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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

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

Date10/5/1988
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0132676F
Rosanne Lopers-Sweetman and Bob Sweetman, both students, waited 10 months for a subsidized day-care space for Nicholas, 18 months.
Rosanne Lopers-Sweetman and Bob Sweetman, both students, waited 10 months for a subsidized day-care space for Nicholas, 18 months.
5/27/1987
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
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.
4/26/1995
Breakfast get-together: Claude Neon president Heath Matthews relives a Blue Jays baseball game with son Byron, 5, as Sheryl Matthews shares the start of her husband's day over a cup of coffee
Breakfast get-together: Claude Neon president Heath Matthews relives a Blue Jays baseball game with son Byron, 5, as Sheryl Matthews shares the start of her husband's day over a cup of coffee
8/2/1978
It was home: Calvin Struthers and his 6-year-old son Shawn in front of the building he was hired to take care of, despite a disability caused by polio when he was a baby
It was home: Calvin Struthers and his 6-year-old son Shawn in front of the building he was hired to take care of, despite a disability caused by polio when he was a baby
5/9/1980
Years of waiting ended in a tearful reunion last night at Malton Airport as Andrew Pronych (left) clasped his son Metro, who had just arrived from Russia with his family
Years of waiting ended in a tearful reunion last night at Malton Airport as Andrew Pronych (left) clasped his son Metro, who had just arrived from Russia with his family
12/26/1967
Tender moment: Jacques Perrin of Stratford, father of 5-year-old Denis, who was found dead in a ditch one week ago today, holds the budgie he gave his son just days before the abduction
Tender moment: Jacques Perrin of Stratford, father of 5-year-old Denis, who was found dead in a ditch one week ago today, holds the budgie he gave his son just days before the abduction
4/9/1984
Checking list: Dr. Klaus Schell (right), landlord of a Home for Special Care, helps resident Jack Price check off list of completed duties. Anna-May Maxwell (left), manager of the home, says families tend to hide their mentally ill.
Checking list: Dr. Klaus Schell (right), landlord of a Home for Special Care, helps resident Jack Price check off list of completed duties. Anna-May Maxwell (left), manager of the home, says families tend to hide their mentally ill.
1/13/1987
Right on track: Three generations of the Beasley family have operated their family-run amusement park on Centre Island for the past 25 years. General manager Bill Beasley, left holds daughter Lisa.
Right on track: Three generations of the Beasley family have operated their family-run amusement park on Centre Island for the past 25 years. General manager Bill Beasley, left holds daughter Lisa.
6/22/1991
Royal Squeeze: Ad agency owner Ed Cook, sons John, left, Larry and daughter Lisa cut ties with their bank after its harsh treatment of the family business.
Royal Squeeze: Ad agency owner Ed Cook, sons John, left, Larry and daughter Lisa cut ties with their bank after its harsh treatment of the family business.
6/24/1995
The big chill. With his son Glen, 15, ready with tongs, Lionel Core holds one of the bags of ice that will help Metro-area residents through another heat wave. Core's Peel Ice and Fuel Inc. - operated for three generations by his family in Brampton - expects to sell 12 tonnes of ice to the Caribram festival over the weekend.
The big chill. With his son Glen, 15, ready with tongs, Lionel Core holds one of the bags of ice that will help Metro-area residents through another heat wave. Core's Peel Ice and Fuel Inc. - operated for three generations by his family in Brampton - expects to sell 12 tonnes of ice to the Caribram festival over the weekend.
7/7/1994
Groups rally to help MS victim, By Susan Noakes Special to The Star, Scarborough - The story of multiple-sclerosis victim Michael Harrison has put the public spotlight on the province's handling of long-term care in Metro
Groups rally to help MS victim, By Susan Noakes Special to The Star, Scarborough - The story of multiple-sclerosis victim Michael Harrison has put the public spotlight on the province's handling of long-term care in Metro
5/27/1983