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Paul Rocchi was trying to even the odds when he leaped to the defence of a TTC bus driver and ended up with a knife in his abdomen
Paul Rocchi was trying to even the odds when he leaped to the defence of a TTC bus driver and ended up with a knife in his abdomen

Paul Rocchi was trying to even the odds when he leaped to the defence of a TTC bus driver and ended up with a knife in his abdomen

Date4/25/1984
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Man survives stabbing, woman charged, Miro Malish, 38, was in fair condition at Wellesley Hospital last night after a knife was plunged into his abdomen during an argument in his apartment
Man survives stabbing, woman charged, Miro Malish, 38, was in fair condition at Wellesley Hospital last night after a knife was plunged into his abdomen during an argument in his apartment
9/1/1983
At Odds: Virologist immunologist Tak Mak, above, believes that a concerted effort is needed to fight AIDS.
At Odds: Virologist immunologist Tak Mak, above, believes that a concerted effort is needed to fight AIDS.
3/7/1988
At odds over conversation of Metro ravine land are naturalist Dr. Bruce Cruickshank, left, and Grant Henderson, right, chairman of the Metro Toronto Regional Conservation Authority. We enhance habitat, says Henderson, shown beside a flood control structure at Woodbridge. Cruickshank, shown in ravine land near Metro's Sunnybrook Park, fears Henderson's authority wants to take over and manicure this, too.
At odds over conversation of Metro ravine land are naturalist Dr. Bruce Cruickshank, left, and Grant Henderson, right, chairman of the Metro Toronto Regional Conservation Authority. We enhance habitat, says Henderson, shown beside a flood control structure at Woodbridge. Cruickshank, shown in ravine land near Metro's Sunnybrook Park, fears Henderson's authority wants to take over and manicure this, too.
5/25/1976
At odds: City lawyer Michael McQuaid (left) and Councillor Jack Layton differ on dome.
At odds: City lawyer Michael McQuaid (left) and Councillor Jack Layton differ on dome.
6/16/1986
At odds over conservation of Metro ravine land are naturalist Dr. Bruce Cruickshank, left, and Grant Henderson, right, chairman of the Metro Toronto Regional Conservation Authority. We enhance habitat, says Henderson, shown beside a flood control structure at Woodbridge. Cruickshank, shown in ravine land near Metro's Sunnybrook Park, fears Henderson's authority wants to take over and manicure this, too.
At odds over conservation of Metro ravine land are naturalist Dr. Bruce Cruickshank, left, and Grant Henderson, right, chairman of the Metro Toronto Regional Conservation Authority. We enhance habitat, says Henderson, shown beside a flood control structure at Woodbridge. Cruickshank, shown in ravine land near Metro's Sunnybrook Park, fears Henderson's authority wants to take over and manicure this, too.
5/20/1976
Beat odds: Alan Strojin of St. St. Catharines
Beat odds: Alan Strojin of St. St. Catharines
5/15/1992
Gobinder Randhawa: TTC bus driver challenges MP Derek Lee for nomination.
Gobinder Randhawa: TTC bus driver challenges MP Derek Lee for nomination.
11/6/1992
Twice declared dead by doctors after being shot point-blank in the abdomen with a shotgun about two years ago, 61-year-old Arthur Sanders says his experience with death has transformed his life
Twice declared dead by doctors after being shot point-blank in the abdomen with a shotgun about two years ago, 61-year-old Arthur Sanders says his experience with death has transformed his life
3/24/1977
Hands up: Student Rob Ralph said officers made him put his hands up on his head after a bus driver saw him playing with a rifle and called police.
Hands up: Student Rob Ralph said officers made him put his hands up on his head after a bus driver saw him playing with a rifle and called police.
11/11/1991
H. S, (Stan) Bond won't retire although he'll soon be 94. He's too old to renew his driver's license so makes his sales calls via bus and streetcar. Bond thinks today's company managers would do a better job if they were given bonuses for boosting profits. His customer say he knows merchandise well.
H. S, (Stan) Bond won't retire although he'll soon be 94. He's too old to renew his driver's license so makes his sales calls via bus and streetcar. Bond thinks today's company managers would do a better job if they were given bonuses for boosting profits. His customer say he knows merchandise well.
1/4/1973
Carey Parker didn't think of himself as a hero Monday night when he rescued a young woman from a man who attacked her with a knife on an East Toronto street
Carey Parker didn't think of himself as a hero Monday night when he rescued a young woman from a man who attacked her with a knife on an East Toronto street
1/24/1984
A 13-year-old boy without gloves or hat trudged 2 1/2 miles through slush and snow to his home last night after a Toronto Transit driver ordered him off a bus because he didn't have the 50-cent adult fare
A 13-year-old boy without gloves or hat trudged 2 1/2 miles through slush and snow to his home last night after a Toronto Transit driver ordered him off a bus because he didn't have the 50-cent adult fare
12/22/1977