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Endless wait: Jolanta and Krzyczof Pomezanki and their three children have been waiting five years for subsidized housing in Peel.
Endless wait: Jolanta and Krzyczof Pomezanki and their three children have been waiting five years for subsidized housing in Peel.

Endless wait: Jolanta and Krzyczof Pomezanki and their three children have been waiting five years for subsidized housing in Peel.

Date4/26/1995
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0132242F
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
No place like home: Paralyzed Ian Miller and welfare mother Lynn Smith, with son Jesse, are among a group of Metro residents who need low-cost housing and are protesting the province's lack of firm plans to build more subsidized housing in Metro this year
No place like home: Paralyzed Ian Miller and welfare mother Lynn Smith, with son Jesse, are among a group of Metro residents who need low-cost housing and are protesting the province's lack of firm plans to build more subsidized housing in Metro this year
3/12/1984
Subsidized housing for the province's senior citizens is being planned for Gore Bay, on Manitoulin Island, by the Ontario government
Subsidized housing for the province's senior citizens is being planned for Gore Bay, on Manitoulin Island, by the Ontario government
12/23/1973
Put on hold: Claude and Lisa Renaud and son, Shawn, 5, are the 1,185th family on a list of 4,500 waiting for subsidized day care in Metro
Put on hold: Claude and Lisa Renaud and son, Shawn, 5, are the 1,185th family on a list of 4,500 waiting for subsidized day care in Metro
10/5/1988
Immigration woes: Suresh and Anna Murarka, pictured above with their children, Anil, 3, and Lin, 7, have been fighting for four years to bring Anna's parents and two sisters here from Hong Kong, but have been refused because one sister is mentally retarted and has cerebral palsy
Immigration woes: Suresh and Anna Murarka, pictured above with their children, Anil, 3, and Lin, 7, have been fighting for four years to bring Anna's parents and two sisters here from Hong Kong, but have been refused because one sister is mentally retarted and has cerebral palsy
2/22/1987
A gamble: Gus Fisher will have to wait a year before he knows whether he ows this three storey store on Queen St. W. near Dufferin one of three properties he bought at a tax sale yesterday for $28,000. The owners can reclaim them by paying teh taxes, with
A gamble: Gus Fisher will have to wait a year before he knows whether he ows this three storey store on Queen St. W. near Dufferin one of three properties he bought at a tax sale yesterday for $28,000. The owners can reclaim them by paying teh taxes, with
2/1/1981
Millionaire at 30, Lorne Leibel set up his own company, Canada Homes, three years ago, building low-cost, high-volume housing
Millionaire at 30, Lorne Leibel set up his own company, Canada Homes, three years ago, building low-cost, high-volume housing
8/27/1980
Expropriated 17 years ago, farmer james Sterling still stills his land in Scarborough waiting for three levels of government and countless boards to determine the fate of oft-postponed Malvern project
Expropriated 17 years ago, farmer james Sterling still stills his land in Scarborough waiting for three levels of government and countless boards to determine the fate of oft-postponed Malvern project
3/5/1970
Harrison: ''Why have made such poor progress in low cost subsidized housing?''
Harrison: ''Why have made such poor progress in low cost subsidized housing?''
11/16/1962
Kidney specialist Dr. Paul Tam vowed to bring a $1 million kidney dialysis unit to Scarborough after Gary Belz died of a heart attack due to kidney failure more than two years ago. Tam said if Belz, then 37, hadn't had to wait a month for dialysis treatment at a downtown hospital, he would still be alive today. And Tam said the dozens of patients who travel downtown for dialysis would have a much, much better quality of life if a unit were Scaborough. But after [Incomplete]
Kidney specialist Dr. Paul Tam vowed to bring a $1 million kidney dialysis unit to Scarborough after Gary Belz died of a heart attack due to kidney failure more than two years ago. Tam said if Belz, then 37, hadn't had to wait a month for dialysis treatment at a downtown hospital, he would still be alive today. And Tam said the dozens of patients who travel downtown for dialysis would have a much, much better quality of life if a unit were Scaborough. But after [Incomplete]
11/24/1986
A dream come true for former Scarborough insurance man Frederick Carlisle is his three-hulled Caravel II. He bought it 5 years ago for $25,000 and has cruised more than 20,000 miles with his daughters Nora, 11 (left) and Mary, 13, (right) and his wife. During the five-year getaway on the world's oceans the girls managed to pick up six years' credits on their correspondence courses. The Carlisles are thinking of crossing the Atlantic Ocean a second time next year.
A dream come true for former Scarborough insurance man Frederick Carlisle is his three-hulled Caravel II. He bought it 5 years ago for $25,000 and has cruised more than 20,000 miles with his daughters Nora, 11 (left) and Mary, 13, (right) and his wife. During the five-year getaway on the world's oceans the girls managed to pick up six years' credits on their correspondence courses. The Carlisles are thinking of crossing the Atlantic Ocean a second time next year.
9/3/1970
Deadly plaything: Coroner Kevin Flynn examines the skipping rope noose at the top of a playground slide on which 5-year-old Sahal Ismail was strangled yesterday at a Peel housing project.
Deadly plaything: Coroner Kevin Flynn examines the skipping rope noose at the top of a playground slide on which 5-year-old Sahal Ismail was strangled yesterday at a Peel housing project.
2/23/1992