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Nerve-wracking wait: Federico Sanabri Martines says the worst part about waiting for his refugees status claim to be heard is not being allowed to work
Nerve-wracking wait: Federico Sanabri Martines says the worst part about waiting for his refugees status claim to be heard is not being allowed to work

Nerve-wracking wait: Federico Sanabri Martines says the worst part about waiting for his refugees status claim to be heard is not being allowed to work

Date12/6/1988
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On the move: I though it would be too nerve wracking to get up there by myself, says Toronto lawyer Rick Powers, 35, who will pair up with a friend and female bidders for a double date in Jamaica
On the move: I though it would be too nerve wracking to get up there by myself, says Toronto lawyer Rick Powers, 35, who will pair up with a friend and female bidders for a double date in Jamaica
11/3/1989
Life on hold: Mohamed Hussein Mohamed, shown in his Scarborough home, says he feels like he's been sentenced to at least another 10 months of waiting for word on his claim for political refugee status
Life on hold: Mohamed Hussein Mohamed, shown in his Scarborough home, says he feels like he's been sentenced to at least another 10 months of waiting for word on his claim for political refugee status
12/28/1988
Martine's Van Hamel victory celebration in Toronto reached its peak with a ticker-tape parade to city hall
Martine's Van Hamel victory celebration in Toronto reached its peak with a ticker-tape parade to city hall
7/30/1966
Toronto's oldest Redcap, Jake Charendoff, sits waiting for new business at Toronto's Union Station, while behind him sits redcap Bert Fortune. Charendoff picked up his first piece of baggage at Union Station on the day it opened in 1927. But, although he claims the title oldest, he refuses to say exactly how old he is.
Toronto's oldest Redcap, Jake Charendoff, sits waiting for new business at Toronto's Union Station, while behind him sits redcap Bert Fortune. Charendoff picked up his first piece of baggage at Union Station on the day it opened in 1927. But, although he claims the title oldest, he refuses to say exactly how old he is.
1/24/1972
Playing footsie with patients. Reflexologists claim they can heal by stimulating nerves in feet
Playing footsie with patients. Reflexologists claim they can heal by stimulating nerves in feet
7/12/1983
Lengthy battle: Shashi Sharma, surrounded by hand-made rugs in his store, says he can't afford to remain closed on Sundays while other Oriental rug shops are allowed to defy the law and open
Lengthy battle: Shashi Sharma, surrounded by hand-made rugs in his store, says he can't afford to remain closed on Sundays while other Oriental rug shops are allowed to defy the law and open
12/2/1987
Tortured. By Peter Rickwood Toronto Star. A 33-year-old Canadian Sikh say he got on help from the Canadian High Commission when police in India detained and tortured him as he was about to fly home. Dalbar Sidhu, a Kitchener auto worker, told a Toronto news conference yesterday he was held at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport for two days. He claims he was denied foor and seep, was threatened with revolver and had his fingernails pulled and hair tugged out of his beard and scalp. His wife Satwant, who was travelling with him, contacted the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi after his arrest said. [Incomplete]
Tortured. By Peter Rickwood Toronto Star. A 33-year-old Canadian Sikh say he got on help from the Canadian High Commission when police in India detained and tortured him as he was about to fly home. Dalbar Sidhu, a Kitchener auto worker, told a Toronto news conference yesterday he was held at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport for two days. He claims he was denied foor and seep, was threatened with revolver and had his fingernails pulled and hair tugged out of his beard and scalp. His wife Satwant, who was travelling with him, contacted the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi after his arrest said. [Incomplete]
1/29/1986
Singing beauties: You have to raise you voice to be heard above the canaries in Joe Mager's barber shop, but Mager says the 18 birds are his greatest pleasure
Singing beauties: You have to raise you voice to be heard above the canaries in Joe Mager's barber shop, but Mager says the 18 birds are his greatest pleasure
5/14/1987
More waiting: Shane Stapley and his mother Valerie have been told they must wait three months to see if they'll get compensation
More waiting: Shane Stapley and his mother Valerie have been told they must wait three months to see if they'll get compensation
6/2/1992
Twice declared dead by doctors after being shot point-blank in the abdomen with a shotgun about two years ago, 61-year-old Arthur Sanders says his experience with death has transformed his life
Twice declared dead by doctors after being shot point-blank in the abdomen with a shotgun about two years ago, 61-year-old Arthur Sanders says his experience with death has transformed his life
3/24/1977
Out of custody and back with the family of John Graham, the unemployed window-washer who helped him gain his freedom after he was committed to the Ontario Hospital, Harry Heard, 72, tells about his experiences as a ward of the government
Out of custody and back with the family of John Graham, the unemployed window-washer who helped him gain his freedom after he was committed to the Ontario Hospital, Harry Heard, 72, tells about his experiences as a ward of the government
6/13/1968
He'll stay until Lake Ontario freezes over, says Guido Merkl of Dryden who pitched his tent at Queen's Park on Wednesday to bolster his claim that the provincial government owes him $2,000 for damages when a house was removed from a construction site he was working on last year
He'll stay until Lake Ontario freezes over, says Guido Merkl of Dryden who pitched his tent at Queen's Park on Wednesday to bolster his claim that the provincial government owes him $2,000 for damages when a house was removed from a construction site he was working on last year
10/13/1978