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An Etobicoke man with epilepsy claims the Canada Employment and Immigration Commission is discriminating against him by asking him to take tests before starting a job retraining program
An Etobicoke man with epilepsy claims the Canada Employment and Immigration Commission is discriminating against him by asking him to take tests before starting a job retraining program

An Etobicoke man with epilepsy claims the Canada Employment and Immigration Commission is discriminating against him by asking him to take tests before starting a job retraining program

Date7/18/1985
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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
Long-term factory workers are taken through the shock and pain of job loss, taught how to look for work, counselled as to career changes they canmake, or helped in choosing a retraining program
Long-term factory workers are taken through the shock and pain of job loss, taught how to look for work, counselled as to career changes they canmake, or helped in choosing a retraining program
8/13/1982
Controversy surrounds, survival instructor Berndt Berglund's professional claims and a federal government department has shelved plans to employ him. He is seen working in swamp area near National Wilderness Survival school, which has received more than $74,000 in government grants since last November.
Controversy surrounds, survival instructor Berndt Berglund's professional claims and a federal government department has shelved plans to employ him. He is seen working in swamp area near National Wilderness Survival school, which has received more than $74,000 in government grants since last November.
8/9/1977
Bloody loser: Giles Muir tends his bloody nose. He claims winner Nola Crewe punched him.
Bloody loser: Giles Muir tends his bloody nose. He claims winner Nola Crewe punched him.
11/8/1982
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
Yrjo Heinonen shows his injuries claims six Helsinki policemen attacked him
Yrjo Heinonen shows his injuries claims six Helsinki policemen attacked him
4/4/1977
Survival gear: Geoff Eden, who tests technical aids for the CNIB, says he wouldn't survive without electronic equipment that allows him to read and write.
Survival gear: Geoff Eden, who tests technical aids for the CNIB, says he wouldn't survive without electronic equipment that allows him to read and write.
1/31/1991
Calling for ringo, Canada's duck-calling champ Ray Baldakin, of Etobicoke, tests his sound as he gets ready to try to lure duck with beak held shut by ring. [Incompelte]
Calling for ringo, Canada's duck-calling champ Ray Baldakin, of Etobicoke, tests his sound as he gets ready to try to lure duck with beak held shut by ring. [Incompelte]
11/11/1971
Dr. Steven Soldin: Biochemist told commission traditional digoxin tests are not idea.
Dr. Steven Soldin: Biochemist told commission traditional digoxin tests are not idea.
7/6/1983
Al Coleclough: Top enforcement officer in Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Affairs admits the government isn't doing an adequate job of inspecting the firms it has licensed to operate. He is revamping and retraining his division to better handle mortgage-brokerage firms.
Al Coleclough: Top enforcement officer in Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Affairs admits the government isn't doing an adequate job of inspecting the firms it has licensed to operate. He is revamping and retraining his division to better handle mortgage-brokerage firms.
6/26/1980
Claims innocence: Eddie Morgan, fired from his $40,000-a-year CN job, is now on unemployment insurance of $290 a week
Claims innocence: Eddie Morgan, fired from his $40,000-a-year CN job, is now on unemployment insurance of $290 a week
4/13/1988
Ambulance services in Metro are terrible, claims George Christian, a provincial ambulance supervisor whose mother Florence, 73, had a heart attack in March. He said he had time to bathe and dress her before ambulance arrived.
Ambulance services in Metro are terrible, claims George Christian, a provincial ambulance supervisor whose mother Florence, 73, had a heart attack in March. He said he had time to bathe and dress her before ambulance arrived.
7/19/1974