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Tragic aftermath: Bramalea teenager Jack Riley, 17, a quadriplegic after he broke his neck during a highschool rugby game last May, is visited in the intensive-care unit of Toronto Western Hospital by his parents
Tragic aftermath: Bramalea teenager Jack Riley, 17, a quadriplegic after he broke his neck during a highschool rugby game last May, is visited in the intensive-care unit of Toronto Western Hospital by his parents

Tragic aftermath: Bramalea teenager Jack Riley, 17, a quadriplegic after he broke his neck during a highschool rugby game last May, is visited in the intensive-care unit of Toronto Western Hospital by his parents

Date2/6/1987
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Helping hand: Gail Ivison, right, and her son Thom, beside her, presented a cheque for $18,500 to Jack Riley, 17, yesterday at Toronto Western Hospital, bringing smiles to the faces of Jack's mother, Delores, left, and his sister Adele
Helping hand: Gail Ivison, right, and her son Thom, beside her, presented a cheque for $18,500 to Jack Riley, 17, yesterday at Toronto Western Hospital, bringing smiles to the faces of Jack's mother, Delores, left, and his sister Adele
3/7/1987
Injured Honeymooner Timothy Bergen, 24, is rushed into Toronto General Hospital intensive care unit today after 12-hour flight from Mexico. St. Cathar(...)
Injured Honeymooner Timothy Bergen, 24, is rushed into Toronto General Hospital intensive care unit today after 12-hour flight from Mexico. St. Cathar(...)
1/12/1978
Registered nurse Lucinda Lahey monitors a telemetry scanner - which shows a heartbeat - in Wellesley Hospital's intensive care unit
Registered nurse Lucinda Lahey monitors a telemetry scanner - which shows a heartbeat - in Wellesley Hospital's intensive care unit
12/17/1986
Teenagers like their parents to share their interests, Andrew Croll, the father of five, discovered when he asked youngsters to rate his performance as a parent. Taking the hint, he's watching son Peter, 16, and daughter Cynthia, 15, carry through a sewing project. Recently divorced, Croll is providing all parenting for the family.
Teenagers like their parents to share their interests, Andrew Croll, the father of five, discovered when he asked youngsters to rate his performance as a parent. Taking the hint, he's watching son Peter, 16, and daughter Cynthia, 15, carry through a sewing project. Recently divorced, Croll is providing all parenting for the family.
11/24/1975
It's difficult, but Dr. Yury Pelech makes his phone call. Doctors broke his neck deliberately to help correct an arthritic condition in his spine. Fra(...)
It's difficult, but Dr. Yury Pelech makes his phone call. Doctors broke his neck deliberately to help correct an arthritic condition in his spine. Fra(...)
11/11/1970
Young heroes: Jim McLellan, 11, left and his brother John, 13, jumped into the family pool Labor Day weekend after their father broke his neck diving in and didn't resurface
Young heroes: Jim McLellan, 11, left and his brother John, 13, jumped into the family pool Labor Day weekend after their father broke his neck diving in and didn't resurface
10/10/1983
Young heroes: Jim McLellan, 11, left, and his brother John, 13, jumped into the family pool Labor Day weekend after their father broke his neck diving in and didn't resurface
Young heroes: Jim McLellan, 11, left, and his brother John, 13, jumped into the family pool Labor Day weekend after their father broke his neck diving in and didn't resurface
10/10/1983
Lucky man: Donald Elborn broke his neck diving into shallow water last month, but was lucky not to injure his spinal cord.
Lucky man: Donald Elborn broke his neck diving into shallow water last month, but was lucky not to injure his spinal cord.
8/2/1989
Doctors broke his neck deliberately in a delicate operation to help correct a painful arthritis condition in his spine
Doctors broke his neck deliberately in a delicate operation to help correct a painful arthritis condition in his spine
11/11/1970
Black activist Richard Dildy - who was once arrested for proclaiming Santa a fraud during Toronto's annual Santa Claus parade - is dead at age 47. He died of kidney and liver failure in Wellesley Hospital Friday. The United States-born insurance salesman spent most of his life trying to convince parents to stop telling children that Santa Claus is coming to town. [Incomplete]
Black activist Richard Dildy - who was once arrested for proclaiming Santa a fraud during Toronto's annual Santa Claus parade - is dead at age 47. He died of kidney and liver failure in Wellesley Hospital Friday. The United States-born insurance salesman spent most of his life trying to convince parents to stop telling children that Santa Claus is coming to town. [Incomplete]
4/9/1987
Dave Shannon: The quadriplegic paralyzed since a rugby accident last September, says you never stop hoping and praying about research that could lead to a cure
Dave Shannon: The quadriplegic paralyzed since a rugby accident last September, says you never stop hoping and praying about research that could lead to a cure
3/4/1982
Parents of kidnapped baby, Mr. and Mrs. Neil Campbell wait for news of their 17-month-old son, Callum, abducted today from his baby carriage outside a(...)
Parents of kidnapped baby, Mr. and Mrs. Neil Campbell wait for news of their 17-month-old son, Callum, abducted today from his baby carriage outside a(...)
10/1/1971