Skip to main content
Digital Archive Toronto Public Library Homepage
Fast help: When Luan Van Nguyen was laid off earlier this month, he and his family of four got help one day after calling local welfare office.
Fast help: When Luan Van Nguyen was laid off earlier this month, he and his family of four got help one day after calling local welfare office.

Fast help: When Luan Van Nguyen was laid off earlier this month, he and his family of four got help one day after calling local welfare office.

Date4/10/1987
Names
(photographer)
Format
Medium
Language
ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0131525F
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
Looking over Toronto's railway yards, Sanford Duplassie, 25, left White River in June when CP Rail laid off workers. There's a future here, he says. Only one of his friends has remained in the north. There's nothing there for the younger person. There's no industry. There's nothing. Over half the town is made up of pnsioners. His father is one of them. Sanford's 11 brothers and sisters are scattered across North America, from Texas to British Columbia.
Looking over Toronto's railway yards, Sanford Duplassie, 25, left White River in June when CP Rail laid off workers. There's a future here, he says. Only one of his friends has remained in the north. There's nothing there for the younger person. There's no industry. There's nothing. Over half the town is made up of pnsioners. His father is one of them. Sanford's 11 brothers and sisters are scattered across North America, from Texas to British Columbia.
12/5/1973
Looking over Toronto's railway yards, Sanford Duplassie, 25, left White River in June when CP Rail laid off workers. There's a future here, he says. Only one of his friends has remained in the north. There's nothing there for the younger person. There's no industry. There's nothing. Over half the town is made up of pnsioners. His father is one of them. Sanford's 11 brothers and sisters are scattered across North America, from Texas to British Columbia.
Looking over Toronto's railway yards, Sanford Duplassie, 25, left White River in June when CP Rail laid off workers. There's a future here, he says. Only one of his friends has remained in the north. There's nothing there for the younger person. There's no industry. There's nothing. Over half the town is made up of pnsioners. His father is one of them. Sanford's 11 brothers and sisters are scattered across North America, from Texas to British Columbia.
12/5/1973
Gerald Smith, after a life of roaming around, and his wife Cecilia, founded a remedial nursery school, prompted by a need to help one of their own four children
Gerald Smith, after a life of roaming around, and his wife Cecilia, founded a remedial nursery school, prompted by a need to help one of their own four children
5/27/1976
Dr. Ramsay MacDonald of the Sheppard Veterinary Hospital checks the heartbeat of Genya, a six-month-old tri-colored St. Bernard he had earlier spayed. Spaying - at up to $50 - is one of costs to be figured when you consider accepting a free puppy. It can cost you $200 for the first year.
Dr. Ramsay MacDonald of the Sheppard Veterinary Hospital checks the heartbeat of Genya, a six-month-old tri-colored St. Bernard he had earlier spayed. Spaying - at up to $50 - is one of costs to be figured when you consider accepting a free puppy. It can cost you $200 for the first year.
7/19/1973
Stowaway: Selson Camara, 16, steps off the freighter Yeral after four months as a stowaway. He wanted to escape poverty in his native Guinea, but was refused entry to five countries.
Stowaway: Selson Camara, 16, steps off the freighter Yeral after four months as a stowaway. He wanted to escape poverty in his native Guinea, but was refused entry to five countries.
5/5/1983
Our newest. Four-year-old Tan Quang Nguyen proudly holds his Canadian citizenship certificate he received last night. He arrived in Canada with his family in 1975 from Viet Nam
Our newest. Four-year-old Tan Quang Nguyen proudly holds his Canadian citizenship certificate he received last night. He arrived in Canada with his family in 1975 from Viet Nam
4/18/1979
Nguyen Van Tiet and Wife Nguyen Duong Kim Hoa
Nguyen Van Tiet and Wife Nguyen Duong Kim Hoa
9/26/1994
A Toronto man spent Christmas Day frustrated that he was unable to get help for his family, whose lives appear threatened by Albania's Communist regime
A Toronto man spent Christmas Day frustrated that he was unable to get help for his family, whose lives appear threatened by Albania's Communist regime
12/25/1985
To L.R. Saunders, secretary-treasurer of Allied Collection Agencies, for remainging unfrffled despite his company's freqent appaearance in the columns of help wanted. Allied agreed to stop dunning Orfeo Avaro for $4.60 when help wanted pointed out that Mrs. Avaro was sure he had never ordered lihgt bulbs by mail and, when they did arrive, had promptly mailed them back. In his next appearance, Mr. Saunders sent $3,71 to the STar Wilson had mistakely overpaid.
To L.R. Saunders, secretary-treasurer of Allied Collection Agencies, for remainging unfrffled despite his company's freqent appaearance in the columns of help wanted. Allied agreed to stop dunning Orfeo Avaro for $4.60 when help wanted pointed out that Mrs. Avaro was sure he had never ordered lihgt bulbs by mail and, when they did arrive, had promptly mailed them back. In his next appearance, Mr. Saunders sent $3,71 to the STar Wilson had mistakely overpaid.
12/21/1979
Job hunting: 'The new ones are the most depressing because they're people who worked steadily for 10 or 12 years and suddenly they've been laid off,' says welfare worker Rochelle Winnick
Job hunting: 'The new ones are the most depressing because they're people who worked steadily for 10 or 12 years and suddenly they've been laid off,' says welfare worker Rochelle Winnick
5/1/1970
Anh Van Nguyen and his wife, Ngoc Thi, worry over the bill for for $4,460 they owe the government, the cost of flying their family here
Anh Van Nguyen and his wife, Ngoc Thi, worry over the bill for for $4,460 they owe the government, the cost of flying their family here
3/9/1976