I'm used to it, he says.
Big Jim Leeson parks his Cessna Skyplane, zips up his jacket and goes to pay a house call. By flying, Wiarton's Dr. Leeson figures he's beaten one of the biggest problems facing the progessive rural doctor today: Isolation from his colleagues and the big city medical centres. With his Cessna he can hop down to Toronto in an hour for a lecture. Still, he admits, a rural practice might not be every doctor's cup of tea, I'm a farm boy myself...I'm used to it, he says.
3/10/1970
Dip Chakraborty says he has been trying unsucessfully for 18 monthts to get mother and sister into Canada.
Dip Chakraborty says he has been trying unsucessfully for 18 monthts to get mother and sister into Canada.
8/2/1978
'I'm not by nature a ham' says Harold Grieve Jr. (that's him with cut-out likeness) but his two partners don't get to advertise Stuart's Furniture.
'I'm not by nature a ham' says Harold Grieve Jr. (that's him with cut-out likeness) but his two partners don't get to advertise Stuart's Furniture.
1/1/1982
Bright Future: Mission counsellor Rob Bright, 26, a former street kid, stands before a mural and stage where Christian rock bands perform for homeless teens at the Evergreen Drop in Centre on Yonge St.
Bright Future: Mission counsellor Rob Bright, 26, a former street kid, stands before a mural and stage where Christian rock bands perform for homeless teens at the Evergreen Drop in Centre on Yonge St.
9/5/1991
Trial Marriages are not foolproof, says North York marriage counsellor Dr. Steven Demeter.
Trial Marriages are not foolproof, says North York marriage counsellor Dr. Steven Demeter.
3/31/1971
Truancy can be a cry for help, says Wally Freel, a counsellor in the Etobicoke Social Services Department-the new-style truant officer
Truancy can be a cry for help, says Wally Freel, a counsellor in the Etobicoke Social Services Department-the new-style truant officer
3/12/1974
Canadian investor's dream: Jean-Michel Roy, commercial counsellor at the Canadian embassy in Chile, above, says there is a lot of opportunities for businessmen in a country that has no import quotas, import licence requirements and demands no joint ventur
Canadian investor's dream: Jean-Michel Roy, commercial counsellor at the Canadian embassy in Chile, above, says there is a lot of opportunities for businessmen in a country that has no import quotas, import licence requirements and demands no joint ventur
8/7/1980